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PACIFIC CHRISTIAN MESSENGER, FRIDAY, DEC. 23, 1881.
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A Congressional Commission to and the Levite are too busy to attend
Christian College.
brethren to hold up our.hands in the
Examine into the Results of the to it, to come lily the good Samaritan
unequal conflict. Together we have
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Liqtior
Traffic.
sustained the paper through all these
and bind up its wounds and toko it to
instrument
blessed
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PP'-T'>ate
emblem
of
the
history
of
T. F. CAMPBELL, E ditor
volumes; and. a« an i_______________
some temperance inn, and take care
We clip from the Christinn Stute»-
an educational enterprise.
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of the Lord, we have confidence that
of it. And, that we cannot get this
~f«nt
the/ollowing excellent remarks
Well directed effort will cause it to
Miss MARY STUMP,
it has accomplished much good.
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commission, that noble Christian
flow on the subject of a commission asked
OFFICE EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.
In.-taking final leave as evntor of
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statesmen do not -come to the front
sweeps down all opposition and gives for by the temperance ¡»eople of the
our tried and cherished friend», we
and'champion it as the^ight of the
FRIDAY, DEC, -3, lti»l.
it a leading position amongst its United States, aqd unaccountably de­
may’ be permitted to say, as said one
people against a great iniquity and#
peers, l^ut any flagging of energy or layed by CongfSss. Such a reason­
Will Subscribers please notice the . of old, “ And now, brethren, I com­
wrong, is the gYeat mystery.
ord of
effort causes a depression able request ought- to be granted at
date following theirJ names on the ; mend you to God, and to the wc__
„ 4'e*axatio“
which manifests stself in the dimin once, and the commission be appointed Nebuchadnezzar as Our Exam-
paper ? It tells the time when your his grace, which is able to build you
ished number both of students and and permitted to commence its work
plar.
subscription expires ; thus, if the date I up, and to give you an inheritance :
with the authority of the govern- ■
members of the faculty.
reads 14S2, your subscription
will ex- ! among all them who are sanctified
. ,
RY JOt IAH • ÛPLKY, E8Q.
Every college has in its history ment
pire Jan. 1, 1882. 1 If the date alter I have coveted no man’s silver or [
For
the
last
few
years
the
friends
The rapidity with which the forces
your name is. a time past, you are in gold or apparel. * • ' These hands |these sea8Ons of F*osPerity an<1 Pe* of temperance hkve been trying to get
I riods of depression which makes its
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of-
nature havp been revealed, controll-
arrears. Please remit a little before have ministered to mv^, necessities,,
à commission of Congress, who shall
1 progress from time to time.
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rememberins the words of
your time is out, if possible.
serve without compensation as the i ed and utilized within the memory of
Though we w’ould gladly avoid Indian. Peace Commissioners do, to man now living and the still increas­
the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is
these apparent reverses, they serve a derive And set down the results of the ing rapidity with which the» work is
Meeting at Corvallis.
more blessed to give than to receive.”
If you esteem me faithful and would ¡ valuable 'purpose, when rightly ap- liquor traffic. They only ask that Ii going on,¡indicate that the world is ap­
Congress will authorize some res­
The contemplated meeting in Cor­
in anything'be my friends manifest it I predated, in sustaining the needful pectable commission to examine into proaching a consummation, perchance
vallis," formally announced, will com­
eare antV/enewing the energy indis-
in the cordial support you give to our
this subjects. For the year ending i a catastropho, like of which has not
mence on Saturday evening, Dec. 31st.
I pensable to continued success.
beloved paper.
.
June,
1881, as 1 have said, the United been known in human history.
If circumstances shall prove favor­
If the causejpf depression be appar­
«
In forming.derations men plodded
States^
Treasury received from the
TO THE WHOLE FRATERNITY
able, and the interest justify it the se­
ent and can be readily met and over­
on^lowly, following, for tin must part
nes of meetings will be continued- for of the " art preservative ” and to the come, it is the part of wisdom to ap­ tax on spirituous liquors the sum of
corps editorial,” especially with ply the necessary means and change 807,103,974. 88. This the traffic sets in the footsteps of their forefathers-
one, or possibly two weeks.
