Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-11-30

mn active pnrt in sabbath School that fow
Of tho citizen, are running. with regular or
ganiacl police force. Among the number Of
peoplr that dill not hear Of tho funeral until
after their arrival at the school house, there
was one or two that did not like TO come i'm
contact with tho Il. d. and they objected to tho
funeral hcins held before tho burial Of the
corpse SO few Of these believers in ghost,
ana hohsohlins got together and appointed a
committee to go and tell the friends that the
funeral could not be held rs previously arrans
ed. The commit &C started out with majestic
step and soon met the procession, which they
very promptly notified Of tho new arrange
mcnts. The muurnrrs and 4 few others then
went to the grave anl buried the child, without
y sermon, and returned home, where they wcro
soon visited by another committee that came
to fix IL? matters and to claim tho honorS of
debating to them the manner in which they
had to bury their dead W.
MAI. GEN. 0. O. Howard, Com
missioner of,hc Frcc'iman's Bureau, spent tho
sabbath in Austin. llo spoke in tho evening
to as large al audience as could be accommo-
dated in tho Congregational Church. The
principui object of his visit to Minnesota is to
Western Secretary of the American Missionary
Society. lle first spoke Of the condition of
the people in tho South at tho time of the war,
and of tho great necessity Of doing something
for their improvement. lie gave brief his
tory Of the introduction of schools there, and
their influence: skctched tho workings OF the
Bureau, and gave somewhat in detail, u state
ment of what had been accomplished among
the blacks by the various Christian agencies
operating in their midst.
The lecture was rcplcte with facts and com
mon sense, and with Christian zeal. No one
who listened to tho General can doubt the
gcnuincncss Of his religious convictions. 1t is
his oN- a1i'li"y Cri~tion fuih which makes him
tho po,rcr that he is in this land to- day. After
listening to one OF his bursts Of indignant clo-
Gucnce, as he characterized some great atrocity
OF the rebellion, it is not difficult to believe
that even tbs walls Of tho "ErEwNAL CITY"
were razcd to the ground by one blast Of the
rams horn Mt the lips Of the Cody Joshua.
Tho Bible history of the early wars, has m air
improbability about it of which it W ud have
been divestol could we have seen end heard
those old Patriarchs, a. they walked and talk !
cd under tho direct guidance Of Gods spirit
and when We think Of " Sherman's march to
tho sca," and wondcr how it was accomplished,
the mystery is cleared away as we look at
Gercral Howard and hear his honest words
After this VIC can wonder at nothing except q
failure, and we are now ready to accept, in its
fulncss, tho truth Of the saying that nothing
is i,"possiblc that is right.
See if it is NOT true in this case. General
Howard has organized this department out of
chaos, and made it successful beyond the hopes
of its friends and boy ond tho criticism of its
enemies. lie has established the Howard Uni
vcrsity, at Washington, upon a permanent
basis by his own efforts. lilo has supervised
the organization of education in tho Southern
States, and mado it the foundation upon which
alone q free government can rest. All this has
he done, and yet, has kept his private charac-
ter free from spot or blcmish None, SO far ;
as we know, now be found who even ques-
ton the purity of his motives in any transact
ton, public or private, and the Christian reli-
gion has been his shield and his defense.
The General will remain in the State until
about tho 18th Of next month, and has partly
promised to call here on his return and give us
n lecture upon the scenes Of the late war.
Should he Go so our people will enjoy plea
sure seldom afforded, and for which they will
feel willing to contribute, for we cannot ask for
a second lecture gratuitous!y.
Gen. c. II. Howard occupied few minutes
time in which he gave q brief history of Tie
organization and mission of tho Association,
also some interesting facts connected with the
Chinese. A collection Mt the close Of tho ser
vice resulted in q liberal donation to the Asso-
cinticn.
The Introductory services and sketch of
the various Christian organ liza tions outside Of
the church. occupied the Rev. j. T. Graves
about half an hour.
Rev. II. I. Parker, Pastor of tho Babtist
Church, closed the exercises with an arpropri-
ito prayer. and the bsnedction.