. The North Carolina Presbyterian. erving God or Mammon I Are tm^promoting or opposing that love of dM^world which the Apost^ John declare! <lbbe incon»patible with the love of God IAre they so laying up treasures for heavon iDo ^y know that the church is callingalpud^or men and money to fr^wer the itr*thousand cries of the destitute at home—^ithe perishing heathen abroad ? Do they,can they feel that love of Christ which con-strained Paul and bis fellows to spend lifeand time, and labor, and all, for the soulswhich He bought with His own blood ?Alas! for the church, alas ! for the dyingworl
. The North Carolina Presbyterian. erving God or Mammon I Are tm^promoting or opposing that love of dM^world which the Apost^ John declare! <lbbe incon»patible with the love of God IAre they so laying up treasures for heavon iDo ^y know that the church is callingalpud^or men and money to fr^wer the itr*thousand cries of the destitute at home—^ithe perishing heathen abroad ? Do they,can they feel that love of Christ which con-strained Paul and bis fellows to spend lifeand time, and labor, and all, for the soulswhich He bought with His own blood ?Alas! for the church, alas ! for the dyingworld ; aod ah ! more than all perhaps, alas !for themselves ! For if they are indeed thoLords, will He not visit for such things ?Oh, are not His judgments even nmc uponthe lafid, and His rod points to this verything ; does it not ? Mia. An Indians Gift to Christ.—In a por-tion of the Southern territory from whichthe red man has now been driven, I occoattended a large protracted meeting hfldin the wild forest. The theme on which. n. v^ %-? *-v- rfS itt- the preacher dwelt, and which he ilbtetia-ted with surpassing beauty and grandeur,was Christ and Him crucified. fle spokeof the good Shepherd who came into thaworid to seek and to save the lost. He toldhow this Saviour met the rude boffettingsof the heartless soldiers. He drew a pic-ture of Gethsemace, and the unbefHendodStranger who wept there. He pointed toHim as He hung bleeding upon the congregation wept. Soon there was aslight movement in the assembly, and a tallion of the forest, with tears on his redcheeks, approaohed the pulpit, and said,Did Jesus die for me—die for poor IndianifMe have no lands to give to Jesus, thewhite man take ttiem away; me give himmy dog and my rifle. The minister toldhfm Jesus could not accept those gift^.Me give Jesus my dog, my rifle, and myblanket; poor Indian he got no more togive—he give Jesua all. The minister re-plied that Christ could not accept poor, igoorant, but
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