The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-06-08
OfInterest to Clergymen.


TIE seventh annual convention OF the Michi.
gan State Sabbath. school Association will be
held at Ypsllant juno H. ~ and IS, with ak
sessions.
The Methodists have their summer retrea t
at Petoskey, the Eplscopalians are looking for
a place to pitch their tents, and now the
Presbyterians want ''retreat."
81 try to preach the milk OF tho Word" re-
piled a city clergyman to parishioner who
demonstrated that his sermons were too long.
Yes" remarked the other, but around here
what we want is condensed milk"
In new play in Paris the hero appears in
costume combining the various embroidered
slippers that had been presented to him.
Here is chance for favorite Boston pastor
to utilize bis three barrels OF Christmas gifts.
A pious hen crawled into a Methodist church
in Jefferson City, Mo, week ago Sunday, and
laid an egg in the contribution box. While the
minister was making an earnest appeal to bis
congregation for foreign missions the hen
suddenly loft her nest, aid, presenting herself
in the chancel, cackled most energetically.
The deacons discovered the egg when they
went forward TO get the box
The Presbyterian general assembly wrestlcd
with the Sunday PAGER question, and decided
that any member OF the church acting as editor
or publisher of paper issued Sunday morn
ing should be disciplined. The zeal OF our
Prssby terian friends is not according to knowl-
edge. Tho work on tho Sunday issue Of
daily paper is almost all done on Saturday
afternoon and night. The work upon the
Monday morning paper, against which the
assembly has nothing to say, is neatly all done
ON the Sabbath. 1t 10, therefore, the Monday
and not tao Sunday issue of the dailies against
which extreme Sabbatarians should make war.
TIE clergy ara divided as to ST. Paul's mean
ing when he lightly and vaguely touched on
the subject OF women preachers. But st.
Paul exhibits no ambiguity when he says that
women who ''prosess godliness" have no right
to wear ''broidered hair, or gold, or pearl, or
costly array" You may read that text in Eng
lish, Hebrew or ChaldaIc, yet you cannot mis-
understand It, Now, then, gentleman of the
pulpit, your work ia before you. This spring
time, just az the laultS are ABOUT 10 blossom
in all the gorgeous variety of new costumes,
and 10 robe themselves ia such indiscribable
iasclnations OF color tin they make a conser-
vatlve flower garden hide It's head in very
shame, will afford you an opportunity to open
the campaign.
TIE Presbyterian Assembly have pronounce
against Sunday papers. What do they think
OF furnishing Sunday sermons TO reporters to
10 'set up" Sunday night and published Mon
day What do they further think Of holding
Sunday with sermon reporters be-
fore or after church on the subject aforesaid
What DO they think OF clergyman calling in
person upon managing editors OF newspapers
to inform them that regular SUI ar-stck i
will be proclaimed from his desk tho next day
and that he would like to have one Of the boys
sent round This Sunday question is compi-
Gated, but there are about as many notes in
the religious worlds eyes as there are beams
in unbelievers eyes, concerning 1t. 1t vii
take long pull, strong pull ard pull altc
gether, before the command "Remember the
Sabbath day to Keep it holy" Ii literally cen
etrued. Chicago Post