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“GO YE, THEREFORE, TEACH ALL NATIONS.”
VOL VIII.
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Paoiflo
C hristian M essenger ,
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Correspondence.
Our European Letter.
( from
our regular correspondent .)
L ondon , E ngland , N ov . 21, 1878.
The enormous armaments of Con­
tinental States, magnificent as they
are to the sight of the people whose
ideas of glory they foster, and upon
whom they entail heavy burdens
which they are encouraged to bear,
aie a standing reproach to civilization.
They are organized not for defense
but defiance, not for protection but
aggression, for conquest, annexation,
and spoil. England is being forced
into a war with the Ameer of Afghan­
istan through the reckless ambition
and intrigues of the Czar, or of the
military authority behind the threne
which seems to be more potential
than that of the Czar himself. Europe
bristling with bayonets and lurid
with the Hashing of bloodstained
tawords, is in a condition which only
semi-savages could approve, and
rational and humane men, to what­
ever nation they belong, must deplore.
. __ The armaments, great before the
struggle between France and Ger­
many, have been further increased
since that struggle was over. The
French army has been reconstructed
u|K>n the German model, and Russia
has added to her already immense
legions, and for what purpose ? 1 Cer­
tainly not of peace. The British
army has always been small btCom-
parison with the armies of the Powers,
but her insular position is not so
secure as it was before the progress of
steam and the noble " wooden walls •J: ”
of a former time ceased to be effectual
for her protection. The evils weigh­
ing upon the social condition of Eu­
rope affect her position, $nd compel
the enlargement and the cost of ar­
rangements which would not be
thought of if States addicted to war­
fare would only fight among them­
selves and allow her to remain at
peace. The English have no thirst
for conquest, no desire for extension
of territory, no idea of aggression,
Russian intrigues, however, being
now carried to her fronties aqs to be
dealt with. Whilst they remained
afar off she could look on unmoved ;
but the Russians are now at her
gates,,and the question must be asked
what they are doing there.
There is now however some im­
provement in the situation of Eastern
affairs, from various causes. The ap­
pointment of Midhat Pasha to be
Governor of Syria has produced a
good effect; first, because it is regard­
ed as a proof of union between Eng­
land, France, and Turkey; and,
secondly, because his energy and ex­
perience, both of which must have
l»een ripened by long -residence in
France and England cannot fail to
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prove beneficial to Syria.
The removal of Said Pasha from
Angora—where he has gained golden
opinions—to .Kostambul is. also re­
garded with favor, as it is thought he
MONMOUTH, OREGON; SATURDAY, DEC. 21,1878.
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Miss Mary
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NO. 51.
will be succeeded by the Governor mitted Upon a wealthy merchant re-1 Walla is a beautiful enterprising command, with the pressure of busi­
who preceded him at 5Angora, and siding in the neighborhood of Paris. I town, noted for its schools, churches, ness, therefore I must forego the ‘
who also gave great satisfaction. A week or two ago he received a let I and business of every kind, where we pleasure.
There will be thus three good num in1 ter informing him that the writer has . have'in the corporation and at a dis­ - My husband, whose health, I ani
three important places. There is a ascertained that a-box containing! tance of from two to four miles, happy to say, is much improved, joins
growing belief in the existence of an treasure was’ buried in his garden, twelve or fifteen brctbren, and at a me in a hearty greeting to our friends,
alliance. between Austria, England, and offering to indicate the exact distance of six or eight miles, twenty- in the hope that we shall meet again
and France for the execution of the spot if herwould agree to divide the five; but we-have no meetings. It is in a land where our existence will not
treaty of Berlin. On the other hand, spoil. The merchant was at first in­ unpleasant 'to think but. true that be made up with checkered oases and
the Greek difficulty, which was falsely clined to treat the letter as a hoax, brethren who do not meet in body to wastes, but with an eternity of the
reported to be settled, is not yet ar­ but upon receiving a second and more consider the interests of the Master’s fnllness of life.
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ranged, though it is in a fair way for pressing one he sent an answer agree­ kingdom think or care very little for
M rs , J. A. C. M erriman .
settlement. On the whole, things ing to the proposal. Thé next day each other. It seems to me strange
Strong Men—True Men.
look better, and the public statement he was waited upon by a gentleman and unnecessary, though, that such a
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of the Czar that he desires to carry of agreeable manners, and it was ar­ I state of things should exist.
Men of steel are needed in even­
out the Berlin Treaty to the letter, ranged that the search should be
I have often wondered, since I
community, The wooden men, and
adds to the prospects of settlement in made at night, in ‘order to prevent came here, if it is possible-for the eyes
*men
of clay are multiplying rapidly,
the neighbors from talking. The box of one who has been bom again to
due course.
