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lcrics there was nothing of unusual l.in the sepatu chamber; he ha« been he or .-he believed the Gbapel !
‘ As she walked along with the world,
While mi.lions and minious of deathless interest occurring on last Wednesday : suspected <>[ ¡ate, and there is ricni-
8th. \\ as anj- ofio <piir< d
c<»n-
hristian
essenger
Buhls
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in the Antericnn House.of !.<ir<b. Title 1 tic nee in. the fuot, that, notwithstiinri- t. ss iihh i ^_han that Ji mis was -vhe
Devoted to .the cause of Primitive Christi- | To the horrible gulf were hurled.
the . famous scnatoV, Ik n. Hill,-was itig his protracted absercc at trial, he. Christ in ord'-rfio baptism </' '
Your preachers are too old and plain,
anity, and the diffusion of general in­
making a sfHiecb on the Kellogg , vs. 1 hatf m-gier-ted to pair with a Deulocrat.
llth. X\ ;tr~ any sinner ever com­
I Said the gay world with a sneer,
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formation.
l They frighten my children with dread­ Spofford and t.'orbin vs. Butler easQt, ■ Senator -Patterson did hot put. in an manded to be prttyed -for <«r to prav
Price Per Year, in Advance, $2,50
ful tales
. . and he was liston«! to v<,ry attentively" appearance, but, in spite of- his al>- : for pBidi n in,disob,.-di. nee f
All business letters sltonld be addressed Which I like for them not to hear.
by the democratic senators who .filled , senco, the Democrats had a majority
■10th. Del ally on,- -ever t rav for
to the Meseenger Publishing Co., Mon­
They talk of brimstone, fire and pain.
their seats in the closest order. The ■ uf one, ¡irtofi r. t;l^.*1irs*P t
< <4ii(MtpM’it to i;,- tin-; r.nx .th.,' word to
mouth, Oregon. 'Articles - intended for : The horrors of an endless night.
republican senators paid little ntten- te.ti years the control of thè-senato on i make it vtli-cijial 1
publication, should be addressed to one
They talk of a place that should not be
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— of the editors. Subscriptions and com-1 Mentioned to ears polite.
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to Xhe remarks of the peer fn.ni i any vital political question was in the
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munications in California, Should bo ad-
I will send yon. some, of the Beecher Georgia ; Senator < -onklirjg especially 1 hands of the ! ). uocrqts.- On
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tlx* ... ibl- ! dtarTnif.ii tie .«• she comput'd. with-tiMS-
dr jsstd to ThcSr-Por-ter, Colusa, Cal.
\ stair. Ji,
seemed studiously inattentive, but it !<>.' ió_ .¡ay ti., re was an adjourniiK
lit ! t.Tiiis of r-r ,
a. _
Advertisers will find this one of the best Brilliant, gay and fast,
i> character! tie -of this stator to to sayellffi'c anti hurry- up the jeserve. j
12th-. \\ its ■ tiiui-e ever an infant
mediums on the Pacific Coast for making
Wlio tell them they May „live ns they
treat
as
“
trifles
light
as
air
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the
rc-
Sharon,
of
Nevada,
thè,
Blucher
who.
baptowd
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their business known.
list
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marks
of
both
friend
and
foe.
Mr.
it
is
hoped
will
skip
across
the
conti-
13th.
Was
any «Lurch rvef ■ ailed
And
go
to
heaven
at
last.
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The Church and the World.
The Father is merciful great and good, ! Hill talked on and on, and the galler- 1 nent and arrive in time tp save the npt n to decide ¡whether any one.should
Tènder true and kind.
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I ies listened anxiously for. the rash I flay ; but with„the* votes of Conover or should not be baptized '
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Bro. Porter:
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i Do you think he would take one child , bursts of elpijuence for whiaju he is anti Batterseli the Democrats^will still
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Did
any
(.'hri-tian
evt
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be-
The following poem was published
to lieaveu
i famous; but, there was not a tq/ark of I have a majority of one. Their plan
in one of the-eastern papers some And leave the rest behind ?
