Pacific Christian messenger., January 30, 1880, Page 9, Image 9

PACIFIC CHRISTIAN MESSENGER, FRIDAY, JAN. 30, 1880.
Letter from Wellesley College.
church and the grounds around it
making it as though built on a single
W ellesley , M ass , Dec. 31, 1879. high terrace. The cemetery is just
Jf y dear Girls:
back of the church like the kirk yards
The snow is coding down thick of England. This church is neither
«nd fast as the last day of the old a rich nor fashionable one, but the
year is slipping out of our lives, and I floor of the chapel is covered with a
, gather together my thoughts that go very pretty figured red carpet; the
®o helter skelter, to tel! you something pews are cushioned and numbered,
of our holiday time in the heart of families occupying the same seats ev­
New England.
ery Sunday. There is a large pipe
The girls that were left at the Hall organ and fine choir, but the congre­
helped the ladies of the ¡village de-« gation always join iu the singing ;
-corats the church with evergreens and kerosene lamps and dozen» of them
the motto, “ Praise ye the Lord ” that kept bright and shining give light for
we twined was large and handsome.
evening service. Mr. Cowan whom I
P ■ Christmas day passed quietly and have spoken of before, is the regular
«
-quickly, except that when the five of minister and he reads us some very
us that were left had seated ourselves excellent sermons, though when a
rather forlornly, at our long table for lonely feeling steals over me I long to
the five o’cleck dinner, we were hear again Mr. Campbell’s brave stir­
startled by the entrance of the ex­ ring words in the little church on the
pressman with package» for each of old college corner at home.
us. Of course we were all so excited,
Someone wants to know about the
we could hardly sign our names in out of the missionary aprons we wear
the book he put before us. I was to do our room work of mornings. If
more surprised and delighted than any you could turn time backward to the
to find that Miss Coraon, of Chicago, days when we went to the little school
had sent me two boxes of the finest house in the oakhills in short frocks
French bonbons, tn sweeten my and long aprons with sleeves buttoned
Christmas a little she said, while I tight around the wrist—youwould not
was so fur from home. It is some­ ask about the pattern—-one in partic­
times very pleasant to be so unex­ ular that I was very partial to, was
pectedly remembered.
of red and white Btriped calico' and I
Christmas evening we attended the wore it proudly as a queen to empire
festivities at the church, where, after born. Don’t think there is any ne­
the services, Santa Claus robed in fur cessity of my sending the patteru to
and jingling Wte bells came noisily in. those as handy with the scissors as the
There was nothing very expensive, Vespertine*.
The Dana H ill girls, I with the
but the little folks enjoyed it as much
as if thousands- had la-en spent for rest, have made a bonfire of our old
them. The I)apa girls were each letters, to make room for all we expect
honored with a little bag of candy. to receive the coming year. Its funny
There are some te-autful children in ; the way each tells the others what
J,he village, *and they were all excite­ she wants most to be sayed if there
ment over their presents. It was a should be a fire during her absence,
but it is done every time.
joy te watclr them.
This letter would hardly be com
I wish you could have seen Mary,
plete
without my s vying something of
■our cook, as she danced about the
Boston
; I was there yesterday and
kitchen Christina» morning, declaring
whe was too happy to do anything, and walked miles and miles it seemed to
it was nine o’clock liefore she came me just to see the people, and as the
near enough this world, to give us our crowds of poor hungry ones, (I knew
bleakfast. Someone had sent her a they were hungry by the greedy way
writing desk v ¡th full accompani­ they looked int> the shop windows
ments, and the girls had each contri­ tilled with good things to eat,) passed
buted 25 cts, and ordered Scribner’s hurriedly by, I felt as if 1 could Lever
for her; the receipt was placed with be thankful enough lor my happy lot.
the desk on the kitchen table after __ It would be a great help to those
young gentlemen who wish to enter
she had gone to bed.
Last Thursday .Miss Cahill and my­ Harvard College sometime in the near
self started for a walk, and to make future, to secure the bpok called
some call« in the village; it was ciear, *• Harvard Examination Papers.’’ It
bright and cold,and we enjoyed both the would give them much assistance, and
calls and the fresh bracing air; after­ can be had for $1.00 or SI.50.
{Speaking of colleges, Amherst or
ward we went to the minister’s, where
we had lieen invited to dinner, and you Williams is preferred by many, even
can't imagine how nice it seemed to those who do not care for expense, as
lie once more in a dainty cozy home. besides their being so much cheaper
We had large delick us oranges for the professors are as tine instructors
-deaert, just received that evening and the ci esses not se crowded as at
from Florida; the hostess gave us a Yale and Harvard.