up as its credit side.. The friends of They saw the steam which boiling
j whom we have so long exchanged j
Valedictory. ' -. r
'courtesies, and for whom as a leading i Christian College is just now at temperance want the ftrivilege of an water sends forth; but until a compara­
¿and superior element in society we j Iow ebb inj,iced by well known authorized and fair examination into , tively recent day they faile^ to dis-
This ntimber closes the eleventh entertain the highest respect . and i
the debtor side of the traffic ; into the : | cover the tremendous energy that was
causes, which could not have been an­
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volume of the M essenger .
question as to what it costs to main>T ■ in it. They beheld the play of elec­
cherish the most kindly feelings, we
Our name was Connected with the tender oyr'unfeigned ^expressions of; ticipated, but which may be-readily tain the criminals and paupers and tricity in the clouds; but not until
counteracted.
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■first five, as editor and publisher, and
idiots, which spring from the traffic; within the memory of people yet liv­
gratitude’for'-oid and comfort so often
No
canvassing
has
been done for
with the last th Fee as editor.' Long-]
of the amount of wheat and potatoes- ing' did the idea of utilizing it occur
received through sympathy- and en- |
association has established an abiding I couragement tendered ¿n the friendly , mejj-e than three^ years, while sur­ and corn diverted from leetjing the to the human li^nil. The question
interest which causes us greatly to page. Though no longer. with you, I rounding schools- havfc.been enjoying ’ i |>aople iuiu
; hxu |U8 -which the Lord asked Job, chapter
into Luaruug
making vucxu
them iiiu
drunkards
great prospersty. -
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desice the permanent 'establishment
•Aand
criminals
;
of
the
number
of men flxxvin. 3C... “ < ’ansP thou -end light­
we shall ever esteem it at honor to be
A well directed
and continued prosperity" of the
mentioned as^ one of your number. n-.ove, bringing the institution and its ’ i arid boys, of horsew-and other cattle, nings, that they may go and »ay unto
paj>er.
abstracted from productive labor and thee, Here we are ?’ has been answer-
*• Sweet the.memories of past .labors
advantages prominently before the I
We are glad to knoy that the,
devoted to labor, whk-h is not only ed affirtuaiively at la t, as we see in
To those faithful ones, who have so ’
prospect« for the future are far more willinglv asid eheeafully cooperated? ppblic will establish a_‘‘ boom " which j unproductive, but destructive : of the ' the working of the -telegraph, the tel-
will carry it iy beyond anything it,
flattering, and the circumstance» fat
with us, jab-ring in th-* office, at the-
hitherto attained in numbers and amount of . capital taken from the 1 ■ ephone, and in the marvelous machin­
more auspicious than those which
legitimate and noble industries of life, I ery which turn«, mechanical force ir.t<A>
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case and the pres«, content with tlje prosperity.'
•greeted any former volume. - e
very limited pay the -paper^could
To thi» end we need the energy" of and so desecrated as to .deserve the.I i electricity, aud electricity iato-light.'
^J’.fo. Stanley wiil bling to bear in
afford, we ~we a debt of gratitude a man lin the pi--mir of "life, whu is epithet of the runt-tft all evil / Why or reeotsyerts it into mechanical force
the twelfth volume, not only his own i
' which it is jleli.'htlul to eheri-h and I ambitious f that fame which comi-s is this commission so hard, to get ' 1.« a* the opel ator may please Man ha*.
very superior talents and attainments
will ever be* pleasant to remember.«-from doing good, and who wi 1 be it because of Ale inferior importance subfluML thi* moat apparently intrac- -
»o well adapted to this work, but a
, The measure of success attained in sustained by the hope of success in of the subject ? I challenge any man 1 tible and mysterious of .the force» of
Mine arrav also of aid- and helpers
giving to this coast a < ‘hristian ¡mper continued labors for the upbuilding of to show that there is any question at ‘ ' nature, and the question *in the pre-
whose cooperative effort» and joint
present befare * the American people ; : ceeding verse—“ Const thou lift up
is largely due to tht-ir unselfish toil , the
‘ college.
labors will greatly enhance tho value
I and voluntary sacrifices, unknown to ! Every friend of Monmouth will feel mere vital to their interests than , . thy voice to the clouds, ihat abunr
of the paper, and make it, what it«
the^woild and unappreciated except interested in knowing that at as early this; that there is- any question be- j > dance of waters, may cower th.ee i’’
patrons and friends have so long de­
j by' a few. They have been laying up : a day as possible, the Board of fpre the American churches. The ! [ may and probably will be the next
sired to see, a Christian 'paper on this
treasure in heaven—sowing where the Trustees can sectire such a mrui to act two most incompatible things in .this I step in the progress of the human
coast second, in merit ami worth to
as president of the collega in the wPrl'<
the spirit of di ink and the i-aee in the work of subduing the
harvest will be.abundant and sure.
none on the continent.
coming
sessions.
