Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-04-11
Educational 8 RELIGIOUS
A red-l,ot conundrum: lis there a helly'

uu There u Hell.
Spicer thinks some of the fashionabl,
church singing is done on the highdrawl-it
principle.
Marriage is becoming fashionable among
tine Catholic priests OF Germany, the civil
law protecting them.
Barnlim says if he could have anothe,
half hours talk with Moody and Sankey
he knows he could convert them.
Probably no man ever felt worse at being
in the wrong pew than Jonah, when he
found himself in the whales spew.
The total Catholic population of the
world is estimated at two hundred millions.
Of whom eight millions are in the United
States.
Every man who has children should
earnestly strive to give them good educa-
ton. This is the grand starting point in
life.
down town man who went to church
last Sunday, remarked aftorward that he
preferred the organ to the preacher. He
said there seemed to he stop to the or
gan.
There are some Christians who revolt at
the suggestion that there is no hell. If
there is no hell they feel that there will be
no place for their neighbors to go to.
'Yes, sir" yelled a preacher in Dako-
ia church. one Sunday morning. there's
more lying and swearing and stealing and
general deviltry TO the square inch in this
here town than in all the rest of the Amer
lean country" and then the congregation
got up and dumped him out of the Win
dow.
A minister having preached against So
cial abnormities to his congregation, was
few days after waited upon by committee,
presenting him a set of resolutions not very
complimentary. to say the least. Looking
over the string Of abuses, each beginning
with whereas" and the names of the
committee signed at the end, he remarked
'Whcre asses like these draw up resoltl-
tons, whereases like these must he expect
rM.'
A cOlOred minister OF the Baptist per-
suasion took for his text the words 1.-The
voice of the turtle is heard in the land
snow, brethren and sistern." said the ex.
poster, ''what dat mean? You go long
de ribber baak and you see log sticking
up out Of de wat;h. Three turtles setter
on dat log. Soon's dey see you dey goes
into de watah. splash OATS de voice oil
de turtle. Now, what does de voice Oh d.
turtle say? Why. 90 into de watah, oil
course, be baptized
A hymn book lately published by thu
Spiritualists, makes an attempt to combin,
an index of authors and an index of frs
lines, occasionally abbreviating the latsel
to save space, with some very curious re
suits. References are given to
'.Do not wound the hear that iovss--Derie
Smith" E
''Have you heard of the beautifnl--.1mGnda r
Jones'"
''Oh, love the sparkling-AGs. Cora Daaiels. ;
1--WE come, we come from Hudson Iutfie."
The religious column in a secular pa
per is usually Il very unsatisfactory depart
ment to most readers. There is nothing
the average man thinks less about, and a
the same time feels more "touchy" In re
gard to, than his religious belief. though
he himself may not be able to explain whsl
1t Is. Therefore. ten men vii. read the re
igious column (often edited by seui-infi
del) in a secular newspaper, and nine O.
them will become more or less offended al
what Is there printed.