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but about the middle of this period Garst and wife, Yokohama.
they began to increase alarmingly.
ISTHMUS OF PANAMA.
In the New England States, during • W. H. Williams and wife.
the year 1846, there were only 94
When the new preachers get to
divorces; the next year there were work in England, we shall have 26
129; in 1854 the number reached missionaries at work. The number
299, and increased until in 1864 we of communicants at our various
find 426 divorces granted. During stations is over 1,300.
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the past 15 years there has been
We suppose the time will soon
one divorce to every 15 marriages
_____ in the State of Massachusetts: one come when those, who claim to
to every 13 in Vermont; 1 to 9 in smoke will do so without any
Rhode Island, and 1 to leas than 8 regard to the comfort and rights of
.. in Connecticut. In 1880 there other people. Smoking to the an
were 510 divorces granted in the noyance and, often to the disgust of
State of Maine. Twenty years ago others is not only engaged in on the
Massachusetts had only 1 divorce streets, in the presence of ladies, in
to every 51. marriages; now there tne/post offlce^. on the carS/on the'
is 1 divorce to 21 marriages. steam boats and in many other pub
Population has increased 50 per lic places, but even the rules of
cent., divorce has increased 150 per Congress are not able to prevent, or
cent. Ohio, with 1 divorce £o 7 at least' do not, the indecent practice
marriages, stands worst upon the in her halls, and that too at the
list, while Chicago grants 1 to solemn services of a funeral. One
every 12. Something of a contrast of the daily papers in speaking of
this from the Bible view that man *the habit says : “ Ladies who fre
and wife are one until death, while, quent the galleries of the House of
at one time, there was but one Representatives complain of the al
cause which justified divorce I As most constant violation of the rule
suredly no nation can go on grinding against smoking on the part of
out divorces as our courts are, and members of Congress, who parade
disorganize society and maintain a up and down the aisles of the floor
healthy existence. Sooner or later, with lighted cigars in their mouths,
if not arrested, the serpent will making the atmosphere above and
fasten on the nation’s vitals, yice in the galleries redolent with the
will displace virtue, and purity will fumes of cheap tobacco and villain
be only a thing for jest and sneers ous concoctions of the cigar-maker’s
When that time comes the wreck art. Even during the funeral cere
of the Family and the obliteration monies of the late Representative
„. of marriage will be complete”.___ Mackey, members so far forgot
themselves as to walk about areas
O ur F oreign M issionaries .— in rear of the seats smoking as
In response to a call to print a full though nothing had happened. The
list of the names and addresses of offenders in such instances are gen
our foreign missionaries the Chris erally new members. Speaker Car
tian Standard gives the following : lisle- has already had occasion to
ENGLAND.
have read to the House the rule
H. S. Earl, Southampton ; M. D. against smoking upon the floor; but
Todd, Liverpool; W. T. Moore, it docs not seem to have any effect,
London ; J. M. Van Horn, Chester. and visitors to the galleries, not de
Three or four additional preachers votees of the weed, find it difficult
will be set to work within a few to remain in so vile an atmosphere.”
weak«. ___ '____
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to be done to protect innocent peo
Mr. and Mrs. Jules Delaunay, ple. We believe every post master
Paris.
in the land ought to be required by
DENMARK.
law to prevent any smoking in and
A. L. Hoick, Copenhagen.
around his office. It is not at all
TURKEY.
pleasant for either men who do not
G. N. Shishmanian and wife, smoke or ladies to bo' compelled to
headquarters Constantinople, Gara- feel their way through a dense fog
bed der Tavitian, Bardizag ; Gara- of tobacco smoke in' order to drop
bed Kevorkin, Tokat; Dikian Sha- a letter in the office or to get their
mail. We could name more than
habian, Sivas.
one post office out of which men
INDIA.
G. L. Wharton and wife, M. D. and women have been driven by
such conduct. Common respect and
Adams and wife, Hurda.
decency, if nothing more, should
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lead every post master to enter his
’’Geo. T. Smith and wife, Chas. E. protest. If people will continue to
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it'
smoke they should be compelled to
do so at home.'
