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St. Landry democrat., 1880-01-10

~ EH "a THE Chicago LEnGrn Is now ap
s,yC n preaching ire close of the s.'ventl
Khs = year OF itA existence. having been
~ e established in til" winter Of 1913
e. Hi LEnGER started by its pres
War ant conduct tors with some nisgiy-
* fnJI G. II.s as t" tlle success of the eater
a PRISE. Many literary ventures Of
% Kin rod rhara Ter bad b adj. in
% the West I'll iIetrop0is. and mser-
- ably failru. The sea Of journalism
r. rN III Was s:rcWn With the wrecks OF
s'}@ ~ stranded n'>s paper enterprises.
az h OH rs that w"rc living, bnt str,lg-
W CLING for pr. stru.s existence,
81 have since yielded 10 inevitable fate
4 ssar III and gone "own, leaving fiIE LiDGER
4 sEts s% tu-da, the only wc. ky story paper
Sc printed in Chicago.
IA TIE LEDGER has not attained the
E# lane IF AncccSs upon which it now
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- r a r. directed effort. 1ts conductors have
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81 Es not only to make it IN excellent lit
IL erarv jonrna', bnt also to make the
ri rea;:inx world acquainted with it.
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NS "a first class literary paper i'll tEl =
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ri will be not less than $4,000. Ths
"a publishers do not to relax
@ their efforts to make TIE LEDGER
M the besv weekly newspaper in the
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u EsJU d. work and ring the coming months
"a III will still further increase its value
~ e and usefulness.
~ Tho weekly contents of The IrDd-
4 Naor ~ ER embrace. in addition to its aeral
Ii lSIt, M novels. several short stories; a Home
81 and Family Doctor department, en-
sE bracin2 letters from women of eX-
IA pniiencsi heads and hands on house
R hold and kitchen economy, homo
S'' IS i; IS:
II department devoted to Current Lit
Year. :.s::
M tific Department. giving the latest
&& intelligence in regard to new discov-
ID cries. mechanical Inventions, ETC.;
M also biographical sketches. historic
GID MI u papers. travels, poetry. and . mass
wv 81 of short articles on miscellaneous
WJk IL topics.
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St. Landry democrat., 1880-01-10

Some men pay attention who never
pay anything else,
St. Landry democrat., 1880-01-10

Subscriptions to the THE CHICAGO
LEDGER will be received at this Office.
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The Bible.

Who composed the following discrip-
ton of the Bible was never known. It
was found in Westminster Abbey
nameless and dateless.
A nation would be truly happv if #
were governed by no other laws than
those Of the blessed book.
It's so complete system that nothing
can be added to it.
1t contains everything needful to be
known or done
1t gives instruction to senate. author
lty and direction to magistrate.
1t cautions witness, requires an i'm
partial verdict of jury, and furnish s
the Judge with his sentence.
1t sets the husband as Lord of the
household and the wife as mistress of the
table-tells him how to rule and her how
to manage.
1t entities honor to parents, and en-
joins obedience on children.
1t prescribes and limits the SWAY of
the sovereign, the ruler, and authority of
the master, commands the subjects to
honor and the servants to obev. and
promises the blessing and protection Of
the Almighty to all that walk by it's
rules.
1t promises food and raiment; and linn
its the use of both
1t points out faithful and eternal
guardian to the departing husband and
father, tells him with whom to leave his
fatherless children, and whom his widow
IS to trust-and promises father to the
former and a husband to the latter.
1t teaches man to set his house in or
der and know his will it appoints a
dowry for his wife, and entails the RIGHT
of the first born and shows how the
young branches shall be left.
1t defends the right of all, and reveals
vengeance to every defaulter, overreacher
and tresspasser.
1t is the first book, and the oldest book
in the world.
1t contains the choicest matter-pives
the best observation-disclosures the greatest
pleasure and satisfaction that was ever
enjoyed
1t contains the best laws and most
profound mysteries that ever we're
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Mr.. Moody.

