PACIFIC CHRISTIAN MESSENGER, THURSDAY,. MAY 31, 1877.
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Tragic Death of Smith Peterson ing heart, he gave evidence of his Divine Worship in a Kalmuck knees, arrayed in bright-colored
Temple.
vestments, overlaid with »gold and
incte;uring hive, and knowledge of,
Correspondence.
T* | M ound R anch , J ackson C o ., O r :, God and his word, while the latter
A recent traveler thus describes silver embroidery, and comprised of
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, May 12, 1877. in simple eloquence;us with afigels i a scene which the artist depicts a large tunic with open sleeves and
Bl- J.-B. M'CLCBS.
Bro. Stanley•: .
w-inga, swept us along up, toward with singular skill ami accuracy : a kind of camail. Their headdress
It is with sorrow’ ami sadntiss the mount* of God, by giving an “We. now were ushered into the resembled that of the ancient Pe
I have often seen with pleasure.
thatd-take my pen to write yoq assurance of her increasing strength part of the building set apart for ruvians/
Pictures drawn by master hand.
What ama^&l Us most, were the
of the death of my son, M. Smith arid growth in Christian character divine servicer;'it was, a good-sized
Drawn in poet’s rhyme knd measure,
Peterson.. He died at 7 o’clock and work, although deprived almost room, capable of. holding twq,-or instruments of music, Bisjdesenor-
Of some far off beauteous laud.
Landscape scenes of hill and mountain, P. M., on FridaA, the 11th Inst., at eiitirelyat hoinb, <>f the privileges three hundred people; curii ions were mous tymbal.-vand tamtams, were
And of raie and dell between,
the Grave Creek house, in Josephine of congregational and sdcial fellow laid across it in parallel "rows for huge conchshells, anti two immense
Lake and river, brook and fonntâltf;
county, Oregon. He and others ship and- instructions.
the congregation to kneel on, and tubes, ten or twelve feet along, and
Dressed and girt with Verdure green,
were
on
their
way
with
freight
Brethren and Sisters do not fail 1 the officiating priests, to the nlinu each resting on two supports. Each
-ifhen have turned und looked around
from
Roseburg
to
Jacksonville,
and
to attend yóur own social meetings j
oj f;fteen or twenty, sat in rows seems to endeavor to make all the
me,
And beheld with wondering gaze,
put up at said house on Wednes when at ho^ae and -when abroad, (jn cushions raised a little abqve nbise he can,.foi- there -,m no meas
Real scenery clothed in beauty,
day evening, the 9th inst., and lifter do not failvisit others ; and thus
ure, accord, or method.- The con
floor:-
Lighted by tlie sun’s bright rays.
y<Mi
vvTÌT^Vy
’
flìe
’
T
foristitin
fife
cert began with small bells, then
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suppel they were shooting with
“It was not the time for regular ■ ce
Yes, I saw the Cascade monutains
pistols . at a .' target* Alter the that pow is.
• ie, but they
and tymbals broke in,
bj’ continuance in service,
„ made no abaction | the
Dressed in forests old and grand ;
shooting,
they
were
on
the
porch,
’
j
private
performance.
and
the
roar
deepened with the.
well
doing,
thrit
which
is
to
come.
And their many peaks snow covered,
to giving us a
High above like watchtower's stand. talking and laughing as lx^’S com- ■
;
i..
....... S aijim .
The prmst who sat on the righ#fW*»t8 of the innn.™ 1 nnap.- •
Mount Hood’s bold and frotey summit riiortij. axe. and -my son had Mr.
xqx-nerl a "book, rang a little bell,
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Rainy Sundays.
Rising fourteen thousand feet ;
Vest’s Derringer, aa<l* went to put
From
Brother
Chase.
and
commenced
intoning
in
a
.
low
AndMohnt Jefferson to southward,.
Don’t make them an occasion of
it in his pants pocket, under his
voice—we could distinguish the
Covered o’er with snow and sleet. _
sinning
by neglect of duty. Go to
overalls, and 'somev. way it dis
O akland , O b .,“May 23,1877’ ^jjrayor
jMtdinehtoicroour-
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Farther so^qAj I saw thé bisfens ;
church
at. the* appointed, services. *.
charged, and the ball entered just Beo. Stanley:
;
t nng very often. His monotonous
Three of thém dressed out in white
And again, the top of Diamond
Jri front of bis right ldp bone and
Enclosed I send you five dollars chant was soon taken up by the Your pastor will be. tht/c. why not-
Glittering iii the morning light.
ranged downward, and lodged to be credited to Bro. J. Littrel, of priest next to him, and quickly y^u 1 His personal comfort in reach
And. I saw »boni ttie summit
against the skin in liis right groin. Oakland,^subscription to M essen - swelled into a regular chorusq then ing the place will be as .much im-
Of this range of mountains old, .-—'7
paired as yours;-he has mbetter-------
He suffered very much.
