PACIFIC CHRISTIAN MESSENGER,
THURSDAY,
JUNE 7,
1877
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‘ More Sheep Wanted.
The Quaker’s Hat.
in Israel. By his ow n request the and my lap is.tilled with them. I
exercises began exactly at *12 jK»ok up the Galv^iton News, then
A few Wet*ks since a very con^
The first occasion on which
Trip to Washington Territory. o’clock. I rode back in an old the H'irco Examinsr, then Pome- vincing article was written to this
lumber wagon, and felt much the rogs Democrat, and, last, but not, effect and one would think farmers Quaker’s hat came publicly and
1 left home on Thursday. morn worse for the trip.
least in thè «èst¡»nation of brother w-eni 1 <_l see that when h. country like officially into trouble was at
ing, May 24th, for my appointment
Tuesday morning I started home B, a Oalvesktn Prices Current,
United. States imports 850,000,000 Launceston Assizes in the year
at Brush Prairie, W. T. Taking and^reached Salem too late for any
" Theft*,” says brother B, please worth of woolenxgoods and $11,000, l(i5(>r before no less a person, than
Friday mornings train, I arrived at boat fo Independence. Igotevcry2 look and see what cotton1 is doing.
000 worth of wool there must be Chief Justice Glynn, “-When wo' ■ ,.
East Portland at 10 o’clock, A. M.
I hastily glanced at it for his sat something altogether wrong in were brought into the court,” says
thing in readiness to «walk to Mon
.
As the Boat for Vancouver would mouth and carry ’ my cloak and isfaction and read cotton declined
sheep husbandry, here especially, Fox, “.we stood a pi;etty while
not start till half past two, I Con valise. But starting obt from Bro. one-eighth..
whenEnglandoverrunwitljcattleand with opr "hats on, and all was quiet,
cluded to visit the State Insane Johnson’s, he invited me into his
There ! Just my • luck—been dairying, breeding immense num and j was moved to say, ‘ Peace be
• Asylum, located here.
amyhgst’^you !’ ‘ Why do you not“
buggy to go a Tittle distance, and to holding for a be.tter figure, but' too
On making myself known to the my surprise and great pleasure, he’ late: Martha, my dear, you must bers of pleasures homes for the chase rpTtryour hats off?’ said thex Judge
Superintendent, he expressed much did not stop till he set me out at curtail our suppiy-.of coffee and su and turf, and with mankind swanjl- to us.. We said nothing. * Put off
ing to-t-LU degree as to require
pleasure with my visit., said they I)r. Davidson's, in Independence. gar—hard times ahead'-^ ca»’t af
millions upon millions worth of veg your hats,’ said the Judge, again.
were always ghuT to have visitors, Here I found my folks with a team, ford to buy,"four,.barrels of sugar,
Still we said 'nothing. Then said*
and ^specially minister^' of the and reached home safely,- biiU4»sbly two sacks of coffee—fi ve „barrels" of etables» can ygt breed nnore jheep the Judge, ‘ ' The court, commands '
on her .area, garden-like injeornj»ar
< impel.
That complaints- were used up, on Wednesday afternoon. flour every season—’twill break any
isen with tlie States, than the whole- you to put off your hats!' ” .George
sometimes made that-rtlie uqfor-
I find myself unable t<f endure poor man.
of this country. Yet not only doos Fox, with amazing simplicity. .
t unate ones placed under their care, hard usage as I once, could, particu
After awhile I ventured to suggest
asked for some Scriptural instance
■were not fu-operly attended to, and larly. since I hurt my l«*ek last fall. that he ought to, by all means, sub -she do so in number but each-aver of, any magistrate coinman-ding
than
preble
age
animal
sells
for
more
titan
treble
desired tlmt if I. had time that T ‘For this reason, 1 can not answ^ scribe for one of our papers’-*
the price obtained here, «ml the prisoners to put off their hats. He
should make a visit to, evert j^ert tlie calls -from -many places' for
“ Well, brother *D, to be candid washed wool lirings fourfold the next risked to be shown, “either
of tlie premises and see what meetings that I would, be glad to with you—times are to hard, taxes
printed or written, any law of Eng-. . .
