Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-21


within mile of Ocean Grove, has been
visited by stage load of praying cvangc-
lists, an, he has bcen impressed
Could Ezekiel have had an eye to the
coming bicycle in that vision where he saw
"onc wheel with ono chcrub and another
wheel with another chcrlh.''
'WuAr did tho Puritans come to this
country frr?" asked u Massachusetts
teacher tu his class. "ro worship God in
their own way. and make other people do
tho same" WAS tho reply.
TmE ChrlSiian MdGr says il does not care
how John Smith and Roger Williams were
baptized in the 18th century. d" What 'oe
arc concerned in is the teaching and prac-
ticc Of Christ and tho apostles before the
| centuries began"
In ono of the Rondout On. W churches,
Oh recent Sunday. the supply, minister
from New York, after listening to the fine
singing Of an anthem, said: "NOw that
the choir have had their little fun, we will
commence the worship Of God by singing
the 911th hymn"
In recent issue of the Christian Union,
Henry Ward Bcecher's paper, Solomon
the preachers "vanity Of vanitics" " is
spoken of as 1.-THE estimate which a
uscd-up old roue puts upon the world after
he has abused it in scnsuality and ambi-
ton for life time"
PHILADELPHIA clergymcn, members oi
the Can't-Gct-Away club, arc now preach
ing what they call "sermoncttes," little
ones for a cent. A contemporary explains
that they arc not intended to save souls,
but to simply keep his satanic majesty
from moving in and occupying tho
churches during the dull season.
DIR. BLAIKIE, Of fScotland, writing of thu
work Of Mr.. Moody in that country, admits
that more of the converts have gone bacl
to the world than he expected, but say.
the fruits are great and manifest in th'
increased number of young men who have
given themselves to the ministry, to Sab
bath school teaching, and to the work o
colportagc.
: IT was Rev. Samuel Hanson Coke win
spoke of the clerical degree of cd. Dr. a
: scmi-lunar fardels." In the Pittsbursl
, Christian Adcocatc of this week VIC tin'
, the following remarkable paragraph
conc of our reverend and valued contrib
, utors sends us an article and makes tn
. following startling request, 'Please Omi
, the ID. ID. 1t is too blasted common"
A MISSIONARY who had been appointe,
to the work in Spain, from the vicinity 0
!. Boston, found it necessary to secure
wife before starting, and in correspond
cncc with lady proposed marriage. He
. reply was merely this "Romans xv., 81.
:, The verse reads: Whensoevcr take n
- Journey into Spain, will come to you ; 70
trust to sec you in my journey; and t
bc brought OH my way thithcrward b.
you, if first 1 be somewhat filled wit
= your COMPANY
ALL danger Of "a yellow fever cp:dcmi
at the South appears to bo over for thi
!, summer at least, and it will now be i
d order for Memphis and New Orl cans
S congratulate themselves OH the cxcellcnc
y of the sanitary precautions which wcr
), adopted last spring, and but for which til
II plague would doubtless have returned
c Their satisfaction, however, will be ten
l pcrcd by the reflection that had these pre-
a cautions been taken before they nigh
). have saved many valuable lives.
f TIE JcmiM .ldrancc is indignant owe
0 SONS of Abraham marching around a
$. Christian knights under 4 banner bearin
d the cross and the motto In hoc signo rince'
c 1t concludes 4 long article on the subject {:
v follows: "What Jews have to do wit
< the sweet mother Of God is more tina
an ordinary mind can comprehend; wha
. Jews have to learn from 4 fraternity who's
v very origin lies in the crusadcs, whose Gil
# blcm is the rcd cross-rcd with the gore {
d thousands and thousands Of innocentl
r slaughtered Jcws-is more than any man {
|. common sense can understand. But thcl
l. arc Jews adorned in the paraphernali;
). labeled with the gay designs Of the 'patcl
~ medicine for the soul, whose virtue tn
4 quack alone knows and by which he a!oI
| is benefited"
In regard to the story that Mr.. Englis
>. has, during the past three or four years, for
" closed considerable number of mortgage
in Indiana to recover payment Of sma
~ loans, Mr.. Garfield's friend, the Now IOr
- Nation, says ''This discovery Was mac
~ by the Cincinnati Ca,nmcrcial, and man
of our esteemed Republican contcmpor
- ries seem to think it a very valuable
- Some of them have given up nearly
= whole page to the list of foreclosures. NJ
;. English, seems like many other men, to
=. in the habit of investing considerable sun
et on mortgage, which is usually considert
Sc q business transaction, the object of tt
40 mortgage being to enable the creditor
- get his money back in case the interest
not paid. But the esteemed Republic;
contemporaries seem to think that tt
.. mortgage is somthing which is drawn I
either for fun or to save the debtors di
- nity and which no creditor fit to be VII
70 president would think of taking seriousl