Christian herald., January 11, 1884, Page 9, Image 9

CHRISTIAN
HERALD
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1 RY AGAIN.
freight a mind with noble thoughts
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than wear a crown, or ait upon a
Margy with the flaxen hair
CONDUCTED BY PBOF. J. D. HAWES.
throne.”
Sat the picture of dispair.
»iwent- __ A pressure of business called us “ Five times six and eight times seven
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should be handed or sent to Prof. J. D. Hawes, home on Friday, and that evening Add results, and by eleven
Monmouth, Oregon. '
found us again perambulating the Multiply—O no, divide—
Teachers’ Institute.
streets of Monmouth preparing for And I don’t know what beside.
O, this horrid, horrid sum !
The Teachers’ Institute of the work in our noble cause, viz.: The Right I cannot make it come.
Fifth Judicial District of Oregon Normal School.
So said Marg with a sigh,
Crying, “ Tis no use to try.”
was held during the 26th, 27th and
The
Hon.
Adam
Crooks.
28th of last month at Forest Grove,
Grey-haired grandma sitting near,
when a very interesting programme
It will take a very large number Heard the sigh and saw the tear,
was gone through. Several who by surprise, and we are sure will fill “ Margy, darling, hither come ;
were on the programme failed to all with unfeigned regret, to be told Let me see thy • horrid sum’ ”
Scanning all the work, she saw
Tht> ITisdfrr"
hnard WAS -put, in jjxi appearance, but there that the Hon. Adam Crooks is
a slip and there a flaw :
vwy-illy-and ™„ Here
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commended by some aged mission- were a number of excellent substi-
symptoms of softening of the brain
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aries in sending two families and in tutes at hand, and nothing was have so manifested themselves as to Why, the figures don’t agree
sending men of age and experience lost. State Supt. McElroy was at make both his friends and medical Little maid, thy sore distress
to begin the work. *We look to his post as usual doing the work of advisers regard his condition with Is the fruit of heedlessness.”
Him whose cause this is for grace conducting the Institute, in *his the »deepest anxiety. It is but a ** O, but, Grandma, I have tried
—....... tft mafaun ps until our work is done. usual masterly manner. And just short time since we announced his Just as hard ! ’ poor Margy cried ;
JXturn^ap I latently jn greatly im- ” But the naughty figures go
Yours in the best of bonds,
here we would call special attention proved health, from a lefigltseited" Bomebow'iHWlyU WfUUg, JUU kUUf i"
G eo . T. S mith ,
to the princely manner in which sojourn in Europe. The improve­ Then, to her supreme dismay,
C. E. G arst .
the visiting members were enter- ment, however, has been only ap­ Grandma sponged the work away,
to
tained by the good people of Forest parent. It is now seen that the And for Margy’s eyes to read.
Wrote in letters large and plain,
"Always preach-the—bestr yon- “Grove“ "Never11 were a -body —ef- disease has been for some time past
can,” was the invariable advitontf teachers, or any other body, ever Tn progress, and thaTwlrite ttS’Bynip- « If at fifflt you don’t succeed, —
Try, and try, and try again.”
lithe late Dr. Cyrus Dickson to young better treated than were the visitors toms may have for a season been
mitigated, nothing effective in the
ministers entering the Home Mis­ at this institute. We got there on way of cure has been accomplished. When the wise old saw she read,
sion service. The most impressive Wednesday evening, along with We shall continue to cherish ttye ” Thank you, grandma dear,” she said.
Then with bright and oheerful air
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discourses of Jesus were delivered several others of the followers of hope that the Hon. gentleman may Worked the sum with double care,
to individuals.
And when had the “ delightful task,” and found even yet be restored to comparative And the answer—happy sight I—
Paul a grander audience or oppor­ ourselves to be in time for the health,though the well-known char­ Came at last exactly right.
acter of the disease necessarily foe­
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tunity than when he preached the evening session. The address of bids any sanguine expectation of a ‘‘«Now,” the little maiden aried.
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Laughing in her girlish pride,
gospel t^King Agrippa and his welcome by the Rev. II. S. Lyman favorable result.
