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About Christian herald. (Portland ;) 1882-18?? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 10, 1882)
V / CííttÍSTtAN lîKttAt.D. monwenlth, that their history be gins with Washington and Jeffer son', and that the only hope of the From Bro. T. F. Campbell. Gohlen State, in the future, is to place them in power. W averly , M o ., Oct. 7, 1882. The whisky dealers of San Fran- rrsro fo rt nrtl t m— Allianm for t he—— in Kansas City on Friday and came purpose of defeating thè Sunday to this place where I am now en law, which was declared to l»e con joying the hospitality of Bro. J. W. stitutional and wenj into effect about a year ago. Ì fii& alliance is w Carter ■ and his amiable, Christian wife. Bro. Carter came here more called by them The League of than thirty years ago, ami he has Freedom. They furnished money LATER. been all that time engaged in the and had their plans so arranged and most of the time ------------ P(HTliMB+ArM4HM4WU4, that it was impossible to get a jury- Oct. 1G, 1882. an officer in the church-—he is now to convict .a man for violating the The weather here at this time re one of the elders. He and his wife Sunday law, and the result has belong to nature’s nobility whom it minds, me of the gloomy, drizzling been that the Sumlay law has be day of December in Oregon. Rain costs but little effort to be good. come null and void The congregation here has de in harvest is a great evil'to the When the democratic and repub- clined chiefly by emigration from farhieF L ffm sTTe<T Ti | i i riy speak i iig lican parties came Th to' con Mention’" several hundred to a mere handful at Waverly, for which I received to nominate* their State tickets, The village, which a few years ago, great praise, hut little money. J they must secure the vbte of these was an important river town has went thence to Marshall, in Saline whisky venders and Sumlay dese- felt the withering-effect of railroads county where J had a fine hearing crators, so one party comes forward passing near, yet missing it by some on three successive evenings. Bro with a plank stating they were for miles. In its deserted streets and R. M. Messick, the preacher at that the repeal of all “ Sumptuary From Bro. Durham. dilapidated buildings,--it -reminds place, received me at the depot and Laws, it being fully understood and 'one of Goldsmith’s Deserted Vil conducted me to Bro. Fletcher’s res l)e<ir Pro. Shiitlci/: so discussed in convention that it idence, the preacher’s home, where For many days I have wanted tb applied to a repeal of the Sunday lage. 1 was cared for in a princely man extend i«y hand ter’you, and give law. The temperance and religious A congregation was organized a ner. These old Kentuckians, though you my congratulations for your people were pretty generally indig few years ago, in the country some _ six miles away, and more Tecfently_ they may 'have been in Missouri success with the H erald . nant, except those who were so an organization has been eflectedat tT)Trty^TaTsj~stTn’ k"now liow’to <lts~ ' The growflifSTOCCSSand nscfrrl- wodde<I to party as id follow^ it re-" Blackburn, the railroad station nine pense the true Kentucky hospitali aess of a religious paper cannot I k - gardless of principle or morals. So miles distant. These drew largely ty. I spent one night of my stay fully appreciated by those who sit .much had been said, that it was on this congregation, leaving it less in the interesting family of Bro on the back seats of 'an editor’s thought that the next party would than half its former number. Messick, who is a graduate.of Beth congregation and read his closelv do letter on the Sumlay question, There are, nevertheless some faith any, and a good preacher. The studied and carefully written ar hut they came forward with the ful brethreth here who are contend congregation 'here is al*out three ticles. plank stating that they believe in 1 have never been an editor, but “ Sunday as a day of rest and rec ing earnestly for the faith once de hundred in number. The brethren, as at almost every other place 1 have tried to acquaint myself with reation.' Rest for the religious livered to the saints. ' It'is but natural, perhaps, that have visited, are preparing to build his labors and. anxiety, and hence man and recreation for the beer — there -ahould be a feeling of -de They have just raised six thousand have not the least desire. to sit on gardens and corner groceries. __ spondency in the hearts of tho^e seven hundred dollars. They will his tripod nor take up an abode A call for a convention of the who remain, caused by the decline commence a. te.Ji thousand dollar within his sanctum. temperance and Sunday-obAerving In fact the world never gives the class of people, brought together a in numbers and apparent apathy, house as soon as they can raise which settles down upon the few, thirteen hundred dollars more. 1 editor the credit that is due him. large and enthusiastic representa who seem to forget the promise of had a fine hearing at Marshall but It is a most unthankful position, tion from all parts of the State. A pprhaps as much or more so than platform was adopted that covered the Savior that where two or three proceeds small. I left Marshall on the morning the position of school teacher. are gathered together in his name, the temperance question in all its It is pleasant to think that there phases, thp proper observance of there he