1 “GO YE, THEREFORE, TEACH ALL NATIONS. VOL XI. * poor fellows whose sins had brought I ing the palaces of ’ railroad magnates them to the degradation of such a and the brown stone fronts of New life. York grandees. Of our visit to Trin­ The day . before Christmas, New ity church I’ll not say much at pres­ York wore its gayest, most enticing sent except that it was still decked dress ; • the walks everywhere were with < 'hristmas greens and very lined with men, women, and children warm, for which we were-ti uly thank­ crying their pretty gifts for sale, and ful. As the snow ‘was more than a the shop windows were lovely. Cin- > foot deep in the church yard, the derella with coach and four, “ Little | tomb-stones alone were visible, and Bopeep,” the “ Babes in the Woods ” ■ we contented ourselves by only look­ andhundreds of costly beautiful things ing at them from the street. At that ®ne might spend a fortune upon i Franklin Square I invested in some of the Harper half hour series and by and not buy very much either. this time T was ready to go home as Miss H. and myself spent the whole ■ my companion had been for some day in the city visiting jiothi,ng of ' time. special note beyond the large'Stores Bro. Newton Stone’s Questions. separation «of the body and spirit. The spirit goes to the abode of the- (Continued.) Devoted to the cause of Primitive Christi- í de^d, in which there are two condi­ The Sadducees, the soul sleepers of •nity, and the diffusion of gçperal in­ tions, one of enjoyment, the other of formation. X the Jews), once gave to the Savior, as I torment. 'ThFenjoyment is not hs-aven, Price Per Year, in Advance, IJ2.50 recorded in Luke xx. 27-38, a question and the torment is not hell. In the ▲11 business letters should be addressed that they thought he could not »an­ [resurrection the b'ody is brought out to T. F. Campbell, Editor, or Mary swer. He said to them in answer, [ Qf the grave mortal, and the bodies of Stump, Publisher, Monmouth; Oregon. “ Ye do err not knowing the Scrip­ Advertisers will find this one of the best 1 the saints arc changed, the spirit from ture* nor the power of God.” He re­ [ the unsei-n world reinhabit* the body, mediums on the Pacifio Coast for making fers to the Scripture whijh should their business knotfn. now incorruptible, and the saints, im- have been, and should be now—es­ RAIES OF ADVERTISING : ■ mortalized, enter heaven, now'for the pecially with his explanation—con- rtpuee first time prepared for a full participa­ 'clusive on the question of the restrf- 1 Inch.. $1 00 *2 AO *4 oO »7 00 *12 00 tion in i<3 enjoyment. 20 (XI 4 00 2 50 7 00 12’(XT HCol... rection, and the state of the dead it Bol... 4 00 7 00 12 00 20 00 35 00 The third question then, “ Does the H Coi... 7 OO 12 00 20 0« 35 00 j 05 (X) “ when he called the Lord t he God of I 05 00 I 120 00 tCol.... 12 00 20 00 ‘ spirit return to God immediately after Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and Notices in local columns 10 cents per line for death!’ must be answered, in the each insertion. except the Astor library, which with The few weeks after I last wrote the God of Jacob ; for he is not a God I 1 negative. Let it‘be. noted that Solo- Yesrly sdvertisements on liberal terms. . mon in'Ecclesiastes does not say im- Professional Cards (1 square) *12 per annum. its 200,000 volumes has a value not * you _____ were full ____ before | vacation of ___ the of the dead, hut of th’e living, Z - -.-■W - - ■_______________ i------ ____________________ — ° i Mr. I. U. DarMaoa la our AAvertlalng to be reckoned by dollars and cents, r mysterious buzz that always comes Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were then i ----- 1 Q|w4Jjately, but that the spirit returns I Agent in Portland. [ It is a large stone and brick building ! with the approach of examinations ; living at the time when the burning ~ i to'God who gave it. _More soon. by Moses. They could n g wax Entered al tl>« ¡'oat uflico at Moummitb as and i remember e s pe cially-itsheavy - nothi ■-’-l-o .._s^su much dreadedas lhe buslL 1 was-»e«4 R. H. Moss. ------ t • • • “ ■wr,ïl * aecond class matter. doors that I could scarcely push ¡.German, by those interested at least, only have been living in the unseen ; Monmouth, Or., Jan. ¿I». 1881. opeoTn th^alcoves and at the tables and I have almost come to the conclu­ world, or in the spirit. Our Savior, Letter from Masechusetts. people were reading industriously and sion that Mark Twain spoke the truth in the parable already referred to, Answers to Newton Stone’s • LETTE» MT’MSEK XIX. we found the quiet very restful after when he said, none but the dead have locates Abraham in paradise, or in Questions. E ast B rookfield , M ass , the hurry of the thronged streets. time to undertake the German lan­ Abraham’s bosom ; an expression used Question 1.