Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-06-13
For the 1yepdara.

3{ei(1 = n ~ II y !; IT 40 mil e king
evangelical pyeachinE, 81, deet kNts Of SfeIgio
books 3a; Who never owned Bible md 2os Who
never had religions visit and prayer At their houses
below have Aiao aided in holding 81 public meet
opened mf ny both poblicii ma privately. EF
have Visited and labored With sevefal Of odr Col
porteurs on their fields where have seen and heard
much OF the fruits OF their daily labors from house
to house One family seemed not even 70 care for
religious books, but desired to bnyinoyels. The
Colporteur exhibited his books and sold "Persua-
sves to Early Pietyp to this faAily which was the
means Of the conversion of grown son and daugh-
ter, who have since been active ingetting their
socaes to buy and read this excellent book instead
Of throwing away their time and souls by novels.
In another county the Golportuer found 70 fami
lies In one section who never had religious visit
before. sAfer catechising and encouraging them at
their homes by several VISITS he got them to nnite
in Sabbath School and prayer meeting, in which
there is deep interest. A wealthy gentleman told
me that he spent day riding through this neigh
borhood to satisfy himself as to the effect OF Copor
tage, which resulted in impressing him that it was
the best system for efectually reaching all classes
anicondons because it united the social influence
with the power Of Gods truth at the reside on the
strong ground, simply, Of Christian love free Of
scctarianisu. This gentleman says that he shall
feel it to be both duty and privilege to support q
Colporteur annually, even if he knew it would do
no other good than to improve society, for safety
and happiness here 'e iis's - ,, N,.i3
In another county the Colporteur visited similar
neghborhood which also resulted in the formation
of Sabbath School, under board shelter in the
woods where parents and children are being taught
the alphabet to. spell, and read. met with some
of the pious intelligent friends who 60 six or eight
miles to aid in teaching this school, This Colpor-
tuer has found whole families entirely negecting
church and school, with no books at ell, having
children fourteen years old who never heard SER
mon. Reliable persons in this county told me that
it was six or eight miles to the nearest place of
preaching and they, though members of the church,
had not been able hear a sermon in two years, and
that some Of their neghbors had not heard sermon
in more than twenty years. The many intelligent
and pious of that county are heartily cooperating
with our Colporteur by their personal efforts and
liberal donations in supplying the wants.
In another county, minister says he went with
our Colportuer week through Q swampy section,
where it was thought to be dangerous to Co. and be-
cause of the poverty they could scarcely get neces
sary food for themselves and horses while visiting
them Suitable books and instruction, with prayer,
were given at every house Since that weeks labor
they have continued to improve, and for year or
two they have had four Sunday Schools; and this
minister has Just ordered Of the Coporteur $50 worth
of books to replenish these schools In recent let
ter the minister says: "Of the many converted in
these schools there are three men, now superinten
dents holding prayer meetings. visiting and praying
with their neighbors at their homes who. when he
and the COlportuer first visited them, were drunk
ards and great disturbers Of the neighborhood"
During the quarter have visited or been inform
ed Of 70 Sabbath Schools which believed to have
resulted, more or less, from our Coporteur labors
in the families. fs-.a
A few Sabbaths ago ! walked eight miles to visit
one of these Sabbath Schools, now numbering about
80 scholars, and such interest good order and i'm
provement have seldom before seen; and have
never before seen happier faces than after there
scattered the 'Child's Paper" among them-the first
religious paper some of them ever owned, and this
they owned by . donation from pous lady, who
has since more than doubled her donation to make
other young hearts glad. trust others will follow
her example in sending to needy children this beau
tifal and instructive little paper-10 copies year
for one dollar.
have also heard of 142 persons hopefully con.
verted by Gods blessing upon printed truth and per-
sonalreligous conversation Twopersons told me that
the tract, "Ye Must Be Born Again" by Rev. DR..
Cutler, had been made a great blessing to their
souls An active, christian gentleman, writing for
tracts to give to persons calling at his Office and es
pecially to seamen, SAYS, Send me a good supply
of the tract Come to Jesus I know it has done
and will do much good. We have valuable men,
Der in our church now, q sea Captain,) who dates
his return to God from reading this tract which l
got from the Colporteur and gave him when bound
on foreign voyage" God is greatly blessing the
efforts Of female tract distributors in different Sec
tons Of the State. An infdel was recently led to
Christ by tract thus given.
This work, which we are doing in aSout sixty
counties in North Carolina, is supported by dona-
TONS and it is cheering to the increased liberal
ty Of the friends in supporting and extending this
work. BERTHE county is doing noble part in dona-
tons and personal Efforts shall never forget the
warm Christian hearts there met, and also at Ply
mouth. / have never been more encouraged than
by my recent visit to Fayetteville The friends there
gave over 800 more than any previous year. Let
each one give something "God loveth q cheerful
giver."ss7 rsEt ttE@ Yours, truly, -
WI W. CROWDER, Gen. Agt F"
Am TT. Society.
Raleigh, June, 1860. ~ .4...... -.
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