The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-03-22
THE YER REMEDY

111C I'1C Il L fIfL lCEMEO1,
"A correspondent a. Adrian sends us
communication urging the prayer
remedy for deliverance from the grass
hopper scourge. We have frequently
suggested this before, and it is to he
regretted that our Governors up to this
time, with the exception of the Govern
or of Missouri, have not had the faith
to appoint day of fasting and prayer
for deliyerance from this af1liction.
Our correspondent says:
know some will smile at this. B ut
we have tried nearly every way. and
plan without much success. Now. my
ChIlstlan friend, suppose we try this
as last remedy. You remember the
Governor OF Missouri, the Call to pray
er, and the flight of the enemy. Re-
member the promise, 9 whatsoever We
ask IN my name,' etc. Is not he the
! same God to-day that he was eighteen
hundred years ago? Have we mo men
in this afflicted country whose faith is
unbroken in the Lord? IT we have
not, then let us not complain of our
Vlsitation; but if we have, let there be
DAY appointed for prayer by our ex-
| cellent Governor, and let all pray as
they never prayed before. Pray in earn
est, with faith i'll God, believing that he
is a rewarder of all those who uiligent-
~ seek Him; and my word for it we
will see the power of the Lord in this
our day OF trouble.
1UAT FAIR COUNT
EDITOR ADVANCE: We saw in an
article calling for Il fair count, several
items which set us to thinking. and
compel us to ask some questions. Az
ter telling us the vast amount expend-
ed, and that we have right to know
how it has been appropriated, you tell
us that the accounts have been so ar
ranged in the county books us to show
correct balances. Also that the men
whose duty it WAS to know better have
represented 1.-THE accounts to be cor
rect, and many other statements of
like import. Then you ask for more
lnvt stiyation. Now, we would respect
July ask II the men whose duty it Was
to examine these accounts are not re-
sponsible, and if we have officers in the
county who will shut their eyes upon
such proceedings and not enforce the
law and collect the penalties, is it not
much better to stop invest igation,
thereby saving the peoples money, for
we cannot see that much benefit can
come from further examination when
| 1T costs tU0 dollars to find I'LL error of
one, other than to increase the already
large stock Of county orders that must
be issued to these High Joints. We
have stood it 50 far. Can't we stem
the storm? it won't be long. We don't
expect to always have political grass
IIoppels to deVour the substa ce Of the
people. REFORM.
MORE TESTIMONY
Our friend John Ilansberger, Of To-
rain, recently received letter from S.
NJ. Coburn, now in Illinois, from which
we make few good extracts. Mr.. G.
says:
see Ivy the ADVANCE that some who
have left you laye regretted the move.
| am very sorry that circumstances
compelled me to leave. | never expect
to live in as fine Il country and with so
many good Christian people unless 90
back there. l see the good old AD-
VANCE still stands ut the helm. A. p.
has the true ring, and am glad that
the best men in that community stand
by his paper Right will triumph in
the end. | see they are also trying to
injure Prof. Humiston. Don't think
they can with those that know him. I
have had some dealings with the Pro-
lessor and have always found him to be
a perfect gentleman, aud | believe q
good Christian. suppose he has lost
as much or more than any other man
IN the Colony, and bears it manfully
and like true follower of Christ.
CHINcH Utis-HIT THEN AGAIN.
NELSON, WIS.,, Feb, 1877.
EDITOR ADVANCE: Enclosed here
with is one dollar, the amount due ac-
cordlng to your note Of Feb. Is. | will
send some more soon. DO not wish to
miss the ADVANCE. We have had
beautiful spring weather here since
about January 25th, but everybody
afraid to SOW wheat. They do not ull-
dcrstand our Minnesota way of farm
ing. Times are about as hard us thu re.
l think. Wheat did not average any
more here than there, and what thew
did have was of very poor quality.
Cause-chinch bugs.
Just hit those would-be relief agents
Il crack once in while. They deserve
all they get. More than once have 7
known those able TO live without help
to get all the best of the relief while
the real needy ones had TO beg for what
belonged to them and then get only q
part of it, and sometimes none ut all.
A SUBSCRIBER.
/ AN OPINION
WoRTH1NGToN, March, 1877.
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