Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-03-22
Church MutterS.

Sltrying to get nd OF its pastor because
; preached iu favor of theatres.
! Mr.. spurgeon was orce asked how
filled his church, and replied that he ha
never tried to do such . thing: He con
'|sidered it his duty to fill his pulpit, an
1.-The people filed hts church.
Times are awful hard. for fact. Eve
tLe old ladies y no engineer the minister
!, donation parties. and go early and sta
late, don't appear to fat-up as well as the
jdid last year.
Some enterprisIng church committee
are packing away great ava!anches of sno,
in its natural state. The idea is to preserv
it, and sprinkle sugar on it next srlnme
and sell it for ice cream at 25 Cents dish
At one of the churches the other day
.e clergyman was preaching to the ch,l
dren on the unspeakable gift, and finalI,
asked them If they knew what 1t was, ant
a little boy on the back seat jumbed VI
and promptly replied, "a squirrel"
The census-taker of the Young Men,,
Christian Association of Jersey City re.
ports that there are ''thirty.five saloons t
each church in that city," ''Now, why .
church should have so many saloons We
can't understand. We should think ten
would suffice for the largest church in the
city"
Two friends were passing a Church one
evening, when strong smell of burning
leather pervaded the air. II wonder if
that is the o'ior of sAnctity," said one.
II think it must be-" was the quick reply,
'for it smells of soles.''
An old fashioned iniuister was Breach
ing in tight. uuventilated church, in
which by some means window was left
partly open. A good deacon during the
sermon closed 1t. The minister stopped !.
and, turning to the deacon, said in solemn
tones. ''1f l were preaching in a jug, l
believe you would put the cork in.''
Many are the schemss devised for nov
elites at church fairs. The latest are
found at B .l;imore. where there is an imi>
tation mountain so feet high, upon which
q pretty girl, in Alpine dress, will g aide
The traveller for 25 cents, and where
there IL a walk under the stage of the hall
with girl who personates a mermaid as
nearly as nature and decorum will allow.
he space being fitted up with shells,
locks, spongee. corals, etc., in supposed
imitation of the bottom of the sea.
The New York Christian Advocate saws:
The increase of members OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church for the past ten years
5s1 ,376, a number greater by 295, ,O43,
han for any other decsds of our history
ince Philip Embury first blew the gospel
rumpet in old John Street. Over 16O, 900
Members have died during the decade.
We have made up for their absence from
ne Church militant, and gained nearly
OO.VOO members. So that over 75O, 900
ouls have been added to our communion
ten years. This is for the Methodist
Episcopal Church alone. Taking into .
ccount Episcopal and non-Episcopal :
lethodists, our COMMITMENTS would :
'ake q nation as mighty as the United !;
olonies were when they began the strug. !,
'e with Great Britain for National Ia |.
ppendence. Our members aud our ad- 5
erents together comprise one sixth part y
the entire population of this country. =
ur Church buildings have risen with (Ess'
arveIous rapidly 60 that every third =
lurch in the nation Is Methodist church. q "