Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-11-08
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u city without pastors.
8 The State Baptist Missionary Society
, OF Illinois. is in pressing need of $1,000 I,
pay the missionaries and settle arrearages
-England spends five times as much to
charity as for education; while Switzerlan,
spends tive tunes as much for education al
for charity.
-Ihe difference between the preacher
the builder, and the architect of churcl
, is simply this: One is the rector. the other
the erector, and the third the director!
New Episcopal Bishops are declared
to be imper:stively needed for both Idaho
and Montana; Utah being alone sufficient
to demand the entire energies Of any one
Bishop.
A minister who had twice married the
same couple-llvorce ensuing between the
narriages-remlrked that he didn't wish
to add i repairing department to his busi-
ness.
MIR. Moody is said to be showing the
results of overwork. He has beeu obliged
to forego solid study during the past SUM-
mer, and has suffered from some trouble in
the head.
A backwoodsman, on hearing Bishop
Mead Of the Protestant Episcopal Church,
without manuscript. said: 'He is the
first Of them fine fellows that have ever
seen who could shoot without rest"
AS little thieves, being let in at a win
dow. will set open gates for greater thieves
to come in at, even so. if we accustOm
ourselves to commit little sins, and let them
reign in lis, they will make us the filter tor
greater Offences to get the advantage Of Us.
and to take hold on US.
AT the session of the Colorado Metho-
dist Conference. held in Denver recently, q
resolution was offered requesting the Bisil-
ops to send to it nothing but able-bodied
men. and to give each transferred minister
4 trial of one year. in order to test his abil-
ty to perform frontier work.
A person, in the course of some re- |
marks in prayer meeting. having several
times observed that he should never forget
the dying words of his brother. the pastor
that it might he we'll for him to
repeat them; whereupon, with some hesi-
tation and scratching of the head, lie said
they had slipped his mind.
AT the recent session of the Iowa
Methodist Conference ut Fairfield. reso-
luton was passed entreating all preachers
and members to abstain from the use Of
tobacco tnr cOpScianun'c c.lo. on,l tr ,oto
for the admission to that conference of no
one who uses tobacco without . pledge
that he will abandon its use.
This is the age of intilelity. and there
ire y great many persons who boldly avow
heir skepticisln on anything divine. Bit
some French journalists. who have lately
started a paper, exhibit in its title the most
striking instance of avowed hostility to re-
igion that We have seen. They call their
ourn:!l l. An.tt- Christ.
A Bangor (Me.) man attended camp :
meeting, and on his return Was telling of
he good time he enjoyed. A serious-faced
nan asked: "Were there any converts
he stopped moment, and said: swell,
wear. forgot to ask. But the baked
'eans were bully, and the sailing and row. i;
ng We're divine. and there were some of
he handsomcst girls there illat have ever
Gen. It
The Christian Secretary tells us ''that
churches should encourage their pastors
" paying them." Isn't that asking lit !
le too much Of the churches! Don't you
now that if you encourage the pastor by !!
'aying him this year, he will want you to
encourage him in the same way the next . +,
t is perhaps well enough to encourage him !.
n that way once. but there are members
# the congregation who will tell you that Il
won't do to get into q regular habit of
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