Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-05-22


ofthe Presbyterian General Assembly yesterday
Dr. Niccolls reported on overtr"cs from different
presbytclcs on various subjects, among which
was an overture from the prcsbytery of Ealtl
more REQUESTING the assembly to affirm the
doctrine OF the Church as to civil magistrates
and the relations of the Church and State, and
an overture from the preSbytery OF Austin,
Texas, suggesting some ACTON designed to con-
c''iate The Southern States, and, It possible,
prepare the way to reunion at all early day,
These two overtures were considered togcth-
en- and The committee recommended lcclara-
tou 10 Substance. as follows:
First In view ola reunion OF the two blanchfs
of the Presbyterian Church in the North AMI
South, neither Of which was responsible for the
| conduct of the other, al action before union
| touching the Southern Assembly or the Old
| School Synod of Missouri is row null and VOID.
| Second. The assembly expresses confidence IN
the soui dness Of doctrine and Christian charac'
communication will tend to remove the BARRIERS
time hi established between us and them.
Third With regard to civil magistrates and
the relation of the Church and State, the com
mittee SCI forth declarations contained In the
confession of faith and former government Vt the
Fourth Commend tie appointment of two
! committees to confer with similar committees
from the General Assembly of the Church South
! and the old school synod of Missouri. Ihe re-
port and d. caratlons were unanimously adopted.
| A Coon HF,rTH SERMON. the meet
ne of the American Public Health Association
| at Cincinnati, Dr. Jarvis OF Massachusetts,, is
| reported as ha1..ng made the following remarks.
Which are as comprehensive, practical, and
| Vital as any tract for the times need be DIR.
| Jarvis said that much of the i'll health nf lami-
lies was the result of the curablc froliShness
OF bringing up girls with no idea of household
work. \ girl is married when she knows how
10 talk, and sing, and play indiferently ON the
piano. She is full Of poetry, joyousncss, ;esthe-
Tic tastes, but she knows literally nothing about
the details of housework. hut there she Is.
She may not know the difference letween a
raw and boiled rotlto-bctwccn Hour in the
barrel and in the loaf on the table. SCI vlug
woman has to be hired, AMI very few OF them
know really how to cook. A drcssmaker has a
regular course of training to fit her for her
work, but is it supposed that any one can cook
She says to-day, We arc lucky our bread IS
light and sweet" Would any woman tolerate
dressmaker who should say. 1--WE are lucky
to-day the dress fits well p Tomorrow the
cook says, 1--WE arc uulucky to-day the bread
is sour and heavy" If dressnlaker should
cut her dresses by luck rather than by system
size would quickly get her discharge. But; no !;
husi aul must sit down to the sour bread
and ill-cooked meat. He will not say any
thing, and the guests will overlook detects,
and sit down in sorrow and eat the, bread in
bitterness. We are more sure of being well
dressed than being we'll fed. The outer man
is tolerably sure Of comfort, but the inner man
must sit down to the table with fear and trem-
bling. The Irish girl in the kitchen is very
often the cause of damage and loss in the count
ipg-room. The Irish girl makes sour bread,
which makes bad blood and weak brain. The
merchant goes down to the counting room
weak, head aching, aud eneryat2d. He does
not know what is the matter, but Mephistophe-
les, contl be look into his stomach, would see
the sour bread there. He believed that power
ty ran through the whole man. 1t became part
Of his moral and intellectual elements Poor
food made poor man; and the poor elements
went down to bis posteriiy. He believed stroug-
" iu hereditary transmissions, but even 'Fthey
did not occur, there was a fact to be noticed
-nau.aly, that if man had nothing to trans
nit. the child wor'd have nothing Tbs
would apply to the moral and intellectual ele'
ments as well as to the physical condition.