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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1880-04-29

The Maryland Chassis Of the Re
formed Church, incl udinE within its
territory the churches IN Baltimore
city, Carroll, Frederick and Washing
ton counties, will meet in Funkstown,
Washington county. on the Goth OF
Nav npvt
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1880-04-29

President Hayes, it is reported,
said few days ago: II believe that
the last Of my administration has been
as pleasant and as free perplexities
and troubles as ever falls to the lot Of
IN incumbent of the Presidential
chair"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1880-04-29

The Eagle has been disposed to oc-
lieve for some time past that Gen
Hancock is the most available candi-
date the Democratic party can nau!s
for President. Brooklyn Eagle.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1880-04-29

Mr.. John Covell, formally an eff
cient and popular engineer on the
Western Maryland Railroad, and now
a conductor on the Kent & Queen
Anne's road, was on a visit to friends
in Union Bridge and Westminster last
week.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1880-04-29

\ gold fish Was recently caught in
the Antietam, near Leltersburg,
weighing one pound 2nl @eaowiNg
viewer inches.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1880-04-29

CHANCE FoE TWENTY FIVE BOYS.
There will be competitive exam
nation at Annapolis IN September for
the appointment Of twenty-five cadet
engineers to the Naval Academy
Candidates must be between sixteen
and twenty years old, and they will
be examined in algebra, Geometry
philosophy, Geography, grammar and
arithmetic. The successful candi-
dates viii for four years receive a sal
ayy Of $500, after which, on gradna-
ton, they will receive 800. The
tank is equivalent TO that ofcadet mid
shipmen.
No Consressman's nomination or
influence is required in this case, as
the appointments are rot regulated
By congressional districts, but are
open to all Corners. The engineer
corps being the scientific branch Of the
navy, the department invites the best
youthful talent in all the States; so
that here is an excelIent chance for
Maryland boys to secure an honorable
and useful profession, and have their
expenses PAID while learning It. Ap,
plcation should be made by writing
to the Secretary Of the Navy.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-02-18

What right has the scientist to suppose
that nature did any thing in the past
that is contrary to natural law, so far as
ascertained?
If science will admit as a natural fac
tor the efficiency Of a God, who has
established all processes, but who sets
them aside occasionally and produces
immediate results, or uses other than the
ordinary means, then it will be scientific
to suggest paroxysmal evolution, but the
result ought to be ascribed not to nat
ural law but to special Divine agency.
| understand this to be Prof. Dana idea
IN respect to man, namely, that he came
from the inferior animals per Saltuna, by
special act of the Creator who upon
that occasion modified and intensified the
operation of uterine action. | will not
complain of this hypothesis as unscien-
tific, since Prof Dana admits the Divine
interference among the factors of nature;
and do not object in a general way to
the doctrine that we ought not to resort
to the hypothesis of miracle as long
as ordinary law will account for the phe-
nomena, and l do not say that will
never believe in this per Saltem theory
OF the origin OF man. but consider
the doctrine unnecessary; and being un-
necessary, it ought not to be taught To
say the least, it is not pleasant to hear
that our first parents came from the womb
of monkey; and it derogates from the
dignity of the race and from the dignity
of the creative act. Moreover whilst it
cannot be pronounced as irreconcilable,
the doctrine appears to be inconsistent,
with the Scripture history.
Materialistic science gains but little
from this doctrine because miracle comes
in to the act, and if we must scientifically
resort to miracle in part, we may Just as
well extend the miracle over the whole
act Of mans creation
But curious omission has occurred in
this whole controversy, namely, the crea-
ton of woman What has Prof Dana
to say about this? eve pause for a
reply. w. H R.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-02-18