But I forget myself, the big lamp
bagful tJ bring home with us, and I
bos
gone out aud the hand-lamp is
should have liked so much to have
-divided my share with you, they were making its last winks, so I bring
back iny thoughts from the home in
no large and sweet.
Mr Cowan, the minister, shewed us the West and bid you all a sweet
«boot his study, and 1 felt as though good night
C assie S tump .
I could almost write a sermon there
myself. Their little girl died a few
Smyrna.
weeks ago, and it looked se sad to see
¡her little chair in the parlor, and Ler
Smyrna is one of the most ancient and
'high-chair in the dining room. She important of the oitiea of Asia Minor. It
was all they had, and their loss is an contended for *.be honor of giving birth to
Hoiuer : and ite title is, by uiauy, th Hight
.inconsolable one.
••••There is no flock however watched and to be the best fotftidrd. Tlie Christian
church in Smyrna was one of the seven
tended,
churches of Asia, to which the Apostle
But one dead lamb is there ;
There is no household however loved and John was commanded to address an epistle,
Rev. 2:8—10. Polyonrp is supposed at
guarded,
the
time to have been its pastor
The site
But has one vacant chair.”
The other night, coming home from
church, we were admonished by a
gentleman to be careful of the stone
steps, »■» they were a glare of
ice, so we avoided them entirely and
jumped with more ease than elegance
from the top of the wall to the street.
You could scarcely understand such a
performance from the situation of our
church at home, and I do not know
that I can explain its situation very
• clearly. The church-was" built on an
elevation of a >me ffins or six feet
above the street, and a stone wall of
•¡most that height, fences in th:
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of the Sitediutn, in wbioli Pidycarp is sup­
posed to have suffered martyrdom, is still
pointed out. The present pon n 1st ion of
Sm.rna is estimated at 160 000. It con­
tains several G'eek, Armenian, Roman
Catholic, aod Protestant Churches, and
about tw. nty mosques. It is less remark­
able, however, for the elegance of its build­
ings, than for the beauty of its situation,
the extent of its commerce, and t|ie riches
of its inhabitants.
—Thomas Moore, being sent for by
the k ng when he was at prayers, re­
turned answer that he would attend
him when h 5 ha I first performed his
service to the King of kings.
The Six Days of Genesis.
Speculation.
(Continued from first page.)
gressors. He has hallowed sorrow
and Luilt for it a sanctuary. Hither
the weary and heavy laden can find
rest unU) their souls.
8ince the creation, it is estimated that
There is a large class of Bible read
27,000,00q,000.000,000 have lived oh the
era and Bible interpreters, who at this eath. - This sum divided by 27,864.000 the
time appear to be wonderfully afraid number of square miles, gives 1 314,522.-
086 to a square rod, and 5 to a rqu «re foot.
that science will discover something Suppose a square rod be divided into 11 "Here bring their wonnded hearts, her»
that will conflict with the teachings graves, each grave aou'd contain 100 per­
tell their anguish
sons. But thia is speculation,' and of no
of the Bible ; and they are constantly beuefit to the 1.000 000.000 people tli't Earth has no sorrow that Heaven can not
heal."
at work, trying to doctor and patch now exist,5U0.000 000 of whom ar» invalids
dying each year. What they
Henceforth,
it shall be Godlike to
up the Bible to make it harmonize 33,000,000
meet want are the facts concerning Dr.
with what is supposed teaching of Pierce's Family Medicines. For years his suffer for others, to forgive and pray
Medical Discovery has been the
science. The modem Scientist goes Golden
standard remedy for the cure of all surofh- for an enemy, to rejoice with those
to work and builds a theory, and pro­ lons, throat, aud Inug deeraaes. While who do rejoice and weep with those
over a quarter of s century’ Dr Sage's who weep. Henceforth the noblest,
claims it with all the certainty of a for
Catarrh Remedy bas been unrivaled as a
mathematical demonstration, notwith­ positive cure for catarrh. The testimony di vines t sentiments of the soul shall
tbonsands of ladies has been published, take their hue from the story of the
standing the theory is suspended per­ of
certfying that Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre­
haps upon a thousand “ if’s,” he pro­ scription positively .cures the diseases and cross.
claims to the world that he has made weaknesses peeultal to women. For full
The mostexcellent exa'ted philoso­
information, see the Peoples Common
a great discovery in science and what Sense Medical Adviser, an illustrated work phy shall be the philosophy of salva­
is most important the Bible is in con­ of over 900 pages, price (post paid), $1.50. tion and the choicest literature shall
Over 100,000 copies sold. Address the
flict with his discovery.
author, R. V Pierce, M D. Bufialo, N Y derive its spirit from the man of Naz­
areth.
