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lars, and double wages be paid inditference have passed away, and tively great that her membership
when they are required to work on during the last winter thousands touches and influences the life of
Sunday.
who had been halting between two the nation among all classes of
society ; her aggressive zeal, sus­
I nfluence of SKEPTiCiSM.-VThe opinions’, declared themselves on
the Lord’s side. It has seemed to tained by a benevolence never ex­
Brooklyn Union, in its supplement
us that infidelity Was causing not a ceeded, is marvelously persistent
of June 30th, gave a very interest­
few persons to assume a waiting and grandly successful in spreading
ing report of the opinions of four
attitude. Such reports as those of the truths of Holy Writ ? But is
JL
- W orks ,—The following
Tas "been going tbe round of our our sister city, in relation to the The UniotT are .very vaTuable.— this external prosperity associated
with any appreciable increase in her
Christian Intelligencer.
B exchanges:-
influence of scientific infidelity and
spirituality and in the ethicq^ strict­
A pastor dreamed one night tha, worldliness upon the religious life
P hysical E vils of T obacco .— ness of her practical life ? Is she
J his church had hitched him up to a
’ carriage, and as he pulled along of the Church and the' community Tobacco contains an essential oil, really growing in those spiritual
j oVet sandy toads, he Wohdered how at large. Neatly all the gentlemen and nicotine, both of which are experiences which are the fountain
■ -the wheels moved so smoothly anc interviewed thought the power of
of her tree strength^ and in those
highly pmsoiMrtia.------------- -——
cost him scrmtlo ’^
'scepticism had been much over-
Tobacco, when first smoked, moral qualities which are her
J ing around, he found his brethren rated, that it had not shaken the
and sisters poshing. After awhile,
chewed or snuffed, deranges the beautiful garments / Or is her be­
the wheels grew heavy and the confidence of Uhtlstiahs or the whole system.
nevolent zeal nothing better than a
pastor, sweating, panting, lookec general belief in the truths of reve-
Tobacco by perverting the nour- cloak with which she keeps up an
4—..hack to sen.wliaL.mai^^ JalioiL___ All.. -attributed greater
1 only to find that the deacons hac power to an increasing worldliness. isTiment saliva, prevents the due appearahctT of healUi^’ lifecon-
ceals the worldliness which is
1 jumped in and were leisurely lean­ But was not mueh of apparent in elaboration of chyle and blood.
ing back and cracking the whip.
Tobacco exerts a special influence slowly eating away her faith and
difierence, which was so obdurate
on the brain ahd nervous system love ? Is she an exception to her
for a few years, due to the seem­
past history by being proof against
L ondon S ociety in 1883.—
generally.
ingly compact and complete argu­
B During the past week one of the
Tobacco, by weakening the the insidious influences of prosper­
ment by which a materialistic and
1 leading representatives of Con-
nerves, produces morbid excitability ity, or is she about to repeat that
atheistical science was sustained ?
feature in her former career typified
and irritability. ~Z. ... ~
,... ...
"W tinental nations gave a ball at the
The argument for a time seemed
West hind. Invitations to about
Tobacco impairs the senses of in still more ancient times by
flawless. It covered the whole
4 250 of the " upper ten ” were issued.
smelling and tasting, and often of Jeshurun, by kicking against tho
ground. It professed to give an
commands of her Lord in eonse-
The evening arrived, and amidst
unbroken goneakigy frciiu an origto. hearing and‘ sceingr
the splendour of sumptuous fur­
Tobacco seriously affects the ac­ quence of having, Tike Jeshurun,
nal fire-mist to the most complicated
nishing the elaborate supper was
tion of the heart and circulation of “ waxed fat ?” ’—N. Y. Christian
and exalted forms of life. It found
Advocate.
