The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-23
RELIGIOUS ITEMS.

PERSONAL. - heV. Alex. OIerreII,
for many years a resident of our city.
and pastor of the Vine Street Presby-
terrain Church. is spending a few days
in the city. His many friends will be
glad to see and hear him.
CoNrRAorED.-The Mission Church
congregation attached to Trinity M.
Z. Church, we are pleased to learn,
have contracted with Mr.. Thomas
Grant for the erection of a new
church building near the corner of
Eighth and Gum Streets. 1t is ex-
peeted tkAt the new building will be
ready for occupancy in six weeks.
AT JERUsALEaI.-The only letter,
probably, written by Bishop Kings
ley while in Jerusalem, was one dated
March 11th, and directed to his son
Frank, at the Book Concern. In this
he smoke of visiting first, among the
objects of interest In the Holy Land.
the reputed house of Simon, the
Tanner, at Joppa. The Journey from
Joppa to Jerusalem he mentioned as
having been made on the ynrst horse
he had ever. seen, and the saddle,
he remarked faoetiously, was worse
than the horse" With the country
he was enraptured, everything in that
section being just then In the perfec-
ton of yernal bloom. Reaching
Jerusalem, he remarks that the mails
leave but three times a month, and
that, as one is just closing, his note
must be brief and hurried. If other
letters were written after this they
most probly are to Mrs. Kingsley
Christian AdUocdtc. sa,
THE suspense in regard to the vote
on Lay Delegation will be over IN q
few weeks. The only thing now GER
tain is that the result is very uncer1
tain. DR. Curry persists In guessing
that it will be defeated, and makes
fair showing. The surplus on either
side will be quite small, and we be-
speak as prompt and cordial acquies-
cence in the decision as if it were
made by overwhelming odds. True,
if 1t fails, it will be defeated by mi
nority but the rights of the minority
are lust as sacred as those of ma
jority. The paper called The Meth
odist has recently demonstrated this
fact in regard to another subject. and
that, too, In a case where those rights
are not specifically defined In consti-
tutional law. In this instance, if the
change of Restrictive Rule lack a sin
gle vote of the three fourths, it is as
dead as if put to rest by a majority
against it. IF the measure carries, all
will be well; if it is defeated all must
be accepted as we'll. The time for
argument is past Christian Adro-
cate.
a CURIOUS LEGEND.-When Adam
was far advanced in years and at the
point of death, he sent his son to the
angel Michael, who kept the gate of
Paradise, to pray for the oil of mercy,
so that be could be healed. The an.
gal answered that it could not be
until fifty-fv hundred years. but he
gave Seth a branch of the tree of
which Adam had eaten, bidding him
plant it on Mount Lebanon, and that
when it bore fruit his father should
be healed. Seth planted the branch
on his fathers grave; it took root
and grew, and from it were made
Aaron's rod, aud Moses staff with
which he struck the rock and sweet
ened the marah. IL also formed the
POLE on which the brazen serpent was
lifted up, and the ark of the testimony.
mon,who used itin building his palace
but it continually resisted the efforts
of the builders to adjust it. Now it
was too long, and then again too
short. The builders, being angry;
then threw it into marsh. so that It
might serve as a bridge. The Queen
Of Sheba would not walk upon it, but
adored it. and told Solomon that upon
it should be suspended the man
through whose death the kingdom
should be destroyed. Solomon then
had 1T buried deep in the ground,
where afterward the pool Of Bethesda
was dug, and from the virtues of this
tree healing properties were Impaired
to the waters, After it had been
buried three hundred years, it rose to
surface OF the water, and the Jews
took 1t and made of it the cross ofour
SaVlours-1ETons the Cross IN Legend,
Poetry and Art, in The May number oil
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