—In it» organized ac­ Dec. 3L 1880. On Broadway we enjoyed watching guage. Notwithstanding, all the hur­ by the Jews as their name for the tivity, Yes:—hrits constitutional ele­ My Drdr Girls: the fashionably dressed people as they ry, _ there was a concei t or ________ lecture at paradise of the Greeks. The differ­ It is what even -an Esquimaux hurried by „and afterward it seemed the college every evening. I only ence in the condition from death to I ments, No. ---- would'call-cold weather, and I shall Lwe went upon the streets where all had time for the concert by the great the resurrection of the spirit and the | Question 2.—The third heaven no doubt be so accustomed to it by the little street sweepers and beggar violinist Reinenyi, and the lecture by body seems to us very evident from 1 where the great white throne is seen spring, that Greenland would be a children had congregated. The poor M. -Reveilland, the French reformer, the language of Paul in the 8tli chap- . and where God and Jesus dwells. Question 3.—Yes. ' pleasant place to summer in, if Oregon little waifs looked so pitiful, their who is certainly the best natured ter of Romans, and the 4th and 5th I did not contain greater attractions hands and feet so blue and c >ld, that looking man I ever saw. As I went chapter* of 2nd Corinthians. • than the region of snow and ice. In Rom. “ the creature the body) ( Church at Washingion, D. C. it is a mystery how they cm live up­ into ecstatics over Reinenyi once be- Yesterday, coming by rail from on the wet ice-covered pavements fore in my letters to you, I’ll beetaw I,1 was , ■. made . .. subject,to . - . vanity, ------- ., suffering . „ \ To _the Chy-rchfs oj (Jtrefjtiiii—Beloi^l New York to this place, the cold was Bpwif a little tllne in TFe Bost office, Tmy enthusiasm ■* * ■ - and death , not willingly," and is to this time on the Biethren : intense, and it was only by giving the where it was as good as a play to French orator who has been but a “ be delivered from the bondage of Having been appointed General car window a vigorous rubbing with watph the people mailing their Christ­ ' shoit time in America and will soon corruption death) into the glorious Agent for Oregon, with full grower to my handkerchief every few minutes, mas bundles. return to his native land. He spoke liberty ’ of the, children of God." appoint special agents, to secure sub? that I kept a clear place on the glass Christmas was so stormy we kept entirely in French with the Rev. G. Rom. viii. 2L ‘‘The whole (creation scriptions and raise funds to assist in about as large as my two fingers; so inside, but Sunday morning aixjut T. Dodds, son-in-law of Dr. Horatiou* (all men) groan and travail in pain | building a house of worship at our you see I was obliged to look at Con­ nine o’clock we took a street car for Bonar, and author of the “ White together until now, and not only National Capital, I desire to give the necticut through Jack Frost's specta­ ‘Plymouth church which w reached | i Fields of France,” as interpreter. M. they, but ourselves Christian' also, generous and large soule.d brotherhood cles, and then the sun was shining bo just as the second bell was ringing. Reveilland is one of the most noted which have the first fruits of the of Oregon an opportunity to take a brightly on the enow that the frost on The building is of .brick very plain , men of Fiance at the present day in Spirit (our spirits redeemed; even wft . part and lot, in this national obj -ct 1 the windows was a blessing as well as -and unpretentious. Anyone passing I the great religious movement, the ourselves our spirits) groan within ’ aui aware of the urgent and pressing an annoyance. through Brooklyn would pass it with­ ! leader from the Roman church into ourselves (oui bodies) waiting for the | demand» for missionary work all over Vacation is almost over and while I out a second glance unk-s he knew Protestantism, which is attracting the adoption, the redemption of bur body,” our State, and I am also aware that have the pleasure of occupying an I it to be the church renowned on ac­ attention of the world. He says that (the second fruits of the Spirit). f those wlm arejn the habit of assisting’ _ arm chair in one of New England’s Rom viii.