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MONMOCtfi, OREGON ; FRIDAY, JUN^IL 1880., v
VOL. 1.
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with Bro. Strong in the selection of a AVe are either Christianwor sinners, among the number" of th
that‘he would not ask believers or unbelievers. Let us then superstitions ” against whose encroach­
■ C hristian M essenger , committee;
Bro. Strong to accept a man as mem­ strip ourselves of ev^ry worldly plea­ ments Claudius and his Senate took - —A printed speech is like a dried
Devoted to the cause of Primitive Christi­
ber of said committee, that he was not sure and lust, and let us put on the politic ’ precautions in . the former half flower 7 the substance* indeed, is there, '***
anity, and the diffusion
general in­
whole armor oL God, and the pure of the first century. It was quite but the color is faded and the perfume
satisfied with.
formation.
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After a lengthy discussion, the white robe of righteousness, that we natural, M. Renan argued, that the gone.
Price Per Year, in Advance, J2.50
z
—
It
doesen
’t take much of a
may
be
prepared
to
fight
as
valient
capital should hear of the name of
All business letters should be addressed ruling of the ehair was called for,
philosopher
to
tell
why the advertis­
soldier^
for
King
Jesus;
that
when
Jesus long before the evangelization
to T. F. Campbell, ‘ Editor, or Mary which was as follows, viz. : That the
ing
leaves
Of
a
magazine
are always
Stnmp, Publisher, Monmouth, Oregon.
action of the church in requiring we come to stand before the judgment of the intermediate provinces, as that
Advertisers will find this one of the best Bros, Richardson and Strong to select seat of Christ it may be said of us, a towering mountain peak should be cut, while the other leaves are not.
mediums on the Pacific Coast for making
—Senator Blaine-says that though
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a committee was fair and in.harmony “ \Ve have fought a good fight, -we gilded by the dawn much sooner than
their business known.
he
studied
law
for
two
years
-in
the
have
kept
the
faith??
with the spirit and teachings of Jésus
the valleys. Rome was the Mediter­
Therefore, let us be men, striving, ranean port with which th». Syrians office of one of the most eminent
RATES OF ADVERTISING :
and the apostles, and that Elder
Strong, by his refus^-to select a com­ laboring and praying for the spread of ,had most business; It must be ad­ practitioners in the United -States,' he-
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the Gospel of God’s eternal truth, lest mitted, then, that towards A. D? 50 has never been*in Court as an attör-;
20 00 mittee, had* refused bp hear the churéb,
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and therefore tfie fellowahip of thé when weeome to be; measured by the some Jews from ^SyHs; afready Chris­ ney,- p la i nt if f; del
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juror.
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great measuring rod—the Gospel; we tians, entered the Imperial Capital,
1Î 00 20 00 35 00 65 00 120 00 church was withdrawn from hiifi.
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—You may“ mend a rent in a
The abQye railing was sustained by will, be found wanting. For if we do and communicated to their fellows thfe
•Notices in local columns 10 cents per line for
damaged
reputation so that it may
each insertion. '
not fill the measure, we’ are lost, for- faith which had already, made them­
‘all présent except Elder Strong.
Yearly atlvertisements on liberal terms-
not
show;'but
you can never make
Professional Cards (1 square) $12 per annum.
In order to vindicate the church and. ever lost.
selves happy. Nobody then thought
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the
reputation-quite
whole again
How necessary it is for us to that the founder of ä new Empire, a
Mr. I. M. Davldiun Is our Advertising Bro. Richardson from an injurious re- . •
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About
Sd.OOO
postage is dailv/
Agent In PnrtlhaHl.
port that appeared in a previous num­ arouse ourselves as Christians and re­ second Romulus, was then lodging at
paid
at
the
New
.York
post-office by ‘
My heart’s da- the port on the straw. Others fol­
Entered at the. Poet Office at Moamoflpi as ber of the'P. .0. M essenger , we double dur diligence.
