The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-06-11
Moral and Religious Matters.

Two Protestant missionaries have
just made a tour from 1000 to 8, 600 miles
in the interior of China, and report an
open door everywhere for preaching
and the sales of Christian books.
The Lexington (Va.) Gazette says:
A young lady connected with The Bap-
tist Sunday School at the Natural
Bridge, memoriZed and repeated on
Sunday week, l45O verses from the
| Bible.
The correspondent from New York
to the Boston Post makes the following
statement, while speaking of Artemus
/ Ward:
| "Shortly before his death he express
! ed wish to see a priest. A Catholic
clergyman w9s called in, and before
| Artemus died he was received into and
had received all the rites of the Catholic
Church. This comes on authority too
good to be questioned"
The next Episcopal Convention of
the Diocese of Ohio, will be held on the
Sd of June, 1868, at Newark. The Con-
vention for the present year closed its
session at Cleveland, yesterday. The
Annual Convention for the same
Church, for the Diocese OF Indiana,
which has been in session in Indianap-
oils, also adjourned yesterday, to meet
in the same place on the first Wednes-
day in June, 1865.
The New York Observer has a short
article, entitled "Our State Religion-Is
1t Roman Catholic9" in which the
writer states that the New York legis-
lature, in the distribution of money for
religious and charitable purposes has
| given nineteen-twentieths ofthe whole
to the Catholic institutions.
The church in New Haven which
was built and owned by Gerard Hal
lock, Esq, and which cost him SIl9,-
900, has been conveyed by the heirs to
body of trustees for the sum of S25, 900.
| II is now under the pastoral care of
Rev. ]. II. Carroll. The especial OBJ
ject of this church Is 'to preach re-
ligion and not politics."
In a recent trial in the county Court
at Denver, England, the Judge having
asked witness, "What is an 'Antho-
ny2" he replied, "The littlest pig, your
honor. The little pig is always 'An-
thony." On an inquiry why the little
pig was SO called, the attorney replied:
~ believe, your honor, it is associated
with the saint of that name, from the
| fact that in his unhappy time the small
est and least valuable pig was picked
for the church,"
The New School General Assembly
voted almost unanimously in favor of
the report of the joint committee, which
recommended the union of the two
bodies. But in the Old School Gener-
al Assembly the vote stood IA against
the report, 6S in its favor, and 20 not
voting. 1t is believed, however, that
with some notifications the union will
be brought about, though not till an
other year comes round, and then it
may include also the Reformed Presby-
terian Church.
An article in the London Revieu0
contains some curious statistics show
ing the longevity of the Jews. In Frank
fort, Germany, the average age of the
Jews is As years and months, of the
rest of the posulation SO years and II
months. In Austria, DR.. Chatter has
instituted comparison by which he
finds that out of a thousand persons !
dying there will be above the age OF
7O-Of Hungarians 81 1--WE omit frac- |
tions,) of Croats 20, of Germans 70, and
of Jews 100.
HARRY's SERMON" Eddie" s" said |
Harry; "lets play at going to church;
and I'll be the minister, and preach you |
a sermon"
well" said Eddie, land I'll be the
people,"
So they went up stairs together. Har-
ry set an old fire screen up In front of
him, by way of a pulpit, and thus be-
gan:
my text is a very short and easy one
BE kind There are some little texts |
in the Bible on purpose for little chill |
dren; and this is one of them. These |
are the heads of my sermon:
"FTStty-Be kind to father, and don't
make noise when he has a headache. |
l don't believe you know what head
ache is, but 1 do. had one once, and
Ididn't want to hear any one speak 1t
word.
"SeeondEy-Be kind to mother, and
don't make ner tell you to do a thing
more than once. II is very tiresome 10
say, 1T is time for you to go to bed,
half aIdozen times over.
'Ihirdiy-'Be kind to bady.'"
"You have left out, BE kind TO Har-
ry,'" broke in Eddie, forgetting that
he was the people,"
ohAN AAoAAyI hOu LlGhu ~
mention my own name in my sermons.
was saying-be kind to little Minnie;
and let her have your red soldier to play
with, when she wants it.
"Fourthly-Be kind to Jane, and
don't scream and kick when she wash
es and dresses you"
Here Eddie looked little ashamed,
and said:
"But, she pulled my hair with the
comb"
People mustn't talk in church" J" said
Harry.
''F'gthly-Be kind to kittie, and do
what will make her purr, and don't
do what will make her scratch and
squeak"
"Isn't the sermon nearly doneH" ask
ed Eddie; az want to sing" and with
out waiting for Harry to finish his dis
course, or to give out a hymn, he be-
gan to sing; and so Harry bad to stop,
but it was very good sermon after
all.