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and to keep ourselvesF^nspotted
from the world, for many of them,
thank God, are doing nobly in this
respect. But let the church show
by her practical workings—by her
theory put to work—that her scope
of practical Christianity is broad
enough; high enough, deep enough
and above all active enough to in­
clude all of these acts beneficial
/dike to the individual, to society
* nttdto the natirnr^nd even the-weB
balanced rich man will not be slow
| to accept her offers of mercy and
! salvation.
3. More consistency in living out
I the profession of Christianity. The
I -ri c h man ofto n knows w hat i t t a ke s
1 to constitute a consistent life much
! better than he pratices it. Still he
; demands consistency on the part of
I the Christian, and this he has a
•’ perfect right io do. But let all the
■ disciples of Christ show in their
' every-day life what their profession
demands of them, and the indiffer­
ent will not be slow to see and feel
[ the influence of their example.
THE
WORKS OF PRESI­
DENT GARFIELD.
have plainly revealed the secret of
his greatness. We see the noble­
ness of his character running
through his great speeches from
first to last, and the grand principles
of the Christian religion are kept
uppermost in them all. It is both
a pleasure and a source of much
profit to read his grand, clear»
logical, scholarly and convincing
speeches on the various and lea<,l-
the purpose of Garfield, had he
lived, to revise his speeches anc
writings and give them to the pub­
lic in due time; but we doub;
whether he could have done the
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Hinsdale.
Any
thing
like an exhaustive review of these
works would carry us far beyonc
our limited time and space. They
must be seen and read to be fully
appreciated. Suffice it to say that
the work has been admirably done,
and any one of whatever profession
who desires to be thoroughly posted
on the leading topics of a national
character and who wishes to learn
the successful road to true useful­
ness and greatness can not afford to
be without, these books. Address
James R. Osgood & Co., 211 Tre
mont St., Boston.
From all-the -smal ler towns rivalry
is absent by common consent, the
first occupant holding exclusive
possession. In the Territory have
been opened seventy schools, with
120 teachers and 4,500 scholars,
the latter largely Mormon born.
The ahnual expense is more than
SCO,000. Every step in advance
has cost a battle. In most cases
the teacher has gone uninvited anc
found few to welcome her. Suspi­
cion, if not hostilitypAvas universal.
Success was gained only by con-
their historical setting. I have no
fear, if it can survive the handling
of its friends, that its enemies shall
ever overthrow it.
There is no need of perverting
the word of God to sustain a good
cause; if it be of God it will get
along without this. The end does
not justify the means.
were made to suffer. If the youth
will not absent themselves, then
they must forego the Church
dances. Of late, opposition of a
nobler sort is coming into fashion.
The ward schools are made free
ment from the evidence of design
to prove an intelligent, wise and al­
mighty designer, in other words, a
God and Creator. The gross incon­
sistency of unbelief in this matter
-appeftm-in-the-fol In wi ng, JjqcidfiaL._
published last week in the Central
Presbyterian:.
Shortly after the lamented death
of Henry- Rogers, the brilliant and
acute author of “ The Eclipse of
published :
Faith,” the following was published
“ Standing before the rows of
amorphus-looking ‘ flint chips ’ in
the British Museum, that are offered
as evidence of human design and
handiwork upon the earth indef­
inite ages before Adam, w« ventur­
ed the natural query whether the
private and unscientific mind would
be tolerated in doubting the evi­
dences of design in these rough
splinters of stone. rThat is just
what Henry Rogers was saying
when I saw him a week ago,’ waa
the answer, ‘ that it seems strange
that these gentlemen who refuse to
admit the evidence of design in the
whole material universe, should bo
so outrageously indignant with any
of us if we hesitate for a moment to
admit the evidence of design in a
flint chip.’”
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ed, buildings and all manner of
helps are improved and increased ;
and thus, by competition, the
Church is put on good behavior.
Now if a like spirit were extended
Missionward would the Churchlose
anything ? Would she not gain
even if some denomination should
place a figure 1 in place of a 2 in its
next Annual Report ? So we
think.
