Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-06-17

spent SO lavlshly in the crowd, he was in
no way mentioned for nomination ana
denies being q candidate.
SUNDAY READING.
| Where!
Where shall be the wayworn wandever,
| Last long home and restful ehrin,
In the South land under palm trees
Ohder lindan9 by the Rhine
Shall il doEert somewhere
| Be entombed by some strange hand.
Or beside the moaning seacost
! Slumbor. buried in the sand
| ALI well there az here, above me
| Shall Gods heaven beam as LrIpat
AND the stars for death lamps Ger mo
Shall DO hung throughout the night
MINISTERIAL STUDY.
Let Christian ministers study; give them
time to read widely and deeply, and VIC
shall have an educated ministry. able To-
cope with the evils of the age. On tIo
other hand. keep your minister always ON
his feet-bid him give TO social VISITING the
time which belongs to Lis ftudv-sct =
price on him by saying, ill acc pews or
leave your post, and you tahc the surrst
way OF training Il class OF men narrow. in
their range of thought, weak in their rr.e,,
OF truth, uncertain and dreamy in their
doctrinal uttcrances, frothy aud sensation
al IN their pulpit performances. We need
strong men, studious men, scholarly mon
as we'll rs rlous men. Presbyterian.
PERSONALITIES IN PRAYER.
When Rev. Edward TTarpur. m Irish
Wesleyan, was stationed in Drom0re there
was certain curate of the Established
Church in that town, who was strongly OBJ
posed TO Methodism, and did what lie
could to prevent nominal Episcopaliar.
from attending the Wesleyan Chapel. Ills
name was Richard Agar. One Sunday
evening Mr.. Agar attended the Weslcyan
service, to see if any of his protested llock
were in the chapel. Mr.. IIarpur saw him
and knew his object. During prayer Mr.
ii. offered up the following petition : - -
Lord, save thy Church from the devil, the
Pope, and Richard Agar :" It is not ne
cessary to say that Mr. AGAR did not re
main for the sermon.
MISSION POPULATION.
The population connected with ihe
Protestant missions In Africa was esti-
mated, in 1868, at CSJ, 600. 1T has for
many years back increased at n much more
rapid rate than the Roman Catholic mis-
sion population, and as the whole Of NADIA
gascar is likely to be soon gained over If
has now hundreds of thousands and az
Roman Catholicism has no similar pros
pect III any African country, II will soon
the Roman Catholic popula-
tons. In Asia the Protestant population
is now about 713, 600 but there also an
addition of millions may be confidently
expected. All signs of the times Indicate
that q great harvest is in store for the
labors Of the Protestant missionaries.
NOTHING sEcrAETAE."
This has now become quite IA popular
hobby, both in high and low places, in
our puIpits, colleges, and social circles
What may be the true import of the term,
in its application to Our time and circum
stances, it is perhaps hard to tell. Eat,
be this as it may, one thing IL evident, It
has gone into popular use rs equivalent to
'no controversy" especially IN orr PM
pits or, i'll other words, Don't say any
thing contrary 10 the views or teachings
of Others" This / regard as 10th unrcAg
enable and unscripturnl. LIST. It is I'M
to consent that the most error
eous doctrines should be thus lonorcd
and settled in this day of superior light
and liberty. %. 1t is unscriptural. THIS
must at once appear evident to every Bible
reader hence we find patriarchH proph
cts, Christ, and all tho apostles warninc
no intimatiOn in the Bible that VIC should
cease to proclaim md defend any portion
Of Divine truth, because its utterancc
would come IN conflict with surronndin"
errors. Instead of this, the Bible tells rs.
if any man speak, and especially public
teachers, "let him speak as bccomcth the
Oracles of God" This not Only implies
agreement with these Oraclcs, hut compro
bends 'the qrhOLe counsel Of God. '--C,J-
Western Christian AdnOcu".
THE LORDS SUPPER.
DIR. Hanna, in his Life OF Christ"
speaks "a follows of the institution Of the
Lords supper: ''But who wOuld ever have
risked his reputation, his prospect Of be-
ing remembered by tho ages that were to
come, by exhibiting such IN eager ant:
premature desire to preserve and perpot-
nate the remembrance uf his name, his
character, his deeds ? They have left IL
to others after them to devise tho means
Of doing 80: neither vain enough, nor bold
enough, nor foolish enough 10 be them
selves the trainers Of these means. Bnt
who is this, who, ere he dies, by his own
act and deed, sets up the memorable in
3titution by which his death is to be shown
forth ? Surely he must be one who knows
and feels that he has claims TO be remem-
bered, such as none othor have had Docs
not Jesus Christ, in the very act of inst
tuting in his own lifetime this memorial
rite, step at once above the level of ordi
nary humanity, and assert for himself a
position toward mankind utterly and all
solute'y unique.
THE MOST ALARMING SIN.
If I were called to point ont the most
sins to.day--those which ara
most deceitful in their influence and most
in their ultimate effects
Z would not mention drunkenness, with all
its fearful havoc, nor gambling, with IFS
crazed victims, nor harlotry, with its hell
ish orgies; but the love OF money on tho
part of men, and the love Of display on
the part of women. While open wee