Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-06-10
TIMELY TOPICS.

The "Indian weed" comes in for full
share of sturdy criticism at the present
time. 1t cannot we'll be otherwise, so
prevalent and demonstrative is it. lady
residing in town in New Jersey writes.
Last month the Presbytery met in this.
place. We looked forward to the meeting
with great deal of pleasure as it was
quite an interesting event for our village.
But pain was mingled with the pleasure
when we found that so many of the minis
tiers INDUCED in the use of tobacco. Some
of the ministers were seen walking the
streets smoking cigars. little boy, son
of friend Of mine, hearing the fact spo-
ken of, said: Mamma, are they holy men!
The Bible says the priests had to change
their garments when they went into the
Holy Place" This was the order under
the Old Testament, but ministers under
the new dispensation often go into the
pulpit with the smell of tobacco on their
garments, if not with its fumes in their
brains. Do you not think the pulpit as
we'll as the pew needs cleansing? p
IT is a matter of no little surprise that
an attempt is being now made in France
to eliminate from all school books the
name of God. OF course this comes from
a bold denial of the existaece of a supreme
being, the atheistic hate of the idea of
Deity with which a large portion of the
population of France is surcharged. Is it
possible that these blind, reasoning, or
false unreasoning atheists have forgotten
the bloody pages of French history, have
forgotten the attempt to dethrone God in
the minds Of the people by the famous
edict of the National Convention Of 1893,
forbidding the use of the name of GOD,
and prohibiting all christian services, rites
and ceremonies, and deciding that ''libertY
equality and REASON should be henceforth
the only deities of France" Is the re
suit of this blasphemous, but impotent at
tempt forgotten? True civilization was
blotted out, lawless misrule came in, and
social anarchy blasted the best hopes Of
life. The bloody reign Of terror was in
augurated, and the shameless complotters
who decreed that there was no God, who
exalted Reason to the position of su-
prone deity were among the first to fall
in the bloody revolution they had inaugu-
rated. They had raised the whirlwind but
could not direct Or control the destructive
storm. These modern infidel fanatics
have forgotten much and have learned
nothing. They are simply unwholcsorne
dist1rbers, impoteut in their puny hatred,
and "He that stitch in the heavens shall
laugh at them; Jehovah shall have them in
derision." In christian civilization alone. is
there safety for any people, or stable bull
warks for the defense IF human rights?
Though cine prayer Of faith cure is
much derided, there are continually cases
cropping out, with name and date, claim
ing possible genuineness. And, yet, there
are cases, where persons have thus claimed
to be cured who have died incurred of the
malady which they had thought to have
surmounted. Here is late case of faith
cure, which occurred last month in Monti-
cello. n. Y. Mrs. Floyd E. Linsday,
farmers wife, since 1873 had been confined
to her bed constantly. As usual in
such cases sne mad called to her
aid medical skill far and near,
but in vain. The last year she had been
growing rapidly worse. Hearing of the
faith cure she determined to try its effica-
CT. She asked the Rev. Messrs. Corley,
Davies, and Mackey, clergymen in the vii
lage, to pray for her recovery on certain
night, and Il request was sent to the Fulton
street prayer meeting for prayers at the
same time. She said May 8th) God
gave me faith, 10 believe he would heal,
for He had promised to, and
on the evening appointed for
the prayers 1 Enthusiastically felt the thrill
of His healing touch" Next morning,
when her husband came in to breakfast, ne
found his life sitting at the breakfast Ia
bic. She had dressed herself. something
she had not done before in years, and was
around the house as lively as if she had
not been i'll. Since that day, she has to all
appearance been perfectly we'll. What
says the reader? Is this delusion, or a
lie, or is it a manifestation of the power
and willingness of the Almighty to bestow
his healing efficacy on poor suffering hu-
mainly?
TIE poet Bryant ever sadly mourned
the death of his wife. He gave utterance
to his unceasiug Borrow at her loss, in
many tender verse. Ballad after ballad
flowed from his pen at intervals of which
his lost companion was the inspiration.
Among his papers after his death, was
found an unfinished roem of most touch
ing pathos. which recalls most tender