Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-12-05
For the Standard.
COlportage in North Carolina, by the American
Tract Society.


Since the first Of September | have had constant
encoura cement in my work, because of the kindness
l have met with every where, and the success which
God has given me. | am glad to find that our peo
pie looking into the Tract Society to its very
core, and are getting to understand its principles
WELL and they give strong evidence by their liberal
contributions of their increased love for Colportage
seeing, said "it goes in the regions beyond
and cifectualy reaches every household with means
to improve the heads and hearts of ali and that this
system forms platform upon which all Christians
may meet and show to the world that they are one
in Christ Jesus TO get good and do good.
Several pro inent gentlemen of different churches
who stood aloof from the work year ago, because
they did not fully understand it, now its strong
advocates, and will be annual supporters of it, by
giving each $l50-a Colporteur's salary-and 800,
and others $50, be Life Director; and many $40
and $25 to be Life Member, and so to smaller
sums. After greeting by one of these Chris
tan gentlemen, he said, 81 am glad, sir, to see you
among again this year, and the first thing want
to do is, take back the opposition urged to your
work last year, and acknowledge that did it through
ignorance the cause. The faithful labors of your
Coportcur here, fully convince me that the work is
Gods for reaching our ignorant and degraded with
the bread of life. have followed this praying man
to the influence, and my mind has been
whclmed by it, and my heart filed with praise to
God. l now feel safe in saying, that not one scho
has the spirit Of Christ, or is true patriot, soN OPP
pose gour system Of COLportage The rightly under
stands it, for if there hereafter, its influence
for countrys good, in getting pure light in all
dark places, should prompt every one to be its
firm friend"
While at Wilmington, received letter from
Colporteur in Tennessee in which he gave an inter-
esting account of Gods blessing upon the Temper-
Manual " of 81 pages given by him to a dstil-
ler gentleman came in as | was reading this let
ter, to whom | commenced speaking of the
character of my correspondence, in which he seemed
so interested that read it to him. AS closed the
narrative, he asked how many copies of that Item
perance Manual would 80 publish After telling
him it would publish 200, he handed me the amount
for that purpose saying he would give it every year,
good of many liquor makers and drinkers. In this
way God opens my way and brings in means to help
forward this work. and have never seen a more
liberal and cheerful spirit in giving money than the
people have exhibited here in this cause SO far as
ave gone; and believe that North Carolina, gen.
orally, will do a noble part in supporting this work
among US. Contributions sent to me by mail have
been thankfully received and duly acknowledged;
and as it will be impossible for to reach in a
hundred who would gladly give to this object
earnestly solicit donations from all friends to the
cause which they may send to me by mail here or
to j. Cross, Superintendent, Richmond, Va. If
friends will cooperate with in this way through
out the State we may support our own work. God
will enable us to succeed if will only try. AS
God hath prospered us, let all resolve to do
thing for him in this work which is doing so much
good for ignorant aid graded, around their
fresides by kind instr ;tions, by prayer, ard
by giving them religious truth pointing all to Jesus.
Yours truly,
Ag't of Amr. Tr. Soc. for N. @.
Raleigh, Dec. l, 1866.