slve In regeneration, his conscious or un-
conscious motions of life cannot be sepa-
rated az point of time from the act of
God IN giving him life There can be no
period of time in which it can be said
that a sinner is neither dead >nor alive.
When there is loud noise in the imme-
date vicinity of deaf man, he is com
PEELED to hear 1T as soon as his ears are
opened. As soon as a mans eyes are
opened, he can see and does see. though
he may only "see men as trees walking"
And, supposlng that regenerated adult
may during an infnitesimal interval of
time be an unbeliever, what would be-
come of him if in that interval he should
be ushered into eternity?
And surely the repentance indicated
IN the second Beatitude cannot be exer-
elsed without the faith indicated in the
fourth. However theologians may differ
on the question which of these fruits of
the Spirit precede the other in the order
of cause and effect, all Calvinistic divines
hold that there is no difference between
them in the order of time Turning from,
sin to Christ | regard as one act of a re-
generated soul 1t should be noted that
in Luke's record of the Beatitudes, the
hungering for righteousness (faith) is
mentioned before the weeping (mourning)
for sin (repentance)
Not to make this article too long. I
will conclude by quoting the opinion of
DR.. Scott the commentator, and others. on
this subject
DR.. Scott, on Matt. V: 8, quotes ap-
provingly the following from Whitby the
A1m1n'an " In general, the Beatitudes
do not refer to any natural tempers, but
to holy dispositions, produced by divine
grace, rectifying the obliquities of fallen
nature. Where one of them realIy exists.
all the others exist though not in equal
prominence. Henry the commentator.
says of the poor in spirit, "This poverty
OF spirit is gracious disposition of soul.
so emptied of self as to be filled q0ith
Christ" Of the second Beatitude he saws
that it Is a godly sorrow, a sorrow ac-
cordng to God, aVith an. eye TO Christ.
Zach XII: TO- Jacobus says of the poor
in spirit, "This disposition here called
: Blessed Is that humility aOhich IS char
acte'Tstic Of Christians" Olshausen saws
" The first statements of the Sermon on
the Mount contain a description of the
character Of Gods child,s,a, which is true
of all grades of development the highest
as well as the lowest. For as in the
lowest, purity of heart exists in its germ,
the highest still maintains poverty of
spirit. P. It. P.
This article was sent to us two weeks
ago, but we could not sooner find room
for it.-EDs
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-02-18

ever held by Protestants-th Westmin-
ster Assembly of Divines, called together
by the Long Parliament, June II, 1913
1t was called to settle articles of religious
faith and church government and wor-
ship, to secure uniformity in religious
doctrine, for the whole of. Great Britain.
One hundred and twenty-one divines and
thirty tag assessors, representing the va
rlous bodies of Dissenters and the Church
of England, together with four commits
sioners from the Church of Scotland two
ministers and two elders constituted the
membership Of this assembly, which
met on the lst of July, l64S, in the
chapel of Henry VII, in Westminster.
The deliberations of the Assembly were
protracted, with occasional Interruptions.
till 1919, when its existence terminated
with the dissolution of the Parliament by
Cromwell.
The Church of Scotland adopted the
work of the Assembly. In the United
States the Presbyterian Church followed
the Church of Scotland with some excep-
tons, in the Confession, due to the differ
ing relations.of the Church and State in
the two countries, and the differing views
OF the rights and privileges OF the mem
bers of the Church. The Catechisms are
unchanged and the Form of Government
with the Rules of Discipline, though
modified, according to conventional re-
QUESTIONS and differences in the relations
of Church and State, present the same
Scriptural views of the organization Of
the Church. Thus, for two and half
centuries, these articles of Faith and
Order have been maintained in all Eng
lish speaking countries Similar exposi-
tons of Faith and Church Order, called
by the general name of Symbols form
the constitutions or fundamental laws OF
other bodies, not called Presbyterian, rep
| resented in the triennial council of thirty
nine separate ecclesiastical organizations,
holding Calvinistic theology and a gov
eminent by presbyters, which met in
Edinburgh, July, 1877. By other bodies
of Christians, the same Faith is held,
united with different Church Order and
by some others, the same Church Order
with a different faith. So that Presby-
terrain principles either of Faith or Order,
prevail over the bulk of Protestant Chris
tendon, at this day.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-02-18
For the Central Presbyterian.
Paroxysmal Man.