, .
GKB. 1 have receipted him from t)„. in,tru.... «lrimed in. and the.
Fair siz -d lakes of purest wafer, . - *
over-chat, pVef-sfioes; or umbrella
~
Mr.
Homer
Harknes
immediately
vol. IL No.'34 to vol. 7 No. 34.
Crystal clear and icy cold.
clashing of eyriibals, the, tinkling of"
than
your-sqlf.
,
His
health,
is
as
telegraphed
for
Dr.
Akin,
at
Jack-
Some, whose smoitfli and glassy surface
I prepared a report for you -the triangles, th- braying of trump- ta,
Beached a dozen miles uwav ;
son’vill, and for me"' “Tire Dr. start- ' 15th, in which I introduced to you and the roll of drums Bounded at delicate .as your own, and he is 'as
And, whose ruggbd walls, were dented ed immediately, and Mr. Cardwell our young and estimable Bro. L. F.
likely to take cold from exposure
intervals. Suddenly, a deep, pro
Dec]» with many a Shelter«! bay,
sent a' message totme 12 miles from Eccles, but when I started south I- longed roar drowned all other sounds. to damp weather as you.are. It is
Into which.the rushing waters,
Jacksonville,
.
1’rum.tile sumv capped.mountain ride, Jack.^nville, and
ami about
about 50
50 miles
miles ! left it at home, by accident, and »1 It proceeded from two enormoils too, exceedingly depressing to him
.... by thé
,i.i beat
i—.»* of
,.r snmiaer,
.....7 from where the accident happened, presume Bro. Eccles has reported trumpets that stretched along- the j to see a small audience. . W hep the y .
Melted
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Down the gulches swiftly glide.
and in about 11 hours the Dr. was bur meeting; the . cause of the ; floor. "The "months oFthese msteu- C'|igri.y"ition dwindles to small di-
--- Tym-tp.-brlmi.. ilci-i», dinmwl eauyona---- - —ri-rni-j-, :i.rri r!T--l-4 hours 1 was there.- Mwjgfrr nryrls. reraeh-'-Jabop- bere-i-
mensions for a triffing reason, he is ’
- menta and a fo-W ferì., i >1 tlieirlvhgth
—- Liie-d with walla of flinty rock, „ _ 4 We and,the friends- did all in em
—
however
the
Hebron
congregation
1. were alone visible jhe performers forced to la-lievc-th+It either 11N
Which have stood the wenr-of-ages
ministration of the Gospel ■ is unac-
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power
for
his
relief,
but
to
uo
effect.-p
'is
in
the
best
condition
now,
it
ever
And th® mighty earthquake's shock,
being seated in a dark—cloister be
ceptable,
or
that
the
ordinances'
of
.
Smith
was
.
born
in
Trenton,
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was. "
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Carry off the boarded" waters
yond. This appeared to be the sig
Grundy county, Mo’; Aprijl" 11,! The congregation on Day’s Creek
thusajactujuy .theniselv vsjire uaitt: ^. ..
With a never ceasing flow,
nal for redouble*! exertion, mid the
’And uniting form the rivers,
1858, and was 19 years and one ■ numbers 15; with -two elders, two. ■ intoning', the clashing, the. tinki' ng, tractive Either inference ia pain-
Which run through the {-Uiuabclow.- Tnonltf
“deacoirs and one clerk.-- Bro. An the druming, the braying pealed" iiih' an l cripples bis usefuItiwSi. ’
I have stood npon tbefoilltop.
youth, but .he is gone, ami we are drew McCabe and Dillard-Strode louder and louder An a rapid i/cs- I Then agaift/if you stay*.away; from .
Near the valley of the w< st,’
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left .with but one son, n.ow in his were elected elders. ‘ Brethren J." cemt’o. Blit thc pace.was too good 1 chpi-i h, y<.u." aii.-i nr.e wiH exert an -
And beheld its varied scenery, »
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unfavorable
inffuence.