We
have
occupied
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And yet we can get no earth and thj surrounding ntmos- <
In severing our business relations:
It gives us very great pleasure, in
this
yisponsible
position
ibj
twelve
j
commi.-sion
to
inquire into the facts phere, and gaining dominion over the
severing our connection with the ' with these it gives us very’ gieat I
on
this
subject,
Congress can rind I powers of nature—that dominion
w e begin to feel the ener-
pleasure to say that they have'*\«< lesíiions.
«si
paper, to know that it will pass into
time
to
appoint
commissions
on tho which the creator gav»to man. at the
vating power of age, and wé árfl ad­
hands comjtetent both to teMhjrnd I severally shown themselves eminently 1 4':‘
cattTe plague and the yellow fever, i beginning, azd which sin did not ex­
monished in many ways that it will
defend the Gospel in its primitive ¡"comipefenf arid Worthy "in their res-
be more pleasant to us and better for and our great and biilliant Secretary tinguish,-but only held in partial
'
pective
stations.
No
irregularities
simplicity and purity.
the college that we :«tire.in favor of of State examines into the merits of abeyance until the piu|>erjlin*e »hould
Bro. Stanley, having edited volumes nor vexatious delays have at any
the hog question. But this temper- arrive.
one whose life is yet before him.
VI.,'VII. and VIII., is too well and 1 time marred the peace or disturbed
ar.ee
commission, this commission to
It is the wisdom of God impaited
We do not desire to sever our con­
favorably known to our patrons to the harmony of the office. The spirit
to
man which finds out knowledge of
inquire
whether
it
is
not
self-destruc
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nection with the inititution, but only
need a word of commendation from i of him whose fission was peace and
tion
to
license
su
’
c
h
a
traffic
and
take
’
witty
inventions.
Prov. vii. 12.)
to take another position in which our
us ; yet wC may be permitted to say i love, ever prevailed, making discord
revenue
from
such
a
traffic
as
this
on
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But
human
reason
is
only
apt to act
labors, less arduous, may be quite as
that his former connection with the 1 practically impossible. These pleasant
spirituous
liquors,
cSbnoJ
get
through
a»
Nebuchadnezzar
did,
and
sweep its
efficient for good.
paper was under circumstances by no : associations are to us the more inter­
both
branches
of
Congress
the
same
self-complaisant
eyes
over
the
magni­
We
are
confident
that
the
prosperi
­
means favorable for a full and fair esting because they have been formecL
session.
If
it
passes
the
Senate,
as
ficent
field
of
science
and
art
and
law.
ty
of
the
college
may
be
made
equal
exhibition of either talents or taste in under circumstances peculiarly sad.
¡-two
or
three
times
it
has
done,
it
is
and
exclaim.
“
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not
this
grant
Babj-
Our labors, too, have been coupled to its best days in the past. To this
the management of a paper. It is
with
anxious care .and the deep and end there needs <¡>nly the combined defeated in the House. Jhe repre­ loa that I' have built for the house of
unnecessary that we now specify
and concentrated effort of the mem­ sentatives of the liquor traffic stand my kingdom, by, the might of my
those uijj^orable surrounding«: it is unmitigated grief which has its bers of the Christian Church in this somewhere ready to throttle it.
power, and for the Trt5use of my ma­
sufficient to know that they are. source only in the slow, but sure de* valley. If the brethren will give
President
Garfield
said
that
light
jesty
I” Babylon was indeed agreat
happily removed, and that Bro. Stan­ I cline toward the portals of death, their patronage to their own school, itself is a great corrective. Light is city, and it owed its greatness under
ley comes.to the work with the vigor { under an incurable malady of body there will be students enough to fill wha(
want. We want the coun­ God, to the power, the enterprise and,
and energy incident to the prime of j and mind, of one dear as life itself. and more than fill the halls, of Chris­ try to w things as they are. It is genius of Nebuchadnezzar in a large
life. He will make a ¡taper worthy In all these trials we have had the tian College.