The Mortified conference for prayer,
led by Mr.. Moody, was remarkable
event. The trains came into the place
loaded every day, and there was said
to be an average of five thousand per-
sons continually present. Mr.. Need
ham gave an account of it to the noon
day prayer-meeting, Chicago, from which
we extract the following:
There were great many ministers,
some from Alabama, some from Ken
lucky, some from the east and west.
some even from Nova Scotia, who had
LETT their charges; missionaries were
there from Athens, in Greece, and all
parts Of the world There were mer-
chants there, Christian men and Chris
tan women. At first there was much
clashing among the people. Those who
were accustomed to lead in meetings at
home sought to lead in meeting there.
The words were hard and unbearable.
Oh, how did Mr.. Moody pray in his
soul to God for harmony But the LIGHT
OF God came in the darkness, and soon
conversions followed. One morning there
was gathering in one of the tents in
which men had been sleeping for the
night, throwing army blankets about
them and stretching themselves upon
the ground. There were times when
the floor Of that tent was covered with
people, all crying for Gods mercy.
They would fall upon their faces at
one impulse in prayer, such was the
power Of Gods spirit, working with
them. There were such confessions I
Merchants, ministers, Christians, all had
confessions to make. One merchant
could not wait until he got home to
amend for an injury he had done a
fellow-being, and sat down and wrote
him long letter Letters Of repent
ance were written by many others. One
deacon wrote to his pastor at home to
meet him, as he had a confession to
make to him on his arrival home. 1t
really seemed as if the spirit Of God had
opened every heart,
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Two Chinese Funerals.

A Chinese funeral took place last
week In Brooklyn, and another a few
days after at Belleville, N. ]. In the
former instance the funeral procession
drove at rapid pace from the Broad
way Ferry in the Eastern District Of
Brooklyn TO the Cemetery of the Ever
greens. One OF the attendants occupy
ing seat upon the hearse scattered slips
OF rice paper along the route. At the
grave, after the coffin containing the de-
ceased had been lowered, fagots of slow
matches were bound together and planted
IN basin of ashes and loose earth at the
foat OF the grave. On being ignited they
sent up fragrant smoke Red can
dies richly decorated with figures in
gold, blue, and green were placed in a
row near the fagots, and quickly burned
down to the little sticks, on the end of
which they were fastened. The dead
mans clothes were then rolled into a
bundle and cremated near the grave and
the bright-colored and gilded wrappings
OF the candles and slow matches were
added to the burning heap A cocoa
nut mat was then unrolled beside the
grave, and the Cinnamon, coming up one
after another, took formal leave of the
departed. This was done by clasping
the hands, lifting them to the chin, and
letting them drop, repeating the opera
ton three times. After this the mourners
dropped upon their hands and knees
upon the mat, and made triple salaam,
bowling their foreheads close to the earth.
Tea was poured from a quaint little pot
of blue and white porcelain into minute
cups of egg-shell china, and each man as
he babe farewell to the dead, sprinlkled
a spoonful of the tea upon the ground.
Three pans of rice, broiled chicken,
and plate of mutton, were allowed to
stand before the grave for some time,
that the dead man might refresh himself
and prepare for his long journey. It is
customary to leave these dishes besides
the grave, but, just before the cortege
returned, one of the mourners gathered
them back into a tea box whence he had
taken them, and the cortege drove
rapidly away. The proceedings at Belle
vile were similar in character and ex-
cited no little interest on the part of the
citizens.-N Y. Observer
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Ancient Book-Making.