Those
per-
Hi th year—“.rrr-t.be midst of life
Hurii.^m.d J.- &. iaffiisia. 4o-ktd; sympttma e.f distress. TO
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Vfitiie io greenest verdure <lrêet ;
n
Ji.;, 4, ,„„,„1 I sons who are present wnF comi- to
■we are in death.” How sad to thus ikaconsr and, Bru. Win. Briggs, soon apparent i. alter
And, I thought so bright a picture,
this gram.J ,
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loose our.children’ •
- ■
'-’om-lu.-i .n that limy have as ..
clerk. J first met with this con crash;” andat lash-fo our.great re- !
As tny eyes did then behold,
Ne’er had been on canvas painted-.
My wife and ether son reached gregation last November, there was lief, the instruments began to <lrop ■ 8°^ a rfor,lt An*1 “
a rbason
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tllil JSail. plp-CT a »
bn bo-wUh trnrr or five m-mbw» scattered over off, one *6'v one; then the- inton era I
at
hon
‘
o
fls
you
hav.,
Grove and prairie, field hnd pasture,
Smith about half an hour before he a distance of fifteen or twenty began to ’think- they bail had^ Your
neighbors
call
you;
of
Y
'
jUI
’
will
cad
you.
/ re
re- .
With their flowers of every hue,
expired. We had to bury him on miles, but all rallied to the supt" enough of it,and'soon naught l/T gard you, as a;
a, fair-weather
r.-n-wn.o her ’ ’ Chris
( mrn-
And the clear Willamette river,
Grave Creek, as putrification pre port of the truth, and are now in a t.he nionofonous mumblAof the old tian. Persons in your employment
This rich valley running through.
I have seen it in the winter.
vented • the practicability of our condition to. make. their influence
lama on the right was audible, and will think that, after all your taik
While in icy fetters bound,
bringing him home, It has not felt. It is 50 miles from my place
so the service ended.
■ about the importance- of religion,
When the snow had deeply covered,
only cast a gloom ov.fr our pleasant to their place of meeting,yeti have
I | you are willing to make but little ’ -.
I
fancy
that
this
was
a
sort
of
ex-
All the hard and frozen ground ;
home
but
also
throughput
the
managed
to
meet
them
each
nmnth
travO<j«aza, got up for our especial sacrifice for the cultivation and dif
While on this a rain bad fallen.
neighborhood.
so
far.
But
I
regret
to
infor^y
ou
Which bad frozen as it fell.
benefit; for, apart from the more fusion of it. If you were certain of
Glad Would I be if people would that I am compelled to suspend general points of resemblance, such finding a 81(M) bill in your pew on
Covering ground, and bouse, and
forest,
learn that Deringers are not useful preaching anil go to work. We as the monastic life, the tonsured a rainy Sunday, would you not be
. O’er with ice, like coat of mail.
but really detrimental to society, have had some sickmiss and my head, and flowingrrdlies of these found in it? It is far better to
Fjvery tree, and shrub, and g^asa-talks, and therefore have none around.
debts must be paid, and there seems people, I could trace but little of please God, and prepare for heaven,
Every house, barn, fence, or gatf,
Your
afflicted
brbther,
no other way to do but to go to that striking similitude in the de- by obeying His command, than it
Was set off with icy hangings.
M A RTIN .P ETEKSON.
work. Times are hard here, con tails,of the service to theCcustoms would l»e to come into ¡tosscsaion
Or spread oter with icy plate.
I beheld ikae the sunlight.
sequently I have not done much of the Church of Rome, which is so weekly of any such amount. God
Sdtial Meetings in Salem.
First ¿hone o'er the mountains high,
for the M essenger . 1 think a ter insisted on by others.
is said to make the rain, hail, and
Sending forth its beams of gloryK
harvest
we
can
do
more.
After
the
disolution
of
the
Mon
snow
Xo praise Him. But what
The
prayer
and
social
meetings
Through a blue and cloudless sky.
Fraternally
yours,
gol
power,
the
Kalmucks
divided
kind
of
praising Him is it when
in
SAlem
are
usually
well
attended
A» it shouc upon this picture,
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Wlidt a gorgeous, dazzling sight.
into four great tribes, each with an men make these agencies an ex- '
p.nd full of interest.
