The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1861-03-27

W, Sent SiUU 70 give the Dread " hie ~
distant heather.
A poor boy, fifteen years old, was made a
Life Member by gentleman who gave Us
$50, requesting that we select tor the youth.
His first lot Of books was made a blessing TO
his SOUL and he is being made the means Of
great comfort aud benefit to his aifl cted Wild
owed mother, aud his younger brothers and
sisters.
POOR WIDOWS TWENTY-FIVE CENTS.
This excellent woman earned the twenty
hive cents by sewing each day for this
amount, (and has two small children to sup
port) which she gave me for packet of
Temperance tracts, that were distributed BY
herself. One of them. g Address to Young
men," by Bishop McIlvaine, was the means
OF rescuing young man Of promise from
intemperance. and for several months he has
led a CONSTANT Christian life. A great ma
ny are thus buying tracts regularly, saying,
81 am greatly concerned for the salvation of
my neignbors, and want tracts to aid me
in talking to them on religion" Those who
have but limited means, with hearts trusting
God, are frequently His instruments for
greatest good. In the tract work all may
do something. Ten cents will put page Of
gospel truth in loo families, while 100 pages
may be read by 500 persons. Let each Chris
tian use these facilities for sowing gospel
seed sin the morning, and in the evening
withhold not thy hand" warning them with
thy prayers and watering them with thy
tears, and God will attend to the fruit from
such sowing sooner or later.
FEMALR TRACT SOCIETIES.
Thasa Gociafias ara nr0anizad in caNaral
of the more prominent towns in North Car
DINA, in which many of the most pious and
intelligent ladies are engaged in monthly
tract distribution from house to house of ey-
cry class, which God has signally blessed in
bringing the ignorant and neglected to the
Sabbath School and public worship, and those
who will not attend cannot make the charge
" that no man cared for my soul !" and even
some Of this class are benefited BY the pres
ence and example of pious ladies'; and BY
nnceasing efforts some are brought in. By
their instrumentality the skeptic and the
abandoned have been saved, to which some
have testified, not only in life, but in death,
by saving, !" those ladies and tracts are Gods
angels of mercy to u.s." Christian ladies' of
every town should be encouraged to engage
heartily in this blessed work.
TRACT WORK AT CHAPEL HILL.
The Young Mems Christian Association
at the University of North Carolina have
Tract Society and Depository, by which
much Gospel leayen is being diffused, and
great good will doubtless be the result oil
this department of christian effort in which
they have recently engaged successfully.
GRANTS TO PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
The Tract Society is doing an important
work BY giving books and tracts to the Asy-
lums, Seamen's Home, Bethel and Vessels,
Sabbath Schools, Poor Homes and Prisons
in this State. 4 sea captain was led to
Christ BY the tract Come to Jesus given
him by Colporteur, and he is now exerting
an influence as an active christian.
orr coLPoRTEuRs AND THEIR WORK.
Our heart has been filled with gratitude |
TO God in passing over the fields Of this band /
Of dear brethren, whom God has raised up
for this work. In the meek and faithful spirit /
Of Christ they are daily going from house TO
house, among every class, in towns, and
through the country, generally in the most
destitute parts, pointing all to Christ BY |
their own voices in counsel and PRAYER, and 4
BY the printed pages as the various wants
may demand, from the primer to the stand |
ard volume, and the Child's Paper and |
American Messenger, BY sale or grant as the |
case nav require. By this heaven blessed
agency We are reaching about 10000 fami- I
lies annually, hundreds Of whom must per-
ish 10 ignorance and sin, but for Colportage
10 search out the scattered families, who
live FIVE, ten and fifteen miles from the near
est church, where there j. preaching once
month and nearest bookstore i twenty, If /
~ or a hundred miles, and 10 hundreds &C /
these families there is no disposition for
books, until interested in them at their fire. 4
sides.
A wealthy, pious mother told Vi that She 4
had almost despaired Of getting religious
books for her children, because Of the dis
lance and after making il subject Of pray
er, one II our ColpOrteurs came to her house
with just the books she desired 70 point her
children and servants 70 Christ. She is not
only getting foil supply for her own fami.
", but she has bought 10 give and loan 10
her neighbors. Are there not many more
christian men aud women in North Carolina
who are able and ready with eheerfulness 10
give $3.50, or three give ESQ each, which will
send Colporteur TO thus work for souls in I
counties q our state not yet supplied.
srKDAY SCHOOLS.
We have aided in organizing s., and visited /
5ls, 10 most Of these we have rendered aid.
In one that we helped to organize over a
year ago, a revival has been IN progress for
months. A minister took charge Df them
siS months ago, and he now reports "a mem.
beers Of the church, and good building has
been erected, where there was none nearer
than five miles before.
u another county one 81 our Colporteurs
organized the first sunday School ii il about
two years ago, amid severe opposition even
BY bis own denomination. soon others we're
formed, % all u which he gave suitable
book and AZ every place where these
Schools have been, God Las blessed Ills /.
truths ~ the hopeful conversion u about
$50 sOuls--ohe Of the leading opposers wa.
led "a Christ BY " Baxtpr's CALI
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