Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-02-18
1e1lt OF Eastern Montana and the
oZENAN MONTANA TERRITORY, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY Is, 1871
Dry-G Oods Christian.

DryG Oods Christian.
e Their. sesms to bf in the churches
ht great strife raging. It is an Austerlitz
st, ribbons. The carnage of color is seen
ne over our religious assemblagee. Along
ne the outskirts of the sabbath audienc
Or you see. here and there, picket Of fesl
l. ion But down in the middle of Il
lel church are the solid columns, blazin
= away all through the service. Five hu
n drcd ''broxen and contrlte hearts" cover
lc ed up in rainbows and spangles. Follow
d ers of the ''meek and lowly Nazarene
IS all a-j:ng1e and arflash. Ten cents fo
y the missionary cause AMI two hnndre
e and fifty dollars for trappings. Churc
d of God hung by the neck with gol
j CHAINS, diamond -locketcd. Unsophisti
Gated person travelling on two yards O
7 silk, dragged by the lady going up tn
8 aisle in front of him. Diamonds enough
to give all India the Gospel. The item O
] dress among Christian people on the Sab
!, b .th day is an outrage on the Christian re
i liglon.
: For graceful and beautiful apparel ".
have admiration. But this strife il. Cnrist,a,
circles as to who shall excel in costly mil
llnery, and who shall dash up to the church
door in Sayest turn out, and who shall
make the most biazonment of Wardrobe. is
one Of the great hindrances 10 religious
advancement. Our ladies' hats and shawls
are so fine that on rainy days we are not to
go to church lest we geta drop on them Our
head gear is worth more than our souls.
We teeter and swagger up the aisles. to
the disgust Of good nlrn and the grief of
angels. Enough money is expended by
the Christians of our city, in excess of
the requisite outlay for dress, to relieve ell
the poverty. and educate all the ignor-
ance and balk all the crime. Much of
the piety Of our churches is being smoth
cred und' r shirred basques and jabot
rutf1cs and Lculsnes. Some of our Chris.
tian gentlemen kaye boots so tight they
can hardly walk in paths of righteousness,
and they feel in chur. h more like swear.
ing than praying, because their corns
hurt; anil our Christian women shut out
the sun Of righteousness by twenty dollar
p'iaoois, siiser-LnOuHteu, Iace-Lrlmmed,
sllk-linel. Tho poor arc kept out OF
church because their plain apparel looks
SO bid in the contrast.
We want great ecclesiastical reforma
ton in tins matter Of Sabbath accountre.
'nent. Show these religious peacocks out
Of the house of God. By your example
make sHbdued and modest costume more
popular than gaudy apparel. Du hot put
50 much dry goo1s on your back that
you cannot climb into glory. You cannot
.ai into the harbor of Heaven with such
! rigging as that.-[Dr. Talmass in
Christian at Work.
He got home about quarter to three
\. NJ, tried to open the door-knob with
he butt>end Of a cigar, fell upstairs in
,ompli ated manner, j mined his ha,
lgainst the bedroom door, and sitting
lown helplessly on the floor, said in a
,oiee husky with emotion: ..Wash
nar'r?' 20, Eber," said Lis wife SOL j.
'mly, ''you have been there again?
Where have you been" .'Been er Soody
md Mankty, reviyalsh. Big time.
Played er Prizzipal McCosh billiards E
Did Hundred er no count, and won all ere
money. Church bust, King L
urned nine t.a..s hand running
'eason er refreshing 'Ah, Eber, repli-
d his patient wife. you can not deceive.
The evangelists whom you mention are !
ow wrestling in Philadelphia. 'Thasn .
.! Thash SOL said the husband; I will =
ct desAeive you, my dear. Been provid. y
* for you and er children. Going to
lake $4,000. Been looking for Bosh G
'weed.' Then he fell into sweet sleep.
-[Chicago Tribune. .