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and
daily
we see the effects of their
On Tuesday evening a singular j —a very weighty one?—w$s duly un- become so blinded by the splendor of
pliablenes.s.
It is good to be as clav
company , assembled at the new i I earthed, and when taken into the the god of this world, or the heart so
in
the
hands
of the Great Potter, but
Mission Chapel, Little Wild street, house and opened was found to con­ chilled by close approximation to
to be clay in the hands of men ia to
Drury Lane, when 300 of the thieves tain 8,000 francs in silver pieces of | , northern latitudes, as to forget the
bow and • twist for selfish purposes,
of St. Giles’s and the adjacent dis­ 3 fr. each. The merchant, much ! pleadings of the dear Savior, when he
and help it.hnnsa.nds nn ro destruction
trict, in answer to an invitation-—the pleased at the result of the search, at said to his disciples: “ Can ye not
Show the people that we are living in
third of its kind—-from George Hatton once handecLpver the half which he watch with me one hour ?”
the dispensation of humility, and not
and his friends, sat down to a rufist had promised to his informer, who re­
Do we not, dear brethren, refuse, to in the glory dispensation, and then
substantial supper. For a long time marked that it was rather a heavy do the same, when we cannot sacrifice
: the field will be quite clear. The
the St. Giles’s Christian Mission, of lump to carry to the railway station, worldly interests enough to meet at
weeds will die for want of nourishment,
which Mr. Hatton is the indefatigable distant about ajnile, and that per­ least occasionally, to commemorate his
and the wheat will get the divine sun-
superintendent, has been carrying on haps the merchant could oblige him death and sufferings, and to show our
! shine nec/ssary for its proper develop-
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its work to the spiritual and the with notes or gold instead. This the love for each other ? Can we not re­
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Christ
came
in
humility,
did
material advantage of many hundreds merchant was very happy to do ; but member His modest request, " As oft
i his work in humility,-and the effect«
in the neighborhood in which it has he regretted it bitterly the next as ye do this—break , this loaf, and
; will be humility. ,When He comes “in
located itself : and among the various morning, as he saw by the light of drink this cup, ye do it in memory of
I the clouds of heaven with power anti
ways in which it is-sought to extend day that the 5 franc pieces were me,” The excuse that “we. have no
gpeat ¡glory,” then will open up the
its usefulness are efforts for the re­ spurious, x
preacher ” may seem sufficient apology glory dispensation and nil its subjects_
A clergyman has been convicted of to the majority, but from my stand­
clamation of thieves as they come out
will be exalted. Ah, how many are
forging
a promissory note. I do not point of reasoning, it is ■ only a
of prison on the expiration of their
talking and walking with lofty heads
sentences. For this purpose the i know the details, but the offense is .smoothly * polished fallacy of his
i as if they were already living in the
charitable public have been from time generally expiated by a sentance of satanic majesty, with w hich to deaden
glory dispensation. Those who have
to time appealed to for subscriptions penal servitude. But I do know the zeal-of Christians in these latter
l “ put on Christ,” and are not “ weary
under the head of a “ Thieves’ Honest what Lord Coleridge remarked, and days. I believe this .very respectable
i in well doing,” live in the shadow of
Labor Fund,” to which moie support that was that he sentenced him to I “ Prince” has changed his tactics and
! that glory, but then in the thing tt.wl r '
is earnestly needed in furtherance of nine months’ -imprisonment—a com- j dons.not roar as much as in the days
j Then hold fast to meekness, self-denial,
the philanthropic object in view. As paratively light sentence—-because he i of the martyrs, but profess to do his
j humility, whether the “thorns” trouble
to those who partook of the good believed the prisoner, "owing to his i work with much politeness, and with
or rtot. Often the " praise of men ”
cheer on Tuesday night, there could being an educated man and of good ¡ very fine strokes of the pen of dis-
will stretch itself out before you, but
be no possible mistake, for everyone birth, would . find it particularly I play-
let
it not come upon and cover you
of the 300 was a recognized and ad­ severe.” In my ignorance I should
But perhaps I am wandering from Keepruftdiu- the Cross lest you trample
mitted thief. The sight of these have- imagined that good birth and a the spirit of a letter and will return
' upon it. Let Jesus select and place
criminals was characteristically strik­ good education should almost have by saying, I have met a number of
| the crown «upon you, and then it will
ing, and the scene was altogether counted against the prisonei, but the excellent brethren in this country,
I fit you. The eyes are set up high so
strange enough.
Specimens were ways of judges are strange. Brett ■ such as dear Sister Pintier and Bro.