This depends altogether on what
the figure 1 is intended to repre­
sent. If the denominations will
unite on the Bible alone and follow
its teaching in putting down sin
and social vices in all their forms,
then it would be a great blessing to
the world and the Church, and the
figure 1 would be sufficient to rep­
resent all the Christianity in the
world. But a union of denomina­
tions as such is both unscriptural
and impractkftbtei........
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E vidences of D esign .—Infidel
science has been in the habit for a
Through the kindness of the
publishers, James R. Osgood & Co.,
Boston, we have had laid oh our
table two neatly and substantially
bound volumes, containing respec­ Selections and Comments.
tively 779 and 795 pages, entitled
W ho W rote H ebrews ?—While
“ The Works of James Abram Gar­
some have been in doubt as to who
field, Edited by B. A. Hinsdale,
wrote the epistle to the Hebrews,
President of Hiram College.” Con­
we have always believed that the
cerning Abel of old and the accept­
Apo«tle Paul was its author. And
able sacrifice he offered to God, it
P erverting S cripture .—A cor­
now comes the following note from,
was said, " By it he being dead yet
the Independent to confirm this po­ respondent to the Christian Union - A G reat S orrow .—A few years
speaketh.” Abel not only spoke,
writing from. Boston in regard to ago a man whose locks were white
sition :
but it was by his works that he did
The Pauline authorship of the the temperance work in that city,
it; and it is by these that he is Epistle to the Hebrews has been makes the following just criticism with age, sat in our presence and
still speaking to the world. This sub judice from the first Christian on the the prevalent habit of twist wept bitterly as he told of the re­
cent death of a grown son. “ Ah,*
is true of all great and good men centuries, and its defenders have ing the Scriptures :
said he, “ It is not simply the part-
whose works have come before the generally bepn in the minority. It
I am often amused by the reas iftg that gives me pain.
The
public for its approval, and es­ is somewhat strange that, in the oning of Doctors of Divinity, basing
near past, this condition of affairs
pecially is it true of James Abram has almost been turned around, and their arguments for prohibition on thought that my son was not a
i Christian, and that 1 have no hope
Garfield. Whatever may be said in more conservative circles it is the ten commandments, “ Thou
' of his salvation is almost unbeara­
of some of his political views, yet almost regarded as a settled fact shalt not.” But did not the legisla­
ble. And O, the agony of my soul
as a man of ability and scholarship, that Paul wrote this letter. Dur­ tion of the Hebrews, in applying
the principles of the commandments when I recall the fact that I did not
a soldier, a legislator, a statesman, ing the last ten years, in Germany to municipal affairs, use regulation
alone, Hofmann, Wichelhaus, Wor
try to guide him in the ways of the
a President and a Christian, he was ner, Bisenthal, Panek, Holtzheuer and restriction and control rather
Lord. He never heard my voice in
universally admired by the people and Zill have, with more or less than prohibition ? Did it not regu
family prayer, nor did I ever strive
irrespective of creed or party. ability, commented on this epistle, ate polygamy, and eliminate it by
to lead him to Christ—this it is that
Hence his life in these various and all have declared themselves in progressive steps ? Was not the
same true of slavery ? Dr. Bush­ almost kills me.”
stations exerted a powerful influ­ favor of its Pauline authorship.
nell once said some passages of
And the old man sat aud talked
ence on the people North, South,
T he F ruit of U nion .—In speak­ Scripture have suffered a worse while the tears literally rained down
East and West; and his untimely ing of the benefit to be derived from martyrdom than the martyrs them­
I death was mourned by the world. the denominations uniting their selves. I think it is one of the his cheeks and rolled off his white
proofs that the Bible contains a di­ jeard. He was a preacher too—
! It can not be otherwise, therefore,
efforts, the Christian at Work says : vine revelation that it has stood md striven to bring others to
| than a blessing to the nation that
The various Christian denomina­ against the twisting and torturing Christ, yet had ^permitted his own
he still lives in his works to speak
tions are making an earnest effort exegisis to which it has been sub­
I to us and to our children after us. to capture Utah. Six denomina­ jected ; against all that has been son to be a castaway. The broken­
In these two volumes before us tions are now working in harmony, read into it, and against the volcan­ hearted father did not long survive
! he not only speaks, but in them we and in substantially the same way. ic methods of wrenching texts from the shock. He went in sorrow to
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