The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-03-17
ALL SORTS.

The Baptists are the pioneer mission
aries 10 Liberia, Africa, haviog gone into
the field eleven years before the Metho
dists. They organized their first church
10 1921. Now their association NUN bers
twenyt>two churches, with 1000 com uni
! cants.
The will OF the late Gidsoa Frost, ot
Glen Head, IT, L., the we'll known Friend
beQueaths nearly tue whole of his estate
to The Friends College at Matinecock,
which was founded by the testator in 1877.
The value of the bequest is estimated at
between 800 900 and 5000 600.
The Baptist churches in Philadelphia
have been paying their debts. One has
raised $45, 900: another has raised $24.
$50; third $22 300. fourth $1,000. and
fifth $4,000. The Tabernacle Church
has raised $ll 200 for u chapel. and the
Centennial $4,000 towards new church.
Rev. s, Parmelee. D. D., of Oswego now
in his 99th year, is the Oldest Congrega-
tionai minister 10 the country. He was
installed in 1908 in Vermont. enc year
before the late DIR. Ide. .of Midway
graduated at Brown University. He
preached for more than sixty years. and
is still in excellent health and spirits.
The EUangelist thinks Kearney and the
San Francisco hoodlums could never have
done the mischief they have wrought in
that city had not SO many intelligent
Christian citizens been Indifferent TO .their
civil duties aud obligations. They were so
intent on money getting and private
schemes that they virtually surrendered
the ballot box to whoever would take it.
They played into the hands of the mob by
contentious and divisions among them
selves on matters which were of very little
consequence. 1t will take months. if not
years. for that city to recover what has
been already lost by this eruption of
hoodiumism. But the same elements of
mischief and evil exist 10 most OF our large
cities. and the experience of San Francisco
should be constant warning to citizens
anywhere.
The Baptist Weekly observes: That
there never was a time when what is called
light literature was so extensively read as
as now will not be questioned. Novel
reading. which was tatooed in nearly all
Christian households at the beginning of
the century, is now common. But it |
thinks Christian people ought TO keep it |
10 intellectual and spiritual
progress. That is feeble mind, indeed, |
which derives any strength from reading
ordinary stories. and in many cases the
effect is to Gissipate the mind, and. as
earnest thought is not called into exercise.
to render the mind incapable of concen-
trated intellectual effort Powers not
used are wellnigh lost. Many young peo-
pie. if they would carefully study one
book for three months, getting
its facts or reasoning thoroughly into their
minds. would have a mental superiority
which would tone up any circle which they
might enter"
The Christian at Work takes strong
ground against church fairs. It says:
The largest proportion of the many small
sums. which aggregate large amounts at
the close of the fair. are obtained from |
generous gentlemen who do not like to re-
fuse The requests Of pretty lips. A na-
JDrIty af the gracious matrODs who oiguify |
the scene by their presence have already |
spent as much as they can we'll afford in |
20 the sale Were there no !
other thing to be deprecated. this conspi" |
cuous setting forward of young women, tn
the detTiment OF that modest shypess |.
which is young woman's fairest adoru |
% ment. would be a sufficient objection to |
many minds 1t would be cheaper. as |
mere matter Of economy, for most families |
to pay good round sum to the cause they
wanted help, than to let wives and daugh- |
ters expose themselves to raise the money |
they do in this way"