“ When my naughty sums go wrong,
queen t We were once shocked to was fully character istie of the
Ae clip the above from the ‘ Try again ’ shall be my song.”
hear a young minister say he had largehearted people of.the “ Grove,” Toronto Globe. We have the honor —T. O. C onant , in Harper's Youug
declined to preach, upon a certain to which O. F. Paxton, Esq., County of the acquaintance of the H qel People.
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’ occasion, “ because there were only Supt. of Multnomah county, re­ Adam Crooks, who, for over ten
At a school for telegraphy in the
seventy persons present, and they sponded in suitable terms. Music years was minister of public in­
West, one of the students has not
^were all young people.” But the by the choir, and an excellent lec­ struction for the Province of Ontario,
the use of his arms, yet he sends
same m in has preached to many a ture by Pres. Ellis, of the Pacific and one who took the very deepest
and receives messages all right.
smaller cangregation since. The University, on “ Primary Instruc­ interest in the progress and welfare
On the table in front of him is a
~~ - eminent Robert Hall never saved tion in Civil Government in oui of the public school system of that
pencil and a stick. Taking the
himself for great occasions. If he Common Schools,” of which no province, a man of sterling character,
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pencil between his teeth he can
were preaching in the smallest vil­ synopsis would do justice, made up strict integrity, and of broad cul­
write a good hand—if that is what
lage, to a dozen of the plainest peo­ this evening’s work.
ture, and generous to a fault. No one would call it—and with the
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ple, he would pour forth his grand­
After another day of solid, sub­ one, no matter how much opposed stick in his mouth and resting on
est
eloquence.
It
is
related
of
the
I
stantial work, we enjoyed in the to him politically, ever met him the key, he can send messages at
Rev. Dr. Thomas that upon one oc­ evening a raro treat in an excellent and formed his acquaintance but
about the rate of seventeen per
casion when be had intended to paper by Prof. Crawford, City Supt. was changed to a friend. We hope
minute.
preach a special sermon, because of of the Portland public schools. In to bear of his speedy recovery to
a violent storm but seven persons this Prof. Crawford fully sustained health so as to be able to resume
A N ice P resent .—An Eastern
were present. Recognizing their his reputation of being one of the his work in the educational field, lady has presented the Willamette
self-denial, he at once decided - to leading educators of the coast. His -but from the above we have grave University with $60 for the pur­
preach one of the best sermons he subject, " The Daily Duties of the doubts of this hoped-for termina­ pose of improving the Natural
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had ever prepared, and it was de­ Teacher,” is one that is full of tion of that dreadful disease.
Science department in that insti­
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clared to be one of the most elo thought, and was handled by the
tution. Our address is Monmouth.
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roblem
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Two
ladies,
each
quent efforts of his life. Indeed, it Prof, in his usual happy manner.
is often true that the most blessed After a song, probably the real gem thirty years of age, are sitting on a
A distinguished editor and
work is done in the smallest audi- of the Institute, was a lecture by sofa ; one is a district school teacher author of New York city remarked
and the other is worth $200,000, the other day that last winter he
encer.— Herald and Presbyter.
the Rev. Dr. Lindsey, of Portland.
which is the unmarried lady and
Secret prayer must be the root We would be glad if all the people which is the old maid ?— Rochester never .spent a single evening at
any social gathering or place of
for nourishing all public prayer and of Oregon, especially our legislators, City Express.
amusement outside of his own
service. “ Apostasy begins at the could have heard this. We hope
closet door,” says Philip Henry. yet to hear of its being printed, so
Miss Will was married to Mr. house. He was too busy, and
It is only as we dwell much in the we can have it to read ourself. Shall in Allegan county, Mich., re­ most nights he worked in his
shadow of the Almighty that we
are able to endure the sunlight of The Dr., in conclusion, gave us the cently. We judge the above to be library till two o’clock in the
morning.
noble thought, “ I would rather future indicative.
the world.
»mined the question as best we
could, we decided to rent a house
and remain a year. We accordingly
Teased a houke from the M. E. mis-
sion (the present occupant is to go'
home permanently on aecount of
failing health) , and expect to go
there as soon as our goods arrive or
before.
We have two teachers, one for
morning, the other in the afternoon,
two hours each.
Our health'is good, our hopes
high, but we need great patience.
ducat ional Depart ni ent.
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