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towns and our rural life twenty years ago?
Reverence on the part of the young for
the old is almost absolutely extinct
Persons past thirty or forty years of age
are Stunned by the young as insufFerable
bores and cumberers of the ground. The
young men do not manifest the same gem
uine respect for their young female asso-
ciates; the young women are not equal to
their mothers or grandmothers in maid.
emily reserve.
We are living our lives under full
head Of steam, and con with the dance"
Is the cry, no matter if contending forces
are making our fair earth the battle
ground of darker tragedy than broke
upon the ears of Belgium's capital
The spirit of the age cries Peace, peace,
when there is no peace" The world is
determined to be jolly, and if the Saviour
should re-appear on earth, and utter anew
his condemnation, "Wo unto thee, Chora-
zln wo unto thee, Bethsaidal for if the
mighty works which were done in you
had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they
would have repented long ago in sack
cloth and ashes New York, and st.
Louis, and Richmond would say, "Ah,
but we shall not surely die. and our
-getters and our pleasure-seekers
would insist that this was taking far too
gloomy view of life But Chorazin and
Bethsaida and Capernaum were swept
with the bosom of destruction, and that
storm did burst on the fair plains of
Brabant.
All then and there was hurryng to and fro,
And gathering tears and tremblings of distress,
And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago,
Blush d at the praise of their own loveliness;
And there were sudden partings, such as press
The life from out young hearts, and choking
signs
Which neer might be repeated who could guess
If ever more should meet those mutual eyes,
Since upon nights so sweet such awful morn
could rise?
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THE ASSAULT of Mr.. Beecher, saws
writer in the Presbyterian Banner, con
the American Bible Society need surprise
no one who has watched the downward
course of this brilliant man" Judging"
he remarks, g. of the future by the past,
no one need be startled if this should
prove but preliminary to an assault on
the Bible itself" He adds:
In the New York Weekly Tribune of Deem
Der 24th, there is a report of a sermon of Mr.
Beecher in which he carcatures and ridcules
the Pauline doctrine Of the sovereignty of elect
ing grace. He characterizes it as hedgehog
theology. In the same sermon he tells us that
the time is coming when our Christians will be
born, and not born again "Then there will be
no need of extraordinary after influences" to make
men Christians. Something must be done" Che
says g. to stop pouring into the world mutitudes
who are congenitally prone to evil" This is to
be done by a better study of the laws of tans-
MISSION. Because this truth is unstudied and
unpreached the whole world is swetering in
evil, because the whole world is pouring ont
congental depravity. The time is coming when
God working through natural laws on this sub
ject, must be listened to and obeyed Science is
yet to be religion Then we may head this evil
of Thus the doctrine Of regeneration bv the
Spirit Of God Is swept away and conclusion
reached consistent with his premises, that if
you say that Christianity is impelled directly bv
the Spirit Of God the conclusion is irresistible
that the Spirit Of God is not az powerful as the
influence Of ordinary affairs"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-01-14

WE have received the first number of
the new Presbyterian Review, published
in New York, by Arson D. F. Randolph.
The articles are as follows l. Idea and
Aim Of The Presbyterian Review, by the
Editors. 2. Hume, Huxley, and Mir
acles, by Prof Shedd 8. Juvenals His
torical Judgments, by Prof w. A. Pack
ard. 4. The Apologetical Value of the
Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 5.
Notes on Theological Education in the
Reformed Churches of France and French
Switzerland, by Prof H. M. Baird. 6.
Ravenna, by Rev M. R. Vincent. 7.
Documentary History of the Westminster
Assembly, by Prof c. A. Briggs. 8.
Notes and Notices. g. Reviews of Re
cent Theological Literature The article
on the Testaments of the Twelve Patri-
archs is the only one we have so far ex-
amined, and we find it contribution of
very great value.
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Now the point we had in view in max
ing the foregoing observations, was the
attitude of the Christian element in So
ciety to this general Generalization.
The most lamentable feature in our sur
roundings, is the obvious yielding that is
to be observed on the part of the Church
to the World The Church has caught
the infection, and in many quarters (even
in the sturdy Presbyterian church, Chris
tians are compromising all sorts of ques-
tons, and mingling more and more freely
with the throngs that are crowding the
avenues to Vanity Fair. One sees no
harm in relaxing his observance of the
Sabbath another sees no harm in going
to the theatre, which, she says, might be
converted into great moral engine; an
other sees no harm in a little game of
cards; another sees no harm in spinning
around for six hours in the arms of a
young man she has just met; another
finds her religious yearnings only salts
fed by beautiful flowers, and Eau de Co.
logne, and many-colored windows, and
the very finest quality of vocal music.
We are gravely told that in this busy
age there must be some modification in
the old Sabbath laws, and that the ext
gencies Of business demand that the cars
shall run, and that people shall travel ;
and that the relaxations from business
require excursions to suburban beer-gar-
dens and Sunday concerts.
The Christian is admonished against
making too serious a business of his re-
hgion after all, it is suggested. the old
fashioned menace that used to be held
over our heads in the shape of everlast-
ing torments, has been greatly exagger-
ated, and there is every reason to believe
1--WE are told) that the whole American
people with very few exceptions) will all
come out right, even if they do let their
religion set little more lightly on them
than their puritan forefathers.
Christ said, "Wide is the gate and
broad is the way that leadeth to destruc-
ton, and many there be which 90 in
thereat; Because strait is the gate, and
narrow is the way that leadeth unto life.
and few there be that find it." But the
modern evangel is; why should not
the young people enjoy themselyes?-
Because wide is tbo c,o4o oo1 l,1a1 .:
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-01-14
THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE

LHE SPLRLT or THE AGE
Two powerful currents run in our day
IN human society, one in the direction OF
the realization and enjoyment of high
social excitement, and the other on the
line of the acquisition of wealth. In
America these features characterize our
present social life even more powerfully
than they manifest themselves in Eng
land The Americans in fact have be-
come in some respects the most mercurial
people in the world. There is fleeing
away from all repose, striving after in
cessant excitement and sensationalism
that did not belong to the earlier period
of the Republic 1t has received a fresh
impulse since the war. 1t is the result
of several cooperating causes We have
become very vain-glorious people. We
are very much elated with our achieve
ments In the mastery acquired oyer the
material forces of nature-with the re-
suits of steam and electricity, and the
great progress made in every branch of
scientific enquiry and in the economic
arts. A daring spirit has been developed
which, partly countenanced by science,
IS almost ready to challenge the Omnipo-
tent. if serious Instructions are offered to
our going on in our own ways, and doing
what is right in our own eyes. Is not
this great Babylon which I have built?
IS the feeling which widely permeates
our whole American society.
Another influence is the eager pursuit
and the rapid requirement of wealth.
MONEY has now, if never before, become
the dominant passion of the American
mind. Our ladies vie with each other in
expenditure, and a single bonnet will
cost as much as our grandmothers spent
on their wardrobe in whole year. The
topics of conversation in all female circles
are furniture and dress. One rarely heard
in our Southern country, prior to the war,
any allusion made to the chairs and the
sofas in the parlor; but now the first act
OF a fashionable visitor is to view the
landscape Ger, y and apprai8e every article
in the room. The measure of your social
status depends on what you have paid
for your chairs and your tables. Every
one lives up to the full amount of his in
come, however large it be. and the family
expenditure (where the father is doing a
fair business) is fully double what it used
to be.
With the yearning for excitement and
the striving to get rich, comes the exces-
sive pursuit Of pleasure. The young
woman now who does not yield to the
pressure to enter the round-dance, is a
most conspicuous object, and, unless
marked by an unusually firm religious
character stands off alone in sullen dis
content, playing the part Of a martyred
maiden, blighted by the severity Of big
oted parent.
WHAT'S the condition of our social life
Where IS the purity, the simplicity the
freshness that characterized our Virginia
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believer? ,Ye are the temple of the liv-
ing God, He would not permit be-
never to marry an unbeliever. One was
bound for heaven-the other was not.
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pS- Central Presbyterian for 1880. -y,.,

As the basis of an effort to extend the circu-
laton of the CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN the Synod
of Virginia at its late meeting in Danville
unanimously passed a resolution heartily re-
commenting" it to the favor and support of all
the churches
In furtherance of this object at the approach
of the new year, we make this
Special Proposition
We will send the paper for one year to any
new subscriber for $225, who shall subscribe
between now and the first of February, 1880.
We can afford to make this special offer only
as a premium to ne,o subscribers for the first
year, being confident that after reading the pa
per one year they will continue to subscribe on
the footing of our old subscribers. In this effort
to widen the field of our usefulness, we conf
IDENTIFY ask the aid of our ministers, elders. and
all the present patrons of the paper, and we ur-
gently request ministers especially to make
known this proposition to their congregations.
From every quarter we have evidence that the
paper Is doing good service in the Church, and
Is ranked among the most useful religious Jour
nails of the country.
We are anxious to reach our young men, espe-
clally those who have gone from their homes.
number of them are now receiving our paper
and testify that they read it with profit One
has written that a single article was worth to
him more than the price of a years subscription.
We call the attention of parents who have sons
or daughters at our institutions of learning. to
this means of doing them good
word to our present subscribers We must
remind some of them that their subscriptions are
due, and that we have been waiting to hear
from them VIII not every one remit to us the
amount due at as early day as possible2 We
hope that by February at least, no one will be in
arrears, as wish at that time to settle all &C
counts with the former proprietor of this paper
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We have not space to give the news in
full from South America; but we believe
there have been half-a-dozen revolutions
there in the last six months.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-01-14

