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Hsuai AlKSSKKGi ; R Xu.- ""73B,—,, APRIL 26, 1877 4 .. The Cause of Hard Times. _• lira D. T Stanley : The constitution of New Hamp-" * CHRISTIAN. MESSENGER Please give us some light on Heb. shire allows.only Protestants in the S»yelhe'Sunday Welcome on this A meeting was in progress in the vii, 27: For. this he did onep when D. T. STANLEY, E ditor . Qubernatiohal chairand io the Legis he offered up himself ? Tell us where subject: lature. -— . T F. CAMPBELL, A ss ' t E ditor . city of Chillicothe, Mo. On the last and when he made that offerin'. The frequent complaint of hard night, of the meeting (Sunffav Your brothel in Christ,- times is bi-gaUiing to tell on the hab THURSDAY, APRIL 20,1877. night), a young lady came forward Persons, sending communications W m . M c C all . its of men of ordinary mean«, who and confessed her Savior. On being Trent, Jan. 25, 1877. OVH AIMS. heretofore have spent freely of their for publication, diacussing .religions asked when she wished, to be im » ’ REMARKS. income in following pursuits ot pleas questions and matters of interest to 1. To fearlessly advocate the teachings of the mersed, she said, “ immediately.” • Since writing the above query our ure and luxuries. . Now they are the church, will ^please notice 4hat Bible, in the spirit of kindness. ecunumizÍMg m their habit, thus with their communications must reach us a. To earnestly plead for the union of all I But the night was dark and eold beloved bi other McCall has been ta and it was four miles to the river. ken to his reward. So far as he is drawing the -nimble' penny from by Monday in order to. appear that J Christiana on tlie Bible alone.' 3. To point out evils in the church «nd sug • So tlie pre.acher asked her to put off concerned we need not make retnarks .general circulation and increasing week.. ..Correspondence relating to gest a remedy. i • on this passage of Scripture, for lie tbegeneral complaint of“'hard limes ’ the passing events of uhe various* 4. To keep our readers posted oty/tqe move j her'baptism till the full«wing Wed amongst retail merchants. But there parts of the country, no top of travel, ments of the brotherhood in this state anil nesday. She reluctantly consented. will not longer bq in doubt on the , are many things which conduce té descriptions of. countries, gcein'ry, • , elaepbere. > full import of the plan of rfedemp-- On Wednesday morning, she and 5. To entertain and instruct the young, « t being oii.i stringency in our finan Ac., must be in' by Thursday, iii tion, and the full value of that Mcri I her sister were on hand promptly al TJ j give a brief sntnhiary of statu new« and cial affairs. .As a general thing, order to appear the tollowisg week. I die house of Bro. W,, who was to do Gee, for sin. made once for all. The the latiet telegraphic despa-chce. merchants are loo anxioms te sell- 7. To make this the loading religious paper tiie baptizing. . The. day was un- query was sent to a brother here on the 1‘acidcyoaM, either at tlie same, or any. ( their goods, in order to keep up ap (.'liiciuro Natiimiil Refurm Cimveutiou. ¡commonly cidd'and stormy, even who mislaid it for a time, butts still ■' other pric < , J pearances iu'trade they will sell loo for Missouri. Bro. W. thought that, of interest to other« who remain on This Convention met in Farwell TO OCR CONTlltBCTORS. under the circumstances, they tier the “Time Shore " of the dark river. much ou credit. Instead of te .oh . Hall, Tuesday apd Wednesday, April ing the industrio*. a- poor economy,- .'In, the connection in which the tainlÿ would be justified in post’pon- 1. Article» intended for pablication sliouU 10 and 14, witli over a huudred del they have taught-them'extravagance be -«rfimi »UUiuk. lciuldy.jiad. oji on« sills of > ing the baptism till the following above occur«, the apostle is showing egates from Jilinois, 'Indiaua, Wis aud aided ikem tu gct i'u debl be- rSiniday. Tie young lady was un that the HlgTi Priest uridçr'Thy taw toe paper. ■ , consin; and Iowa, JonathairEdwardg ~ yuud recovery.. Tbe goods are con 2. The Editor claims auit.will exercise tlie willing- thatThe~*n»alter should be was the-type ol Christ. The daily right to reject auch manuscript, as from any D. D,L L. I)., was chosen Chair- surnLd unpaid for, the uierchaul bro deft rr»-d, but by some persuasion sacrifice*spoken of in the same verse, cauie aill not, in his Judgment, snbserv» the. ken up, anff all tur uo ollror riasun man,aud Dr. R. B . C » i . <ff Wis agreed, and turned to lifer Jidme was offered by the priests, at whose ■ lust interest of the wdier and its leaders. consin, Secreting. Addresses