So she filled her house with-^ay divines tire in anything he said. He- had ! is fim to boat 'Buttler and-Eustk, and Gcd or the Cl.i., th of Christ ?
years ago, and two, of my family have
i evidently no intention of .repeating ! with this reinforcement to beat. Kel- . 15th. Was there eVer a church
, ' .declaimed it on different occasions, Gifted great uji I learned,
, And the plain oldjaen that preached the bluhder of his amnesty rhetoric. i logg -and seat Spa-flbril. Maine find planted ujion any other foundation
since which I have been ypritten to .
the cross, »
; It was his-first speech in the* senate, Oregon are paired in Senators Blaine ' than the foundation of apostles and
several times requesting that it Ce ’ WaB out ofthe pulpit-turned.
I or, at least, in the United State s and -Grover who are at home jn their ' prophets, Jesus ( 'firist being the chief
furnished for-publication, 1 do Hot
You givo too much to the poor, said the !
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senate; but he spoke externporaneous- respective states. -Blaine is expected corner stone ’
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world,
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know the author’s name.
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Far more than. V oh ought tarlo
„ i ly, without notes, and with as little ts», arrive on Monday and, it i< sail
|(i. Wa-tti-r.-- > \ -r a ci.or.l. t’aat.
D erham .
If the poor need shelter, food and emlmiTRSsment as if he were at home his pair"with Grover will be broken. ! was governed bv any'/jtber m.w than
church and tb« world walked far"
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clothes.
again' in the confederate Senate, or Altogether the sit nation is very ex­ the New Te • tamerit f
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apart,
Why need it trouble yon,
before a Georgia court. In all that I citing. and th'-re is a prospect for the
V On the changing shores of time ;
17th. Was any saved person ever
Go take your money buy rioK robes.
Th ’ world was singing a giddy song,
.lie says Mr. Hill has the perfect reli­ development of much bad feeling. called by any other name than those,.,
Horses carriageB-flue, -
Tire cburch a hymn sublimn.
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Pearls ami jewelry and the daintiest food , ant. though unobtrusive, ppise of a Much will depend upon the rulings of in the New Testament ? ,
Come give m? yuu • Land, ©bed ih> meiry
And the rarest and costliest wine
J ' man conscious but not vain of peer­ the Vice-President on the questions of ■ i8*h. Di'l any eburt'-ir ever have a
world,
| My children they dote on all such stop with the’ ablest. Twice Senator 1 preótgl'nee in the motion'- now before •Pope, a Bishop or Eld< r who presided
Arid walk with me (h's waf;
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things,
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Mitchell, from Oregon, of the comndt- the senate.
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But the good church hid her snowy hand
ovex, more tlian oioi-y'i.m. b at. the
And
if
you
their
love
would
win
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teeSon elections, interrupted hitn with ■’’Yesterday. there was a 'ecu is of same time'»-circuit ri-kr. IL-v. minister
And solemnly answered jiay.
■'YuU-iuuBt do as they are doing,
I will not give,yon
my hand at all,
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And walk in-ibu ways that they itre. walk­ questions' but quickly sat- doTvn,<non- Republican tmtite t4i'>li wte at­ or a-parson ?"
I will not wulk with you,
! plussed with'ready replies and flurried tended By'Mr Petterson but hot .by
ing in. . -
19th.
Was
anv
one
ev/r-sAid
to
jtour way is a way tb endless death,
So tfie churc'u hi Id tightly the strings of i and exeitnd by’his own heroicjlaring. Mr. (7<n«v»-r - Th. re was nothing de- enter the kingdom of God without
Your words are all untrue.
Iier purse,
■ There is i o place, where the contrast I finitely decided upon, and fter ii talk ■being born of wat- r an 1 of th - spirit
Nay walk w-'tli me luit a lPl-le Wjjys, -
And
gracefitTly-
Inhered her head and betweeirweak and Able men is more '
Said the world with zrkinllly off* -
of a. half hour s duration the-- caucus
20tli. Was anyone ever said to be-.
simpered*"
The road I walk is a pleasant road,
I
pronounced
than in the arena of the adjoumed.
Nest Wednesday has lieve, repent, reform, confess or pray
I've give too much away.
The sun shines always there.
United States senate.'
If Senator been indicated as the day for afljor.rn- into Christ or into bis death 4
I'll do, siri ns you havv said.