is in the midst of them. train .for Columbia, where I was Certainly a dozen may as complete cordially received at the depot by are a few of our friends who try to the Sumlay law, liesidea all the ly and as amply enjoy the full frui Bro. J. W. Mountjoy and sister S. have some appreciation of our la questions that involve the best in tion of the blessings of Christianity H. Warren and her daughter Corene, bors, and furthermore that there is terest of every part of the State. as a thousand. We have been from a Miss of seven summers. Sister a day coming when it will l>e said, A full State ticket was nominat the first, an aggressive people, and W. is a sister of my wife. She is a “ well done good and faithful ser ed composed of some of the best unless we are making converts from most successful and popular teacher vant.” men of the State. And to add in the world and conquests from other of instrumental music in Christian I do hope the brethren will hold terest to the' move several of the religious lodies we do not feel College, over which Pres. G. S. up your hands hr -all your grand.. prominent jmliticaL pafiers have es that our joy is complete, or that Bryant presides. I have rooms at undertakings until a triumphant poused the temperance cause. the cause is in a healthy and pros the college during my stay in Co success shall perch upon your ever Party lines are fading, and the perous condition. The missionary lumbia, This is the site of the lasting banners. prohibition ticket will make an in . spirit should be preserved and in State University, and a beautiful We were glad to know that Bro. teresting fight with a good prospect / tensified, and the desire to bring situation for an inland“ t)Wnr Im Campbell even passed through our - of success. Public opinion is mov- — others into the fuller and purer provements are apparent in every State, if he had to shake off the ing with the spirit of the age and light’fcf the Gospel should be idrur- direction. -Tire sh’ott crop Tit ’«i is’ dust from his fret and h-ave us-4»y- you may not l»e surprised to see isned, yet these should not be per said to have checked the evidences way of the desert. We may have California, at no distant day, mitted to absorb every other con of prosperity, but the abundant the privilege of greeting him on sparkle in the national galaxy as a sideration nor to eclipse the far harvest of ’82 is giving new impetus his return. We will read with in star of the first magnitude in tem more important factor iii the di to every department of industry. terest his letters, and wish him perance reform. vine life found in the- individual Our people, here, as every where, success, hoping and praying that B ro D urham . growth in grace and in the knowl are noted f6r their educational en his last days may be his best, that Nothing does so establish the edge of our Lord Jesus Christ. A terprises. This institution lieauti- the JEJ golden sunset of his useful life fine church building and a wealthy fully located in the northern part of spanned by the halo of promise be mind amid the railing and turbu congregation are more likely to the city in a native grove of elm and so glorious ami bright that the lence of present , _ things _ o as laith a beget pride and increase vanity oak, interspersed with locust, ash dark river will scarce be seen, th^;. dook above them and a look Ixjyond them—above them, to the steady than to cultivate the spirit of devo and hawthome, is a female college fields will be so bright beyond. tion or add to a pious walk and ’ ' under the auspices of the Christian I suppose you are all advised and good hand by which they aie godly conversation. We should not church. * . The building is a three with reference to the Temperance ruled; and beyond them, to the forget that Christianity is, in its ' story brick, , well appointed for movement in California. The two sweet and beautiful end to which most important features, strictly a ' • comfort ‘ an<J ' ' health. The faculty is parties have claimed that their by that hand they will be brought, Personal matter whose highest en | well arranged to minister to ali the ; success was the safety of our com- —Jeremy Taylor. Correspondence. I joyment is to’be sough£ in a loving heart and a pure conscience. With out these within no external condi tion can make our joy complete. While- it is proper to employ what means we can conveniently ■spurëTin erecting houses, and maxF every legitimate effort to add-~to the congregation, we ought not to permit limited means and partial results to paralize our energies and destroy our zeal. Love to all. wants of the students, physically, intellectually■ and morally, There are six in thé literary faculty—two gentlemen and four ladies ; in the domestic faculty, seven—three gen tlemen and four ladies. The music iff alb its Mrpart m r nts ds- ^rodded over by Mrs. S. 11. Warren. With such facilities for education as tins college now bas, no young lady who is willing to apply herself can fail to acquire a thorough education It is noteworthy that expenses in these eastern colleges are from ten to thirty ¡>er cent. higher than in Oregon. 1 ani surjniswd that tliese should not be reduced by endow inent, so that higher culture might be enjoyed by a larger number. It ia,4xLeiuaxiLlaknow.lhat.<>U.r .br«‘tjxg. <en have a good representation in the faculty of the State University, located at this place, ■ Yours very truly, T. F. C ampbell . f • • • • ..I... ■„ »