Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-10
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Saturday Evening, May 10, 1879
SUNDAY SELECTIONS.

Of the First Baptist church, Newport, r. l., =
was recently found wandering in the streets !.
ofthat city in an insane condition. :.
A correspondent Of the London Times r
says that on April lS, Pope Leo XIII. seat r
ed on his throne and surrounded by the I
cardinals and members of the Congregations !;
De Propaganda Eide and Oriental Rites, q
received the retractation Of Mgr. Kupelian, !
ex-patriarch of the Neo.Schimastic Armen- !
ians. I
Rev. A. J. Faust, of Washington, has .
asked Bishop Nottingham, of Maryland, j
to depose him from the ministry of the Pro- |
testant Episcopal church last December. 8
He was ordained by Bishop Nottingham
eighteen years ago. He is the author of a
number Of religious articles. ID
Heretofore the American Bible Society j
has depended upon auxiliary societies to eff
feet a sale of its publications, and the bibles
could then be had only at the repositories
Of these societies. Now, however, the par
ent society announces a new departure, and
it will endeavor to secure for its publications
a wider circulation through the channels Of
the trade.
New York Star If Mr.. Superintendent
Riddles spirit correspondents would only
communicate something Of practical value
AAstedu "a AuuuiRiuS ~ IHduOAeS tdey mlgntI
count upon q wider respect for the sort Of
immortality which they represent. The
present age is too busy with problems that
concern the comfort, progress and happiness
of the race to take much interest in the idle
fancies of Moses and Sesostrie.
No argument is needed to show thai the
curse of this city and country is intemper.
ance, but you cannot overcome the appetite
for drink by laws. You can only reclaim
the drunkard by touching the springs Of his
manhood and bringing to bear on him the
heavenly influence of love. The springs Of
a lofty and holy desire must be reached if
men are to be lifted up who have fallen into
degradation. In its abstract teaching the
moral law has very little effect. 1t must be,
as it were, enshrined in a person to do ef-
%fectual good.
DR.. Burchard: Let US briefly notice some
of these changes in the outer circle-the
world. Forty years ago missionaries were
comparatively few; China, Japan and Hin
doostan raised their ~frowning walls against
them; now they are welcomed by all people
and laboring successfully in every part of
the habitable globe. Then "old and new
school, were terms employed TO designate
church; nov those offensive epithets are OBJ
solete and we know no %shibboleth or party
but Christ, and our only aim is to exalt and
glorify him.
DR.. Beecher: But the christian does no,
expect his fruit to mature at once. Some
men ripen quickly; others are stored away
wheat, pushing upward from the ground,
joint after joint, drawing to it the sun and
wind, and think that the sickele must deal
/, with it, and the fail and the mill and the
baker. before it stands upon your table as 3
loaf of bread, good to the eye, cetter to the
tongue. So grew We, too, under Gods infu'
ence, not believing that our structural form
. is begotten Of mere molecular forces, or that
our will and intelligence are evolved spon'
taneously from atoms, air or water, but
knowing that God stands in the same rela.
ton to the universe as We stand to parts Of
. it when we construct. If we run on the
lines that God has drawn we have the years
and the ages on our side. NC adversely can
= break US.
Here is an expression of opinion in the
: Inquirer by an Isrealite: "The Jewish faith
antedates by many centuries the civilization,
the institutions and religions of the western
world. 1t carries us back to times 80 remote
from the present that a strong effort is ne.
cessary to realize the vast changes which
have been brought about in the long inter-
val that has elapsed. 1t is one of the most
precious relics that have come down to us of
the religious thought and aspiration of the
ancient world; and its higher elements, as
embodied in Christianity, are a mighty liy-
. ing power in the world to-day"
Some years ago a gentleman heard two
children talking earnestly about their "sac-
red money" The expression interested him
orI hn 1ooeraI ,,,,ov s-r, Al NJ
children were in the habit of faithfully set.
ting apart at least one-tepth of all the money
which came into their hands and using Il
for christian work. They each kept a purse
for this fund, and an account of ali that wat
put into it and taken out of it. There father
: said that they themselves invented the ex.
preston sacred money" They would give
much more than a tenth to this fund. but
never less.-Alorarian.
DR.. Chaplin: Christianity is a religion Of
principle, fitted for all changes and all time
1t is the religion of a progressive age, and
the one to save a free and order loving com
munity from running into anarchy. With
this simple Rerminal rule, to love God anC
ones neighbor, it is fitted to go anywhere
and spring up and flourish on any soil. Il
covers the entire field of human action. and
is filled with the spirit of life. Human laws
can only effect the outward act. And how
imperfect is the working of the best laws
The shadow Of the gallews falls from Main,
to Texas; but it does not stop murder, no
do prisons extirpate theft. Obedience I,
human laws is securedby fear; but obedience
to the rules Of christianity can only b,
reached by the voluntary homage Of tn,
heart. There is &c religious light and n,
moral power in the religion Of fear. Til
spring of all personal welfare lies in love
but these commandments when realized ar
commandments no longer.