The announcement is not more than
-A Revelation Burst.
The muses shall forsake their haunts
made, till a certain class of men begin Upon the public press and medical pro­
in
the valley of Tempe for the valley
to “ tremble in their boots " and they fession, when over tweBty flve years ago,
that
grand
result
of
medical
research
and
of
the
Kedron, they shall leave the
begin to turn and twist the old Boek
syDtbetie skill. Hoetatter’s Stomach Bit­
groves
of Parnassus for the bowers of
inside out, and all for the purpose of ters, was given to the world. Soon after
it
had
been
started
on
i
8
curative
mission
Gethsammane,
and the founts of
making it agree with the wild and
it was discovered that the botanic proper­
Castalia
for
the
waters of Siloaiu.
fanciful theories of the scientific ties far surpassed those of the approved
mineral
remedies
of
the
day.
Not
the
Jesus
and
him
crucified is the sub-
speculators.
least amoug the g6od consequences of its
It matters not about rules of inter- general use has lieen to disabuse men's juct and his praise the object of the
minds of many absurd medical fallacies, sweetest anthems ever sung. The or­
pretation, meaning of words, nor con- aud
to demonstrate the superiority of veg­
struction ef sentences, they must all etable remedies. It conquers aud pre­ ator catches his loftiest inspiration
vents malarial fevers, dyspepsia, chronic from the story of Olivet anil Calvary,
be rode over “ rough shod ” if the har­ coustipation,
a tendency to kidney and
mony of the Bible with science de­ bladder ailments and rheumatism, and is and the grandest effort, of his art is to
the greatest value in cases of bodily make known among the nations the
mands it. Science is made the stand­ of
trouble arising from weakness. Old peo­ unsearchable riches of Christ.
ard of Bible interpretation, and wher­ ple »re greatly aided by it, and it is highly
Who then would be ashamed of
ever the Bible is thought to conflict serviceable to convalescents and ladies in
delicate health. It is moreover, a useful Jesus or of His Cause ? Though bis
with it, the twisting precess must be medicine to take with one on long jour­
applied till the Bible is brought neys, end counteracts the effete of mental birth was humble—His life a life of
exhaustion.
, U
suffering and sorrow, and His death
around all-right.
From all parts of the country reports ignominious, yet is he the chief among
There is no conflict ketween the come Of the immense sales and increasing
ten thousand and altogether lovely.
Bible and real science, and as to thè demands for that deserviugly popular
Sewing Machine, The Ohl—and Reliable "To wear His Dame, His cross to bear,
speculations of science, it will be time “ S tandard ,” the price of which the pro­
Qur highest honor this,
enough to begin the work of har­ prietor«» wisely reduced to $20 including Who nobly suffer for Him here
all the attaci meats, and at once seen reed
monizing the Bible when they prove for them a popularity among the pi ople,
Suali reign with Hitu in bliss.”
far beyond that evef yet at tai tied-by any
their theories true.
O. A. C arr .
other machine at any price, the conse­
One of the most striking illustra­ quence of which is, agents are leaving tire
What Compound Oxygen is
tions of this twisting and bending old high priced macb nes, and seeking ter­
ritory for the “ S tandard .” Kuowing
. -
Doing.
process to. suit the Bible to what is from experience that with the best gaols
supposed teachings %f science, is at the lowest price they can Outsell nil o'h
A l»«Iv nffiner -f St. Marv'» Orphan Asy­
er Machines, where the superior quality
found iu connection with the passage and low price is made known. Thissplen lum, Norfolk. V1 . writf**: “Mr iioprove-
nient is wonderful, though alow
I have
referred to at the head of this article. did Machine, combines all the improve­ gained in flesh, and they aay that I ap­
ments. Is far ahead of ail others in beau­
Moses says in the 20th chapter of ty aud durability of its work, ease an man­ pear twenty years younger. With most
grateful, and the Wish that I cnnhl spread
Exodus 11th verse, that “ In six days agement, and light ruuning. is seneiblv th- reputation of your wonderful agent, I
made upon sound principles, with post am, etc." All informa'ion aent free Dra.
the Lord made heaven and earth.”
tive working parte ail steel. and e.in safely S tarkey <t P ales , 1112 Girard Street,
Now, who “ under the sun ” would put down as the very perfection of a Ser­ Philadelphia, Pa.
viceable Shuttle Double Thread -sewing
have ever thought of making that Machine, in every particular, that will
statement (it Moses, mean six periods ontlast any Machine, and at a price far
down liylow any other. It is tboionghly FARMERS TAKE NOTICE
of time, (Sixty millions of yems per­ warranted for five years. . Kept in order
haps), had it not been that science is free of charge. And sent to al-y part of
the Couutry for ex .minrtiou by the cus­
said to teach differently ?