■ that you may see the dangers and
there of gaol . birds—strong, weak, could not be hard upon Colonel and Sister Bailey, of Dayton; also
avoid them. Profit by this. See that
and cadaverous, bold, ferocious, and Baker, and even Bramwell was merci­ others of Waitsburg. I am sorry that
you hold the sword of the Spirit bv
timid, .cunning, repulsive, and, to ful to the Mistletoe manslaughter«, so II know of but one preacher who
the hilt when wielding it, otherwise it
judge from the type, utterly incurable. why should not Coleridge spare the i gives, his time to the work. Dear
only
bruises.—Ex.
According to the statement of one, man " of education and good birth ’” | Bro. Richardson and his good wife,
A lpha . ’ recently of Waitsbtfr, but now, I re-
who said, “ I was saved here,” nine
—Kepler was the first person to
out of ten present were at this mo­
Letter from Sieter Merriman. l gret to say, of Oregon, we learned4 to suggest the probability of moons ac­
ment at work in the thieves’ market,
| prize very much ; not only for the companying Mars.
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and the vast majority were returned Dear Messenger:
generous simplicity with which they» ■
—Dr. Wachsmuth of Berlin says
convicts. The meal was partaken of
I have often thought of attempting welcome strangers to their hearts and that if one-third part of oil of turpen­
warmth of the well-lit comfortable to make your acquaintance by ad­ home, but for their true Christian tine is added to chloroform the latter
building no doubt compared with the dressing a few thoughts to you in the principles, and his excellent manner can -be administered as an anesthetic
bitter cold which they had left, and spirit or form of a letter. If you will . of exposing the truth of the Scrip­ without the risk usually attending it
into which they would have to turn pardon the familiarity which prompts tures. They were -needed very much
—Mr. James. Gordon Bennett is
again in an hour or two, having much me to do this, upon the apology that here, and their absence will be greatly now at Melton Mowbray, England,
to do with it. Outside the chapel I am a member of the “ One
Family,” ¿lamented. Let me say right here with his twenty fine horses; for a
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there was an uninvited mob, {«venous to which most of your readers belong, that a good Christian minister of some winter’s hunting. It is quaintly said
enough and anxious enough to par­ and some of whom are friends of mine experience and culture, would find of Melton-Mow bray, in a geographical
take of the treat; and after those and may be glad to hear a word from Walla Walla and the surrounding work of repute, that it lias a Gothic
with tickets had satisfied their appe­ me, even through a paper, I shall be country a grand field in which to church and stabling for eight hundred
tites, a large number were admitted, much obliged.
organ Tze a church and establish Priuii- horses.
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and supper was given them...
This » a bright and pleasant but ’ tirr (*hmtfanity T woJi"’ siic!? a
—Lorn Pedro, the enlightened
Since J une 3, last, 4337 prisoners moderately cool afternoon of the preacher and his wife might eome Emperor of Brazil, has shown his ap­
had been discharged from the House 24th of November, and while seated here determined to succeed whatever preciation of American ability by
of Correction, in Coldbath-fields. The in a verya cozy apartment of our might assail.
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bestowing on Col. W. Milner Robeits,
Mission had taken a room in Elm northern home, made more lovely by
My friends in California wilt'be chief engineer of the Northern Pacific
street, nearly opposite the prison the profusion of sunny lays,.which surprised to learn that I am engaged Railroad, the position which his
gates, and to offer them a card of in­ the generous king of day delights to in dressmaking, instead of teaching, Majesty recently tendered ^o Captain
vitation to breakfast. Out of the dispense, my thoughts wander back­ an occupation to which I have devoted
Eads—that . of superintending the
above-mentioned nuiùber, no less than ward to the associations of- dear • so miiqlhjfMiy-Jife., Although I am improvement of the navigation of the
2J10 had accepted the invitation, Christian friends, some in the far east, I at home with dressmaking, my fym-
water highways of the empire Colonel
«nd, whilst partaking of breakfast, some in* California, and some in { pathies are wi^h.the young, And I Roberts has accepted the honor.
thes^jospel was read to them, and the Oregon, whom I have made during hope to .return to teaching after a
—Garibaldi regards the priests who
bene
of the Home explained. Of the past summer.
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swarm in Italy as the 4 “ heaviest
the 2,110
o had been thus provided
Do not wonder, dear M essenger , if
There are many tfiings of ifiterest. scourge of that country.” He suggest«
for, 428 had signed the temperance I say that tears blind my eyes, while that I might say of the country over
putting them to word. They are
pledge. Several gentlemen and a few I remember the blessing of Christian which we passed during the summer
healthy and strong, and should live
of the thieves addressed the meeting. society and church privileges, of on our trip from California» but it
by the sweat of their brow as other
An ingeniota fraad has been com- which we are here deprived. Walla would consume more time than I can
men do.
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