were a union efseutimeut carried out 3. Wo do no» bokl*euraebe» renpoiuible tor "with her sisteri A day or tw o alter- liead wbs the H i g h P r iest. Th e s e the. Aentiiu.iit« of con tributerà, or. the truthful- wa.rd she was/taken sick, and o» sacrifices differ« d in four particulars by himself and customer. The far. delivered by D-. McAllister, Dr. luh- wo. of advertisement«, without our pernottai not able to get to from the sacrifice offered by Christ'. uieis cry hard times without any ex waids,-Dr. W. W. Everts, Prof. C.. cuse al all ; they complain of hard A. Blanch'hrd, Pres. Wallace, Pres. ^4. Contri tions ön al] matters o il ter »Ht meeting. From that Bick bed she 1. T>le priest must first make an ex- hrwiianity, arc . to the cause never arose, but was called to give patiatory sacrifice for their own sins, limes witbunt any ixcuse at all; Blanchard and others. The follow an account of the deeds done in the in doing which he offered the follow, they complain of high taxes, which ing resolutions were unanimously OF SB ft SPAPE11S. TUB» body. That she had not fully ing prayer. “O Lord, I have Binned, is all a iarce, for they universally adopted. fv own moré land than they till, and • . <«,. KESOI.UTTONH. 1. Subacriben who do not give express notice obeyed the Lord was evident, and and done wickedly, and gone estray because they fail to raise enough on to tlie cortU-ai*y are considered as wishing* to the question is and was, “ Who was. before thy^fïce. I and my bouse 1. That it is4 of tlie utmost irnpor- forty acres to support them and pay ttMice in~the DLesent.stage of our ua- c ontinu e ttoe i f jObe e Mptiyn»; ■ ... - ---- - — -nul i ha mins of A-irnn, thn pepplk pf r fespu T ls i b l lL?11' -It —Nvaw—it—se ve r e • 2. If any aubrioHbers order the <Iincontiriuaiico lessoii to those interested. Bro. W. thy holineaa. 1 beseech thee, for the tax i-m froiii, three hundred to tiona! history to emphasize th« fact oi their newBpafpera, thepublwher may continue would not ' be • comforted) when he -'7 thy names sake,.blot out the sins, in three thousand acres, and often-more, that this epun_try was settled b*y to »end them until al! arrearages are paid. I 4" o-”-**-'. , • they bang tiltil1 lip and_cjry hard* Christians who came hither with a If subscribers neglect or refuse to take saw th« termination of hjs lack of iquities, and transgressions by which times.' cl'here are men holding prop tree and tipeD Bible and founded) free their newspapers from the offices to which they ' attention to duty. I’reacKers who I have sinned,, done wickedly, and are directed, tho ’law" holds tlicm responsible erty in Portland at.d i^fact all over institutions of government on the ■ i knew .of. pie circumstance, were gone astray before «thy face, I and until they have settled the bill» and .ordered the State, wTio -are complaining of basis of the principles o|" the Chris forcibly injpreased with the irnpor my housc^Mid tlie sons of Aaron, the them discontinued. high taxes, yet they won’t «ell to tian religion, people of thy holiness ; as it Is writ 4. If subscribers removd to other places with 1 tance of obeying the Lord’s com persons wanting a borne—persons out informing the publisher, and the newspa I mauds promptly. ten in the law of Moses thy servant, 2. That the most vita) nalioual is pers are sent to the former direction; they are wha are willing to "buy and pay the' sues of to day involve the relations ‘ On that day shall the priest make There is great carelessness on the held rosponsiWe. . \ ’ . tax, tor th^ry want a home. New oT Christianity anil the state: and 5. The courts have decided that refusing to i part ol some preachers in this mat- .an aUineinent for you, to cleanee yoji, the only plan for our protection is to that the truth which Christianity that ye may be clean from all your take n e wspa|M i rs from tlie office, or rumoring ) ter. Baptism is delcried without and leaving them uncalled for, is prima facie I excuse. The preacher will show his sins before the Lord.’ ” Lev. xvi. 30. study econnmy and indulge only in teaches concerning three relation, evidence of intentional fraud. inconsistency by exhorting sinners To which the Levitts reap tided, such things as eur financial safety never demanded clearer assertion 6. The postmaster who neglects fo give . Hie “Blessed be the name of the.glory wiirpdrmil— mind our own business than now, viz ; That Almighty G«d legal notice of the neglect of a person to take ta obey the Savior now, presenting more than ’our neighbors, and a is the ultimate sourae pt till aathori'y from the office the newspapers addressndto him. the uncertainty of life and the of thy kingdom, for ever’and ever.” is liable to the publisher for the subscription danger of delaying. Impressed by This prayer shows-us that-the priest brighter day will soon daw» for bus in civil government; that Jesus price. , thio the sinner comes forward con offered sacrifice first tor himself as iness men, mechanics and laborers. Christ as rnler of nations has given If the farmer would only- thoroughly a moral standard for leeir eonduc". .Missouri is said to have two hun fesses his faith in’ Christ, and then slated by tbe apesle. Christ did not till all the land he can, and let and^ and that the standard of Ilia word offer sacrifice for himself. 2. Tbe the preacher will defer the baptism dred and fifty Christian preachers, encourage others to buy and do the is their Bupreme law. which would be an average of about i ' till the close of the meeting, if it be sacrifices of the law were offered ■ same, thousands who are now out of 3. That we perceive with grave - two to each county, but man; coun I a protracted meeting, or till the next coutinously, every year, Ileb.i x. 25 employment might be comfortable, apprehensions the determined and tbe sacrifice Christ made ofice tor all. monthly meeting It is assuming a ties have none.j terrible responsibility On th» part of 3. The priest offered animals hi sac and thousands of acres of the now often successful niteinpts which are r." useless land would be panning-out made to expel the Bible (rem our Bro. S. C. Adams, who has been I the preacher, without exempting rifice ; Christ offered himself. 4. its millions, and instead of hard times public schools, to abolish tha oatl*^ . ’ The sacrifices of the law were for fur some time in Cincinnati, supetin- I the candidate from responsibility.* the cry would be, “.tbe blessing is so prayer in our national and slate leg i The candidate sometimes wishes bis Jew» only, the sacrifice Christ made tending the publication of bisHistor ie Chart, is returning and is expect baptism deferred, but he should be once in the end of the world, was for great we have not room to receive islatures, days of fasting and thanks iL” But who will begin this great giving, and other Christian institu ed to reach Salem this week. | impressed with the importance of all, both Jew. and Gentiles. ' The Savior offered himself in sac and much needed reform ? tions of our «tale and nation, and so I obeying the Lord while he has the It is estimated that 97,000 of the opportunity. We do not know that rifice, when he died upon ilia cross. We acknowledge the receipt of to divorce the American government 297,000 Indian, in the United State., any apostle or evangelist under By bis own blood he entered into the Mnemonic» or Aide to Memory,'' by from all connection with Christianity. believe the Christian faith. . them, ever deferred baptism till the holiest lilie heavens) to make atoue- W. Begg, from the publishers, Chase 4. That a Written constitution, as law, ought to provide I next day. Brethren, thiak^ llieu ment for us. Thus he ba. consecra & U*B, Cincinnati. Lt seems to be_; fundamental „ When a man professing to be a •» r explicit and undeniable basis for ted for us a new and living way by an ' act. a text book for study rather than to Christian will sign a petition 'for which we draw nigh to God. t|ie vital institution, of the nation for be “ read through?’ It is rather a dram shop license, he has not enough which it is formed ; and the fact that Ilan your congregation appointed curiosity as it is so unlike anything religion to hinder his doing the devil The mother of Pres. Hopson, of the constitution of the United State, a regular correspondent for the of the book' kind we have ever be first ¿lass service. I M essenger ? If not, mention it.at Christian University, Canton, Mo., fore seen. ’ I< is in tWo parts. In may be, and is, used against the ex Some men preach bo . long that your next meeting and have the dieo nt Hannibal, «ante state, on Pari I, “ it. principles are stated -and isting institutions of oui govi innu i.t March 10th. She was one of Christ's constitutes the best of reasons for u their congregations conclude they matter attended to. We want to explained.” Io Part II. 6 the system faithful cross bearers) religious amendment. have the “ everlasting Gospel ” to hear from every part of the country.. is variously - applied, and many 5. That such an amendment of our Everybody is an authorized corres . preach. The following from the llecordand proofs given of its availability and national constitution, harmonizing f ' ■ —---- pondent, but as what is everybody’s .Evanyelist, ju.t espresse, our senti utility.” Sent by mail on receipt of as it would with