The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-07-05
Religious Items.

The English Catholics offer to buy
enough of Jerusalem TO give the Pope
a principality if he will live there.
Moody has converted a Japanese
prince. and stands ready to tOckle a
flea store mandarin .-Keokuk Consti-
tuition.
1t was q darkey who exclaimed, as
he rose at camp meeting: "Here I rise
my ebon knees-sir !'-COmmercial Adj
vertiser.
It knocks our old hifalutin ideas of
royalty endwise TO read in the Bible
that kings rent their clothes.-Keokuk
Constitution.
The Boston Young Mems Christian
Union intend giving the poor children
of that city week of country board
during the summer.
A guilty conscience makes you feel
that every man you meet has Just learn
ed your secret and is looking at you
with scornful curiosity.
The American Bible Society has is
sued new and neat edition of the new
Testament for five cents, and one of
the complete Bible for % cents.
A great many of US are in the condi-
ton of the negro in the familiar song,
beginning -
saw de beam in my brudder's eve,
Can't saw de beam in mine
The Rev. Job Washington, of Rock
port, Me-, 81 years of age, has conclud-
ed to give up tobacco, believing it to
be tnjuring his health. He has used ii
seventy eight years.
Theological students are being liber-
ated by the long summer vacations,
yet there are unthinking men, careless
Of the public safety, who talk of reduc-
ing the army,-Chicago Times.
A New Jersey clergyman preached
sermon the other Sunday against
dancing. He died in fit the next day
Yet Fanny Ellsler is eighty -four years
old, and we'll and happy Chicago
Times.
When the recording angel observes
a minister of the gospel holding a mai
between his fingers while he misses il
with hammer, the trustworthy scribe
drops into brown study and pretend.
not to hear anything.
Spend your Sundays well. Tell mi
how young man spends his Sundays
and l will tell you what are his hope
| in business and of salvation. For GU
bodies are seven-day clocks, and neeC
to be wound up once a week.'-Tal
madge's Sunday Sermon.
The Rev. Mr.. Murray, of Boston
proposes to establish a new church OIL
the ground of absolute liberation
society with so broad a creed or g.
complete an absence OF everything lik
Il creed that it will include the Rev
| Mr.. rockingham on one side and Car
dinal McClOskey on the other side.
Our religion is greatly like that O
the Methodist minister who on bein;
insulted beyond endurance, quietl
took off his coat and white necktie, AM
exclaiming, There, Methodism, jus
lie there for five minutes proceeds
to display of muscular activity whicl
surprised his opponent.
The Baptists have declared in favo
of licensing women to preach. Tn
Methodists have declared against il
Women are, however, free to speak il
public in Methodist churches whereve
they are invited, but they must no
call it spreaching.' 1t may go by tn
name of 'Evangelistic services or Bi
BILE readings.
A little girl had been absent wit
her parents to camp meeting for tw
weeks. On her return her little play
mate, Ella Day, entertained her b
showing her her new playthings. A
night little Mary 10 saying her prayer
said: ooh Lord, bless Ella Day an
make her a good girl, so can take a
her aythings away from her and sh
won't want them against. Lou
Post.