.,
acconunodatiomj wer^ provided for gd. „ ———- ----- .--------- a— too higlmml b can’t afford it. ”—=*- price of the .fleeces here even .with land that did command such a
protection added. Now there is no
the inmates.
p '
With many wishes* for'the suc
In a few days I approached broth protection there. anil nothing can thing.” Then the Judge grew very
I had four |iours and a half at cess of the M,E8SBNUER and the er CTjust as he was paying to the
show* the foHy of any interference angry, and’said, “ 1 do not carryirfy
my disposal, so Mr.** Baty was triumph of the Master’s cause, I
Sécrètary-"nf Leona Uuiofl ?Lodge with free commerce better than law books,on my back.” “But,”
sent to show me over the »premises.
-No, 3!) his yearly dues Bréther ( this, for here are farmers whining, said Fox, ~ “‘foil me’ where it is
The patients are graded accord-
Your brother in Christ,
give me-that;qnuch and I will send’ about 40jp nts wool when 25 cents printed in any sta’tue-book, that I
ing to condition. We began by
H. M. W allkr .-
and get you a good Christian paper will always pay for giowing it witli may read it!” The Chief Justice
going first to the department of
Monmouth, May 31, 1877.
for your family tó read.
Prevaricator!” and
proper management.
— ___ Cried out “ Preyajicator
those but slightly dyranged/or con
" That,” saM he; “ cleans up my ¿Here in New York city and ordered the Quakers to. be taken
valescing. Everything was clean ;
The Battle of Life.
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"
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pile, find now I haven’t a cent.”
other cities are men looking for away.
and orderly. AU were" provided
In
a
short
while
brother
Sacrifice
When
they
were
brouglit
before
safe investment, yet these cannot
We have iiften been impressed by
v. ifh good beds and every con
the deep significance TiT-the phrase preached a series' 6f discourses for see the imniense fortunes which , him again the Chief Justice asked
venience for health and comfort.
’tlie churefi at L.~---- 'result, 24 ad-- await the men wh» will form com Fox whether hats were .mentioned
There were.well furnished bath which Dickens has given as a title
ditions. I ventured to make up a panies and go into sheep raising at all. ip the Bil>]> -
said
rooms, and exercise room; with to one of his Christmas stories,
small sum for his labors of love. It With tlie same spirit and busintys p
Quakvr.
in.
the
third
of
D.-nnsl,.
T_
. .-■wing s, c roquet, X "c., out door s for - “ The Battle of IJfe.’’__ Jt is full o f
was an unfortunate time. The tax ’¡-tact
J
that
aft
display*!
in
merefth-
f
where
tl,ou
nwl
-
“ encouraging beautiful» ..exercise. solcnin- meanings. AH opr hours ‘
gatljèrer was in town. However, I I ■ *:i„
_ yo'yig
__ children
were cast into the fiery.
tile pursuits, ..„.i
and »1...
the fow
[
The dining room was well furnish-4 from the cradle to tlie grave, are
tkiÎtknittfe
3
«
furaacZ
’
b-v
com- >
must
try.
I
found
brother
D
at
the.
! men gi> forth witK______
< d, and everything neat and*tidy. ! but a series of antagonisms, hunger,-!
desk
of
the
Collector.
‘
His
receipt)
i
ma«d
with
their
euat-s,
their
hose,
do riot realize that in .following the !
‘ The 'attendant insisted that I fatigue, sickness, temptation, sin,'
1
was
handed
him.
“
How
much,
are
i
and
their
hats'
on
!
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Here
was
a
advice of the Western men, who
hould examine the food' famished, remorse, -sorrow—thestl are the
your
taxes
borther
D
?
81(8.50
was
proof
that
even
a
heathen
King
al
talk as if nobody knew aught but
which I did. The bread was < f strong powers with which we must
!
the
reply.