The first mention of book in the BIZ
bic is in Genesis V: l, where it is implied
that some kind of records was kept from
the very days of Adam. Some think
that the book of. Job was written earlier
than the book Of Moses. Without doubt,
it belongs to the time of the patriarchs.
Books in the early ages were written
on the leaves of the papyrus, on skins,
on cloth, on tablets of stone, of wood, of
lead and of brass. Among the Hebrews,
the sacred books were usually written
on skins prepared like the parchment of
modern times. To form even one prin-
cipal section of the Bible, many skins
had to be sewed together When writ
ten upon. the connected skin or volume
was rolled upon round piece of wood
or If long, upon two pieces from the two
ends. The reader therefore unrolled the
book to the place he wanted, and rolled
1t up again when he ceased to read. (See
Luke ": 1920 The volume thus
rolled upon the pieces of wood could be
easily tied and sealed. (See Isa. xxx:
IL; Dan. xii: 4
The labor Of making, copying and
multiplying books by hand was very
great. Many persons spent their whole
lives in this toilsome work. AS the
copying of the sacred writings required
great care, in order to avoid errors and
to make the books readable, persons had
to be trained to the task Indeed the
copying Of the Scriptures came to be a
second art. In this way arose the pro-
fessiOn, and as may be said, the learned
caste of the Scribes AS they had the
care of the rolls Of volumes Of the law
they were sometimes called lawyers
Not only did they make copies of the sa-
cred text, but they claimed to explain it
and thus acquired great influence with
the people. From our Lords reproofs to
the Scribes of his day, we learn that they
did not always use their influence fol
good.
The chief scribes among the Jews
were teachers. In the outer court of the
temple were many chambers, in which
they sat on elevated platforms and over
looked their pupils, who sat on lower
platforms, and thus at their feet.
When we remember the wars, the cap
tivities and the prosecutions of the Jews
we may well consider the safe-keepine
and handing-down of the sacred records
to modern times as among the wonders
OF Divine Providence.-Golden Days.
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING THE SCRIPTURE
ECONOMY OF THE TRINITY AND COVENANT OF
REDEMPTION. By Jonathan Edwards. With
an Introduction and Appendix by Egbert G.
Smyth. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
1t was intimated as long ago as 1851, by the
Rev. DR.. Bushnell, that there existed an unpub-
lished Ms. of Jonathan Edwards on the Trinity,
which his literary representatives were unwil-
ling to publish on account of its non-erthodox
sentiments In the International Recieto for
July, 1880, DIR. Oliver Wendell Holmes referred
apparently to the same manuscript, and stated
that he was informed ION uuquestionable au-
thority" that such manuscript was in exist
ence, "in'which the views of Edwards appear to
have undergone a great change in the direction
of Arianism, or of Sabellianism, which is an
old-fashioned Unitarianism &C. The matter
was taken up by others. and this is the occasion
of the publication of the manuscript in question
"a little volume of 81 pages. There is nothing
in the treatise of an unorthodox character, and
Unitarians will have to look somewhere else for
support to their views.
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penned; it brings the best comforts to
the enquiring and disconsolate.
1t exhibits life and Immortality from
everlasting, and shows the way of glory.
1t is brief recital of all that is to
come.
1t settles all matters in debate. re-
solves all doubts, and eases the mind and
conscience of all scruples.
1t reveals the only living and true
God, and shows the way to Him, and
sets aside all other gods, and describes
the vanity of them who trust in such in
short, it is a book of law, to show right
and wrong; book of wisdom that con
dennis all folly and makes the foolish
wise; a book of truth, that detects all
lies and confronts all errors; and a book
OF life, that shows the way from everlast-
ing death.
1t contains the most ancient antiqui
ties, strange events, wonderful occur
FENCES, heroic deeds, and unparalleled
wars
1t describes the celestial, terrestrial
and Internal worlds, and the origin of
the angel myriads, human tribes, and
devilish legions.
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The C0ngregationa7ist remarks

Many Christians drift unwittingly
into the conversation of those who are
about them, when they should adroitIy
lead it, On the Sabbath evening, they
are swept into jovial talk about the
most worldly matters or quite possibly
they converse about the topics in secular
papers, the buying of which is unfor-
tunately not confined to the worlds peo-
pie. We have seen leading Christian
workers, after most earnest talk about
the duty and delight of winning souls,
SO Joke and amuse the company on their
way home from the place of worship,
or after their return, that the influence
OF their words was neutralized."
Almost any Christian will remember
instances of which this is a description.
After solemn sermon, after a devout
prayer-meeting, In which there was the
most earnest praying and talking, going
home from a conference that was full of
spiritual passion, about the church door
at the conclusion of communion service
after all such times there is often con-
yersatlon that neutralizes the good eff
tects OF the services, and leads critical
people to say the worshippers were not
sincere. Many man can tell how,
when a boy, he looked with awe at the
holy man of God preaching the gospel
from has pulpit, and then gazed at
him with amazement as he saw him
Laughing and telling funny jokes upon
his return to the house where he was
visiting. Profitable conversation is easy
If profitable thoughts are in the heart.
1t ought to be remembered always,
but never more carefully than while
under the influence of a season spent
in the worship Of Cod United Pres
6yteylum.
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How Some Men Accomplish
their Work.


