Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-12-04
coLpoRTAGE Elm NoRTH.oARoLINA.

Since September lst ! have labored in 10 Coun-
ties visited and talked on personal religion with 429
families, 81 of whom had no Bible; - no other re-
ligious books; l02 habtually neglected preaching
and 1877 never had religious visit and prayer be-
fore at their houses also distributed over 940 900
pages of gospel truth mostly in families and Sun
day Schools, which we have organized in the most
Ignorant sections, by which hundreds of parents
and children are being taught to spell and read and
directed to Christ. During the quarter have learn
ed of IS persons who attribute their conversion to
Gods blessing upon the reading of books and tracts.
FROM A MINISTER.
minister told me that gave him the tract
Come to Jesus few years ago, which was the
means of the hopeful conversion of a whole family.
At the same time, he says, gave him packet of
tracts worth % cents which he scattered in Sec
ton where there was not one family in ten that at
tended preaching because of the distance 40 or 12
miles to the nearest their great wic&edness and in
difference. Since then there has been revival and
church built there; and he has good reason TO be-
lieve that the packet of tracts the means in
Gods hands, of starting this reformation.
FACTS THAT SHOULD BE KNOWN. s
Owing to the increased demand for grants of books
and tracts to ministers coporteurs and christians Of
the various denominations at home and abroad for
the destitute around them, being greater than the
increase of donations, the American Tract Society
is in immediate need of funds to supply these staIv
ing souls that are pleading for the gospel.
Dear reader, hope you will respond quickly, as
we must have funds or curtail our operations in
carrying the gospel to perishing souls in the high
ways and hedges" of North Carolina. In this State
our colporteurs are successfully reaching over
twenty thousand families annually. mostly in our
more destitute counties leaving the more favored
counties TO be occupied by other instrumentatics
In one county that | recently passed through we
have faithful colporteur working, supported by
one lady. He found over four hundl ed families
h,,E
and great ignorance and wickedness. Besides uni
ting the social influence with Gods truth at their
iire-sdes himself he has got about two hundred of
the most pious and intelligent men and women to
revisit the scattered families for religious in
struction, and there are now eleven good Sabbath
schools where such never existed before. 1t requires
most Of my time and efforts to superintend and push
forward this extensive work in these dark sections
where there cannot be money enough raised to pay
for the grants to say nothing of the salaries of the
coporeurs. 1t is owing to this fact that the Parent
Society has expended in this State ten thousand dol
lars more than we have ever given! Shall North
Carolina thus be means Of embarrassing this
great benevolent catholic Institution? Only about
onehalf of the amount, We are now necessarily eS-
pending for this home cork, is given by the people
Of North Carolina. Doubtless would give il I
could call on them personally but for reasons be-
fore given cannot TO the extent wish. One hun
dred and fifty dollars is the salary of colporteur
nifty dollars secures Lille DlrectorShlp and twenty
dollars Life Membership; and each dollar given
will pay for fifteen hundred pages to give to those
not able to buy. Every dollar you give will be ex-
pended in this State, unless you otherwise direct
| hope to hear from you very soon. All donations
are acknowledged in the American Messenger.
Yours truly, .......
W. J. w. CROWDER, Gen. Agt
of AM Tr. Soc for n G.
P. S.-Donations may be sent to me here, or to
Rev. J. Cross, Baltimore, Nd, or to 0. R. Kngsbury
$50 Nassau, St, n. Y.
RALEIGH, n. c., December, 1860. ..