On purely scientific grounds, whilst
one may incline to this, that, or the other
view Of how the animal man was pro
duced, no one has right to announce
any doctrine on the subject And Messrs.
Editors, if you will allow me to speak my
whole mind l do not think one has a
scientific right to adopt any doctrine as
his opinion. Although opinions are only
provisional, they have considerable inhu-
ence upon the holder, and upon others
who know of his opinion
After having given some attention to
evolution doctrines for more than thirty
years, | regard the origin of man as wrap
ped in the deepest mystery, so far as the
revelations Of science are concerned. The
differences between man in his lowest
race-forms and the highest apes, are so
great that science has not declared and
as at present advised, will not declare
that there is any sort of ancestral rela-
tion between them When Joseph lie
Conte even jntimated in his splendid
work on Geology that this relation did
exist, he simply marred his work and his
own scientific reputation AS to what
may be revealed in nature hereafter
have no right to speak, but as the facts
now stand / contend that no man, be he
Huxley, Darwin, lie Conte, or Dana, ha:
the right to teach, even as an opinion
that man came either by regular grada-
tons, or per SaItltm from the womb Of an
ape The lack Of the intermediate link.
is thorough estoppel Of Darwinism, anc
the paroxysmal evolution Of lie Conte il
an arbitrary invention No such thine
is known in nature as the birth Of su
perior animal from lower animal by
single act, or by a rapid succession Of up
ward gradations; and hence it is unscien
] tifc even to suggest such hypothesis
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-02-18
Central presbpterian.
WEDNESDAY.
February l8. 1880.
TRUST.
BY JOHN G wH1rrI

BY JOHN G. WHITTIER.
A picture memory brings to me:
L look across the years, and see
Myself beside my mothers knee.
| feel her gentle hand restrain
My selfish moods, and know again
A child's blind sense of wrong and pain
But wiser now, a man gray grown,
My childhoods needs are better known,
My mothers Christening love own.
Gray grown, but in our Fathers sight
A child still cropping for the light
To read His works and ways Alright
l bow myself beneath His hand;
That pain itself for good was planned,
1 trust, but cannot understand.
l fondly dream it needs must be
That, as my mother dealt with me,
So with His children dealeth He.
l wait, and trust the end will prove
That here and there, below, above,
The Christening heals, the pain is love
Youths Companion
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-02-18
For the Central Presbyterian.
The Relief Fund.

AT the last meeting of the Executive
Committee of Home Missions the follow
ing Report from the Standing Committee
on the Relief Fund was received, ap
proved, and ordered to be published. In
accordance with this resolution I herewith
transmit you copy, and will thank you
to insert it in your paper.
Most truly yours,
RICHARD MoILwAINE, lSec'y.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-02-18
BALTIMORE, Feb. 9Th, 1880.

BALTIMORE, Feb. 9th, 1880.
Report of the Stamina Committee ON the
Relief Fund to the Ecec,ltiye Committee
of Home Missions.
The committee on the Relief Fund have
examined its assets and liabilities on the
lst Of January, 1880, and find its condi-
ton IN all respects satisfactory. 1t has
S3l 300 invested in bonds, all of which
are above par, and every one of them
worth more than its cost. It's progress
during the last year has been so favor
able that we have been able to value its
probable interest receipts and liabilities
at five per cent and yet show a surplus
of $689, which is better than in anv
former year. Our coupons have more tn; n
paid all the annuities due in the current
year, so that nearly all the contributions
from the churches and ministers have
been invested In interest bearing bonds
making us more able to pay the annuities
of the next year in the same manner
The new members have been few, and
this is the only discouraging feature that
we have to report. Our expenses are as
low as any of the Life Insurance Com
panies and our rates lower; while our
returns to those who Withdraw from par
tlcipation in the funds are more liberal.
Our business is conducted entirely for
the interest Of the members, and though
we have hitherto made no dividends of
profits, we have every reason to believe
that we will do so in the near future
Our rates at first were too low, and our
terms too liberal but since these have
been changed to our present charges, our
improvement has been steady and inva-
riable, and every year has found our con
dition better and better Our success is
now certain, and all that we desire is that
we should have more of our ministers en-
joying the advantages that we offer.
9. T; MoCAY, J coro,,;44,o
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-02-18
@. f MCCAY, J
r. MoIIwA1NE, examination

