The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-07-17
SPIRIT OF THE RELIGIOUS
PRESS.


4 Won mine ConGr0Go tionol sheep
Fold at Hannibal.
The Congregational Church 1t hannibal,
in this State, deems il its duty to warn the
churches to beware Of their late pastor. the
Rev. John Foster. They say that, although
he came 70 them veil recommended. and,
especially since his attendance upon the re-
vival meetings Of Moody and Sanky, in
Chicago. has hr~n apparently full Of en-
thusissm in his work, AMI has made many
converts, he has turned out To be q first
class fraud. Besides displaying reckless,
disregard for truth in his woris, and Of hon
esty in his Pecuniary dealings, he is found
to have married no less than
SIN WOMEN,
absndoni * each one when their money and
his credis was gone, and prospecting r"un.l
until he got new parish, and IN nnsnspect.
ing girl to vicsimize. On heing confronted
by the indisputat'le evidence against him,
uc CoutenScO having
NUMEROUS WIVES,
but said falsely, however.) that he had
been divorced from all but two whom he
married while drunk, and as he believed
they wee prostitutes, he did not consider
the>e marriages a. binding.
II can readily be conceived that this va.
an extremely severe blow on the church
They had looked upon him ~ pillar Of
righteousness, and he had turned out a rot.
ten vine. lie had great admiration 10,
Mr.. Eeecher, and rever wearied Of declar.
ing his belief in that good mans innocence
His taking ways and charming manners
FASCINATED THE LADIES,
and up the hour the conclusive proofs Of hi.
guilty career were produced. those con6dins
creatures stoutly maintained that il was
impossible for Mr.. Foster to have done any.
thing wrong. But the proof was too strong
and the mans guilt too evident, for even
there staunch supporters. to break a lance in
behalf Of the charming preacher. so they
abandoned him; turned him loose ~
WOLF IN TIE FOLD
~ it were, and contentesi themselves with
warning other churches to beware Of thai
smooth tongued and oily minister, who
steals the livery Of heaven to serve the devil
in. They gave him ,weniy-iour hours Il
leave town IN. lie did not require half thai
time. He stood not upon the order Of hi.
going but vent at once.
THE PERSECCTING SPIRIT.
The chrisiaa at Work, in an earnest ar,i
Gle enjoining the Christian duty Of kindly
feeling toward those Who differ from Ia IL
opinion, says that, though the rack and III.
dungeon, the wheel and the thumb-screv
may be used no longer" "Still there may b,
persecution-the persecution Of unkindli
ness and bitterness. Weak men losing self
control, may pronounce an ansthema, ana
ecclesiastical bodies, net content with Dust
ing an offending member, may seek to dis
credit him by utterances born rather Of mis-
taken zeal than charity ofprudence." Thu
ahanh words" and ''bitter denunciations'
30 often used By Christisns in theological
controversies with opponents, it declares
mot unirequently react, like an Afrie1,
boomerang" and strike the user sever,
blow, while the object Of their wrsthful oh
jurgaiions u uninjured. When will Chris
tian clergymen learn this lesson?
HOW u THIS?
The Boston Wafc&nan cannot understand
Why Arminianism should be consideret
broader than Calvinism, when the former
af6rms merely the freedom Of mans vii
while the latter afirms that, and also Tho
absolute sovereignty Of God; nor Why Uni
tarians should be thought more liberal thar
the orthodox, since the former only believe
in the unity Of God, while the latter believ,
in that and the Trinity too. IT'S passing
strange-'tis wonderful.
SOUTHERN MIssiONARIES
At the Reformed (Duich) Theological
Seminary At New Brunswick two colored
men are studying to prepare themselves "a
preach to the negroes Of the South. One Of
them il . native Of North Csrolina, and in
the days Of slavery vas sold number Of
times. The Board Of Superintendent COM
mend their diligence and progress.
THE RAPTisTs.
The Baptists in the United States were
very prosperous in 1876. The number Of
baptisms was lO9,6sl, against 1874 in
1875. The total Of communicates il nov
over 2OOO,O 600. In the State Of New York
they own church property valued At So
O00.O 900 over all indebsedness. and pay their
pastors an average salary Of 81 ,l5O.
WarTensburg Items.
e. K. Simmons il eHlargins his elev.-
tor.
-Apricots are ripe and plenty Of then,
9. 1919