Just
the
sum
I
want
lowed
l
’
Ai
-to'wear
hats
in
his
pres
themselves, they are permitting the
excellent quality, ami the meats wa;e continual war. Foes beset us
i from you for our preache. You^an
.blind to lead the blind, for why ence:- Whis-plain.instance stopped.
and fruits seemingly the last the from without and from within, and
certainlj^afford"to pay to the Re have not thesd men inet the exigen him,” says Fox, “ so he cried agajnL
market furnished. In fact, it seems make life one Ling anil earnest bat
deemer’s cause as much as you pay cies of the country, bÿ growing ‘ Take them away gaoler;’ accord
that everything that can be done tle. But there are victories to be to Cæsalt
won-on the field, more glorious
enough for home manufacture and ingly • we were taken away and
for health and comfort, is done.
i
"
Now,
brofher,
I
have
been
sav-
exportation instead of send.ipg away thrust in among the thieves, where
M e visited the other dejiart- than those which crimsoned Mara
Evifohabta
this
ftrnoun
t
for
this
very
pur-
the heart’s blood.of tlm soil in ex- we were kept a great while.” " "
Uients, of tliqsg mofe unfortunate, thon and Waterloo. 1 -
v
1/i Ttrt
r/ t A.
I.
/Trim v-1 r-l
pose,
knowing
it
would
be
demand
After nine weSfcf imprisonment
pofing wheat and coni.
mentally, and tips same care for may be subdued—fiery passions
ed
and
my
property
sold
-if
not
“
for
nothing but about their hats,”
Men chnnot use their faculties
their welfpie, seemed tq be mani brought under the control of princi
paid.
”
the
Cheif
Justice told them, they
ple — temptations resisted — self
aright when they glow cottuli at a
fested.
Well,
but
you
know
you
should
were
again
brought before him.
loss buying artificial manure, when
Tlie furniture of the hopelessly denials cheerfully sustained, and
lay
by
you
in
store
as
the
Lord
has
“
Which
he
did,” says Fox, “ and
with their mild winters they could
insane, Was not so fine in quality, life iteelf consecrated to high and
prosperd
you
for
His
cause.
The
gave
them
unto
us; and' we put
keep sheep at half the cost' entailed
and the vessels used ¡were mostly holy -purposes. , To triumph over
Judge
demands
it
of
you.
them
on
again.
Then
the Judge
in the North, and, with the exam
tin, to avoid breakage, but all was1 the infirmities of a perverted na
"
Well,
brother,
Ithr
not
think
he
ple of Australia before them too,“ began to make a great speech, how
cleafi and arranged for their health ture, and render life ‘ once deformed
will
be
so
strict
with
a
poor
mtn.
by passion and stained by sin,
the inhabitants of which country, he represented the Lord Protector’s
and comfort.
You
know
we
teach,
where
there,
is
though on the opposite side of the* person, and that he hail made him
I have visited some of the Asy beautiful with love made manifest
no
ability
there
is
no
accountabil
world and so far from market that Lord- Chief Justice of England.”
lums of the Atlantic States, and in deeds of beneficence, is worthier
ity.”
our
ambition
than
'a!l
the
blood-
they can make little" of mutton, yet •The Quaker’s were incorrigible.
must say that I have not seen one,
A
short
while
after
this
I
stayed
export more wool than the Ameri They were sent back to prison, but
where there seemed as much care, wrought heroisms that ever linked
all
night
with
brothei*
E.
Brother
cans grow/and thus bring gold in not really so much for the wearing
and as many conveniences for the a name to a world’s remembrance.
E
is
well
to
do
in
this
world,
and
abundance, adding riches evefy year of their hats as for the suspicion
health and comfort of tlie inmates, Every day witnesseth triumphs
besides
his
numerous
political
pa
such as these—yet fame proclaims
to their pockets, while the sheep that they were royalist emissaries
as I saw in East Portland.
pers
he
takes
the
Review
the
(Tex
give rich fertility their soil instead affecting religious singularity in or
ReligiouA services are held every them not. What matters it ? , In
as)
Christian
Messenger
and
the
of the owners despoiling it by plow der to win their way among the
Sunday in the’ institution by one the serene depth of these all-con-1
Texas
Christian.