-" hear a whisper" said the minister.
He was soaring little in his sermon.
imagining an angel to be lowering near
and speaking. The deacon was lust
drowsy enough to be startled by the re-
mark, and to reply hastily II guess
it's the boys in the gallery" Moral :
Don't soar, and don't browse.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-02-18

True grace hates monopolies, and loves
not to eat its morsels alone.
, 1880-06-14

lhf.lH N<tAl1-6s
New LONDON, Conn., juno 13.--Df the
twelve bodies recovered from tic wreck Of
tic Narragunsutt the following have been
identified:
Z. j. Horton, jcwelry drummer, Attleboro,
Mass.
William Noycs, New York.
A. ltpcd, East Greenwich, n. 7.
Mrs. William Stevens, Boston Highlands.
Mrs. J. K. Little, residence unknown.
William NDyes Is n brother Of Benjamin T.
Noycs, OF New Haven, recently Imprisoned
In New Jersey for violating tho Insurance
laws Of the State.
THE SAHRAuAvsETr wAs BOARDED
by the Assistant Inspector Of Lightboats
during Sunday morning. Size lies in seven
fatho'ns Of water. shc Is grounlV III the
western extremity Of tlla stloats. Bit for her
grounding there she would hayo sunk out Of
sight.
The Master Of a wreck1ng schooner reports
TINT he Inspected tho wreck In diving
arsli0r tiIis morning. A part Of the port
wflce-llonse 0f the Narragarsett WIS
picked up carly this morning in tic
race. The courses Of tho c01llding
steamers lay together, but had the Stouing-
ton sounded two successive whistles fnstentl
Of ono III reply to the signals Of the Narra-
Eansctt the acctlcnt would in atl probability
not have occurred.
No bodies recovered to-tlny.
s1EE CAN he RA1sED.
Just arrived from tile wreck. Capt. Scott
las been tlown and examined the steamer
lie thinks she can b. raised. The bulwark<
nre lii comparatively good condition. Ill
found the body of II child about year old
Ill. &x,i ~
, 1880-06-14

THE pEMtAlkATlU tNEf3 I'm tlANflElAus
Hpeesat uApateh 10 Ths Chicago Tribune.
WAautx0rDS, D. c.. Juno l3.-Tho Democrats
arc beg!nl.ng u iind thAt tho cHmpAlgn ut
Rcnndai, which thoy hnYG commenced a9nlnst
tho Republican Presidential candidate, will not
pay. anl TINT thoy will huvo tn tAko worry tntloh
hrOalpr ground II they intend to mako serious
effort tn carry tho election. This IL tho position
takcu hero to.day by the ent1ro Democratic
prcAs Tho Sunday 11zelte, for fnstunct, tho
most ra,llc,1 Ut Bourbon organs, in speaking OF
tho policy Of tho enmpAtgn 81 fur outlined by
tho Detnoosutto prcsB, aaya that tho Domocrata
Will hAvr to resost to other neans to secstro tho
election OF thoir candidate.
Tho Sunday Capital, Dom Piatt, editor, whose
hald Ia very apt to be against every man. In
spoaking OF this subject, and referring tn tho
purnocE,Itio attsmpt to blandcr Con. Garacld,
snyss "Ocn. uartlel. personally considered.
IL slna,,arly puro AMI upright tfo Is ono Of tho
few inon IN public lIfo who can look blu bcautt.
fni l'ttlu w'fp and lovely children In tho faos
without st,atnc. Wo my this advisedty, for wo
hnvu known Garfield intimately al! bis public
Iife. md wa cau alvIsa tho ud-machinos calletl
tho partts4n press that atiHEupS ~ blackaulng
0artlrdn eburtofor
WILL liz s1aHAL fA1L1rtEs,
und will to met BY pgc.toata from. auah omlnout
Ilomnor,,ts as tho Hons; Jercmlnh nlaok, Allen
as astyi pasisy Il " ~ thos"uxa ] h tat It aiSs m
perllals cnntl'loncp IN mon. and has Cotton him
s s ss 'ssS dss Y sasx[ sy sfts
u snH yer as ssueh i WI hn,ss saa tS1H h9 ws
Washtnrta,s tsS sirtving 10 tt'rrsx t;s0
:" @ has aaosl l"t y at ao did not a Suaw
how to negotiato 91' ordinary noto of h hand. no
aa TT 1!y yoa Il The H. ps hs os o
haItis ts:dsy tho honotsa P;stion & Hoina tho
, 1880-06-14