Louis Napoleon wrote a life of Cesar
There was wonder how person with the
business of an empire clamoring for at.
tention found time for the preparation o.
such volume. The wonder ceased
when it came out that the best scholars
of France had clipped the fleece, spun
the thread, wove the fabric, and the
author" merely cut it into pattern.
In the great law Offices of New York
and Washington there are dozens of ex-
perienced attorneys employed to hunt
up testimony, examine the books and
make up the "brief" The heads of the
firms take the sling and stone whirl it
and let fly
The speech of Congressman often
amaze their fellow-citizens at home.
The printed oratory is trimming with
facts and history. 1t is well-known in
certain circles that there are in Wash
lngton class of men who follow the
business of printing the Honorable mem
bers. These stoakers to the national
legislature are bookworms with vast
knowledge at their fingers ends. They
know where information can be mined.
They gather it, smelt it, mould it. The
Honorable member puts his superscrip-
ton upon it. 1t is not the lucky dun
derhead that tumbled by accident into
seat in Congress, but Mr. Jefferson
Davis, in the Senate, and Mr.. Blaine,
and such men, who used these experts
IN the annals and statistics of political
enconomy. 1t is wise division of labor
Mr.. Spurgeon has a parish of five
thousand, college, and numberless
societies He breaches twice or thrice a
week. He can't repeat his sermons
they are printed Men reading of his
achievements, get fatigued, as it were, at
the thought of his burdens
The great Baptist preacher EMPLOYS
experts to gather materials for his SER
mons. He recently told Mr. Moody that
two men were kept busy searching the
Libraries for new Illustrations.
a man with salary Of ten or twenty
thousand a year can command the SER
vices of men in large cities, who, in a
couple of days, could give him an alb
stract of everything said on any par
tlcular text. The matter is collected
digested, laid before him. Illustrations
like barrels of pitch, are brought out
ready to be bindled at proper intervals
along the march of the discussion. to il
illuminate the plodding, and, perhaps, OBJ
scure ranks. 1t is not hard to see, that,
to "sermonize' with such aids, would be
an entertaining diversion.
And so, sometimes, a name that is
blown the wide world over, hath far
more of credit for industry and genius
than is deserved. Mr.. Sherman was
praised for reducing the national debt
If the people furnish the money a very
plain person can pay it out. A good
delivery and a high salary Ito pay for
help will make an eloquent divine.
The really great man is he who, with
the single torch of the Bible, and on foot
finds his way to the goal-not he who
drives in chariot along boulevard lit
with electric lamps
& gaudy coverlet with its thousand
garlsh patches proves the variety of pat
terms and many looms. The royal robe
OF the tawny lion tells of Hercules
Patience and scissors can make the
former giant alone can own the latter
Rlchmaomd Christian Advocate.
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In two hundred and forty-two years
there have been twenty-five Presidents
Of Harvard College, an average length
Of service Of eleven years. President
Edward Holyoke was the longest time in
office, thirty-two years Cornelius Con
way FELTON, the shortest, two years. The
first graduate Of Harvard who was Presi-
dent was Leonard Hoar, 1674-1675, at
which time the Office was regarded as
a bed of thorns.' Increase Mather
was the first native American who be-
came President. The first President was
Henry Dunster, 164O-1654, who was
probably thirty years Of age at the time
Of his appointment, but nothing definite
as to his age is known. With that ex-
ception President Eliot is the youngest
person ever elected to the Presidency.
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MEMOIR OF COLONEL JOSHUA Fry Sometime
Professor in William and Mary College, Vr-
ginia, and Washington's Senior in Command
Of Virginia Forces, 1854, etc. With an Au-
photography of his Son, Rev. Henry Fry, and
a Census of their Descendants. By the Rev
Philip Slaughter, D. D., author of History
of st. Georges Parish, st. Marks Parish,
Bristol Parish" etc. Received from Ran
dolph & English, Main street, Richmond.
DIR. Slaughter is well known in Virginia as a
distinguished member of the Episcopal clergy
as whole-souled and noble Virginia gentle
man of the olden time, and as historian of the
colonial and port-Revolutionary times of Vir-
gnia. We regard his contributions to our Vir-
ginia history as exceedingly valuable. He and
Mr.. R. A. Brock are doing an unambtious work
in this line which has been too much neglected
amongst us, but which is absolutely essential to
the preservation of our history.
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A GENTLEMAN remarked the other day:
Il know OF nothing so hard to do as to
make church business go we'll" His ex-
perience was not uncommon. Like rnanv
other men interested in the kingdom and
its practical life and management, he
found it difficult to get his brethren to
give the same kind Of attention to matters
relating to the church that they bestow
upon those that are merely secular.
Firms, corporations and individual en-
terprises will be conducted upon the plan
OF exactness, so that they may be well in
hand and so that there may be no Difficult
ty IN meeting obligations and taking adj
vantage Of any turn in trade that prom
ises to be profitable But churches are
content to 60 along without knowing how
their affairs are, shamefully easy, also
under the presentation Of bills that are not
pressed to settlement simply because there
IS so much respect for a religious institu-
ton. Part Of this is due to the fact that
there is a lack Of concentration in the
management, the old proverb that What
is everybody business Is nobody's bust
ness, finding there forcible application.
But another part Of it is to be credited to
a want Of interest in the Church and re-
gard for its success and honor in and be-
fore the world. If every man and woman
has a hearty desire to see it succeed, there
will not be left any one to Say that the
business will not go well - United
Presbyterian
ru OF 4. j Il
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MAGAZINES.

