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CHRISTIAN 2. MESSENGEH agricultural purposes. The com Sometimes he wiIf g<> off and tell that tali »lion, wbioh was wrong and •charged, and the pay of those who and i and financial facilities are not the preacher taught a water salva which I now regret. have a salary of mote than ill 800 per mercial i < Washington Letter, 7. Do you now, and have you ever greatest blessings in th a new tion when’he neither langht nor be annum will be Tednced 10 per- cent., our • expressed a willingness to hsYe these lieved it. 'fliere a,re many other ■ and the pinch -of hard times is begin- country, but we have religious privi- W ashington , AugusVO, IS1?®. tnatlers ref«rred tofand settled by n signs by which he may be known, leges. There is an organization of ! »ing to be'llelt eVen here. To cunte from Philadelphia.’’to j Il is well ‘enough for the student the .Christian denomination here in but these are sufficient»for this lime. committee of your bielhren ? An Washington is a change somewhat, I of his country’« institution», and of tf flourishing condition. There is Ignorance is generally the cause of s a er.— -Yes, I.ahi now, and ever have like a transition from the city to -her “ greatrinen,” as they are called, also a Sabbath school of fifty attend the manifestation of these -signs, and been willing to leave ihrue.flpd such - the country. 'Die spacious, smooth, to sjwnd a iew luohthsdn Washing ants with ardent workers for the when that can bo destroyed the malteis to a cbinmillee of my breth cleanly swept avenues, and nttmer-' 'ton. ‘ Il is an excellent place to have •cause of Christ, holding up the ban devils can generally be cast out.— ren, and have always so answered all ous parks .of the cu¡Htal, are in tbe illusions of’ hero worship dis ner of the Redeemer, endeaxpring to A. R. K endeiou , in A/esser» pe rsons who havewritten me in re gard thereto, and all those who have marked cojiYrast with the narrow, pelled, operating somewhat like a save dyiti^ souls. Insleadi'aif only der- asshiled-me through lhe public press. cobble atoued.ill swept streets of the sea voyage upon billiousness. But, beariug-the wild bowl of-tiré Wult or Clarke BnuieÂ. QifeStiohs were asked upon other Centennial city. It is supposed that tor the man who wishes to Live in th« wjioop-of tlie-Indian :>S it was objectionable features of lhe “Spec but little interest attach«« to Wash the world, and act his part with five years fcg'o, there are songs of W hereas , on the 10th and 11th ington except in Winter, and during political and social identity, it is praise and expressions of j«fy ascend days of August, 1876, more than tator,’’ ami satisfactory ans.wera . given, which in our judgment, are the height of the fashionable season better to “ go west,” or to any other ing to the honor and glory ofGod. tl.iity pjeacW.:* andelders of the ' but this summer is an exception. cardinal point, and come to Wash Those’ who contemplate going to a . various Christian churches in the deemed improper to make public. Congress is here, the President, for ington only whep he is elected to new’ country can here find homes and 1 State of Illinois, cimvcnril in the i J. J- Moss, J) lux J. CuA«E, - i the first time in eight, years, is com congre*»,-or gels ii contract to pave I have the getfefil of Christian assoeir»- Church of Christ at Jacksonville; ■ N. S. H aynes , -¡-Coat pelled to remain in the city to sign a street. C. j tion which is a great blessing when and after lull, lair, and deliberate W. H.-Citow, bills, enacted,by this long winded I we realize that Christ is( the only consideration, the following was urn Jxo. IV. A llen From l’L'.isaut Hill. ■' j congress, and shake hands with the foundation on which we can build"l auiinòusly adopted : J our hopes, aud safely trust as the | B rethren almost interminable stream of sum- It was customary, "anrimg tlgy Your committee ap Pl.EAM.NT lltiX, Aug. 25, 1876.' - mer tourists who “lake in’’ the j ship on which-wo can sail ’over thr ■ pointed lo lepori upon the true, Methodists, in an. early day, when a White.1I< use. among otlier “ s-ghls ” Uro- Stanley: dangerous waves of lite, and safely written about six years ago by rich man joined the church, to a*k, As the' souud of machinery is .when they come to the National : lend on the bright tmd pettceful- “ Spectator,” of which our bro. Is his purse con verted too ?’’ It i*1# Capital. Then we ate in the midst borne to our ears, from our grain J shore. ». J. II. C. also told of a Baptist preacher, when Clarke Braden avows himself to be fields, on each passing breexe, we are ot a politic il campaign;' ¡uni au *d Liiv rrj iv •* » v n; H . J . To Preserve a Buquet, ditional interest centres here, ns the reminded of the Great Reaper whois while yon d.isclaim. any •authority, wealthy and rather-closefisted gentle, busy, throughout the habitable head quarters of the Republican The Air^erican Artisan s.iyS : ecclesiastical,, or, other, to act as man, ami that person look out his’ political army.’ If the political senti globe, in cutting' down the unfold “ When , you receive a bonnet, censors upon the Press, or to con pocket book to. prevent it from get ments of the country were reflected ing bbil and beautiful flower, as well sprinkle it with fresh water ; then demn others who may have erred ting wet, thaj, he said, “ Never tnind, •io the local population here, it would aS the ripened, bearded grain. I want to baptize your pocket book With the ponsciousiicss flat we put it into a vessel twrta-mrng some I equally wil|i bro. Braden,jet iups- be easy to forecast the^result of the too. ” Il is essential even in the soap suds, which nourishes the roots i much ns bro. Braden bus been as election, HAyes-aod Wheeler ban shall soon fall Uyneath his hand, we,» present day that a man’s religion sailed by and through the Press on and -keeps the flowers as gpod as rw as a ebngregntton, are still laboring J ners are displayed on almost, -every new. Take the boquet out of the account of said tract, and thereby shall be “ pocket deep.”' Men wfir«» street. Almost every state has its to be prepared for bis coming, and suds every -morning and lay it al-. many grievous charges have been will not pay anything for the Gospel representative Republican campaign by comparing the present. with the ,n’1 car,‘ anything for the Gospel. • ways in fresh water( the slock enter preferred against him, and his stand club, with large room.full of political past, find that we are- making some i fellowship *■ . ! . 1 _• among A_ _ us L . there i__ t — I 7 Texas ’Àvrrit Messenger.-. Meisten - — ing and ing first into Bo water.. Keep it pamphlets, and furnished with tables, progress in the narrow path which 1 there a minute or two, then lake it by affected ; and since lie has thrown All things are engaged in writing —yen s , and i n k, a nd, pith il y,- govern- leads to life eternal. Yet we have + ”ofit aii< T ftpritrtile lly fli r aets ■i l gi r tly ; bimsv l l ti p wt i jhe b r ethren assoni Med • t h eir histoi y j—The.pl ati qy, th e pub— many • ’ things to overcome, ere w ’ e - luent clerks, from the respective by hand with pure- water, lie-place at Jacksonville^ in attendance upon1 ble goes attended' by »• shadow; states, employed, in the different shall all stand'Wefore the world a perfect example, worthy hi all res the boqnet in the suds, and the/ thè debate between himself and B. i the rolling rocksleaves its scratches government offices here, assemble lor flowers will bloom as fresh as when ' F. Underwood, (not one of whom on the mountain ; tlm river its chan tlié purpose of directing these docu pects, pf imitation. Our Sunday first gathered.' The soap suds needs 1 was called here to consider this mat nel in the soil; the animal .its bones , school is still interesting, and many ments to individuals, or, to* supply to be changed every third day. By te^) and agreed to abide by yottf ■ in the stratum; the tern and leaf of its members aye seeking diligent'y the wholesale demand of branch or .observing these rules a boqnet tpay decision and make such retractiouj their modest epitaph in the coal ; the for the truth... The call for funds for gauizatioiis in the different 'states. be kept bright and beautiful for al and confessions as you" may require, fulling drop makes makes its sculpt The Democrats make but little du- iliesupport, has been. cheerfully res leaèCa month, and will last longer in it was your-duty, as you have done, I ure in the sand or in the stone ; not .ponded to, and within about thirteen “play, if tljere are ar.y Democratic a very passable state; but the atten to consider the case and ’ that you ! a fool steps into th« snow-or along months we have raised about sixty clerks in libe government offices, tion to thé fair but frail creatures, as could not have done less. the ground btu prints, in characters they are ,not very solicitous, just seven dollars and fifty cents for directed above, must be strictly And farther—We report that, the more or leas lasting, the map of its > papers, singing books, Testaments now, to have their politics known. observed, or * the last rose ot sum answers-given by bro. Braden to you march ; every act of the man inscri The" civil service has reached the and a chronological chart, upon mer’ will not be * left blooming to the following questions were made bes itself in the memory of his fellows which, we have bad occasional lec sublimation of ignoring the politics alone, ’ but will perish.” by him in a spirit of candor, frank and in his own manners and face.