Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-08-19
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welt Of this place have been received at
st. Thomas CEpiscopaD Church sssmem-
hers Of the Church. Their names viii be
transferred from the parish register of st.
Thomas Church TO the Parish register Of
st. Andrews Church. Fort Scott, Kansas,
as they are about 10 removed that parish
Next Tuesday viii be st. Bartholo-
news Day......Tbe congregation at the
represents S2O,OO0,OO0. The consccra>
ton of an unusual number of churches is
reported in most Of the Anglican Church
dioceses i'm this country. Antonio Arri-
CHI, son of GarIbaldi, lately graduated
al the Episcopal Seminary in Boston. He
win soon be ordained priest and sent to
| assist in the reformation Of the Church OF
Italy. :. Christ Church, Shrewsbury, n.
! j., Was first built in 1903. The edificc
still has the crown of England on top OF
the spirc, and bullet holes can be seen
where the American revolutionists fired
ut il TO knock il down. In E0S Queen
Anne presented the chalicc and paicn sill
in AT one time lately the Bishop Of
Calcutta received into the communion OF
the Anglican Church 1000 native converts
! The Rev. MIR. Jagar, Franciscan
friar, formerly private secretary To the
Archbishop ct Prague, and confessor TO
the king of Saxony, has renowned the
Papacy - Hobart College, n. Y, hes
just received a sum of money sufficient tn
purchase and put in place a magnificent
telescope During the past year nearly
800 have been added TO the Church IN
the Parish o. ST. Ambrose, Alabama.
The popular book called "The Gates
Ajar" is creating great sensation ii Is
not exactly an orthodox book, but a
much better book than the one written ON
the principle OF "Thc Gates Slamm cd in
Our Faces' ..T There are $4,000 yaIia-
tions In text and punctuation between
! King James translation of the Bible as
published at Oxford, and used in Tire An
glican Church. and the same translation as
/ published by the American Bible Society
The story that Luther discovered the
| bible chained in dark conventual is q
protestant myth" /, was chained in
prominent place, and for the same reason
that a cup is chained to pump. Al that
time the bible was translated into the
vernacular of every nation in Europe.
When Moses, founder of the Jewish
Church, died on the mountain within
sight Of the land Of promise, The Hebrew
text says that he died IN "the Kiss Of Je>
oyah. ...... The North British Review
for July contains an able, fair, aud inter
csling article on ''The Early History o.
Man" The writer sums up tho latest and
best established facts of science and hiss
tory. and presents the conclusion that the
creation of man must he placed back ai
least 20, 900 years. Within the last two
or three hundred years many sickly.
feeble, rickety children haye bcco me
wonderful men in the Christian world.
Bacon, Pasciial, DesCartes, De Thou,
Gibbon, Newton, Locke, Adar Smith,
Boyle, DR.. johnson. William iii, Pope,
Addison, Walter Scott. William Pitt,
Co VIPER, Flaxman, James Watt, Newton
and vast number morc-were puny,
delicate children. anne, as Sir Isaac
Newton, whose mother said That lie might
have been placed in quart mug when
he was born, were reared With great difii>
culiy--an most az them were unhealthy
all their lives. The subject af Tcnny>
sons new poem is The Quest Of The
Holy Grail, the Holy Grail meaning the
Holy Cup of Blood. The cup out which
the Savior drank nj the Last Supper is
SAID To hvye tcen made out Of a single
emerald, and 10 have been filled with
blood at his crucifixion. The Holy Cup,
according to legend of the middle ages,
and was finally committed TO body of
knights who guarded II on the top Of Il
lofty mountain 1T approached by any
one not perfectly pure, the Holy Cup
would be borne away and vanish from the
sight. This led TO the Quest Of the Holy
Grail. which was 10 be sought for by
knight wko was perfectly chasie I'm
thought, word and act. The search is kept
| up but the Holy Cup continues to vanish
| We cite two verses:
Sometimes, on lonely mOuntain-meres,
find n magic bark;
| leap on board; no helm man steers;
| fioat till all is dark.
| y gentle sound, an awfu. light,
Three angels bear the holy Grail:
| With folded feet, in sioles Of white,
On sleeplcss wings they salt
All. blessed vision. blood OF God!
My spirit beats her mortal bars.
As down dark tides the glory slides.
And starlight mipglcs with The stars.
The clouds arc broken in the sky,
And through the mountain walls
\ rolling organ harmony
Swclls up. ant shakes, and falls.
Then move the trees, the copscs nod,
| Wings fiultcr, voices hover clear;
40 just and faithful Knight of God!
| Ride on. the prize is near.
So pass hostel, hall and grange;
| BY bridge and ford, by park ana pale.
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