CONTENDING FOR THE
FAITH.
In the opening of the epistle of
Jude he says: “Beloved, when I
gave all diligence to write/uiito you ' ’’
of the common salvation, it was
needful for me to write unto you
and exhort you that ye should .
-earnestly contend for the fai.th
which was once delivered unto the
suhits.“" ThlSWmmon salvation is
the same in all ages, and-, hence is
just as precious to-day as when
Jude wrote his epistle. As it was
necessary to earnestly contend for
thfe faith then, and the matter was
of sufficient interest to lead Jude to
editor or other scribe has taken in write to the brethren and exhort
hand to show up the inconsistencies them to that effect, we think the
and absurdities of those who “ Op faith of the saints should be of
pose cooperation in the spread of equal interest to-day. There has
the gospel “ who do not believe never been a time in the history of
in foreign missions,” etc., etc. Now the Christian religion when defense
brethren, have we any such people and earnest contention for the faith
among us ? Can these scribes give was not necessary. It was ne
us the name of a paper published cessary in Jude’s (lay because certain '
by our brethren which does not -be ungodly men had crept in una
lieve in cooperation among the wares and were turning the grace
churches in preaching the gospel, or of-^God into laciviousnessr and de
is nçt in favor of foreign missions ? nying the only Lord God' and the
Or can they put their finger on an Lord Jesus Christ. There.ace men
intelligent brother or- sister in our to-day who.are to be feared and-
ranks from the Pacific shores to the opposed by the people of God.
Atlantic who is so foolish ? We Some have^rept in among us una
confess that we have the first one wares and are doing much mischief
to find. We do not believe that among the saints; while others are
there are any such people among avowed enemies to the truth and
us. Then these writers are not only lose no time in exerting their in
wasting their precious time in blast fluence for evil. Paul’s experience
ingthé àir,~"bütthey are ’’doing juYing the early days of Christiani
themselves, their brethren and the ty is another example in point. He
cause of Christ a great injustice by was almost daily engaged in carry
pursuing such a course. That good ing out Jude’s injunction to the
brethren often differ as the man brethren in earnestly contending
ner or special plan of cooperation for the faith ol the saints. In
is not denied. And if the New many respects he was one of the •
Testament does not furnish us with most eminent debaters the world
all the plans that are necessary in has ever known. He spoke boldly
the spread of the gospel, and the in the name of the Lord Jesus and
whole thing of planning is to be disputed against the Grecians, not
left to the wisdom of men without withstanding they went about to
a divine-model to fashion after wn kill Jrim. While at Athens “ hn
do not see how a difference of opin disputed in the synagogue with the
ion in this matter is ever to be Jews, and with the devout persons,
avoided. Human plans—mere ex and in the market daily with them
pedients—will always be subjects that met with him.” At Ephesus
of debate and can be changed at the “ he went into the synagogue and
will of the people ; but not so with spoke boldly for the space of three
divine plans. Let us sec to it that months, disputing and persuading
we always fairly represent our the things concerning the kingdom
brethren in this matter. As Bro. of God.” But when they refused
J. B. Briney, of the Apostolic Times, to accept his teaching here he
is now investigating cooperation in separated the disciples 'and went
the light of the New Testament,
we shall be sorry to see him fall with them into the school of one
1 yrannus and disputed daily for
into this error !
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the space of two years. The result
Nothing is so credulous as vanity ^was^that all Asia heard the word of
or so ignorant of what becomes it the Lord, Both Jews and Greeks.”
self.—Shakespeare.
1 hese examples and many others
It is sometimes a very nice thing
to be able to fairly represent the
views of those vtfith whom we may
chance to differ. We think more
attention should be given to this
matter, for we are fully satisfied
that most of*
1 the controversy among
our own brethren over some mat-
térs'co'nta^u avulduil by thè strict'
observance of this rule. In about
one half of the cases it will be seen
that these discussions amount to
nothing but a war of words. Al
most every week in looking through
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