--.*. tures by bro. Howard Baughman. and considering solely the efficiency ness, and meekness, entirely satis The air is full of sound«, the sky of Our social meetings have truly of its employes, only in tfieory and * The Devil. atH'hurch. factory ; and that bro. Braden’s mo tokens; the ground is all memoranda' been seasons of refreshing to the in political platforms ; in practice, it tives and intentions in writing said and signatures, and every objeet many who have engaged in their This fellow is not some fabulons is somewhat different, I fear.JuAt xlie tract, were not to attack our whole covered over with Iiinlr which »freak exyrcises, and may the day be far monster with forked and bearded reverse. I have seen but one Tilden brotherhood but to apply ft to cer to the intelligent.— Etnerton. distant when they shall be abandoned , tail and longue and who never ap- and Hendricks banner, and that' on tain things among us which . he by the Pleasant Hill congregation ; ' pears to mau only in an invisible 1*. street^ in front of the Democratic The late Dr. Chambers nsed to congressional campaign committee for we firmly believe that no church i foitu. Neither is he a something thought should be corrected; and tell óf a disorderly Sunnay schoil. farther, since the publication of said ever was, or ever will be in good ! or somebody to be found only in the aourns. - Washington, as the capital This man kept hi» ayes wide open tract, has wounded good I retbren, working order without its sooial sepfet Sivcivof darkness and crime. of the great republic, is in a some- • what anamolous condition politic meetings, aud that no church ever No, no. He.!» not always a black he sincerely regr'ets its publication. while praying; and when one of the boys thrust a pin into another, |ie ally. She is neither a state nor a will become disorganized as long as j looking substance either. By no QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS BEFORETHE marched up the aisle, still praying, the interest ot it» members cati be ♦ BRETHREN. means. He is generally a nice look territory, and is without representa cuffed that boy’s ears and Went back kept up in them. 1. Do you mean to ssy that we are ing fellow, too, and often bear« the tive government. Her rulers are the again, praying all tbe way. After Bro. I ’ eter Burnett, who has been or are not a sect T Answer. — I mean features and whiteness of a tender senate and house of representaiive"K.~’ The memliera from Oregon an<j | preaching for us twice a month, has female. You may always look for to say that in theory we are not a tlmt lie was master of thè situation, Florida have a voice in her affairs, obtained leave of absence ta go to him at dj»m shops, gambling rooms sect, but that some men among us for the boys came to the conclusion that a man that conld watch and while resident cilizewe—repair to the. ^or a ‘ew week8. May he be and all such places. But if you go are sectarian. pray like thqt couldn't be put down. tlie instrument of doing much good 2. Do you charge sectarianism there to see him too often, you will •states in which they lived five or ten 1 : here. He has been a faithful laborer upon the brotherhood ? Answer- — I soon be able to find him in your own A very practical serinonizer made years ago to vote. But it is better : for Washington that there is no re- l,er«» but eternity alone will untold likeness, if lie does not already so do not. these remarks .on the soul-saving 3. Do you mean to assert that the question: “ MyHiréthren, a mancan- presentative government bore. The I lbo results of hi* labors. IV hen exist. Yes, you can most always experiment has been tried with not | *e consider the worth of one human find him nt these places, and you can leading and controlling minds of the not afford to lose bis soul. He’s got very encourageing fuccees. Much of f,ou'> tltRt it is ot more value than find him at others too,without going church are bigoted, dogmatic, and bnt. one, and can’t get another. If a the insubstantial public improvement tbe worbl beside, then wo realize to his own house of worship. Oh! selfish ? Answer.