The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-01-16

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Vi OAAACdSOs OAS -
the Professors of the Theological
Seminary denying that the privilege
belongs to them, while others are
equally earnest in concedEng 1t to
them. The debate has extended be-
yond the denomination in which 1t
first sprang up. The Rev. Rufus
Patterson. d. D., prominent minis
ter of che Old School Presbyterian
Church. has declared in the pulpit
that women have the same right to
vote in church elections as men. In
Scotland and Ireland they take part
in conducting social meetings, and in
prayers and exhortations. The Bap-
fist and Methodist Churches, we be-
lieve, have always afforded women the
freedom Of which DR.. Patterson
speaks.
THE ladies of Sullivan continue to
hold prayer meetings in the liquor
saloons. They may be successful in
their efforts to exercise the demon of
strong drink, but our faith is not
strong. The Union thus describes a
scene of frequent occurrence in that
town: s
In front of saloon stood some ten
or twelve of the most accomplished
ladies of Sullivan, each with an UNI
| brella stretched to shield them from
| the c DID rain, while one was Offering
up prayer for temperance reforma-
ton in our midst. We believe that
each saloon had been visited for the
| previous three days, and wherever
| permission was granted. the ladies
went into the saloons and laid the
Bible upon the bar and offered up
| their prayers. This, of course, has
been the means Of creating a great
deal of excitement. Old men, young
men, and children looked on in amaze
ment. Drunkards skulked down the
alleys and went home. The saloons
became almost entirely deserted, but
few ventured defense of them or the
traffic In strong drinks.
| Later.-The citizens have held sew
eral meetings to determine the best
mode to get rid of the saloons now in
our town. Fifteen hundred dollars
was set as the amount which would be
given to the five saloons, If they would
surrender their licenses, and take
their stock out of the county, and
pledge themselves never to go into
the business again in the town of Sui
Ivan. We think this pretty liberal
offer, but do not think the terms will
be accepted. We understand the sum
asked is $500, which we consider
equivalent TO saying they will surren-
der their license. We understand
that one saloon, which would not in
voice $3.50, wants 5000; others seem to
be more reasonable, but what will be
done in the premises we cannot now
tell.
The Temporal POWer-POpe Plus De-
fines his Mission.
A letter from Rome, in the Union,
gives an account of the Pope blessing
the war material presented by the
Vendean- Breton Committee. The
pieces consisted of complete battery
of rifed cannon, four mountain how
itzers, and the regulation ambulances
for q whole division A large mum
Der of persons were present and sa-
luted the Sovereign Pontif with the
warmest acclamations. An address
was read by Colonel Baron de Char
cite, to which His Holiness, after
expressing his thanks, went on to
say:
For me, who am a Minister of
Peace, it may appear that / am mis-
placed in the midst of arms and the
apparatus of artillery. But | am the
Minister Of God, and the fact must be
remembered that the Almighty, who
calls himself the God of Peace, is also
the God of Battles, and that evil
I =, - khn ~
Jesus Christ, / defend everywhere
throughout the world, truth. Justice
and the rights of every one; and this
is why the whole universe ought to
unite to sustain me In my rights. |
thank you who are here present, all
that select youth and those whom
you represent, as we'll as those who
are more directly my subjects, and
who ardently defend with you the
, same cause. This Is how, with your
arms, with these weapons, and espe-
cially with the protection of the Most
High, we shall see that our enemies
will be stopped before these imperl
ishable walls of the Vatican. That
will be, if our life, by its holiness, Is
will be, if we are with God and His
justice; if He is in us by His grace,
then God will be fully and truly with
US. 1T 81 Deus pro nobis, quis, contra
n0s?"
The Holy Father afterward visited
the various articles, and had all the
details of the ambulances explained
to him.
From Western Christian Advocated
Death or Rev. DR. Elliott.