3 served. An enormous quantity of
the blood.
no overruling God anywhere. It
Tobacco mars beauty, destroys
wine was provided and consumed, excluded the supernatural utterly.
| not a single full bottle remaining
the
complexion, and impairs the
C linging to L ile .—Life is hard
Now did not this bold and confident
1 after 2 A. m . A number of elegantly
statement produce a waiting atti­ brilliancy of the eyes.
at the best, and it is often filled
J attired “ gentlemen ” went home
Tobacco smoke in confined rooms with pain and sorrow till it becomes,
tude in many minds ? While men
quite drunk. We wonder whether
were not convinced by it, while is very injurious to sickly women as we call it, a burden. Many a
' we are returning to the disgraceful
they did not surrender their faith and children.
one says he would like to be free
days of George IV. It is simply
Tobacco
consumers
are
more
lia
­
in God, in spiritual life, in miracles,
from it. Heaven is seen afar off as
humiliating to thiilk of educated
ble
to
disease
than
if
they
were
in
a home and rest to w hich he wrill
were they not brought to a stand­
men spending the night in drinking
natural
condition
a
go, and in all seriousness and hon­
still, to. A, position of expectancy,
themselves into a condition of
Tobacco
weakens
the
constitu
­
■■
esty, w'ith not a shadow of the
and to. tfn indisposition to commit
sensual intoxication, from which
tion,
and
renders
recovery
from
dramatic in his utterance, he will
themselves either way until they
the beasts that perish would in­
tell how he longs to get there. In
could form a reasonable estimate of sickness a greater difficulty.
stinctively shrink.— Christian Com­
Tobacco
is
a
known
cause
of
en-
a few cases the succeeding experi­
the outcome of the debate ? Neces­
'S monwealth.
feeblement
to
the
prosperity
of
its
ence corresponds with such a pro­
sarily the advocates of revelation
consumers.
fession. He desires to depart and
for a seasdh could only fasten upon
A boy with a cigar or a quid of be with Christ, and the death hour
T he S trike —The telegraphers’ a weak point here and there, and
strike on this coast and perhaps were compelled to wait for the full tobacco in his mouth Will not be is welcomed—amid thanksgivings
throughout the United States which expression of the theory of mate­ very particular about his compan­ and songs of triumph he goes to bo
began last week and still continues rialism before they could make an ions. In fact, he will hardly be forever w’ith the Lord. But usually
at this writing, is causing consider­ answer that would produce convic­ tolerated in good company. He it is the other way. The love of
able inconvenience on the part of tion. A very decided change has will naturally be drawn to the place life is strong—stronger than ho •
business men. It seems that the occurred during the past two or where the idle and dissipated thought, and when the danger of
strike has been brewing for several three years. The materialists have resort. •
losing it comes near, he shrinks
years. Their demands, as stated in been put upon the defensive; their
Such is the history,, not of all away from the messenger that in­
one of our dailies, are as follows :
argument has been very seriously tobacco users, but of thousands.— vites or summons him to the other
The demands made by the damaged; enormous gaps have been Dr. Ji. II. McDonald.
shore. He knows of heaven—it is
. brotherhood on the company were disclosed in what was claimed to be
a holy, l>appy place. He is sure of
¡that both sexes receive the same
H ard Q uestions .—The Church Christ—to be w’ith him is the con­
[ compensation, and also that salaries a continuous line of descent, and
| be increased fifteen per cent., and thousands of intelligent men and of to-day is externally prosperous, summation of all joy. The immor­
that eight hours in the daytime, or women have come to the conclusion perhaps never more so since her tality, incorruption, crowns of re­
seven hours at night be a day’s that modern scientific scepticism pcntecostal birth ; her edifices dot joicing, all are certain and infinitely
work, and further, that twenty-six has failed to form a system of the the land ; she abounds in members blessed, but nature asserts herself
¡working days be taken as a work­
ing month, and that they receive universe in which God has no place who, if not millionaires, are suffi­ in saying that life is sweet, and
[extra compensation for work done and wherein there is no room for ciently rich to procure all the needs asking for ^elay in entering upon
on Sunday. That the lowest salary the supernatural. With this con of-life and many of its luxuries; the eternal w eight of glory. Even
paid to line men be sixty-five dol-* elusion the apparent indecision and her numerical strength is so reta-~ with all his pains and miseries on
wavering faith in God and his
promises, yet his faith was begot­
ten and perfected in the trials
through which he passed. A faith
that has come up through skepti­
cism is not soon to be overturned.
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