Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-05-01
Moral and Religious.

his duties instead OF lneV pushing Iill.
Talmage says: "you cart drive men out
of their sins-you can coax them out.
Yet some dispositions to discharge duty
must always be forced, as they haze al
todys been. Some coaxed, some flattered,
some fianked, and some shamed into duty
and yet there are those like Ephraim-
Unstable as water, and will not excel"
Give us man to meet all wherein grace
reigns not. A man who can adjust him
self to such complications and preserve
his individuality For such man we
offer premium, and have a place.
The difficulties of christian society will
vanish before faith, prayer and persever
ance. Without these they will constant
ly increase.
Beecher talks weIl when he says:
"Pivot church on the prayer meeting
and it will remain; hut on minister and
it will be transient" Then go to prayer
meeting.
| Show me church or ministry that re-
ceives constant clubbing by its enemies,
and there [ find evidence of good fruit.
The clubs in the orchard argue The local
ity of the first fruits of the season."
There are proportionately more great
men scientifically in the christian church
than at any previous period, and they
represent all honorable professions.
The inideiity school of science, cannot
present tenth as many eminent men as
the pulpit.
The advice of Superintendent Kendall,
a week ago last Sabbath had a good
point in it. He said Boys if you must
needs play ball on Sunday, come to Sun
day School first. Not that l think you
must play ball on Sunday"
Why good? Because given with good
motive and with some knowledge of Sab
bath breakers.
There were men who were Sabbath
breakers twenty years ago, and are now,
and haze been. Are they to be enyied =:
six hundred and forty physicians in
London, petitioned Parliament saying
"We mu have the Sabbath obeyed
We cannot have health in this city and
in this nation unless the Sabbath is OBJ
served There were some reasons fol
this that boys Mould do well to ponder
For they habituallv disregard both cler
ical and medical advice, have no enviable
future in this life, and that which is to
come.
We commend to the Democrat, and
London .IaJegrdph, If in search of light Oh
the Deluge, Smith Patriarchial Age, a
text book for Methodist Ministers, and
referred to by Rev. j. l.. Boyd, in his
sermon on that subject There they will
find ample testimony on this subject from
all traditional lite rature under heaven
viii find Mr.. Smith learned and scien-
titic Christian, carrying all the titles for.
eign societies can well give This old
book has been in The hand of every un
back as We can remember, and is brimtul
of traditional accounts corrobolating
Genesis.
1t is proper to note under the caption
of moral that it is immoral IAN imposi
ton" that newspapers do ior nothing
a great deal they ought to be paid for
Yet we opine there is another class o.
writers and speakers who do as much or
less pay-whlch is equally an imposition
We question the propriety OF their pub
fishing or putting what is untrue, if over
. wought in resolutions from secret SO
cieties, or prosy graduates from theologic
al schools. We doubt whether the wri
tiers form either source have had obituary
instruction. Would it not be well tol
the two classes most unpaid to put thei
heads together and avoid prosy notice
and "scaln lifting" puffs either of whicl
like cutie fish leave the purity of though
in an inky cloud to the disgust and injul,
rather than good of those noticed
To be truly happy minister to SOM
one more miserable than yourself.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
Bishop Harris is to reside in Chicago
1t would be well to secure his services t
J right up Plymouth, and demonstrate th
spiritual and apostolic basis of the Ney
Testament Church. Some would like t
Sc hear live Bishop of the Methods
Church.
: Bishop Simpson presides at the CON
ing session of the N. W. Ind. Conference
to be held at South Bend. Those wan
ing to hear the worlds preacher ma
never have better opportunity to hes
him. Let them govern themselves a,
cordingly.
Quarterly Meeting May 10th, and It'll
as G. M. Boyd, of South Bend, will act 4
Pc.
!, Rev. A. L. Brakeman has been ver
sick with Spinal Fever.
as Protestant EPISCOPAL.