second dee« matter.
newspaper
and
periodical
publishers.
request the foregoing to be inserted in sire and prayer to God is that the lowed soon, and letters from Syria
—
An
industrial
exhibition,
was
Minutes Of the Church at Waits­ the.columns of the P. (’. M essenger Christian church, all ovei the land, brought by the„new comers told of a opened at Osaka, Japan, bn February
and in qyery clime, may put on the movement -which was incessantly
w
burg, W. T., .relating to the at an early .date.
whole armor of God, with meekness spreading. A small group flocked to­ 15,1880.- The exhibitors are~said to
difficulty between G. W. Rich­ Done by order of the church,
.
and love, and let her light so shine gether, everybody smelting of garlic, have numbered 7,000. There were
W. H. M aloney ,
ardson and J. S. Strong.
6,000
exhibitions
of
cotton,
and
1,000
that the perishing masses of unbe­ poor and dirty proletarians—these an
Clörk pro. tern.
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W aitsburg , W. T.,
lievers, who are walking in darkness, cestors of the Roman prelacy—un­ of sugar. About forty provinces were
represented.
„ May 15, 1880.
,
Obey the Lord.
may be brought into the light of the’ known, -unmannered men, clad in
—Th» great Corliss eitgine, which
Church met pursuant to a call
Gcspel of God’s dear Son. And when­ malodorous stable slops^-With tainted
" The eyes of the Lord ure over the . righteous,
publicly made by Eld. T. J. Hollowell. and his ears are open^unto their prayers ; but the ever we do«this, and.continue in it, we breath like that of ill-fed peuple We was the centre of attraction in the
of the Lord is against them that do evil.”—
House called to order by Eld. T. J. face
will see our ranks begin to swell, and know the names of a pious Jewish Machinery Hall at the Gentennial Ex­
1 Peter iii. 12.
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Hollowell. Third chapter of Colosians
We have before us the language of the cause of Christ Will prosper in our couple who were mixed up with these hibition, has been sold to the Fullman
Palace Car Company of Chicago, to
read by the chair. Prayer by Bro. I. the beloved apostle, in which there is land.
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movements—Aquila, originally of
furnish
power for its new shops.
.
X. Richardson. All the officers of the exceeding goodness and mercy set
Your brother in Christ,
Pontus, a tent-maker like Paul, and
—
It
is
well
to
soak
all
hard
seed,
church present except the clerk. First forth’; for if we are Christians, walk­
''
J. W, L ong . .
Priscilla, his wife.
Hke asparagus, in hot wafer—allowing
order „of business. The reception or ing in meekness and humility, and
Springfield, Or., Jane 6, 1880.
But we ought to see, not in St-
it co stand until it begins to swell, '
rejection of a letter of commendafion wearing the pure robe of righteous­
Peter’s, but in the old Ghetto at the
The First‘Church at Rome.
when the water may be pourqdoff; the
which Eld. G W. Richardson had pre- ness we are assured that the eyes of
Porta Portese, the birthplace of Wesfr-
seed mixed with coal ashes,-plaster, dr
'sented at a previous meeting, a letter our Lord ai’e over us. - What ines­
[M. lieu an has delivered in London, by ernJ-’hristendom. Some small chapel
given him by this church before he timable pleasure it is to have that request of Dean Stanley, four lectures on ought to have been reared to the two dry dust, before sowing. .