‘22.23. in every possible way, in building up count of the 'tmigth ’aiid eloquence! rfof tlie first timesince St Barthole- cosiest parlors with a book as my In 2 Cor. iv. 1G : “ But though our the cause of Christ, are the most will- of its preacher. The text was Luke | I mew’s days theie is freedom for the writing desk, 1 will try and write you 1 outward man the body perish, yet ii. 14, and the sermon proper just i ' preaching of the Gospel in France. i ing to give, and lend assistance when,- • ray holiday letter. This is Miss C’s the inward man the spirit) is re- three quarters of an hour long. The The steps by which he has reached ! newed day by day." “ For our light ever a pressing demand for aid is my roommate’s home, and I am resting For our light first anthem was sung by the choir the front in this movement are re heard. As it is almost impossible to here and trying to get rid of the . affliction, the.vanity and the suffer- alone, but the congregation joined in markable and have been of quick designate the most benevolent and toothache before the next term begins. ings of this present time of Romans: the hymns that followed. Although growth, for he is not yet more than 30 most willing worker in every neigh­ My few days stay in New York was which is but for a moment, worketh so stormy the church was crowded, years of age. He was the son of a borhood and church: I shall be pro­ not as profitable in a sight-seeing for us a far more exceeding and eter­ foundly giateful of every one such aisles, seats, and all. In the evening poor school master, destined for a way as I hoped to make it on account nal weight of glory ; while we look we went to hear Talmage. The church priest, educated for the bar, for eight brother or sister in every neighbor­ of the snow and the fact that my not at the things which are seen, th* years a political editor, and now tight- is very large, and is said to have a hood and church in Oregon; would friend’s house where I boarded was body), but at the things whichare not I seating capacity of nrar * My ing with a fearless pen and eloquent immediately,' on reading this, write so far out in Brooklyn. seen the spirit); for the things that zeal for the the interest of Protestant­ ■ me, stating their willingness to make A little after 2 o’clock on Tuesday, guide book says it is the “ largest are seen the body are temporal ; but ism in France. t a careful canvass of their locality. No Church in America, is a square brick the 21st inst., about forty girls left the things which are not seen (the structure with the interior arranged : large contribution is expected of any But this rambling letter has reach ­ Wellesley, via Boston and Fall river spirit) are eternal,” 17th and 18th as an amphitheatre of rather theatric­ ed the last line of my last page and I .one;, but by a small gift from each tor New York. The night was stormy verses. “ For we know that, if our al appearance," all of which I found refer you the Christian Cilia'll, Har­ ; ’«rother and sister in the United and the^Sound so rough thac the (the spirits) earthly house of this quite true. The organ is large and per's Weekly, etc., for farther eulogy States, it is hoped that the desired steamer was delayed several hours. tabernacle the body) were dissolved, showy as also the chandeliers; the on M. Eugene Reveilland. I object may be accomplished. I feel My roommate was very sick and could we (our spirit«) have a building of organist played half an hour before : sure that no one will regret taking - C assie S tump . not be persuaded to leave her berth ; God, a house not made with hands, Talmage appeared. The sermon was ' a small interest in a house of worship but I was fortunate enough to escape eternal in the heavens. For in this at our National Capital. delivered in twenty five minutes being seasick this once and was glad we (our spirits) groan.’’ Fifth chap­ without notes, there not being even a Any brother or sister who is will­ — Massachusetts has 60,044 more to leave our close state room for the ter, first and second verses. “ For we stand before the minister. • There was females than males according to the ing to do thisj^iuch for the great and iFesh air in the early morning. There that are in this tabernacle do groan, but little in the seriiWm to remember I blessed cause, being constiained by census. The influence of this .fact is wtere several inches'of snow on deck being burdened ; not for that we or comfort one. A greater contrast the love of Christ, will p!ea<-e write shown in a better provision for high ­ which was soon cleared ofl* and the would be unclothed, but clothed uj>on, between two men than' between meat once, and the appointment as er female education in Massachusetts morning being fair I enjoyed watch­ that mortality (our body might be Beecher and Talmage can scarce lie than in any other State. Smith's f Special Agent, with all necessary pa- ing the waves first and then the swallowed up of life." Fourth verse imagined, but you are all so familiar College for women, recently founded per* will be sent by return mail. mail, All , pen shores as we neared the city. A Evidently the groaning here is »the with their portraits that there is no remittances to me will be duly ac­ at Northampton, has coat half a number of the girls had homes in the same as that in Romans, and the need to speak of their appearance, knowledged in our. paper. nj ill ion, an» i S. C. A dams , in a little western village. There Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ." Phil, — — Genl Agt. for Oregon was a good view of the asylum and tarried but a short time in its neigh-jcolleges, and pupil* c-