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PACIFIC CHRISTIAN
MESSENGER,
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MARCH 21, 1879
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MISCELLANEO US.
gloomy view even when you have
gone still further on the journey. As
The prospect of rest is refreshing to
Linda gave ns a verse on “Forty
nil who know the’ fatigue of toil, and
Years,” let me give you another on a CHRISTIAN HYMNALS,
is thn^reatest incentive to physical
still later age:
CHRISTIAN HYMN BOOK, *
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and mental exertion. It is not hard
PUBLICATIONS OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH,
Just sixty-two 1 Then trim thy light,
work alone that worries and disheart­
PREACHERS’ SUPPLIES,
Aad get the jewels all reset
SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPPLIES,
This past meridian, but still bright,
ens men, so much as unrequited toil—
PAPERS,
... '
And
looks
soma
hears
of
sunset
yet.
toil that is carried on without any
Th® Overcoat Doxology.
REWARD CARDS,
At
sixty-two
be
strong
and
true,
prospect of adequate reward, and with­
MAPS,
Scour off ths rust and shine anew.
" Praise God from whom ”—and
out the hope of cessation or rest. Men
and everything needed for Sunday-school or Church furnished at
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can labor to the point of exhaustion all through the congregation there is 'Tia yet high day, thy staff resume,
Publishers’ prices.
And fight fresh battles for the truth ;
without discouragement and even a general stir to find hats and draw For what is age but youth’s full bloom,
•cheerfully, when they know that their on overcoats, so that by the time
A riper, more transcendent youth.
labor is productive and bids fair to those who have nothing more im­ , A wedge of gold is never old,
Streams broader grow as onward rolled.
.secure for them such a competence as portant to do than to join in the sing­
ing
haye
come
to
—
Above all, to have the way seem
will, some time, enable them to rest
“ Praise Him all creatures here glftd and bright as we go down life’s
from excessive toil.
Books bound neat and Cheap, *»
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8-32-ly
But there are many who never have below ”—a number of these same sloping hill-side, we need to have it
adequate rest, or any prospect of it- “ creatures ” are in a deadly wrestle lighted from the cross of Christ. This
Obituary.
The Tallest Chimney in the World.
There are multitudes of overburdened with sleeves and lining by a back«- can gild the darkest clouds that ever
Onr colnmnx hare become too much crowded
The tallest chimney in the world is
and overtaxed toilers in the garrets ward measurement of arms. Much brooded over our earthly path, and it for the insertion of long obituary notices, except
in cases where the deceased was extensively known the Townsend chimney, Glasgow, Scot­
they
are
thinking
about
praising
the
will light us through the low-lying among eur readers on this ooast. In all cases we
cellars, shops and offices of our towns
insert ISO words free. For each additional land.
It was buit by Robert Corbett
and cities, who labor day and night to Highest' Their chief concern seems valley which stands at the end of the will
100 words we will charge SI. When long notices
to
be
that
they
shall
be
ready
to
dart
are not accompanied by the money, the editor will | of Glasgow, for Joseph Townsend of
way.— Ex.
obtain a bare subsistence, and never
abridge them to suit.
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j Crawford Street Chemical Works. The
the luxury of thoroughly refreshing out as soon as the benediction is pro­
Retrospection.
Died, at his residence, near Tangent, total height from foundation to top of
rest, but rise with weary, aching bod­ nounced to stand on the sidewalk in
ies, to resume their daily drudgery, front and criticise the people as they “ Thou »halt remember *11 the way which the Linn county, Oregon, F?b. 15, 1879, O. coping is 468 feet, and from ground
W. Vernon, aged 66 years, 6 month and ljne to summit, 454 feet ; the outside,
thy God led thee. "—Dent. viii. 2.
and with little or no- hope of any come out, or hurry away to some less Lord
" Cast not sway tnerefore your confidence, which 11 dsys.
“ tiresome ” place. Well, well ’ and hath great recompense of reward.”—Heb. X. 85.
mitigation or cessation of their toil.
Father was born in Tennessee in 1812 ; diaweter at foundation being 50 feet,
He
was.
better
to
me
than
all
my
hopes,
the
saints
above
—
“
Ye
heavenly
host,
”
How indescribably comforting to
his father died in 1815 ; hie mother, with at ground surface 32 feet, and. top o
He was better than all my fears;
—
how
pitiably
they
must
look
down
five
children, of.^hicn father was the i coping 12feet 8 inches. The number
such is the blessed invitation of the
He made a bridge of my broken works,
youngest, emigrated to Missouri in 1817. of bricks used in the erection was as
upon
this
contest
between
overcoat
Savior: “ Come unto me all ye that
And a rainbow of my tears.