—One great object in life ought to
jj&ent to Oregon, in 1878, which he assurance’ Again, t<»know that the early church. The second, -on Pejer and j good Jews from Pontus who first
Paul- at Rome, contains a fund of valuable
had retained till within the last six Lord hears bur prayei1' How are ve­ information mixed with palpable error. I syllabled upon the quays at Rome the b$ to have a beautiful and attractive
months. The chair ruled that as no ■ to know this ? Simply by a ^strict We have selected a passage .hat gives some name of Jesus. One main point to be home, with all the surroundings, that-
correct ideas concerning tha material Out I
action had been taken on said letter obedience-to the ’commands of our I of which the first church was formed.— I noted was that the church at Rome make home pleasant:
-—Samuel Gouverneur, a grandson
that therefore all proceeding in his blessed Savior ; -by showing to the Eo. ]
Was not lik% the churches at Asia
The first nucleus of Rome’s Jewish J
; of President Monroe, and the last male . ”
ca.Hi- heretofore had was irregular and ■ world, in our walk and conversation,
Minor, Macedonia, and Greece, planted
i-member of a very old family died in
anucriptural. After a lengthy dis­ that weK^Ve obeyed from* the heart population had been freedom, mostly j
.by Paul. It was a Jewish Christian
Washington
sprung-from
prisoners
of
war
brought
I
cuspion a vote was reached and the , all his commandments.
foundation directly sprung from the
■—It is said that the (iregt Eastern
by
Pompey
from
Jerusalem.-
They!
ruling of the chair was sustained, and
Wecommanded to,shun the
church Of .Jerusalem. Here Paul
is
to be fitted up with new boilers ami -
had
clung
to
their
religion
in
spite
of
j
the letter was received without pro­ very appearance of evil. Then let us
would never be on his own ground;
machinery,
and placed in the cattle
their
bondage<and
their
synagogues
at
test, by a unanimous vote except one. watch that we enter not into tempta­
he would see in this great church,
„Romo had never broken offitbeir rela- I
trade between London an'd Texas.
Next order of business was the tion.
many weaknesses, which he would .
settling of a difficulty between Elders
Again, Christ commands us to .be lions' with Jerusalem. The original j treat indulgently,"but which could not J She will carry 2,(MM) head of cattle
G. W. Richardson and Jas. Strong.-
perfect, even,as our Father who is in colony had bebn reinforced by many I fail to wound his exalted idealism ' ; and 56,000 sheep. •
After, much discussion, the church heaven is perfect. Matt. v. 48. These emigrants, who were started in life
—.Scene at AV illiams ('ollege. Junior
Attached to the circumcision and to
passed the following resolutions, viz.: are the words of our Savior, who sijed by their brethren a* peddlers, or be­
translating New Testament:—"And
extemalism, Ebionite jn its taste for
1 That under existing circumstan­ his precious blood for us. He is our came,adapts in the trade of begging.
the—and—and-the Lord said, ■EbriF
abstinences, and in its doctrine more
ces we as a. church regard ourselves as example. He never took part in the No Roman who ever respected him-,
said . unto—unto. Moses?’ Here he
Jewish than Christian, as to the per­
incompetent to . adjust the difficulty, vanitiea of the world. Let us, as in­ self ever set foot in the quarter which
hesitated, and looked appealingly at a-
son and1 death of Jesus, as well as by
between Elders Strong and Richard­ telligent beings, having Him for a was a sink ®f the most despised classes
neighbor, who, also unprepared, whis­
its strong attachment to Millenarian-
pattern, strive to follow in his foot­ and the most disgusting industries. ism, the (Jhurch at Rome presented pered: “Skip it.” Junior going on:
son.
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2. Thatwe require them to mutually steps, lest we fall into temptation; The police never penetrated into the
“ And the Lord said unto Moses, Skip
frqxm its earliest days the essential
it:” Great consternation ensued.
agree upon a committee of brethren, but rather let us walk in obedience to district save when its squabbles grew
characteristics which mark it through­
not members of this church, to whom his commands.
too bloody or , too .frequent Few
“ On bended knees; or, the
out its long and marvelous history. A
According to his teachings, it is pot quarters of Rome were so free. There
missing collar button,” would be a
they shall submit their difficulty, and
daughter^f Jerusalem In the direct
taking title-for a work on profane
their decision shall be final.
right to be conformed to the world, or were no politics there, and in ordinary
line, the Church at Rome would al­
history.