But V crura is thorny, rough aud rude,
So the poor were turned from her door Mitchell had been compelled at that nierd of thé extra.session, hut it is all
21st. Did any"one regard himself
And wine i- broad and plain ;
in Bcorn-,
moment to appeal to the galleries, a« .uncertain. No senator or member out of danger tiiis side of death J ___
The sky above yon is always dark.
She heard not the orphan's cry.
in the gladiatorial contests of old, re­ can more than guess at the time, and, ' 22d. Was any one ever said to be
Your lot is a lot of woe.
But drew her beautiful robe aside,
My path you see is a broad fair one,
versed thninto would have condemned ■ since the Regular session will begin born of water and the spirit or bap­
As tue widow went weeping by.
My gate is, high and wide ;
him
to legislation death; such is our with the following Monday, the ad- tized after he or she was in the
The sons of the world and the sons of
There is room euopgh for you and me
execration
of the crime of mediocrity journment wifi be only formai
the church
church ?
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To travel side by side.
Walked
closeiv
hand
in
hand,
in
national
councils. Mr. Hill did not
23 d. Was any one ever baptized
Half shyly 'the ehurch approached the
i And only the Master who kno
Some Questions.
speak longer than twenty-five minutes,
world.
with
fire or wished or prayed for it ?
| Could tell the two apart,
and after a few peases with parlia-
And gave him her hand of snow ;
24th.
Was any one ever said-to be
1 The clinrch sat down at her ease and
S an J ose , C al .,
And he grasped it und walked "along
mentorv
foils
between
Senators
Hoar,
saved
or
pardoned who refused to
said,
Nov. 20, 1877.
Saying in accents low,
Thurman and Cohkling, Senator Bay­
I
I
am
rich
and
goods
increased,
confess the Lord Jesus and be bap­
Tour dress is to > simple to please my taste
Editor^ Messenger:
I have need of nothing, nor nanght to dt>, ard, of Delaware gained the floor Mr
I will give you pearls to wear ;
While preaching in San Bernadino, tized ?
Bayard can say leas in more good
JBich velvets and silks Ifor your graceful ' But to laugh and dauce and toast,
1 have been preaching fifty-oner
| The sly world heard it and laughed in English than any senator in the in the’ winter of 1874-5, I received
form,
years
and hope to be able to preach
his
sleaves,
And diamonds to deck ^onr hair.
chamber. His presence is noble, his fjrom a presiding elder of the M. E some years yet. and if the above
And mockingly said aside,
church south, ten questions, which I
The church looked down on her plaip
The church has fallen, the beautiful manner is dignified, his rhetoric is answered in a Christian spirit, and I questions can be answered in the
white rcb»»
chaste, and his speeches are intermin­
church,
affirmative, I would be pleased to
And then at the dazzling world,
Her shame is herboast, her pride.
able. He is the Democratic resource presented him with the following i •know it, for I wish to declare the
Aud blusbe I cs she.s i.w bis handsome lip,
Tb% angel flew over the mercy seat
for the consumption of time. On any questions,- which he agreed to answer, whole «.tinsel of God.
And with a srnrl . it •curled."
And v. hispered in sighs her name.
question, and without a moments but up to the present writing, I have
I will change my dr-ss for a costlier one
I am yours truly,
The saints their anthems of rapture
preparation, he can talk inoffensively, not received any answer from hitn.
Said she with a smile of grace ;
hushed.
H enry T homas .
I now present you for publication a
And her pure white garments drifted And covered their heads with shame.
as
regards
grammar,
logic,
or
rhetoric,
A
away.
But a voice came down from the hushes for two hours, watch in hand. The copy of the paper I gave him, so
Weather Report.
And the world gave in their place,
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of heavens, •
old habitues of the gallery, mid es­ should any one feel so disposed he can
Beautiful satins and shining silk«,
From Him that sat o.i the
During’the month of Nov. 1877»
pecially the.-veteran journalists who furnish you the answers.
And rose and gems and pearls,
I know thy works which thou hast said
QUESTIONS.
there
were 20 days during which-rain
have begun to crowd the reporter’s
Aud over her forehead her bright hair fell Am rich and hast not known*
fell,
giving
an aggregate of 13.01 in. of
From and after the day of Pente­
Crisped in a thousands curls.