Father was married in 1828, to Rebecca
are heavy laden, and I will give you and praise to God ' Hearing the ap­ The billows that guarded my sea-girt path Greenway, who still survives him. He ‘ follows : common bricks in chimney,
’ 1,142,532; composition and fire-bricks
Carried my Lord on their crest;
rest.” And how precious the hope Of peal of a divided, half-hearted congre­
emigrated to Texas in 1847, and to Oregon
gation
coming
up
from
beneath
some
When
I
dwell
on
the
days
of
my
wilder
­
in 1853, where he has since resided until for insides* cone, 157,468; common
that heavenly rest which “ remaineth
ness march,
bricks for Hues, etc., 100,000; total,
his death.
forthe people of Cjtod,” where “they heaven-pointing spire, is it likely
I can lean on His love for the rest.
Father was paralyzed in September, , 1,400,000. The weight of bricks at 5
shall hunger no min-e, neither thirst their pare spirits will be wrought
emptied my hands of my treasured 1877, but soon recovered sufficient to walk, • tons per 1,000, is equal to 7,000 tons*
any more, neither shall the sun light into a greater devotion and thankful!* He store,
about the honse, but suffered -intensely,
.
’ When within 5 feet of completion, the
on them, nor any heat;” where they ness ? We need not answer.
both in body and mind, from that time
And Hii Covenant Love revealed;
What
is
a
doxology
for,
if
not
to
chimney was struck by a gale from the
will.not need to fear and to be anx­
There was not a wonnd in my aching heart until his death.
express
gratitude
t
o
G
o
d
?
—
And
if
I
northeast, which caused it to sway 7
He
confessed
his
faith
in
Christ
and
But
the
balm
of
His
breath
hath
healed.
ious about a subsi s ten ce,—fin—“-the-
was baptized by EJd. Thomas Allen, in > feet 9 inches off the perpendicular, and
this
gratitude
be
felt
by
only
a
few,
Oh,
tender
and
true
was
the
chastening
Lamb that is in the midst of tbe throne
1839, and has lived a devoted Christiap it stood several feet less in height than
sore,
shall fetjjl them and lead them unto bad not the pastor better preach a
life, and died in fnll triumph of the
In
wisdom
that
taught
and
tried,
before it swayed. To bring back the
living fountains ef water.” There the series of sermons on “ The '1)uty of Till the soul that He tangirt was trusting Christiania hope.
Thankfulness,
”
or
in
some
way
awake
shaft
to its true vertical position, “ saw-
weary ami heavy laden shall rest, and
-^'Blessed are they that do his com­
in Him,
those
who
are
careless
to
a
sense
of
ingback
” had to be resorted to, which
mandments, that they may have right to
And nothing on earth beside !
shall find** infinite compensations, for
the tree of life, and may enter in through was performed by Mr. Townsend’s own
their
irreverfence
?
The
vary
words
—
Jtheir hardships here in, the ineffable
He guided my paths that I could not see,
the gates into the city.”
men, ten- working in relay?, four at a
By ways that I have not known;
joys which God has’prepared for them “from whom all blessings flow,”
A. C. V ebmon .
silence
all
questions
as
to
the
duty
;
time sawing, and two pouring water
The
crooked
was
straight,
and
the
rong'i
that love Him—joys that yrill seem all
Chriatian and Tex*» C. Messenger pleeoe copy.
made plain,
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and
who
can
indulge
much
religious
on the krws. The WQikiraa dun®
rr
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precious
contrast
with
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As I followed the Lord alone'.
Separation.
froin the inside on the original scaff­
ilieir sufferingshere.
I praise Him still for the pleasant palms,
problem
of
economizing
time
?
olding, which had not been removed.