: THE 31EH8uKH& VutsU3uz7ti
a ucrnau .satholio papoF, puhiaac1 Tsth tho
sanction and authority OF A.shop ltgunl, Bnys
niltnsiali{: "Tho noninauou OF darilqil ts uu-
ttouhtcily the happtcse and best tho ilopul'ilcau
purity Go9ld uuk1." 4
t'ptrrsuuR1aR v0LKaALArr,"
Isolatiye to tho position which tho Cu1Hcruns
will occupy for tho tuturu III ronnsylsnnfa pull
tics. tho Inl.butYer Naksb1.ts Il. H., I'LL old and
guuuraiy well poatcd panor, says c>1ttoFially ~
fotluws, "1t IL tTue, In thla Syndicate bus!ae.s.
Lou Cameron rueciso4 fearful caailsa.
, 1880-06-14
Considering Him Above and Be
y0nu the Reach of Scau-
tlal Shafts.
The Preferences OF the Illinois
Delegates to Cincinnati
Set Forth.
Seymour Has T Twenty-three. Davis Ten,
Morrison Nine, Tildeu Eight,
and Palmer Five.

PERSONAL AND OTHER MATTHIAS.
Spfetdi ptfpdtfh to Ihf GhtEanQ Tttkunk.

oPf<41t AHpQ+lR ~ 4Hf &AtC44W &T1OUH<+
MENTOR. Luke Co.. O.. Junc 13.-Ncxt to tho
criticism Of his mother, and tho faithful counsel
of bis wife. there Is probably nothing to which
Gen. Garfield attributes larRor measure Of bis
success in llfo thun to tho manly Independence,
tho outapokcn comment, and tho searching gnza
itlto all his public nets which have boon tho
Btnpt characteristics OF his constituents IN tho old
Nineteenth District. II havo nlways felt" enfd
he. In speaking to tho people Of Lake County
yesterday, " that your sharp revere, Just critics,
and worthy, noble, supporting friends nlwnys
did what they beloved was right Thus fur in
my lsfo I have sought to do what I
could, according to my best light. Moro
than that cau 1lovcr hopo to do. All Of that
shall try to do: and II can continue to havo
tho good opinion Ut my noIRhuors Of this dis
tsict 1t Will ba ono Of tho greatest Of ny satis-
factions" 1tn
MAN IS 10 ng nEsr IupuED -.
by tho opinions OF thoso anlunR whom he has
lived, Gen. Garfield Ia ono Of tho peculiarly
fortunate in TINT respect. From nuo end OF tho
district to thu other, a1noilx Republicans and
nen.oesats N!!kc. 10 Que speaks OF him lMst In
tho language uf praise, respect, lore, md ad-
mratlon. Tho sa,ne statement applies In lHrEr
degree to tho people Of tho stntontlurgo. Dutin
his avn district especially. among his old friends
and nolEhb0rN, he stands as tho synonym for oil
that ts manly. gnoti+ and honest. There have
boon times. As be more than Unlimited In tho rt-
marks Just quoted. when ho md bis constituents
differed Widely III thelr vtews rcgar1sn8 certaln
OF his public acta. Among u people 80 sturdily
honcst and ts,tspoken rs tho hardy, thrifty
| farmers Of Northern Ohio, nothing could havo
| ltccn moro natural. The fAlntoat scEnblancc to
| anything llk9 Il wrong Or Improper c0llrso pt
conduct was enough to draw forth tho honcst,
| ulufn.spokcu intlIRnutlon OF mcn who ,yorc not
r r.,. ~. ,..,. ~ i,I,.n.. ,.., -, ~.
foaay 10 Justly tno snsntest aepar9uro from too
line Of right II Is such criticism NJ th's 70 which
Den. D4rile9tl apparently rufGrruaI, and a mai.
Who cun rctuln iho mod optniou of suen strict,
impartial critics ~ thtso MAY woll number IL as
ouo Of his greatest aatssfnctions.
| IN ONE or sEvEltAt. COMBINATIONS
| which .rf1n Tututrrr 'rnrrrsront,nnt hod With
o., no.na,, G,rtnt. HI. -<,,sr, io,-,nv ,.r,.,
| ~ C.,. ot st. 80 49,, 49, - ..: - ~" ~
'aEt",,o a,"os T.. ..'.s1on.. ~! .a,".s, ~. ~.
tao nilaalo e'ssa ~ 4'!nc'a.,s !!o 4o'a.tS, ~! Ha
ciaont which touched upon this characteristic OF
tho poop!u lit his district. 1t wns at tho ti1no
, 1880-06-14