comp^htively easy for a man to turn measure. But his error was that he
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to be sustained by the brethren and sympathy and prayers of the breth­
The columns of our paper will still on his heel when he hears the statis­ gathered all the glory to himself and
patronized by all friend* of a pure ren. We tender to them our ex­ be open to the cause of education and tics of the liquor trafic and say' '• It became exceeding vain, just as men
literature and all lovers of the pressions of gratitude and pray oui; the best interests of the school. It is all the exaggerated statement of are ascribing all the glory of their
Primitive Gospel in its «»¡4« Father in heaven to return to them a will be wise in the friends jf Mon­ temperance fanatics.” So far as 1 achievements in the fields of govern­
grandeur and primitive strength and .double measure of blessing.
mouth to use this means freely for know, it is difficult to make a state­ ment, of science and of discovery to
Like all things earthly, our labors
¡tower.
the upbuilding of higher education in ment which does not seem exaggerat­ their own inherent powers, and ignor­
editorial here wind to a close."
A PARTING WORD
their midst.
ed. The most moderate statement of ing )hat Divine Spirit of wisdom and
Christian College has, up to this the truth i» almost incredible. But knowledge whence .edmes all that
is due to our patrons and friends
—It is a belief in the Bible whicl time, a proud record in her Alumni
what the country wants, and what they know of science and “ witty in­
who have so nobly and generously
i has served me as the guide of my and Alumna-, and it is our earnest
the cause of temperance want», and ventions.”
sustained us in the trying hours when
I moral and literary life.— tioethe.
desire that it shall ever be character­ what the cause of religion wants, is
money failed us and it seemed pos-
It was while that haughty mon­
—According to • writer in Nature, small istic of her. students that they are
the actual history of this traffic, not arch was boasting, as above quoted,
sibl that we would be forced to aban­ I migratory bird* that are Uuable to perform
don an enterprise so full of\^romise the flight of 350 miles across the Mediter­ Christian men and women.
merely as given by the revenue re­ that the great catastrophe which
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for the future—one fqr which we had ranean sea, arc carried over on tlg> backs
—Men think that they can be safe with­ turns of the penitentiary, the poor- drove him from his kindom, and even
labored and toiled so long, and upon ■ of cranes. In the autumn many flocks of out being helpful ; thence come all the house, the insane^asylum and the gal­ from among men, and reduced him for
selfish notions of salvation. Merely to
the success of which we had set our cranes may be seen coming from the north crawl through life' with face and month so lows. We want this liquor traffic put a time to the level of the beasts <-t the
heart. ‘ Could that brother or sister I with the first cold blast from that quarter, bandaged up with caution that the foul into the balances of political economy fiu/d, fell upon h.itn suddenly. But
flying low and uttering a peculiar cry, as air of life cannot affect ns, merely to
have known how the reception of. n<-o pircle over ths cultivated plains- Little strike ont from tte wreck of a fallen world and moral economy, that the country “ at the end of the days " his reason
and a Aai/ revived hope, cheered the ; birds of every species may be seen flying and swim ashore, shaking off all the may know what a financial and moral returned to him with all his fine intel­
men who clutch at u* in the
drooping spirit and roused the des- ' up to them, while the twittering song* of drowning
wild water, and leaving the screaming fraud it is; how literally true it is lectual powers, together with his
those
already
comfortably
settled
upon
wretches to their fate—the man who so the nation has gone down from Jeru­ kingdom, his honor, his brightness,
pondent mind to new life and energy,
salvation finds at last, to hi* disap­ salem to Jericho and fallen among
it would have made his or her heart their backs may be distinctly heard. But seek*
and excellent majesty was added unto
for thia kind provision of nature, numerous pointment and dismay, that he is not sav­
doubly glad.
ed.
It
is
not
the
hands
that
catch
ns
and
thieves
that
have
stripped
it
and
left
him. From that day he was a wiser,
varieties of small bird* would become ex- 1
on to ns, it is the hands of helpless it half dead. And we want this tem-
It was the Lord’s work, and he put tinct in northern countries, as the cold hold
humbler, better man; and the last
men which we shake off in our selfishness,
it into the mind and heart of the winter* would kill them.
jierance commission, though the priest recorded act of his life was the procla-
that drags.u* down.
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