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earnest seek ur after a knowledge Of and
I obedience to his will. we have the wit.
nrs, uf the Spirit with our spirits that
/ we are born of God; and We also possess
ts0c,, spiritual -AyR al Is necessary to
,U,tiu anl &cyrlop the Lja cf our souls.
/ WrnlI know how nrcdlul the sunlight
is to material health and iiIc-how dark.
hess lonr continued dwrls the intellect
and stunts the hodv; and YOU have seen
the plants and flowers in "A darkencd
room reaching out their leaves and
/ branches toward the ~iprlc window
through which the only light Of the
apartment enters. as through whispered
Drawers calling it to their embrace. You
hoyr nnss,L,v heard Of the dwprtcd and
idiotic inhabitants of that Alpine valley
! into which the sunlight pcnctrutcs oaly
a few hour, A dny. without this sun
lipLr (Which 40 many careful houspkepp
ers exclude from their homes by thick
curtains and heavy blindl all vegetable
and animal life would die, and fhisrnrh
--sp lovely with the ten Thousand tinls
and colonngs OF natures brush: 50 grand
with the multilorm naicsty of mountain
and valley. ocrnp. river and nluin. 90
glorious with the reflected radiance OF
sun AMI moon and stars: SO populous
with ,be couptlp.s millions of the animal
would soon become one drpqry
waste. y vast charncl house. cold and
cheerle,s like the midnigil of frozen
cline a world of darkness and the
slpdow mo, not the sba,lon, but the
rglit0 of DEATH whose inhabitants are
rrcyer wrappcd in the sh,mhera Of NOR.
ta}ity, yhosc moun,ains give back no
tpuhoing soana from cold aud gltterng
pr.cipites. whose lev plpins show not
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In calling himself the light Of the
World" Christ gave grcaC oEsrse 70 his
pharisee auditors. The rahhis dcnomi-
mated the Divine Being THE Ligb. of
the World.' Among their writings We
ilad this language: 70 Lord Of the uni
verse, thou commandeSt us to light
lamps to thee, yet thou ART the light OF
the world" Hence, in claiming to be
the light of the world he used language
well known to his auditors as descrip.
tive OF the Lord jehovah himself. The
words had only one meaning to them
They could understand them only as o
claim to essential unity with the Gre
ator and Monarch OF the universe. And
Jesus. our Redeemer. IL all that he claim
ed 10 be, else he is not the long promised
Messiah. II he be not what his auditors
understood and what hG himself under
stood to be the plain meaning OF his
words, then be is an fmposor-then he
IS darkness, instead OF the true light
which lighteneth every man that com
9th into the world" is "our pfeach-
ing vain and your faith also vain"--thea
no is not risen from the dead, and we
are idolaters when We worship him and
iondcr the loyal homage a. our lives 70
iim--then we are children ot darkness
aud not "chiIdren of the light and Of
I'll. dsyn-then that FIRST Christian mar
+yr, whom the church OF al gubsoqttcpt
a.cs has honorel ':0r ha f.itbiulness
un.o death, ami 10 'Rhpm we believe
that h0 who promieed gave ghriors
C-o"n OF life. did ret receive any crown
La, because lie ,sas au i.4gious bias
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bn-,, pr,i,y of minimize and runinty
d, character in those nation. and COM
mpoitjp. ,hg, ,rc IIp.srd with hi. pr...
rrrc. l,nt This same cnncr.ing n,ID-
rrcr /, m,ourubI, connected with his
rr.srprn i'm tbo individual y,pl indeed.
!, +. only ne,.rs,. If hi. ro,yrr over in
Ifyi.p,gl, finn, he wl.ld. an Influence
over ,b,,.. .ro,lrrtiuns thereof which con.
s,;r,tn churches. comuunjtIo, and ma
tious Even AS the liIa iryclopin. rays
Of the natural sun fnl lh,r way down
brtvccp the blvrchc, and leave, 81 tie
ojort oak to the tm,c.t blade OF grass
n,, nn.t rrooilr nuv,r fin, sprou,s or
rI,.,,n. nt is feet imnlrtiur vital
warmth and ,uu,ipr lis mirruscopic
pul,o. to bent in vo,tca time and GROW
stronger dnv Inv day. until it reaches full
ma,uriiy: 5, tin. Jrnightcd rays Of the
sun of Righteousness flow down to the
most msionifrnnt If Gods children,
causing the weakest sp'ritual pulse. that
beats time in unison with the harmony
of heaven. to crow daily more powerful,
until it atains to the fun perfection OF
"thr lie that is hid with Christ in
God"
Without dwelling on the worlds in
dchtrdncss 10 Jesus Christ tor all that il
wisrst in the counclI chambers of hu-
mnpirv most inst in civil Governments
,rprst in rplirious nhilo.opbv and prac-
ticr mast Ioying and Inynblr in human
life. whether they he called by the Chlis-
finn name mr. NOT Onr there is nothing
ouod and noble in Gods universe which
does not emppate from the Spirit of
Goodncss. which is only another name
f,r rho U,Iv Snirit. nj Gnd) LET II. Inc
drpplv terp,ted this evening" in the sol
cmn ipouiry--uaricularIy solemn at this
time unIos, we nyc about to make n
orent advance alcrp the whole. line Of
onr PRESBYTERIAN army. do we AS lead.
or. of that army reflect honestly and
loithrullv the orpat Irht Of the world ,
Fer onIy ps we do this do we fnl6ll the
the ohipct for which we were called into
this ministry of the word. The church
If Jesns Christ has NO nossible business
in This world i. IL be not to reflect his
plorfous light amid surrounding dark
ness and sin. The moment SHE ceases to
do TINT. her work on earth is done. OF
canal imuortance 10 every individual
present is the question: Have I this
sun of Righteousness shining in my
soul? Am I following. it may he very
inperIpctly. YES earnestly, praycrtulv
amt So much as in me lieth, faithfully.
this great light OF the worldl Is Jesus
NV pattern and guide Am | endcay--
oriup honestly to place my feet in those
fo,t. prints which he has left on the sands
ol time And is il the one great desire
ofmy life so to follow him, that tull.
orbed upon nv soul the life. giving and
litc.nourishing rays of tins wonderful
Sun OF Righteousness shall continue to
shiue2 These are questions of supreme
imuortanee to every member of the great
human family, epee,ollv to all who live
in Christian lands. They may be sum
marily comprchended in the one oues-
t;on vital TO the interests of the soul
Are we restina in the salvation Of Jesus
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-04-19
Important Decision.

