The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-03-30

eeised the word Of God with unconcealed
surprise Al The singular generosity which
not only gave The poor the gospel "a with
nli money and without priee,. bui actu-
ally sent hhe Holy Book 10 llleir houses.
In no else Was The gill refused: in two
cases u Was taken with some indications
Of -sonrness Of FEELING. |" which the Agent
shiaks was, " because they were ashau.
ed 10 be found destitute"
My brethren, we have l0ooflensaidlhat
none are destitute who would have Inc hi.
ble,a a. they have great larilisiesof purrhas.
INC. Are there any counties hayingg greater
facilities Than Orange and HaksS Meme,
probably. If then. more Than one third Of
The families in these counties are without
The Bible, what may We suppose 10 be
the aggregate deslllnlion of North Caro-,
lima! let Us take into the calculation ihe
lnlandcounlies which enear no thorough
fare, and those counties nearer the coast,
where We may suppose the access 10 books
tobe ofvery great difficulty. The lack OF
the Book Of Truth In this State will arouse
every right-minded Christian. Shall our
charity begin Al home! Let her begin
al homel and much will she have 10 do
TO give her household bread before she 90
abroad.
Well, what shall we del Shall man
quietly recline on the cushions Of ease,
while his brother is fainting and dying
at the door! The Lord of Mercy and
Of The Bible Forbid We must do some
Thing nor! Let all the pastors Of church.
IS in the state give TO their people the
facts with which our agents furnish them.
Let them request all The christians in the
congregation to explore their own neigh
borhocd, and see whether there be not
some without the Bible. Leta collection
be taken up in the congregations 10 pur-
chase the Sacred Scriptures for the poor
near them. and tn assist the State Bible
Society in supplying the poor in other
parts of the State. Let the people know
that there is depository Of Holy Books
at Raleigh, where the attentive Agent,
Jesse BroDn. esq. is ready 10 sell Bibles.
got up in different styles, at cost, and 10
gice to those who have not money to offer
in exchange for the word ofGod. Where
are the County Auxiliaries Cannot
one chisiian be found in each county 70
arouse the dormant Societies. 20 look az
ter the wants Of their neighborss Can not
one pious man be found in every neigh>
boflIood who viii GO To every hanse and
see whether any of his fellow citizens
are starving spirituality Brethren, we
have been walking and riding past houses
for weeks and months where there is NO
copy Of the word Of God. Let US wake
up to the matter, and not rest while there
can be any possibility of a single family
not having the presence of the volume Of
Inspiration.
My brethren, I know that The interest
ing nature Of the facts | have stated will
prevent you from thinking Of the length Of
this letter, and of the liberty taken in this
appeal.
CHARLES NJ. F. DEEMS.
University OF N. C. March Is, 1913.
,CP The Gentlemen conducting the prcts
IN this stas may advance the operations Of
the most noble christian charity, by giving
the above letter an insertion in their papers.
THE PHILADELPHIA ALARM!!
We met a little boy shivering in the
streets on Monday last the ,hermo meier
somewhere near zero;) he had bundle o.
newspapers under his arm. and vas bawl-
ing with a weak, lisping voice. Phitndet.
phia Alarm" /" Philadelphia .fldrm''
Curious to know wha. nigh. be the sub
iect Of such newspaper, we inquired o.
the urchin, "whst it was all about" lie
replied, I" all about Mr.. Miller. sir! Fine
paper. sir-very fine paper. sir! Buy
one. sirl" We disbursed the required
penny. and pocketed the psrer with The
ominous name. On striving Of our sane
.um. we examined the paper. Instead
OF being fresh. il was fortnigh, old. l
10 about the size OF sheet Of letter pa
per. say one fourth the size Of an o'din'
ary penny paper. I. contains a grea
many exciting articles on The coming
!, events, fsn,asrcsl interpretations Of pro
phecy. and loud complaints ofpersecu.icn
But the real gis, of the whole matter sp
pears in frequent announcements Of lee
lures, with seats free. A coHectio,
aoiu be taken to meet the erpeases." PEG
pie are not to bs alarmed for nothing.
seems. and il man or woman can be con
WINGED ,ha, The day Of judgment will com
in few weeks. wha, excuse can there
be for no, paying literally tho messen
ger of such imporan, ,idings? Then mo-
ey will be q mere drug in less than
year. Then ag.ia, 10 another part OF tn
paper, is an announcement oil a ChedY
Libraru. 81, Miles Life. 2 views
az cen,s. 2, Lectures on the Sscon
Coming Of Christ. 37a CENTS" &c. &c
+ in all a catalogue &c twenty two volumes
each Of W hich the dupes OF Mlilerism ar
expec,ed to buy. Now the long and tn
shor, of all this matter is. that MIller'sI
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