The above resolutions were sustained to mingle with unbelievers in their times no hindrance to idiigious rights
ways bear an »acetic and sacerdotal
—In an old cemetery at Upper
by ' a unanimous vote. Meeting ad­ so-called pleasure. There ar£. only or proselytism.
t
stamp opposed tp the Protestant ten­ Sandusky, Ohio, is a neat marble slab,
two classes, the believer and unbeliever,
A world of ideas was'^hatching in
journed to meet on the 22nd inst.
dency of Paul.-r- "EvangeLiAt.
u po n wh ic h is xu t t he fol l ow i n g m- -~
W?H. M aloney ,
and in order that we raise our charac­ this ’longshore populatioiu- hut waa
scription
: “ Christiana, wife of John
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• “Clerk pro. Tern.
ter to that regal standard where ifl- . lost in the roar of the great city, and
An Editor’s Duty.
Haag.
Died k’ebrtihry 31, 1869.”
belongs, We must not mingle with the proud patriciaps who promenaded
W aitsburg , W. T.,
Probably
this is the only recorded in­
An editor’s business is to write
tbqih in levity, but when we chance the Aventine did not dream, when
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May 22, 1880.
stance
of
,a de^th occurring oh thdt
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editorials, grind out poetry, sort, and
Church met pursuant to adjourn­ to meet them we must treat them they deigned to look across the Tiber,
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—A Chinese student at Andover
for by so doing, we may cause them to hovels at the foot of the Janiculurn. kinds of complaint, offer advices on all
T. J. Hollowell. All the officers of
see their error, and perhaps turn from Near the port was the Tabema Meri- subjects from prescribing for a. baby wrote in a lady’s album the following
the church present except the clerk.
gross darkness to the marvelous light toria, a kind of low lodging house used with the colic to. specie -resumptioiF/ version of a well-known poeffi :
Minutes of previous meeting read and
’• How doth the little etihg-bug
by soldiers and the like, where the keep a waste basket, steat" matter,
and liberty of the Gospel.
approved, and ordered placed on file.
Improve every sixty minuUs
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In the last clause of our text we Roman cockneys were shown an oil tight other people's battles, take beans,
The chair then inquired of Elders
All
the
day
notice that the face>>f the Lord is spring reputed to have gushed from a pumpkins and green wood when he
Strong and Richardson to know if
Oo pickee up »ting-bug jniee ‘
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rock. Afterwards the tabema be­ can get them, on subscription, work
against
those that do evil.
From flowers just got busted.”
they had agreed on a Committee.
What a dreadful thing it is to do came a church, and under Alexander eight hours out of the twenty-four,
—No matter how low down a man
r~ Elder Strong stated that he was con­
Severus there was a lawsuit about always be in good humor and witty, gets in the world, there are two things
scientiously opposed to being tried by evil 1 We are assured the Lord is
the
property between the Christians be like impervious to Hattety or cen­ he can always get, somehow or other
against
such.
It
is
awful
to
think
of
a committee thus chosen, and would
having
the
frowns
of
the
Almighty
and
the guild of inkeepers, and the sure, an<l be criticised and damned by —good advice anil bad whisky. -
not submit to the action of the church
Emperor
adjudged the house to the every nincompoop who don’t like Ms
God
upon
us.
Then
let
’
us
ever
re-
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Eld. Richardson »aid that he was
—Sawduit put into bottles, and
“paper.” Finally to wear out in the
filing and anxious to select a com­ member that he is against all who do Christiana. We were here plainly on service, and at last to hear the plaudit, some water added, will cleanwv them .
mittee before whom their case should evil. If we are not doing good we are -the native soil of an old popular “ Tip enough, come up higher.”— well, especially such bottles m have
Christianity, which must have been Apostolic 7ipics.
contained oil.
’ - be tried, and desired now to agree at fault Theiy is no half way grounds.
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