Judge Drummond, in the United
States Circuit Court at Milwaukee,
has Just rendered decision in the
bankrupt case Of Pierce & Whaling,
which attracts some attention. The
assignee applied for the possession of
personal property in the hands of the
wife of one of the bankrnp.s. This
property consists Of articles of luxury
and expensive household furniture,
which he had purchased and given to
his wife, he owing at the time to his
creditors some 100000 to 500. 900.
The wife sets up claim to the pro-
perty as gift. Judge Drummond
refused to admit that there was an
adverse tito in the wife to the proper
ty, and closed his opinion by saying
| must say | have very little patience
with transactions of this kind. IF
courts of justice are made to accom-
push any OBJECT, 1t certainly is one OF
the very highest to protect in the
speediest possible way the right of
creditors attacked as the case shows
they have been attacked, and to sweep
away as mere cobweb such a trans
parent fraud as is shown in this case.
SO that | shall remit the case to the
District Court. with instructions to
that court to require the bankrupt to
answer the petition, aud then, when
he has so answered and it shall appear
that there is really any adverse inter
est IN the wife, then of course, she
will be permitted to have her right
ascertained in an independent proceed
ing. But there must be some other
facts than now appear upon the record
of the case as it is presented in this
court.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-04-19

WAR SEEMS inevitable between
Russia and Turkey. 1t is officially
reported that the former power will
issue its declaration on the u st.
Should these two powers come into
conflict, and it now looks as though nc
diplomacy could prevent, the other
great powers of Europe must Of nee
essity become involved and the result
will be one of the bloodiest wars re.
corded.
1t seems unnatural and heathenish
TO hope for conflict between nations.
and SO it is, but if ever a nation
needed threshing, Turkey is that ma
ton, and if some nation must infict
the chastlsement, We prefer that Rus
STA should do the punishment, particu.
laly as she Sc ms somewhat anxious
Undoubtedly a foreign war Just now
would help American industries. and
vastly benefit us financially. The de-
msnd for munitions of war, bread
stuffs and fabrics which would natur.
ally follow conflict would be large
and consequently the pulse of industry
would throb with a new life through,
out the nation but to wish for wa,
and the consequent slaughter of thou
sanps of men in order to gain finan-
clal advantage is too selfish and wicked
proposition to be for moment en-
tertained by a nation pretending to be
Christian. Gable dispatches may at
any moment confirm the intelligence
which to-day signifies terrible and
bloody war.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-04-19
Let Each Church Work in Its
Own Way.
[Beecher in Christian Union