Iris not true that Gen. Grant is getting
up geography.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-01-14

us Contributions is the Franklin Street
church, Baltimore, (Rev Dr. Murklands)
On the roll of honor the Second church,
in Norfolk, (Rev n Woods) stands Sc
cond. This church, with 100 communi-
cants, contributed $443, or 81 O6 per mem
Der! If all had done this well, the ag-
gregate amount raised would have been
probably trebled. Read the article.
The independents last editorial on
=" the evolution of man from the lower ami
mails, being commentary on Prof
Dana's letter to that journal, correcting
its misrepresentation, is, perhaps, one of
the most amusing things that has appeared
in English literature We have read
Lamb, and Pickwick, and Mark Twain,
but for comic effect (to any one who has
followed this discussion) theRarticle in
question is unequalled by any chapter in
these exquisite humorists.
Our readers Will remember Prof. Dana's
letter Well, the Independent now says
a" Yes, sir !''' Yes, sirr eyes, sirl" to
every thing Prof Dana says; and says
" that s-that's-that's-a eracty-a-what
meant!" Yes, sir! Yes, sir"
AS for Darwinism 1t says it never
did believe in Darwinism cit is fact,
it says, " that Darwinism is not generally
accepted by our evolutionists " Let us
be thankful for this They abandon their
positions so rapidly that it is difficult to
follow them. The idea now is that there
was a sudden jump from the ape to man
What is this but creation? Do ferns Jump
into frogs? Or do alligators Jump into
elephants? Does Nature Jump? Was
there jump" from Nothing into Life?
Was that all-only jump?
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Special Proposition

In furtherance of this object at the approach
the new year, we make this
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-01-01

The st. Paul Globe having dis
covered that there are still Il few
Republicans on the pay rolls of the
L. 5. Senate is highly indignant, and
says;
We trust, however, that there will
I've u refornlation-that the majority
in the Senate will not continue t,
cast pearls before swine, but take
what of right belongs to them-turl
out Of office all who do not act with
the party OH al, occasions and undel
all circumstances.
This advice should be remembered
next Fall when the Republicans OF
Redwood Co. are asked to supper,
men who may be nominated III op
position to their own candidates.
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4 war with the Ute Indians seems
to be inevitable, Notwithstanding
twcntv-one days have been given
them to produce those Of their num-
Der who were guilty of the massacre
of Agent Meeker and Maj. Thorn
burg, they have failed to doso. Gen.
Hatch's patience has become exhaus-
ted and he intends to return to his
command. If both the Utes and
their Mormon allies could be wiped
out together, it wouldn't interfere
with the general prosperity of the
section of the country they now
possess.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-01-01

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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-01-01

WILLIS HALL, the main building
of Carleton College, at Northfeld,
was entirely consumed by fire on
the 23rd inst. A valuable part of
the library, together with the most
essential part of the chemical, physi-
cal and mathematical apparatus, was
rescued in good condition. The
building was largely insured and
will in all probability be restored
early in the coming season. This
disaster will not interfere with the
opening of the winter term as usual,
on Jan. :, 1880, as ample accommo-
dations have been secured for all
students, in the way of room and
board.
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THEWONDERFUL
CHRISTMAS NUMBER

iReady Dec. 1stis the largest and most beauti-
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Among other attractions, it will contain
TWELVE SHORT STORIES
bv ]. T. TrOwbridge, Washington GLADDEN., j.
". neForesr. Maurice Thompson, Sarah Winter
Kellogg, and others.
JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER
contributes a long poem, while Lucy LARCOM
and MARY MAPES DODGE are also represented
in verse. There is
A CHRISTMAS PLAY FOR FESTIVALS,
by EDWARD EGGLESTON; an illustrated art-pa-
per on THORvALDSEN, and an account, with
twelve pictures. Of the life and dotngs of New
York Telegraph Boys.
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FOOrE, KELLY, DIEIMAN, BENSELL, SHEPPARD,
EYTINGE, JESSIE CURTIS and ADDIE LEDYARD
are among the artists whose labor has helped
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ST, NICHOLAS.
ScriDler'S illustrated Magazine
For Girls and Boys.

