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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-21
Mun1cipal Rivalry.

The rivalry between Council Bluffs and
Omaha was never more strongly exhibited
than during the past two weeks. About
two weeks ago the Omaha people conclud
ed that they would show their prowess By
getting up slsighing party consisting oil
forty teams, including four in hand and
one or two tandems, and thus invaded
Council Bluffs. Their appearance Great
ed quite q surprise and something Of a
sensation. The Council BIufs people
decided to call Omaha and go her fifty or
hundred better. Accordingly arrange
ments were made for the Buffers to visit
Omaha last Monday at O'Clock. On
that day one hundred and thirty seven
Tleighs, including several four
or five in hands, and two or three
tendems creased the river on the ice and
fairly took possession of Omaha. They
touched the pride of the Omaha denizens
and they planned a second visit to Council |
Bluffs Tuesday afternoon. The people here
were spprissd Of the affair aud made
arrangements to moet their j1vial guests
and entertain them. Agreeable to the
understanding about one hundred sleighs
formed on Broadway at o'clock Monday
afternoon, and headed by band of music,
went out to meet the approaching Oma-
hons. The two professions met about
half way between the two towns and with
music and banners flying the Council
Bluffs procession escorted the Omaha
people to the city. After parading the
streets for an hour or more, the Omaha
ladies and gentlemen. numbering fully one
thousand, were escorted to the Ogden and
Pacific hotels, where they were hand
somely treated TO bountiful menu. On
this occasion Omaha had two hundred and
three slsighs in procession being forty six
more thanCouncil Bluffs on the occasion of
her visit to Omaha. Should the sleiahing
continue. Council Bluffs will probably give
Omaha another visit, trying. if possible. to
enlarge on the number OF teams brought
over to this side by Omaha to day. This
sort OF rivalry but family illustrates the
Jealousy existing between the two cities
However. nothing but the best of feeling
Is exhibited In these late interchanges of
courtesies, and in his address in response
TO speech OF welcome, Hon. John N.
Baldwin said this rivalry had. or at least
would, do nuch in the way OF encouraging
tha neighboring cities to build Q free
bridge across the river. and thuz unite
and cement the material and commercial
Interests of the two places. Altogether
the sisighlng party here was the
largest ever known in the state of Iowa.
and barring few runaways and break
downs. the affair was most enioyabls and
highly agreeable to all.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-21
The ss,.sor;al souabble in Pennsylvania

The senatorial squabbis In Pennsylvania
grows in bitterness. It il thesCameron
and anti Cameron fight, ::and neither side
seems willing to make concession. The
Democrats are voting solidly for Senator
Wallace, and il gis NOT impossible hs
may be elected By the aid of one or the
other factions.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-21

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The senatorial race in Tennessee eontin-
uss bitter. It is hard to tell who will come
ont ahead,

There is general protest all over ths
countryagainst the contemplated consolida-
ton of telegraph companies. and the Su-
prsms court Of New York has been ASKED
to grant an injunction restraining the
directors of the American Union from
making tha transfer.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-21

Did YOU ever know any person to be i'll,
without inaction of the Stomach. Liver
or kidpeys. or did you ever know one who
was well when either was obstructed or
inactive; and did you ever know OF hear
of any case of the kind that Hop Bitters
would not cure. Ask your neighbor this
same question. Times.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-21

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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-21
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-21
MEDICAL.
Public Notice.

r JOHN HANNAS, being q Blacksmith by
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-01-05
" My Influence"

Mr.. w. Ell. Baldwin, of the Boston
Young Mems Christian Union, recently
closed an address on moral Courage
with the following impressive illustra-
ton:
Gather up my influence and bury it
with me" were the dying words of
young man to the weeping friends at
his bedside, as stated to the speaker
awhile since by one to whom he was
dear. What wish was this what deep
anguish of heart there must have been
as the young man reflected upon his
past lifel-a life which had not been
what it should have been. With what
deep regrets must his very soul have
been filled as he thought of those young
men he had influenced for evil l-influ-
ences which he felt must, if possible, be
eradicated, and which led him, family
but pleadingly, to breathe out such a
dying request" Gather up my influence
and bury it with me"
My young friends, the influence of
your lives, for good or evil, cannot be
gathered up by your friends after your
eyes are closed in death, no matter how
earnestly you may plead in your last
moments on earth. Your influence has
gone out from you; you alone were re-
sponaible; you had the power to govern,
to shape; your influence no human being
can withdraw. Such request cannot
be fulfilled. 1t is impossible. Your
relatives and friends cannot gather up
your influence and bury it with you
Young men, live noble, true, heroic
lives. Possess this moral courage" in
full proportions, and at all times-every-
where.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-01-05
IF I Could Only Feel It.

