Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1860-02-13
Ftoa the southern Christian Aesoeste.
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l,ion. not by courts and judicialfdecisions.
Ebht By influences more common. popular
aud diffusfye. Il was wisely said by one.
Let me make ihe songs 81 = nation and
| yon may make It's laws. And with
Igreater force may il be said, Lei ne s'tas-
Eage. he literature Of q nation, and yoat niey
nsaaege is government. y. q ~
The North-has heretofpre managed our
Literature, and. to a considerable extent.
4 is doing so TO this day And The conse.
i a,ience is, that our very schools and COLI
leges. our Sunday schools. our firesides,
teeatre tables and libraries, all oyer the
country, are, 70 an alarming extent, stain.
4 ed. inflated, corrupted .withsaoctrines as
pestfferous in general society - they are
! false. unscriplaral and heretical in die
/ Church.. fsss aa
4 We m9st publish oilr .loEa. moral and
religious books in the South, Ithas be-
come q necessity. Nor Is il less polIt--
icaf than moral and religious necessity.
/ The South learns slowly IEwould seem
tIsatsthe frequent Tepelitions of some les
sons from that quarter. land the more re- I
cent new oues, ought TO cause us 10 look
around and study, al least the doctrine Of
self.proteclion. s
/ TIE t4peSmlSeaf of ,'adngfacinring4 and
Publishing books IN. tks Soatb, onla urge
scale. lbs been taiirly aud sseeessf ally test:
Iea. The Southern. Methodist ublishing
| House, at Nashgiits. Tenn, recently or
i ganized, is III healthful operation. and Isl
sues near two. kaNdted thousand dollars
II yeareof good. wholesome. moral and Fs.
ligious ileFature. Many Of lhese works
/ are from Southern. authors. and range
through The entire field, almost, OF moral.
scientific aud religious, instruction; while
] IL the same time, they include a general
range of standard reading. These Books
are, published and sold ri prices. take The
! whole catalogue through. which will
Il compare lavofably with those d any publ
Fishing honse 10 the United Ststes The
I enterprise has been, thoroughly and fk.irfy
tested in every way and Is enthusiastically
lsuccess(nls
i. The difficulty. and the only diffcuity
in the way Of this enterprise is this !: We
Ahave introduced and are .nowzconsumma-
ling q system Of Book and Tract DEPOSIT
tories in our several Annual Conferences,
building up each Of these with local
Ecapital. procured ih1those places, Of about
| $50. QUO. The organization ofthsse De,
p6siialies and other Agencies on foot. are
walking UP and produci,Iga demand for
books very far beyond our means Of sup.
ply. Our present capital Of about $500
loo but this is mostly IN rea estate,
machinery. printing materials. etc. So
.tnat We 6ad our means verysfar inadA-
qnaye 10 the demand for sound Southern
literature flowing IN daily upon Us and
Elapiily increasing. =
We appeal, in TIE name Of truth. jiass;ees
and correct principles. 20 The 1hols SoHkk
for kstp GO - U.s..
We want and greatly need an5enlsrged
'tcapilal, at.least equal 10 any house in the
North, u enable us 10; supply this gtea.
Elcountrys Al lesst measurabl III with q whole
some Seadiqg9 And We call upon the
friends Of Southern rights and SoalLern
morals 70 help us 10 this greatemergency.
i The Southern Methodist Publishing
| House, as IS well known, IS the property of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. Soath.
4 Noindividual person has or ever can have
any private interest in it. It ID not in
tended 20 naoke money. That is tossay.
.Eall its.profts are faithfully merged ~ its
business SO Is tolcheapan The price Of It's
books The o6ly design Of this institution
being tcssupply the South with wholef
some literature. 1B7Is IJsf IT.
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