BIAcKwooD'8 MAGAZINE for September Con
tents:
The Pillars Of the State DR.. Wortles School
Part ". The Bayard Of the East A Weel
IN Athens A Lasting Memory Bush Life il
Queensland Part x; New Novels.
e, Leonard Scott Publishing Co., Al Barclay
The NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW for October
Contents
m, The Democratic Party Judged by its History
The Success Of the Electric LIGHT The Pm,
OF Central America; The Observance of tbe
sabbath The Campaign Of 1862; The Taxation
vi vi church Property, (by the Rev. Dr. Pitzer. Of
"&shlngton) Recent Progress in Astronomy
D. Appleton CO, publishers, New York.
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CHRISTIAN soc1oIoeY. By the Rev. ]. H. W
gical Department of Wittenburg College. n.
York: 1. K. Funk & Co., 10 and IL Dey
street. 1889.
The publishers speak of this work as Pho
neer Book in a new and what will prove more
and more, if we mistake not, an important de-
partment of Theology" Price $3.50
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We have received from the Bureau of Educa
ton, Washington, D. c., No. 3 of the Circulars
Of Information for 1880, on the Legal Rights
Of Children"
Also, Progress Of Western Education in
China and Japan"
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The THoUGHTs OF THE EMPEROR M. AURELIUs
AEToN1NUs. Translated by George Long.
The Standard Series, No. 81 Price Is cents
The SALON OF MADAME NEcKER. Edited by
Othenin DHaussonville. Parts and A.
The Standard Series, No 49, Price 10 cents
THE HERMfTs. By Charles Kingsley. The
Standard Series, No. 80. Price Is cents.
JOHN PLoUaHMAE's PICTURES; or, More of his
Plain Talk for Plain People. By Charles H
Sturgeon. The Standard Series. Price Is cts
The above are published by l. K. Funk &
Co., 10 and IL Dey street, New York.
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There is not greater drudge in the
world than he that is under the power
Of reigning covetousness.
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EDUCATION: Intellectual, Moral and Physical.
By Herbert Spencer, author of "a System OF
Synthetic Philosophy" New York D. APP
Pleton q Co., l, g. q Bond street. Price 80
cents.
A SHORT LIFE OF WILLIAM EwART GLADSTONE,
With extracts from his speeches and writings
dy-Volume Series. Price So cents.
Ivy. By W. W. Capes, M. A., Fellow of Hert-
ford College and Reader in Ancient History
in the University of Oxford New York d.
Appleton Co., publisher.
The above are received from Carlton McCar-
thy, 800 Broad street. Richmond Va