eff l could only feel it," as a young
officer said to NE, when 1 pressed on him
that enough had been done on the cross
to save his soul.
But" I said, "you have not got to
feel it, but to believe. You may be
saved without feeling. 1 believed in
Christ about fortnight before I knew I
was saved. 1 might have known it at
once, only | was waiting to feel saved.
AT last | said, Well, if don't feel saved
until find myself in heaven, still 1 will
rest solely on the Word of God. God
hath said in that Word, He that be-
lieveth on the Son hath everlasting life.
| know that now 1 do believe in Christ;
l used to trust In my prayers, or some
thing [ could do myself; now in Christ
and His work on the cross for my saliva
ton; therefore 1 have everlasting life. God
says [ have Then Satan whispered,
: Do you feel you have everlasting lifet'
| could not say felt it. Then you can
not have it, whispered the arch liar.
remember it is written, He that believ-
eth on the Son hath everlasting life.
knew that 1 really believed in Christ,
therefore had everlasting life, whether
L felt it or not. God said L had, and
surely l must be right in believing Him,
despite every feeling. l think then the
devil left me (for time); but 1 found I
was safe, not because l felt it, but be-
cause of Gods word, which is unchange-
able. 1 did not Gas it so happened) feel
Joy or peace till long afterwards"
81 declare, 1 believe you are right"
said the young man, who had been listen
ing with the greatest attention; Z" I have
all along been thinking that l have to
bring good feelings to God before 1 could
be saved. Parish Visitor.
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stand before the throne of the Saviour.
we "shall be perfectly blessed in the full
enjoyment of God to all eternity"
This truth was doubtless revealed to
as to encourage us in the faithful dis
charge OF our duties. 1t is true that we
ought to serve God independent of such
considerations but our nature is such
that rewards make us more faithful even
to those whom we love, and God has seen
fit to give us these incentives. How
greatly we should be encouraged when
we know that the performance of every
little duty is adding to an eternity of
bliss lis enlarging our capacity for the
enjoyment of heaven.
But some one may be tempted to say :
This doctrine, though it has its import
ance, is of little value to me. | hope to
reach heaven, but my sphere of useful
ness is SO circumscribed that can do but
little for Christ, and must be content with
one of the lowest places. If L had the
opportunities that some of the great men
OF the world have to do good, 1 might
try, but as it is, 1 must be satisfied with
being in the kingdom" But such should
remember that if they are faithful in lit
tie 1T is an evidence that they would be
faithful also in much Our reward will
not depend so much upon the extent of
our opportunities, as upon the way in
which we use them. One whose sphere
is most limited, if really faithful will OBJ
tain brighter crown, than he will who,
having vast opportunities improved them
only In part. 1t is probable that many
devout man, who in his obscurity
thought that he could do nothing for the
glory of God outside of his own family,
by reason of his faithfulness in his mar
row sphere, will far outshine in heaven,
some of the most noted divines whose
works proceeded from hearts less devout.
" For if there be first willing mind it 10
accepted according to that man hath
and not according to that he hath not. E"
Craig County, Dec. Goth. G.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-01-05
The Ministry of the HYMNS.

From the beautiful volume, published
by the American Tract Society, entitled
Story of the Hymns" we make the fol-
lowing extract:
"The hymns of Luther" said S. T.
Coleridge, "did as much for the Refor
nation as did his translation of the Bible.
They were indeed the battle-cry and
trumpet-call Of the Reformation. The
children hummed them in the cottage.
the martyrs sung them on the scaffold."
After his death, when his friend Mel
ancthon heard little maid singing on
the streets of Weimar Luther's grand
hymn, A Mighty Fortress is our God"
he said, Sing on, maid, for you little
know whom you comfort
Such beautiful incident illustrative
OF this thought was recently given by
Rev. Mr. Borle, of Asbury Park, from his
own pulpit, that we venture to reproduce
it for the benefit of others.
On board the i'll .fated steamer Sea
awanhaka" was one of the Fisk Univer-
sity singers. Before leaving the burning
steamer and committing himself to the
merciless waves, he carefully fastened
upon himself and wife life-preservers.
Some one cruelty dragged away that of
the wife, leaving her without hope, e1.. opt
as she could cling to her husband. This
she did, placing her hands firmly on his
shoulders and resting there until her
strength becoming exhausted she said
can hold on no longer "Trv lit
tie longer" was the response of the
wearied and agonised husband, "iet us
sing Rock Of Ages" And as the
sweet strains Aoated over those troubled
waters reaching the ears of the sinking
and dying, little did they know, those
sweet singers of Israel, whom they com
forted.
But lo as they sung, one after an
other sank beneath the watery waves, and
finally the music broke for the last time
over the deep, and all was over. Mr..
Borle vouched for the strict accuracy of
this CoUenant.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-01-05
For the Central Presbyterian.
Regeneration VS.. Conversion.