W., have gore SO far, I think, to-
ward the millennium that we are begin
ming to be-content to let churches work
according to their own special econc-
my. We say to the Roman church
[ do $50 on. perform your work
in your own way. In whatever you
do that is good 1 rejoice, and will re-
joice. I pray for you. I sympathize
with you / am not glad when / hear
that you have met with any misad-
venture. l am glad when | hear of
any success that has come to YOU
To the Episcopal church the church
of my mother and the church of my
admiration-I say, $50 on Do
Gods work according to the organiza-
ton which you think to be the best.
and which your fathers have handed
down to you, / look upon all you do
for Christ as victory for our common
Savior. - [ say to the Methodist
church, $50 on in your glorious ard
thrice-blessed labor in behalf of the
scattered populations of this continent
/ sympathizc with you, and pray for
your welfare The Presbyterian
! church. the church of my own carly
life and labor-I say to her, as the
Jews of old said to Jerusalem, IF |
forget thee, may my tongue cleave to
the roof of my mouth, and may my
right hand forget its cunning. The
blessing Of God be with you [ could
not take that crustaccous system on
my back; but SO on. If Christ is
effectively preached by thee, [ am
quite content to let thee preach in
thine own way" In my own congre-
gational church | am very willing to
let the other churches stand in their
own freedom and preach in their own
way. | have no long needle with a
subtle thread and by which [ insist
upon it that they shall be sewed to my
skirts. | have no methods by which
I wish to restrict them to that which
think is best. All | charge upon
them is that they shall see to it that
the Christ whom they preach, shall
be Christ that hath heart in him,
that he shall not be merely an old
theologlan: an old reasoner, and that
they preach him so that men shall con
ceiye him to be the Soul Of the uni
verse, the Center of love, the COVER
ming Power Of mankind, and the
Emancipator of men that are thralled
and overwhelmed by temptations and
trials. SO that they do this, [ claim
for them liberty to preach Christ as
they will. We have got along about
as far as that, l think and the num-
Der of men who seem to be coming
into this feeling is increasing every
year, blessed be God.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-04-19
Pullman Palace Drawing Room Cars

are run on all through trains OF this road.
This is the only line running these cars be
tween Chicago and St. Paul and Minneapolis
Chicago and Milwaukee. Chicago and Winona
and Chicago AID Green Bay.
Close connections are made at Chea 90 with
the Lake Shore & Michigan Central Baltimore
& Ohio. Pittsburg. Fort ayne x Chicago. Kan
ka1ee Line and Pan Handle Routes. for all points
Ea-t and Southeast. and with the Chicago & Al
ton and Illinois Central for all points South.
Close connections are also made with the
Union Pacific X. X. at Omaha for all far West
points.
Close connections are leGde at junction points
NTH trains Of all cross roads.
Tickets over this route are sold by all Coupon
Ticket Agents in the United States and Canadas-
Remember you ask for your tickets via the Chi
cagO s Northwestern Railway, and take none
other.
New York Office, No. AS Broadway: Boston
Office. No. State street: Omaha Office. 245 Farm
ham Street; San Francisco Office. 121 Mont
gomery street; Chicago Ticket Office 81 Clarke
street. under Sherman House; 76 Canal corner of
Madison streets; Kinzie street Depot. corner of
West kinZie and Canal streets: Wells street
Depot, corner of Wells and kinZie streets
For rates information not attainable from
your home ticket agent, apply to
MARVIN HUGHITT, W. H STENNETT,
General Manager. Cen Pass. Agent.
Chicago. Chicsgo,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-04-19

A NARROW EsCAPF.-The oppo-
nents of capital punishment will find a
picturesque text in the narrow margin
by which a probably innocent man
escaped the gallows, on Friday, in
Vermont. John P. Phair, who was
to have been hanged at Windsor, was
respited little before the time, be-
cause Nj. D. Downing, respectable
citizen of Boston, gave evidence indi-
catiag that he had met Phair on q
railroad train between Boston and
Providence on the 10th of last June,
which, if true, would establish an
abb. Downing telegraphed to Gov
Fairbank st Montpelier. The Gov.
was at ST. Johnsbury, whittier the
dispatch was sent, arriving % minutes
before the hour for execution. The
Governor, by mere chance, was at the
telegraph Office when the dispatch was
received, and Immediately tclegraphed
the Sheriff at Windsor to postpone the
execution. The affair has created
unusual excitement. and it is generally
believed that Phair is innocent. A
single break in this chain of happy
accident, and the condemned man
might have been beyond the reach of
mercy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-04-19