This re|t “ remaineth.” It is abid­
And the water springs by the way;
There are deep lessons in holiness Holes were first punched through the
We
believe
it
to
be
thoughtlessness,
For glowing pillar of flima by night,
ing and eternal. Here, our moments
to be learned on this point. Some do sides to admit the caws, which were
And the sheltering cloud by day.
of rest ara short; the slumber of the principally. The devil has gained
not
like to rise in a congregation, and wrought alternately in each direction
night is soon past, and we have to eg­ some advantage in the souls of be­ And if to the warfare He calls me forth,
be
identified
with the professors of at the same joint on the side opposite
He buckles my armcr on ;
gage again in tLe toils of the day. lievers, and from making them wan-
holiness.
They
think, it may be, it
There, there will be no such thing as def in their prayers toward the last, He greets me with smiles and a word of separates brethren. So it does. And the inclination, so thrt the chimney
cheer
was bronght back in a slightly oscil­
toil, no weary limbs and aching bodies, finally gets behind, begging to assist
For battlee His sword hath won ;
such is frequently the intention. But lating manner. This was done at
them
on
with
their
overcoats
!
In
­
but all our occupations will be the
He wipes my brow as I droop and faint,
this is done, not es a matter of pride, twelve different heights, and the men
He blesses my hand to toil:
•most de’ightful rest. There will be deed I And this is the same spirit oi
but to lure on others to join them in discovered when they were gaining by
no such thing as fatiguing routine and darkness now urging to the shorten­ Faithful is He aa He washes my feet
the happy experience of full salvation. the saws getting tightened by the
From tbe traoe of each earthly soil.
sameness of duty, but every variety of ing of Gods time, who will ere long
Without some point of outward separ­ superincumbent weight— Scientific
There
is
light
for
me
on
the
trackless
wild
congenial employment and change, jeer over the too late repentance of
As
tbe
wonders
of
old
I
trace,
ation, little that is solid is likely to
which is itself rest. Here, the rest of a lost soul. Who shall say but some When the God of ths whole earth wont be accoa^dished. It was so whXn American.
the Sabbath, though the best earthly of these may be among the number of
before.
Ruth left her country for that of?j
The Newspaper.
To search me a resting-place.
type of the heavenly rest, is soon his victims—those who irreverently
Naomi,
and
the
principal
holds
good
closed and we have to engage in the consider the ordinances of God’s Has He changed for me? Nay; he change, to day. We may sorrow to leave
The great press slowly moves ; its arms
not I
Í are reaching for their strong embrace.
exhausting labors of the week. But house ?— Methodist Recorder.
dear brethren; but a greater sorrow
He v ill bring me by some new way,
Stop that press !”
there, it is an eternal Sabbath filled
Through fire and fliod, and each crafty ought to be, to let the company of the
Life’s Cherry Autumn.
The giant rests again. There is an error
with such services as will minister
foe,
blood-washed go on without us. We of sUtement to be corrected, or an ob­
As safely as yesterday.
I wish that any who fancies life at
perfect joy and satisfaction to. the
help to save the unsanctified by jectionable article to be withdrawn. The
soul. Here, all our joys are transient, forty is necessarilygloomy, would read Ne'er in the glare of the enemy's land
separation, followed by invitation — type*« are taken out and borne away—corp­
ses of dead thought. Look now again at
He suffers His own to sleep ;
but bliss of Heaven is eternal—it re- the noble sermon by that most noble
Harvester.
the maas of type—dead I inert as the masa
Tbs
combat,
the
tempest,
the
raging
wave
man, Albert*Barnes, on “ Life at Four­
maineth.— Western Advocate.
of earth you tread on. Bat see I the white
Tell
Hie
wondrous
works
in
tbe
deep.
score.” Such cherry inspiring, heaven­
A Well-Known American
sheet has fallen upon their upturned faces;
The treasures of darkness in secret hid,
Make Friends
Author.
ly views are good for body and soul.
the touch of the press bus baptized them ;
Can the child of the kingdom proclaim ?
Life is very critical. Any word W ith good health and even measurably Ob, tell forth the praise of Jehovah to day
Referring to bis own complete restora­ the life that was in them has passed upon
easy
circumstances,
forty
may
be
the
Give
glory
anew
to
His
name
I
tion to health through the use of Cum paper, ar«.l the new creation is pregnant
may be our last. Any farewell, even
fiound Oxygen,” after many years uf inva- with thought—a thing wiiii a soul, for it
very
golden
autumn
of
life.