al) the precedents The first number'of the clergy ..business is nobody’s business, it is price, $1.50. man’s new magazine, The Complete ments on thè question : of our early history, and with relig betted to have some one designated No paper can be luceessful with Preacher, is just issued. It opens by tbe congregation, to report all out friends, friends who not only Pope Pius IX. has issued a brief ious acknowledgements in many of with a translation of a powerful ser our state constitutions, csuld not matters of interest promptly. wish it well, but work well, lie is “extending the graces of a plenary mon just prepared for the press by a friend who promptly send, on his indulgence for tbe third day of cetiflict with any individual rights of the great German preacher,'Prof) own snbscriptiou in advance. He is June, 1877, on the usual conditions.” conscience, just as the establishment ., We have Recured the assistance of a still belter friend who, in addition, Chrisllieb. It contains, also, able of state edlies'ion does not conflict Sister Mary Stump, who will here seeks to extend its circulation among To those who fulfill the conditions, . sermons by Spurgeon and Archbisb- with the rights of citizen« who be the editorial management his acqua ntances. Wc ask every it is .aid : of ’ England^ and ' by- . John^ alter have • ^'1 p Tait “ ” * “ after lieve that education belongs only to “ We do mercifully grant, in the j “Christian Family” Depart- reader to enroll among thy constant- Hall fall and J. P. Newman oflbia of Ibis coon coun the timily and the church, or the ly increasing number of our working Lord, a Plenary Indulgence of all Vr y; it«» Trowipre hen sire report- of a rn^rt. ^ir ready .peu .aui.good T r i ads.' ----- their . ns—which also may be ap> constitutioMÎ anthfuticafion of th« sermon by I’ev. Dr.*Bro'tfffu'«, tfie taste will doubtless contribute large plied, by suffrage, to the souls of the war power does not conflict with author of “ The Ilisfory of,J?reach ly toward making the C hristian Purictnatidn was first used in faithful who have departed this life the rights of those who denounce ing.” The object of this monthly is M essenger itidi.pen.ible in every writing in 1520. Before that time in the charity of God. “ It is Our will, also, that copies, even defensive war as sin ; and fur to print, in full, sermons by the most family. The ladies are especially words werewriltentogelherinthisman or transcripts, of thtk Letter, eyen ther if there be any plea tor right. representative preachers of all de invited to , correspond with the ner.' <■ printed, subscribed by thy hand Of of conscience it must be entered - ’ • nominations in the world- We are editor on all matters of interest per any Public Notary, and furnished against the Christian Jaws and insti ) Says tho ’N. Y. Observer : with a seal of a person ia ecclesias tutions rather than against a consti glad to say that the monthly is prov taining to the household or family Two person, are still kept waiting tical dignity, shall -have the same ing«« very great success; several oircle. ** •, tutional basis on which they might for their recognition and credentials effect ns thi.Jpresent writing,where it ' thousand annual subscriptions were rest- . > is to be shown. Given at Home, We are .ending out blank receipt, as saints of the Romisb church— St. Peter’s, udder the ring of the received before the first number was 6. .That tho indifference of tuapy issued from the .press. Thia is a for the use of our agent, in receipt namely, Jean of Arc and Columbus. Fisherman, this 27th day of Febi'u ptofessing CbristiauW*, a. well ». the hopeful'sign that the taste for health ing «ub.criter._for money. If there [ Influeiiual friend, of both parties ary, 1877, arid of Out Pontificate the assaults of «peu enemies, cdla itn. first.” ful sermonic literature ia reviving. are persons who are willing .to act write long and urgent letters in th^ir thirty Tbe power of Prote.tantism ha. I*™“ve‘; °» •» *'”> <!"<*'» the behalf, and it is feared tliat the Pope as agents in localities where we Thia monthly ia published gt |2*00 n n n rvrit* ♦ n a 4 Ir» i-ua I a ■■ >. í N1. _. ! _ a 1 _ . danger that threaten.-our Christian per year, by the publishers of The have*none, they will confer a favpr will be with those en inent person, become loo great to allow the sale insulations of government, to unite Metropolitan Pulpit, 21 Barclay by informing us of their willingness before he give» them the compli of these 11 indulgences at publie ang labor earnestly for their mam- auction. ment of an earthly beatification. tenance ; and that, taking courage so to do. Street, l^ew York. Au Incident.