Ira Trains run daily Sundays excepted.
Trains run on Chicago time, which is 23 min
utes faster than Winona time.
CONNECTIONS,
At Green Bay with c. & ". R'v for Oeonto,
Menomonee. Escanaba, Marquette, L'Anse,
Close connections are made except Sundays.
with night and morning trains. which run
daily to Appleton, Neenah and Mcnasha.
Oshkosh, Fond du Lac, Milwaukee and
Chicago.
Through Tickets sold at principal Stations for
Eastern Cities, via. all routes from Chicago
With Wis. Central r. r. for Milwaukee and
points on line of tina. road. also during season
of navigation with Union Steamboat Com
pany for Detroit Cleveland. Buffalo and n. Y.
At New London. with the best equipped Stage
line in the Northwest, for ClintonYille, En-
barrass and Shavvano.
AZ fIntIst rr..tiq with W C. R. r., for W au-
At POyer with Wisconsin Central R. r. for
Portage and Madison and with fast Stare
Line for stevens Point
At Grand Rapids with W V. r. R., for Toma h
and WauSau. :
At Hatfield with Fast Stage line for Neil,syilIe.
At Merrilan with w W f. R.. for Black River
Falls, Madison, Chicago, Eau Claire. Menom-
once. Hudson Saltwater, st Paul, Minneap-
oils and Breckenridge.
At Winona with c. NJ. i st. P. R'y. for Ii,
Crosse, La Crescent, Dubuque (via. c d < Nd
Wabasha, Redwing, Hastings, st. Paul and
Minneapolis.
With Winona & St. Peter R, R. &C. & N.w9
for St. Charles Rochester. Owatonna, Man
kato, New lin and st. Peter and during the
season of navigation with keokuk Northern
Line A. /. Packets for all Mississippi Giver
Points.
At La Crosse with Southern Minnesota R. r.
and with Chicago, Dubuque and Minnesota
X. K. /.
d. KELLY, Gen'I Manager.
janis DAN + sT II bhdHSklCh' s"pt,.
GEM Pass
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-04-19
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The ARLINGTON EsTATE.--The
celebrated Arlington estate, on the OPP
posite bank of the Potomac river from
Washington, which was forfeited to
the United States by the non payment
Of taxes during the War of the Rebel.
lion and turned into National Gene
terry. is now claimed by G.. w Curtis
Ice. The property was occupied by
Gen. Lee at the beginning Of the war.
Mr.. Lee claims that the act of Congress,
under which the sale was effected, is
unconstitutional and void, and he
therefore seeks to recover the property
Notice of the suit has been served
upon the officers IN charge of Airing
ton and Fort Whipple. which is also a
part of the. estate. The Chicogo
Inter Ocean says eff Lee gets pos
session he can make handsome thing
of grinding up the bones of the sol
diers and selling the dust for fertiliz-
ing purposes There's a mndesty
about these rebels that's too winning
for anything
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-04-19
Sheriff Sale in Foreclosure

StGte Of WiSeoaaR-Tn Circuit COart-HTood
County.
Mher. II; Akin. Chester Steel. and George c.
White. PA against 4 ndrew Ii. Natwiek,
Herman III. Natwlck, L. NJ Natwick his wife,
and Mons Anderson, Defendants.
In pursuance. and by virtue of a Judgment
and decree of foreclosure and sale. made in the
above entitled action. by the SAID Circuit Court
for Wood County. Wisconsin,. on the 2lst day of
February, \. ID. 1877. at a special term of court.
held IN the county of Lincoln, Wisconsin. /.
the subscriber, Sheriff of the said county of
ood, shall expose for sale. and sell. ut public
Eendue. TO the highest bidder, for cash, at the
front door of the Court House in fhe city of
Grand Rapids in saia county of Wood. Sat
urday the 2lst day of Al ril A. D. IS.1- at Two
Q clock In the afternoon of that day, the follow
ing lands, and premises, described in said decree
of sale as follows to-wit: The south east quar-
ter of section thirty-two G32.A in township TWEEN
ty-foEr (2f) North OF Range four t4,f east Also
the south half of the north east quarter and th c
north east quarter of the Sodth west quarter OF
Section twenty-five e22.l and the cast half of
the north east quarter. and the south west
quarter of the north east quarter, and the south
half OF the north " est quarter of section TWEEN
ty-three (23) all in township twenty three t25.
North of Range four a., east, lying and being
In Wood County Wisconsin.
Dated March Sth, 1877.
PHILIP WARD, Sheriff.
JENKINS. ELLIOTT Il WISKLER
and VERB 4 COCHRAN /.
MchSwl Attorneys for Plaintiffs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-04-19
Foreclosure Sale.

