The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-06-17
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OUR SUNDAY COLUMN.

They are translating the Presbyterian
Confession of Faith and Shorter Cate
chism into the Siamese language. 81.
There are only six Episcopalians in
New Florence, Mo-, but they are erect
ing neat and commodious church.
ANY one may do casual act Of good
nature; but a continuation of them
shows it part of the temperament
! 1t is of no advantage to have lively
time if we are not just The perfection
Of the pendulum is not to 60 fast, but to
be regular.
Be not penny wise. Riches have
wings, and sometimes they fly away Of
themselves; sometimes they must be
set flying to bring in more.
The Presbyterian Church of the Uni
ted States numbers nearly 450, 600 COM
municants. More than $4,000 commu-
nicants were added the past year
The Rev. B. Slower, aged II years, is
astonishing people in Dubuque with his
eloquence. He is Kentuckian, and
has not vet completed his theological
studies
Youthful minds, like the plant wax,
are susceptible Of the most lasting i'm
pressions; and the good or evil bias
they then receive is seldom if ever
eradicated.
Almost without exception, the Pres
byterian and Congregational Church
organs are earnest and enthusiastic IN
advocating the disuse OF manuscripts in
the pulpit.
fla man does not make new acquaint-
ances as he advances through life, he
will soon find himself left alone. A
man should keep his friendship in con-
slant repair.
Down below all the crus, OF human
conceptions, of human ideas, Christ
sank an artesian well into a source Of
happiness so pure and blessed that even
vet the world does not believe in it.
The avaricious man is like the bar
rem, sandy ground Of the desert, which
sucks in all the rain and dews with
great greediness, but Yields no trui ,tful
herbs or plants for the benefit of othe rs.
Life is made up not of great sacrifices
or duties, but of little things, in which
smiles and kindness, and small obliga-
tons, given habitually, are what win
and preserve the heart, and secure COM
| fort.
There is no funeral so sad to follow
as the funeral of your own youth, which
we have been pampering with fond
desires, ambitious hopes, and all the
bright berries that hang in poisonous
clusters over the path of life.
The revision of the Praver-Book has
been referred by the Irish Synod to a
committee, upon which the bishops have
consented to act, and which is not to re-
port till the session Of 1872. This is
considered Conservative victory.
Proselytcs from Christianity to Juda-
ism are not 80 rare as many suppose.
\ rabbi Vienna says that during the
summer of 1868 he admitted into his
synagogue as members two hundred
and forty-three converts to the Jewish
faith.
In the Friendly Islands where, fifty
years ago, there was not one native
Christian, but gross and unbroken dark
ness, the regular attendances on public
worship now exceed $4,000, and contri-
buttons TO religious objects are over $l5,-
600 year; $50 day schools contain TO-
600 pupils.
One drop of ink will blacken whole
glass full of water. So will one evil
communication make the whole world
foul o, beware Of those evil words.
You might drop many, many drops of
pure water into the tumbler, but it
would have no preceptible influence.
SO it would take thousands Of good
instructions to root out this evil word.
Lost wealth may be restored by in
dustry; the wreck Of health regained
by temperance; forgotten knowledge
restored by study; alienated friendship
smoothed into forgetfulness; even for
feited reputation recove cred by pentience;
but who ever again looked upon his
vanished hours-recalled his sighted
years, stamped them with wisdom, or
effaced from heavens record the fearful
blot of wasted time3
Upon every spot where lie the re-
mains of $4,000 of our fellow creatures
who suffered martyrdom during the
time OF the Spanish Inquisition, and
which has lately been excavated, stands
the man of faith with the Bible in his
hands and offers one Of the Gospels OF
the New Testiment for half:penny.
In few hours hundreds are bought,
and all the halfpence are laid out in
bread and meat for the poor Spanlards.
A prominent religious journal OF the
Protestant Episcopal Church earnestly
protests against the increase of costly
weddings" as well as "showy funerals,
| Il Saws that If the fashion of extrava.