'
ing continually till they have suck extreme Puritans.— London Satv.r~-
of four religious denominations that, quering(spirits, God s' peace abides,
His son John brought in the
ed out every atom of the original day' Review.
have each one Sundayin the month, and harmonies are heard such as mail early in the morning.
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- and when a fifth Sunday occurs, the angels make, when they wel
“Jane hand me the »Suu. We maiden purity of newness.
There never was anything to
a fifth denomination is called in to come the victorious soul from the will see Dana’s position on the Pres
This is the bitterest of all—to
conflicts of this, to the raptures of idential question.
have services.
equal the present state of agricul wear the yoke of our own wrong
Expressing my happy disappoint the heavenly world.— Ex.
Reads aloud, and is perfectly en ture in the United States and in doing. But if you submitted to
ment with the state of affairs, I
thused over an editorial doubting Canada, for the experience of seeing that, as men submit to maiming or
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Poverty.
took my leave, and went aboard
the sincerity of Hayes his “ South the run-down, poverty-stricken or a lifelong incurable disease—
fields in the East, doesn't stop the and made the unalterable wrong a
the l»oat, reaching Vancouver in
How poor Christians are»getting! ern Policy Measure.”
“ Well, now hand me the World pitiable despoliation out West.— reason for more effect towards, good
time for iny appointment at night I was at the home of a brother A.
New Yorker.
There was a good audience and tine recently, an l upon the examination and let’s see if we have the solution Rami _______
—that may do sonpjthing to coun
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attention. I was told the audien found the New York Weekly Sun, of the ' Eastern question.’ I like
* Almost sweet is unsavory ; al terbalance the evil, One who Jias
ces was larger than they usually Harpers Weekly, and Leslie's Pop to se’e men with stability of charac
most hot is lukewarm. Almost a committed irremediable errors may
have been at their regular meet ular Monthly, on his table. I ter. If I was' a Turk, I would fight
Christian is like Micah, who be scourged by that consciousness
ings on S.unday.
searched in vain for a Christian pe- to the bitter end.”
info a higher course than is com
Brother E (bus continued to read ^thought himself religious because
I left for Brush Prairie on Satur riodicah Brother A, you should
mon.
( There are many examples,
he hail gotten a priest into his
day morning, which place was suliscribe for one of our Christian all of his worldly papers, and’whep
heeling
what it is to have ".«spoiled-
house. Almost a Christian is like
through called for John.
duly reached. Here I preached papers. /
one
life,
may well make us long to
“ John, take the Review, Messen the Ephraimites /-ho could not pro
Saturday night and.Sunday mom-
" I would but I’m too poor. Whep
ger and Christian and put them nounce Shibboleth," but Sibboleth. save other lives from being*spoiled.
ing. There was one addition from I get able I intend to.”
—George Eliot.
carefully away, on the book-case. Almost a Christian is like Ananias*
the United Brethren^
Passing from thence I met broth
When I get time (perhaps next who brought a part but left a part
On Sunday a messengej; arrived er B and by invitation accompanied
behind. Almost a Christian is like
Self-respect, is the noblest
‘front* the country with a request for him home. When seated I asked Lords day) I’ll glance at the relig
Eli's sons, who pq^led the sacrifices; ment .^irtli which a man may clothe
ious news.”
• me to attend the funeral of old what's the news.
This man I pronounce the poor like the fig-tree which deceived i : himself—the most eleVating feeling
’Iiro. Cameron. So on Men lay d“Iejn” very busy this moming
est of the lot. Poor ( Poor man ! Christ with leaves; like the vir with which the mind can lie in
morning I traveled out fifteen haven’t had time to look over my pa- Poor in the spirit of our blessed
gins, who carried, lamps without spired. One of Pythagoras wisest
miles* and talked tn the friends at pen. Daughter, bring brother D Savior, who died to redeem him'
oil; like the Willing-unwilling Son, maxims, in his golden verses, is
the -buryihr ground, on the sod the papers.’*
from sins.—J. S. D. in Tkwt« Chris w’ho said he would come, and would that which enjoins the pupil to rev
becasion, of laying to rest a father
A sweet little girl of st Ven o'! eye, tian^
nut— Henry Ürnith.
cnee himself.
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