tomer before payment of the bill We can
E. THE UNDERH GNED HAVE
The bold,barefaced and unsupported predict equally as large a demand for
just finished <’nf New Warehouse.
them iu this section as others. Families Will Store WHEAT free of charge, pro­
declarations of Geologists have forced desiriug the best Machine manufactured
viding *1) Wheat is sold to ns. In case
an interpretation of Scripture truth, should write direct to the Factory. And anv one choose* to sell to oniside parlies
enterprising persons wishing to reize the Storage will lie charged at ,the regular
by certain visionary and quack in­ chance should apply for so desire.,ble an
rat> s Hacks on hand, and will be let out
terpreter» that is uuMipportcd by the agency. Bee adveitisement in another on the following conditions: All seeks can
part of this paper. Address. S'andard lie returned that coutaiii one and one half
context, unsupported by the meaning Machine Co.. Cor. Broad war aud Clinton
bnrhels of Wheat, otherwise we will
of the wool, and urn-npported by Place, New York
charge coat price.
every known iule or principle of in-
Quun V ictoria s F oot G uards —Of the
SLOPER BROTHERS.
terpretation.
officers in Queen Victoria's foot guard, 17
Liberty
Milla, Independence,
are
of
Irish,
30
are
of
Scotch
and
205
of
Just think of it, Mose# says that
July 23, 1879.
English birth. In the household cavalry,
MMy
“ In six days the Lmd made the
65 are English, 11 Soot.-L and 10 Irish.
heaven and earth.” Now our geolo- In the whole army there are 5,738 English,
gieal in'»ipreters of the Biute tell us 1,386 Irish and 785 Scotch officers. There SAW & PLANING MILL,
that the “ first day " of Moses was the are three regiments, the Grenadier, Bold­
INDEPENDENCE, OR,
“ Azoic " period, ten million years, streams and the Scots' guards. Their offl
perhaps ; the “ second day ” was the cere are, as a class, more highly connected
:o:
th .n are the officers in the household cav­
“ Silurian ” period, ten million more, alry, and a man seldom gets into the foot
and so on.
guards unless he has a large infusion of HEDGES, BURCH & CO.,
Now, this is simply Azoic and blue blood in his veins. The members of
PROPRIETORS,
the guards club are restricted to foot reg­
Silurian nonsense, and nothin; else.
iments. A large proportion of the foot
Moses said to the assembled guards are composed of yonnger sous, and Keep constantly on hand, and saw to
order, all kinds of
Hebrews at Sinai, in the language there is thus great diversity of means in a
Xs TT M B El XL ■
that they understood, that “ the Lord regiment, one officer being heir or possess­
or
of
thrice
as
many
thousands
a
year
as
made the heavens and earth in six
has hundreds. As a rule, they ere OIIDKRS niLED ON SHORT NOTH
days." Now the phrase "six days” another
an interior chua of men intellectually, but
had a definite meaning to the Israel­ the adjutants are almost invariably very
•^-Seasoned Flooring and Rnstic a
officers. The guards are almost al­
ites, and if Moses used it in a different smart
9 20-1 y
ways in London or at Westminister—occa­ specialty.
sense from tlat which they under­ sionally in camp at Aldershot. Until re
a battalion was always quartered at
stood, then he deceived them, unless cently
BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS
Dublin, the theory being I h it they go
I ll IT T'! T
he made an explanation. We have no where there is a court; but tLis lias been *■ ff T T JT 1 W1!
given
up
of
.ate
On
rare
occasions
they
evidence that he did this.
go abroad and thus served in the Crimea,
But if we will turn back to Gen. i. at Waterloo, and in Canada. To lie 111 the
guards in considered a social distinction,
we will there see from Moses himself and would always enable a man t-- com­
mand an entrance into very g >od society,
just what he meant by “ six days.”
even if he w-re not born to such advanta-
In describing the work of the first gee.—A'eic York Sun.
te... . .. >1«» »- - - -- —■
day he agys, “ and the evening and
C oughs —-“B roipn a Bro icliial Txrorh»x”
the morning were the first day" and are used with advantage to alleviate
evening and the morning were the C oughh , Sous T hroat , H iarkxnhh , aud
B rokchial AmcTIoNB. For ihiriy ytars
second day, and so on to the end of these Troches have been in use, with an­
the sixth day. I am prepared to show nually increasing faver. They are not
new and untried, but, having been tested
that science has proven nothing con­ by wide and constant use for nearly sn
AGENTS F<r IKe rietori»: citi-. CMMwnt&ur.
entire veneration, they have attained well-
trary te this View of the subject.
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