Therp from my presence I cost thee out division, realize that beneath all this
Your bouse is too plain, said the proud And blot thy name from its place.
water,
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clear
days, and 6 cloudy days
dignified flow of irrelevant talk, and cost, according to what ia written in
old world, r
other
than
those
on which raiq fell.
superficial placidity of grave senator#, the New Testament.
I will build you pne like mine ;
The mean temperature for the
there is in progress a portentious
1st. Did any one ever heartily wish
Washington Letter.
With curtains of lice and carpets of
month
was 46 74’. The highest daily
or
desire
to
be
saved
or
pardoned
and
struggle,
a
struggle
that
will
mark
an
■ brnssels
mean temjierature for the month was
iegular (toRBESFONDBKT. )
4poch in a nation*8 history, a. civilized was not ?
( from our L ie
And furniture ever bo fine.
55°, on the 15th. Lowest daily mean
bloodless readjustment of policios such
2d. Was any one ever said to be temperature for the month at 2 o’clock
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JSo he built her a beautiful and costly
W ashington , Nov. 26, 1877.
as have been decided in past ages only saved without the Gospel or its in­ P. M. 51°.
*house,
l hr acnatorlnl rrlnlu. IIovi it Mas brou Xht
Splendid it was to behold ;
by an increase of the census of widows fluence ?
Highest thermometer .luring the
¡•beute DiumiKi» prrMinal. Kphaodrs an<l
And her Bonn and her beautiful daughter» »UHcheSe *11111 and Ila yard, Ulachrr Ln and orphans. The Democratic ranks
3rd. Was the Holy Spirit ever sent month 62° at 2 o’clock P M. on the
Arvada,
Grover
la Oregon, Blaiue in
dwelt there
are very compact, ever^senator is in to a Binner out in the world to pro­ 15th. Lowest thermometer 32" at 7
Maine, and Patterean in court. Harry up
Gleaming in purple and gold.
A. M. on the 20th. Frosts accurred on
tfic r« serves would that they or right would
his seat or in sight of it. The Repub­ duce faith in his head or heart, inde­
And show» aud fairs in her halls were held n:rnr
the
20th and 27th.
T
licans are not prepared for a battle pendent of the word of God ?
And the world and his children were
The prevailing winds for the month
You have been made acquainted ere that must depend entirely on numer­
there,
4th. Was any one ever^said to de­ wpre froni the south during IS days,
And langhter and music and feasts were had this with the historical "’fact that the ical superiority. Two of their senators sire, to pray for, to seek, to have or to north 6 day's, S. W, 11 days.
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At the place that was meant foe prayer. Democrats have gained, for a moment, are absent. The Bonanza senator from get religion ?
The largest rainfall for one day,
"The angel mercy, flew over the church,
fell
on the 21 st, amounting to 2.63 in.
at least, control of the senate, through Nevada has not been in his seat this
5th. Was any one ever baptized
And whispered, know thy sin.
of
water.
the defection of two southern Repub­ session, and Senator Patterson of until he or she was converted in head
And then ahe looked back with a sigh
During Nov. 1876, there were 12
licans. This in European govern­ South Carolina, is touDic court room and heart ?
And. longed to gather tne children in,
rainy days, and 6 96 in of water, 6
ments would be called a crisis, and where the murderers of Lincoln were
Jtat aomo were off at midnight balls,
Mean
6th Did any one ever regard him­ clear anti 8 cloudy days.
Some were off at play, some were drink­ any episodes of the transfer or seizure convictcj^to answer the charges of self or did the apostles ever regard temperature for the month 41.76°.
ing in gny saloons,'
of the legislative sceptre cannot but bribery and corruption.
But the any one saved until he or she was Highest daily, 51.20°, on 14th and
00 she quietly went het wav.
24th. Lowest daily, 33°, on the 7th'.
be interesting,
v,
Democrats seem even more anxious baptized ?
And smiling and chattering aud gather­
P. P earce .
To careless lookeTs on from the gal- than the Republicans for his presence
7. Waa any one ever baptized until
ing flower«
Eola, Or., Dec. 3, 1877.
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