THE HON. JAMES a. HATARD.
WILMINGTON, DOL. juno 1a-Ex- x-Senator
Jancs 4. nayarts died this snorning, after being
unconscious several hours. lilo had boon sl1k~
Ing gradually several days Doath WIS hastenotl
by 4 fail received willie descending stalrH lust
Thursday wcok. Thnre Weru present at tho
ttnle OF bis hoAth hIs suts, tho Hon. ThOtuas +.
1!aynsA. Ns. J. X, Kane mud wlre,. r. daughter Of
tho tlecoasetl and IttstitntuiII l.oUkWnol OF No*
THO funeral takas placo Tuesday afternoon.
, 1880-06-14

Special Nspates to; Ihs CASeapo 1flbuns
DEuAru1t ILL.,, Ju,,u 'lA--T, ". baum, aRod ct
yours, committed suieaslo noaF Mouut Zlon last
night because tho y01lng Indy to whom ho bad
t,sQn paying Attont,ona reluotcd his love and
uGeEOt marriage. Ilu put TWO bullets through
MIS- huad a1.d loft words nf tarewall to hia
fHther, Isrnel uautu, 9nd M0thor.
, 1880-06-14

Cnl.uknus. O., juno i'm. G. Abort. aRod
at,out II yoara, q resident nf narucsyilie, o.,
wus foun! dcud I1l hts bxl At the Chttottden
Hotel In this city thls 1nt.rs'fuX. Tho supposed
causQ Ut death {s hculQsthAK0.
, 1880-06-14

NEW YORK, Juua l2-A tornado, With heavy
ratn and lightning, passed over tho city aud
vicinity to-day, Tho telegraph liuea wore some-
whit damaged and many tE6os prostfated4 1'ha
thatnlulnolor full frIsu 66 70 ID deX.
, 1880-06-14
PRESIDENTIAL.

PRESIDENTIAL.
A Visit with Gen. Garfield
:. at His Home in
Mentor.
The Great Popularity Of the. Cen
eral in His Congressional
District.
Some, Of the Reasons Why he
Is So Very Highly =.
Esteemed.
"reminiscences Of His Boyhood as Be-
lated by Friends at
Hiram.
The Statesman's Rural Retreat
and His Great Interest
Therein. :
The Democratic Press Of Washington
Laudatory Of Gartield's Life
and Record,
Considering Him Above and Be-
yond the Reach Of Scan-
| dal Shafts.
The Preferences OF the Illinois
Delegates to Cincinnati
Set Forth.
Seymour Has Twenty-three, Davis Ten,
Morrison Nine, Tilden Eight,
and Palmer Five.