THE CENTENNIAL OF books, but what they did have they mastered roughly, and being largely gifted with the power xtemporaneous speaking, they, with their homely popular illustrations, could apply the truths of word of God with great and extraordinary effect he hearts and consciences of the people. Then st of them "were sweet singers in Israel," and, n the great bard of the Church who, under the iration of the glorious mission to which he was ed, could "Untwist all the links that tie The hidden soul of harmony," y had received those inspiring lyrics that have Illed through the souls of all classes and condias of her people for the last hundred years; and y made hill and dale, and rock and flood vocal h praises to God, and sung hope into the despondpower into the helpless, spirit into the mourner courage into the feeble. ind above all, if they were sometimes rude and nt in their dealings with their fellow-men; if y sometimes shocked the sensibilities of the cate-minded; they were loving, and tender, true, and dealt faithfully and honestly with And they lived the religon they gave up their s to preach and spread. It was their consola, their comfort and their great reward. Earth no treasures in her bosom in any way compare to it-ambition had no allurements for those o knew they had a crown laid up for them in the ld beyond the flood. Great, simple, good, Communications f Tilam M. Robbin ad by the Secreta pointments as foll reaching in Edento Hendren, Presiding At 3 o'clock P. M Corch, by Rev. F. The exercises were by the choir, and th Marvin, D. D. EV The Centennial gam, A. M., Prof t, grand, sublime was their work; well did Fulfill their mission, and the world calls them s and conquerers. "Filled with immortal hope, mmunications from Rev. B. T. Blake and Hon. am M. Robbins, Member of Congress, were by the Secretary. Dr. Burkhead announced ntments as follows, viz: At 3 o'clock P. M., hing in Edenton Street Church, by Rev. L. L. Iren, Presiding Elder of Hillsboro' District. o'clock P. M., preaching in Person Street ch, by Rev. F. L. Reid, of Louisburg Station. exercises were then closed, with singing, led e choir, and the benediction by Bishop E. M. in, D. D. EVENING SESSION. MARCH 22, 1876. e Centennial exercises were resumed in Metron Hall, at 7 o'clock P. M., Bishop H. N. veire, D. D., in the chair, Religious services conducted by Rev. John Tillett, of Pittsboro', Carolina. e Chairman then introduced Rev. A. W. ManA. M., Professor in the University of North lina, who addressed a full house. Subject: THE CENTENNIAL OF HE INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY OF METHODISM IN IR. MANGUM said: - President, Ladies and Gentlemen : Worth Carolinians make history; they do not thers have perpetuat their labors grow s Season after season, as rears roll on. The ide me is my apole ies that this ske As introductory to brief account of The Founding Under the severa 4, the General A the State, from S Ent to secure a pern en by the Legisl requesting the tatives in the Co The Convent th the restriction within ten miles er in Wake count ed to act upon t uses were tied; in the affirmative, de negative. The General As red to carry ou mmissioners to 1 perintend the bu se commissioner came is prominen Methodism in Ral -s have perpetuated themselves, and the fruits ir labors grow sweeter and more abounding, after season, as the cycles of the ecclesiastical roll on. The want of adequate records to me is my apology for any omissions or inaces that this sketch may betray. introductory to my general subject, I will give f account of The Founding of the City of Raleigh. der the several forms of government, until the General Assembly met at various places State, from Salem to Wilmington. The efO secure a permanent seat of government was by the Legislature at Tarboro' in 1787, that requesting the people to instruct their repreives in the Convention to fix upon the locaThe Convention referred it to the Assembly, the restriction that the place selected should ithin ten miles of the residence of Isaac HunWake county. In 1790 the Legislature reto act upon the bill, by a vote in which both s were tied; the speaker of the House voting › affirmative, and the speaker of the Senate in egative. e General Assembly, at Newbern in 1791, reto carry out the ordinance, and appointed issioners to locate and lay off the city, and to intend the building of a State House. One of commissioners was Hon. Wiley Jones, whose is prominently connected with the history of odism in Raleigh. He and five others met on THE CENTENNIAL OF 4th of April, 1792, and on the next day purased of Joel Lane, who lived on the present Boylot, one thousand acres of land, and proceeded form the plan of the Capitol, to embrace in its corrate limits four hundred acres. The State House was erected on the site of the esent edifice It was of similar design but smaller nensions. It was occupied by the General Assem, for the first time, in 1794. It is associated with introduction of the several denominations in the y. So likewise is the old Court House, which od on or near the site of the building of to-day. The Approach of Methodism. In the year 1773, Joseph Pillmore passed from Ballins traveled the I known to have extend During the year, the order into the Roand Williams, George S Bert Lindsay and the Brunswick Circu Counties in Virginia, Bate and Halifax co 1779, Bute was divid The work of these f Mar, 1776, resulted i red souls to the chu Te ind 1776 as the ir, the Methodist Taves near to, if anty. In May, 1 ghty-three memb At this time the Ca Edward Drumgoold Tatum appointed ced in the circu ame, was, perha y preacher was American Methodi Carolina and Ten Visissippi. In th le, was a far-a border in the bou enit. We see that in |