The word conversion is generally and
very lnaccurately used as synonomous
with regeneration. The Methodist, and
frequently the Presbyterian, in giving the
results of q revival, record so many con-
versions" The use of the word in this
sense proceeds from grave error in the
ology, and will unconsciously lead those
who use it into error. 1t is an error
against which Calvinism has long testified.
Words are things. l find this corrobo-
rated by conversation with our people,
They have said convert sinner until
they think this is the idea in degenerate
sinner" The natural heart is regen-
Grated by the Spirit the Christian is
subject and agent in conversion. Peter
was evidently a regenerate man when he
denied his Lord. Reason: 81 have
prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not. p"
None but regenerate heart exercises
faith. Then Peter all the time possessed
the principle and habit of faith in new
heart. 1t is this very regenerate heart
of which our Saviour speaks as the sub
ject of conversion. Evidently then, they
cannot be the same as inconsiderate use
would lead us to suppose.
LOU uO COioldGl well WnGIGlD butY I'LL
fer. Regeneration confers power; con-
version exercises that power. In regen-
GRAFTON a principle Of life is implanted
we see the actual manifestation of that
life in conversion. This points to the
fact that they are related as cause and
effect. The vital force precedes and is
the cause of motion. So the new heart
and new spirit precede and cause the
walking in Gods statutes. Regenera-
ton changes the heart of stone into
fleshly heart; conversion is the throbbing
of that heart with the impulses of it's new
life. Yonder is perennial spring Of
pure water. It railways slows but sometimes
stronger than at others. So regeneration
implants the ever-gushing fountain of
divine faith and love; conversion is the
flowing Of its water in the actual life.
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Lord, What Wilt Thou Have
Me DO?D

oh. for Oision and vo,ce to lead me,
To shoU me plainly ,clerc my work should lie !
Go t0here may. fresh hindrances impede me:
Vain and unanswered seems ny earnest cry
Hush unbelieving one; but for thy blindness.
But for thine own impotence and self will,
Thou vould'st see thy Masters loving kindness,
Who by those hindrances is leading still.
He who of old through Phrygia and Galatia,
Led the apostle Paul and blessed him there,
If he forbid to preach the Word to Asia.
Must have prepared work for thee elsewhere.
Courage and patience Is the Master sleeping
Has he no plan. no purposes of lover
What though awhile his counsel he is keeping,
1t is maturing in the world above.
Wait on the Lord, in his right hand be hidden,
And go not forth, uncalled to strive alone
Shun like a sin the tempting work forbidden
Gods love for souls, be sure exceeds thine
own
None are good works for thee but works APP
pointed
And to be filled with knowledge of his will
Cost what it may. Why live life disjointed2
One work throughout, Gods pleasure to fulfil.
But if indeed. some special work awaits thee,
Censt thou afford this 10ating time to lose
By each successive task God educates thee
What if the iron be too blunt to use2
Oh thou unpublished shaft, why leave the quiveri
Oh thou blunt axe, what forest canst thou
hew?
Unsharpened sword, canst thou the oppressed
deliyer?
Go back to thine own Makers forge anew
Submit myself to God for preparation;
Seek not to teach thy Maker and thy Lord.
Call it not zeal it is base temptation
Satan is pleased when man dictates to God
Down with thy pride With holy vengeance
trample
On each self-fattering fancy that appears
Did not the Lord himself, for our example,
Lie hid in Nazareth for thirty years.
Wait the appointed time for work appointed,
Lest by the tempters wiles thou be ensnared
Fresh be the oil wherewlth thou art Amounted
Let God prepare thee for the work prepared