Oh what bright and changing colors,
independent prince. From these cuse for not assembling at the ap
As they are regarded as family
Were revealed by its pure light.
gatherings, each one contributes Which he Would Rather Have. descend the Koschotes, Derbetes, pointed place and time for His wor
. .Every oolor of the rainbow,
and Soongars formed, in the sev ship? Go to church on the rainy
cheerfully and promptly to the
Blue and green, and red and gold,
general edification. One hath a
A Detroiter of liberal education enteenth century, the most power Sunday,- and go with reverence,
Were reflected from the jewels,
song, another a Scripture reading, has lieen greatly annoyed- because ful tribes in Asia; they subdued the faith and hope, for it may be your
Nature wore like queens of old.
another a word of exhortation, his wife ami other women are not other Mongols, but failed to con last Lord’s day on earth.—A'.r.
And I saw the vales of Umpqua,
while others offer prayer. They better posted on history and other quer the Mongol Chinese. Their re
Nestled 'mongst oak covered hills ;
The University of Virginia has
With their groves of spicy myrtle, _ are all promptly offered and freely matters connected with the growth ligion is Biidhist, as the sketch we
And their many springs and rilloc»-*- -AA given, and, what is of equal impor of the country. The other day he cited shows. The hierarchy compri 347 students. It has received
during the past year donations of
While above tire bills the mountains,
tance, they are short. The tie that carried 'homp a big history and ses four cl&'tses: bacl-dinnM, or high-
Rising higher still were seen,
8225,000,
besides books and the full
binds them to that hallowed hour handed it to his spouse with the priests, glielu'nglt, or priests, guet-
Covered o’er with fir and cedar,
equipment
of a gymnasium.
zul«, or assistants, and tiuiaditchfi,
is sweeter than life, and stronger remark:
Aud with pine forever green.
The
name
of General- Joseph E.
Far beneath I saw her river,
than death, so that nothing lgit
“There, Mary, I want you to or muscians. The Dalar Lama of
Rushing opward to thb sea,
sickness or absence from town commence at page one, and see if Thibet is the pontiff over all. Ope Johnston, the ex-Confoderate has
O'er its'« inding rookribbed channel,
of our illustrations shows a backeha- beesk suggested as a candidate for
keeps them away.
you can’t learn something.”
As if hasting to be free,
By
one
«pirit^have
we
all
been
She agreed to become his pupil, us in his tent, instructing his///ie/>i, the Presidency of the Univeraiiy of
From tlie many vexing barriers,
East Tennessee.
,
liaptized into one body,' and having and when he came home to supper or master of cerenionie«.
Which impede its onward tide,
Madame
de
Hell
thus
describes
a
Ground
was
broken
recently
for
An»l tho walls of mountain vastness,
that spirit which is “gentle and he found her reading away, hair
Rising steep on either side.
easy to be entreated ” there is “ no down, slippers on, all the fires out temple scene, portrayed in the other the Livingstone Hall, Fisk Univer
sketch: “As we entered,, a din trt sity; Nasgviile. It will, cost 850,-
schism in the body,” “but the but one, ami no sign of supjier.
Other scenes as grand and lovely,
In our fair yonng state are found ;
members have the same care, one
“ Why, how’s this ?” he inquired ; which the clang of a hundred liells 0(K>. The funds for, its erection
Many, which ®re for their beairty
for another.” Those who are of “ are you sick ?”
would l>e Jiarmony,. stunned its . have been given on condition that
Unsurpassed the world around.
Tins was produce by the rows of it shall be-dedicated to the training ’
the same mind,”, whether residents
“
Sick
!
no.
”
But I cannot now find language,
or
"visitors,
often
meet
with
us.
Well,
where
’
s
my
supper
?
”
musicians facing each other. The ' of missionaries for Africa. Jubilee.
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To unfold each lovely sight,
“I don’t know anything about Iiigh-priest knelt at thei^ head ,ofi Hp.ll,- which was «dedicated* last
At our Vast meeting we were
Ho must leave the pleising subject,
Though the scenes be e'er So bright. highly favored and blest by the your »upper,” she replied as she the altar-side, on a rich Persian car ;yeiir, is now so crowded that more
presence of.Bro. I. M. Johns, of I settled back in her chair, “ but I can pet, and behind them, near the doAr, -room is needed.
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If yon want to get rich, give; if Walla Walla, and of Sister N. E tell you all alxmt the first discovery stood the gheji, in a scarlet robe,,
The West Point Graduating '
you want to get j>oor, grasp ; if you Worse, of St. Helens. The former, of Florida as straight as a string f with a yellow hood, and bearing class this year numbers seventy
That history hasn't been opened his staff of office.. The other priests seven—the largest class ■ ever
want to be happy, deny yourself made our hearts to rejoice and wax
for other»,
stronger, as from a full and glow* since that evening.
and the musician» were all on their gradua t -d.
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