Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-02-05
this is Christian country such scandals
should be avoided"

1HE Key. w. Z. Penn, or, as he is usually
known, Major Penn, the Texas Baptist
evangelist" is at present in ST. Louis, having
come from his home in Palestine, Texas, to
purchase canvass tent $50 feet in diameter,
as the one he has is not big enough to cover
all the people who drive every Sunday one and
two hundred miles TO hear him preach, He
also proposes to build "Nickel Church, in
Palestine, and stated to a ST. Louis reporter
recently that "Gould himself could not give
more than nickel, and should he offer Sl0,-
600 it would be refused" So far the ground
$500 being the amount invested. There is
only 500 toward building the SIC, 900 ''Nickel
Church" The major said that the names and
nickels of General Garfield and Jay Gould
were ION record"
TEXAS siftings: We see it stated that the
Texas Methodists have determined to intro
duce the bible in the public school system.
We do not believe such thing possible on &C
count OF the comparative size of the two insti-
tutions. The free schoolsystem of Texas is such
small institution that it would be as diff
cult to introduce good-slzed family bible in
to il as it would be to introduce number ten
foot into a number five boot. If the average
Texas free school were enlarged, perhaps the
bible, if it were very young bible, not big
ger than pack Of cards, might be crowded
into it, but it would be mighty tight squeeze.
There would not be much room left over for
anything else. We suppose the idea is that if
Texas eyer has any free schools, then the
Methodists will try to introduce the bible into
them.
A STRANGE performance took place recently
at Rous Lench, a village in Worcestershire,
England. The rector, Mr.. Chafy, having
visited Ober Ammergau, conceived the idea Of
illustrating bible history in series of tableaux
vivants, he himself from time to time com
menting on the meaning of the successive
tableaus. Fifty persons took part in the rep
resentations, the personator of Anna the
prophecies being an old woman of 81, and that
of another character being but years of age.
Among these tableaux vivants were the "Ex-
pulsion of Adam from Paradise" and Evils
ion on the Capitoline Hill;'' but most OF them
consisted of scenes of the childhood and youth
of Jesus. No labor and expense had been
spared in the preparation Of the scenery and
dresses, and in training the performers, all of
whom were Pensioners.
THE Detroit Free Press is responsible for
the following: The editor Of religious news
paper complains of a correspondent, a clergy
for 1a{t wi horo f1rct
to be translated for the printer, or run the risk
of being mistaken for brokers' cipher dis
patch. One of them the much enduring edi-
tor prints to show how much of a vexation
to the spirit and disturber of religious calm
the clergy can be when "they take their
pen in hand' to furnish their favorite weekly
with ''items'': "Dear Bro Please make room
for the following item: The Pres Oh of Kylo-
graph held its an meetg Nov. 4. New ch
buildg pd for. The K of Xt in this ch unu-
sually hopeful-24 ad last com, 10 let IA on
prof. l inclose 50 on sub. Oh ad of William
Jones to Pangatak. Our Sab Sch is fiour'g-
10 COW. from Bible class. Yrs in KIT, PAS
TOR The ''$2 on subj of course, made it
more tolerable than it would have been other
wise.
DR.. JAMES FREEMAN CLARKE,in his new vol
ume OF 'Epochs in Religious History has a
chapter on Luther and the Reformation, in
which he gives the following estimate of the
character of the German reformer: 1.-THE
character of Luther had q mountainous gran
deur. When near Mont Blanc you perceive
the ragged precipices and shapeless ravines
which deform it; but as you recede from it
into the distance it appears to tower higher
and higher above its neighboring SUBMITS, its
features are softened by the intervening at
mosphere, and melted into strange tints and
beautiful shadows, and it stands the object of
reverence and wonder-one of the most sub
lime objects in nature, and most beautiful
creations of God. So stands Luther, growing
more and more the mark Of reverence through
succeeding centuries-tne real author of mod
ern liberty of thought and action, the giant
founder of modern civilization, pure re-
lgion, and a more widespread virtue than
those which earlier ages were capable of pro-
ducing."
Mrs. Gov. RANDALL, of Wisconsin, is a
lady highly educated and accomplished, and OF
the highest position in refined society. When
her husband died several years ago he left her
$4,000 to $4,000, poorly invested. By the
advice of supposed, but false friend, she
sold her property and invested the proceeds in
a cattle ranch IN Nebraska. Subsequently,
learning that things were going wrong with
her interests there, she went to Nebraska, en-
tered upon pioneer life, assumed
a $4,000 liability, and by pluck and
good management now clears $4,000 year,
and her income is constantly augmenting. She
is her own superintendent and looks personal
ly after every detail of the farm and cattle
ranch. In the three years she has managed
her property she has never been molested, in
suited or interfered with in any manner by
anybody This is notable instance of female
pluck, enterprise, sagacity and success.
The attendants of religious protracted re-
Yival meetings in Chicago are now dubbed
'the Christian army" and all the technical
military terms of the camp are applied to
them. The s'army'' has lately been presented
with stand of colors. 1t is suggested that the
''army'' be presented also with battery, prob
ably, to shoot down deserters "who fall from
grace" A dignifed bishop justifes this
mode of Christian work on the ground that
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