John Greenleaf Whittier writes Of ST. MICH
OLAS: ut is little to say of this magazine that
it is the best child's periodical i'll the world
That it is calculated to delight the little folk
everywhere is indicated by the fact that it is
to be. issued in French by Delagrave of Paris.
and that even the far-away little Mnslems are
now to have q volume made up of translatiOns
from ST. NICHOLAS into Arabic.
Beginning with the November number, this
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Illustrated articles of travel and description.
pictures. rhymes. iingles, etc pages Of large
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the coming year the publishers announce
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\ NEW SERIAL by MISS LOUISA NJ. ALCOTT,
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department, 1.-The Treasure-Box of English
Literature" i'll which will be given gems from
standard authors.
a NEW SERIAL STORY FOR BOYS.
AMONG THE LAKES" by the author of Dab
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Another splendid serial for boys has been
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-01-01

A large fire in Boston on the 2sth
ult. destroyed about sl,ooo,ooo'
worth of property. Among the
heaviest losers were Houghton, Os-
good 4 CO., publishers of the Allan
tic Monthly. Their office was com
pletely burnt but fortunately their
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ness few DAYS,
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VOL XI.---NO IS
THE GAZETTE.
VIM. 3. HERRIOTI,
Editor.
I $50.

Gen. Grant will sail in short
time for Cuba. He has invited Gen.
Sheridan to accompany him and he
will do so, as his health is in such a
condition as to compel him to take
rpSt
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The wind always finds something
to blow about.

Give a girl long eyelashes and
small hands and she will put up
with No. 6 feet and marry all around
a curly heahed girl wearing ones
and half.
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LOS
Strayed.

On the 9th of Dec, from the
premises of the subscriber, on the
Turrell farm, Six spring calves; 2
roam and l red and white steer and
2 white and ! red hiefers. Infor-
nation as to their whereabouts will
be liberably rewarded.
J. A. Conway.
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NOTICE.
NOTICE.
LAND OFFICE AT

LAND OFFICE AT
NEW ULM, MINI. Dec. End, 1879.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim,
and secure final entry thereof at the expiration
Of thirty days from the date of this notice, viz:
Elmira Parker rHomesteadapplicati No. 103O3
for the NEA Sec. 2S, 100, 35, and names the
following as his witnesses, viz: LlIcian Albeit
Of Redwood Co., Minn., and Melville Albeit
of Redwood county MINI.
c. B. TYLER,
VII NIL 5w Register.
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NOTICE.
LAND OFFICE, AT
VII NIL 5w

LAND OFFICE, AT
NEW ULM, MINI. Dec. 1st, 1879.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has f1led notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim, and
secure final entry thereof at the expiration OF
Forty days from the date of this notice, viz:
William e. Waterman Homestead Application
No: 1887 for the N1S of s ~ Sec. IA 108 81
and names the following as his witnesses, viz
Theodore Ork of Redwood Co., and Marshal
Herniman of Redwood Co.
c. 3. TYLER,
VII nl-5w Register.
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PROBATE NOTICE.
State of Minnesota So np,o,,te Court
County of Redwood.

State of Minnesota,
fSS. InProbate Court.
County of Redwood.
In the Matter of the Estate of Otis w. New
ton Deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of Leroy
B Newton of st. Paul representing, among,
9th er things, that Otis w. Newton late of Red
Tood = 5slG County, on the ilth day Of November A.
ID. 1879, at Chaska, Minnesota, died intestate,
and being resident of this county at the time
OF his death, leaving goods, chattels, and es-
tate within this county, and that the said pc
t titioner Is q son Of said deceased, and praying
that administration of said estate be to NJ X.
Butterfield granted, it is ordered that said pc
titi0n be heard before the Judge of this court,
on Saturday the 9th day of January A. d. 1880,
at o'clock A. M, at the Probate Office in Red
Falls, in said county.
Ordered further, that notice thereof be CIV
en- to the heirs of said deceased, and to ali
persons interested, by publishing a copy of
this order for three successive weeks prior to
said day of hearing, in the Redwood GAZETTE,
weekly newspaper, printed and published at
Redwood Falls, in said county.
. Dated at Redwood Falls the 18th dav of De-
cember A. D. 1879.
BY the Court,
JOHN H. BOWERS,
lSEAL.J Judge of Probate.