State Of IFiseonsia-I,l Circuit Court -Hood
County.
Isaac G. Mann, Z. Frank Beals, Alexis Torrey
and Elias 5. Beals. Plaintiffs, against Isaac
L. Mosher and Olive VI. Mosher. Defendants
ESY VIRTUE of a Judgment and decree
L . of foreclosure and sale made in the above
emitted action on the 10th day OF December
for sale at public vendue. and sell to the bigbesf
bidder, for cash, at the front door of the Court
House in the City of Grand Rapids in said
county of Wood. ON Saturday the 18th day of
April 1877, at o'clock P VI. of that day the
lands and realty described in said Judgment
and decree of sale as follows. to-wit: Lots No.
one Il , and eight (sl in Block No. Sixteen Q6) of
Neeves addition, in the city of Grand Rap
ids, County of Wood, and State of Wisconsin.
Dated January II, 1871
PHILIP WARD.
Sheriff of Wood County Wisconsin
JENKIxs, ELLIOTT & WISKLER,
Att'ys for Plaintiffs.
Mchl5w7
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-04-19

The NOMINATION of Hon. T. B.
Scott for Governor of Wisconsin has
elected endorsements from nearly all the
Republican Journals in the northern
section of the State. We present a
few:
The Chippewa Herald says:
The Wood County Reporter suggests
the name of Senator Thomas B. Scott,
of Grand Rapids, as suitable Repub-
lican candidate for Governor 1t is
unnecessary to remark that such a
nomination as this would be more than
satisfactory to this section. Senator
Scott is one of the best men in the
State, and would maks an admirable
standard bearer.
The State Register { Portage City)
says:
The Wood County Reporter advo-
Gates the nomination of Hon. Thomas
B. Scott. of Grand Rapids, for Cover
nor. Ii Tom Scott opens recruiting
office for volunteers, we want to be put
down as thu first man to enlist.
The Wisconsin Central responds
The Wood County Reporter nonin-
ates Honest L. b. Scott, of Grand
Rapids, for Governor of Wisconsin.
Mr.. Scott would do credit to the State
and would make an excellent Governor.
The Tribune (reform) comedies that
Mr., Scott would make :'fair Execu-
tive but says that 'no one can beat
LuddingtoE for the nomination and
any decent reformer can beat either fol
Governor next fall"
We don't know that Mr.. Ludingtor
aspirss to denomination. Should he
do so, VIC presume there would be nc
spirited contest as against bluff Old
Hal" But the idea that ''any decent
reformer can beat either of the above
named" is pretty good, but rather
thin. There is but one thing thai
would operate against Mr.. Scott before
the people. Farmer Taylor's picture
in the Blue Book very closely resem
bles our honorable Senator. We feal
the striking likeness of the postage
stamp reformer would be detrimental
to Mr.. SCOTS success, since the PEG
pie have had a dose of "William }
Undoubtedly that 'picture" so closely
resembling Thos. B. strengthened evil
liam" before the people two years ago
but William is played" and Thos. B
as like fresh racer, and has prestige
secured by honest dealing, inhexible
integrity, indominable will and rare
executive ability, which will count
With the people as pure gold in com
parison with the worthless dross of tn,
unfortunate William whose picture be
lies the man.
Trot out your reformer, and we vii
trot out Honest Thomas B. Scott, and
beat your rcfolmer by about 20, 0O(
majority.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-04-19

Boss TWEED has finally surrendered.
He gives up all his property and makes
confession duplicating many of the
big lights of the New York State and
City democracy. Oakley Halls share
was 10 per cent. of the stealings and
others in proportion. A rich develop
ment is expected.