The
little
Never a watch on the dreariest bait,
amid glee and merriment, may be for­
idism and exhaustion iron» over-work, T. can move the souls of mon. That sheet, so
children
are
probably
now
grown
and
But
some
promise
of
love
eudears
;
8. Arthur, the well-known America«] au­ blank before, is a living power now. A
ever. If this truth were but burned
thor. says, in bis Homa Magizino, under
into our consciousness, and if it ruled sound sleep can prepare one for the I read from the past that my future shall date
of Febuary, 1878: " Dr«. Starkey change has passed over it as marvelous as
bo
day
’
s
duties,
and
helpful
older
ones
re
­
and Palen are physicians in regular stan­ if in an instant the unwritten face of the
as a deep convictiou and real power in
Far better than all my fears.
of high personul character, and boy should put on the furrows of age, the
our lives, would it not give a new lieve the mother from many cares. A Like the golden pot of tbe wilderness ding,
above the suspicion of quackery or pre impress i.l.uuUwul.»r M i crma» ii, U t w sg bb
“meaning~'ttnr?f' ror h rrxan-iriihon- g e o«l »uow ian in any n eigldwhee d Inta, '•"■-wwrff;-“““——-- ------------------- wko ~~ a flrir dtrranw ■»¡¡rvwrrrw
into their possession, and their administra­ and toil. Thns the paper is born, and
Laid up with tbe blpasoming rod,
ships? Would it n d make us far more an assured position, and is prized in
tion of it, so fur, has resulted in restor­ goes out into tho world. No messenger
tender than we sometimes are? Would any community ; and this last adds All safe in the Ark With tbe law of tbe ing to health many who had regarded can overtake it. Its utterance is unaltera-
Lord,
their ailments as incurable, and in giving ble now. It may l>e explained, but not
it not often times put a rein upon our not a little to the pleasantness of one’s
back a good measure of health to a large
Is the Covenant care of bod.
condition.
She
has
time
now
fur
small,
rash and impetuous speech ? Would
number of invalids who had vainly »might erased. The printed wordscan no more be
—Anna S¡tif¡¡on.
for help through other means of Mire.” recalled than tbe departed spirit can be
neighborly
charities,
which
bless
her
wo carry in our hearts the miserable
Inquire Before You Determine. Tbe testimony of others aa well known to wooed buck to tho cold body which it has
own
soul
even
mare
than
those
to
whom
suspicions and jealousies that now so
tbe puplia will be found in onr Treatise left. '
A»k your drnggSt wb it H lie's Honey of on the Nature, Action, and results, of
•often embitter the fountains of our she ministers. Do not dread the for­
Ilo-e now, we have it—tbe newspaper, I
Horehound and Tar i« doing in cues of •• Compound Oxygen.” It is mailed free.
loves? Would we be so impatient of tieth milestone, because the bloom will severe cough and* col.l, within bis own AddressDrs. Starkey A Palen, 1112 Girard Wonderful product of. brain andtoil 1 One
would think it would be dearly bought and
the faults of others ? Would we allow depart Many a woman u far more peraonnl knowledge, before yon try it your Street, Philadelphia, Pa. ..
.
M i ”’ 1
self. Inquire ef him if he use ever known
highly prized ; und yet, the Cheapest
' trivial misunderstanding to build up charming at middle life than she was a medicine of its class as popular as that
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thing
in tho world. Two or three cents
strong walls between us and those who in the rosy flush of youth. Willem, pnre and agreeable vegetable preparation.
will
bny
if. One or two dollars will bring
Be
governed
by
th?
iacte
he
will
state
to
Murray Hill Triblialiing Company,
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endorse it as a spoeifij for diseases of tho Evidences of Dr. Foote'» Sueneas aa a
paper 1 They can pay 25 cents for a circus
year after year, which a manly word wrinkled cheek and silvery hair more lungs and throat.
writer and practitioner of medicine, * d <1 a
any day would compose ? Would we beautiful than the fairest face which
catalogue of all their publicati ons —read­ ticket, or 50 for the theater—yet tuey are
Avin .t Son's M axual contain^ more
pass neighbors or old friends on the has the " crow’s feet ” of a sharp tem­ information of value to advertisers than ing enough for several weeks—if you will too poor to bny a newspaper, which ia a
but enclose one letter stamp to their ad­ ticket into tbe great Globe Theater, whose
per,
or
a
sinful,
censorous
spirit
It
is
street without recognition, because of
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i our kind words, our commendations,
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