—No, “only some man loses his horse, he can get an of streets and parks^jnas effected Biat he who is instrumental in turn- yes, you will often find him nt among us.” other ; if a man loses his wife, he can »4. Do yon not think that tbe g -t another ; it a mau loses his child, during the iShepard regime. When nig one ~r from the error of hM/w^ys "" church, and sometimes more fre aborers imported by the thousand .TTSs accomplished a great work. 4 queutly than many of those good language “ narrow minded material he can get another ; but if a man But we must close with t lie prayer people who pray-long prayers, groan istic) bigots” and like expressions are loses his soul—good-bye, John !” from Maryland and Virginia elected a district legislature that squandered to God that your labors, an minister within themselves, and say amen harsh and unchristian? Answer.— C ooling S omme » B everage millions ou'flimsv woodeu javements and editor, uiay result in. the build very loud when others pray, anif Yes. I wrote under the influence of Bruise any fruit you like, as cherries, ing up of the churches and the salva strong feeling, and wopld use other talk about dying some day and going and inoperative sewers. Although strawberries' currants raspberries, to heaven.' Now, this old fellow ex J language were. I to re write it. rnuoli of this street paring has been tion ot immortal souls. O.,BECKWITH AND WlFE. 5. What do you say in.explanation etc., add water and sugar to your ists in- the plural number and'also in done in the last five yean, the streets lhe plural gender. But how is lie to ( of the statement that in one State taste, and strain it. It should be paved With the Nicholson blocks are Idaho Letter, be known at church? I will tell alone yon cun count in your personal kept in a cool place. Or dissolve in a wretchedly worn condition, and you just how jott may know ^iitn. ' "knowledge more than twenty preach- fruit jelly in boiling water, and let it will be necessary ,to entirely re- PAKAplSE V a I.LEY, Il>AIl<>, Someiiines yeu wifi see l.iin talking ers, nearly all of whom are prominent It cool. , pave them, for they have been patch • -----August 25, 1876. and.Jaughiiig dujiug preaching nud proselytors, whose privato life is ed until they are in a state of uniform uEtZ. Christian hlueenger: v ■ Í.KMOXADE I’ owdeu *—Half" a I have just perused the columns of disturbing.,,U‘e tjoigregation. _J m > iu <- stained with licentiousness and do ruin. Washington has longescsped po u nd -Of pounded loaf sugar, one • tinii'H he will spread himself at full meslic disgrace?«'Answer — I ssy the' wide spread financial and in your paper which is well, calculated dustrial depression, but she begin* to promote the cause of Christ. lebgth cn a bench, when he is afraid that the statement as to thè number ounce* of carbonate of soda, four " to feel it now. While large mer Thinking if you had not heard from to otherwise exert his influence; and was true, and I eati give you tljeir drops of oil of lemon ; mix and di cantile houses fell, and factories this vicinity you would give room in take a nap. Sometimes you will names; but that it was wrong to say vide ill sixteen portion«, a mí wrap in were stricken dumb, in other cities your columns for a Mw werds per see him,with hj* pants stuffed In his : “nearly all of them were prominent bine paper. One ounce ot tartaric from the blow of the panic, lhe taining to this new country. The boots and two big spurs stalking out i proselytors.” J believe the state acid in sixteen while paper* ; used ns " government employe, who is the above named valley is twenty-five I and In as if to be noticed. Sometimes ment to have been imprudent and directed in soda water powdets. typical citizen here, continued to re rmilea north of the junction of Clear he will look, tlie meeting house doors unwiso ; for innocent men may suffer To bo trnly great, it is nr iqcessary to ceive his monthly stipend. There is water and Soake rivers, on the base before tbe people gel liter« and take from such statement. be trnly good and benevolei tnjK for all 6. In what spirit did you write in other distinctions the clods oftlie nothing so stable as taxation, The line of Idaho and Washington Ter off the keys. Sometime^ be will get îftne valley fund from which he drew, but many ritories. We are in a rolling prairie np a meeting close by to keep his reference to bro. J. S# Sweeney ? will cover, and the greedy worms of thoie clerks will now be dis- i country ; adapted to stock raising 4 brethren from hearing the truth. Answer.—Wrote in tbe spirit of Te- destroy. VV» CORRESPONDENCE. ✓