The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-04-27

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Of the church is still long enough for division;
and, doubtless, there is left territory which eau
be sliced into dioceses. We recall that Bishop
Riley has genius for organization. A few
years ago he organized and equipped Re-
formed church or two in Spain and Portugal
Dr.: Dix's Charges Again.
Christian Union: To charge RIGHTEOUSNESS
on Professionalism, as DR.. Dix does, is TO ignore
the well-known statistics Of morals. Unchas-
tity is the common sin of Roman Catholic
France and Italy, while chastity is the national
virtue of Protestant Germany and England. On
70 be rapidly. degenerating in morals, while the
Roman Catholic population Of America ap-
pear to DO chaste and to preserve invlolate the
family relation. Neither church can cast
first stone at the other in this matter. The
natural but gross reaction from the sacramen-
tartan theory of the middle ages 1t is
| indeed q divine ordinance, and equally
divine whether the marriage ceremony
be performed by bishop, by justice
selves. #, instead Of attempting to get ss' Us
all into the Holy Catholic church, Dr.. Dix
would inaugurate movement-moral, relig-
Gus, and on-ecclesa> tlcal, founded on the
Bible, and not on church decrees-to repeal
emphatically called 'divorce lawe," he would
find ready to follow him enough men of all
faiths, and forms, and creeds, to have some
eventual hops Of success.
A Strange Announcements.
The War Cry, tho organ of the English Sal
vStion army, recently contained the following
sensational announcement in large display
| headlines: "Frozen to death last Sunday,
owing to the extreme cold prevailing all around
him (no professed worshipper of God having
even given him warm shake Of the hand or .
sparkling look), Jack Goddess died in his sins
without the least hope, and his soul persisted!
As he did not feel like going to any place Of
worship, and % nobody seemed particularly to
want him to go, he stayed out in the fog, where
so many millions remain unable to see
whether there is anything in religion. he
willing to take the trouble to go out TO him, but
| those whose duty it was to do SO thought 1t was
quite unreasonable to expect them to turn out
such day! HIS dead body, having been duly
| laid out, aud the fact of his death having been
generally made known, an Inquest was held
without the assistance Of the coroner, at the
headquarters Of the Salvation army, 1Ol Queen
| Victoria street, E. c., where the following
verdict was directed to be entered in the War
Cry: cThe soul of the deceased was lost owing
to exposure to temptation without any friendly
help to salvation, and there can be no doubt
that somebody was guilty of gross negli-
| gencer"
| DFOpplngS from the sanctuary.
During the week of prayer recently hold in a
had some remark, to make about temperance and
the habit some people had Of drinking cider. II am
Of this congregation, who makes or handles or sells
the stuff shall have burden of sorrow put
upon him m, until he turns from the error Of his
asked oi-hardened granger, as he rose up. $40
night, Brother Tompkins-this very night" Il
wish you wouldn't I've got forty barrels Ut cider
in which to sci and she After thy.
can peel your coat and 60 in six-horse power"
hopeless case is that the jail bird who has just
obtained bis freedom. What can he do2 Where
lihood. He can present no letter Of recommends
ton from his last pace Of employment. One
Michael Dunu. opened a homs Of industry in New
York, where discharged convicts are made VOL
come. It is at No. 40 East Houston street. There
they obtain work. aud the opportunity of earning
their bread and goo<! character.
school in Colorado. It is said to be almost impos-
sibe to get pastors from the East, as the field is
hard working and unaerpaid one. They have a
frame building to begin with, but want at least
$2O,On0 endowment. the immediate funds to be
devoted to furniture and other items. The Rev.
| w. G. Bishop, q fellow Of Emmanuel college, Cam
bridge, has been engaged IS dean or president.
The Presbyterian Synod Of Kentucky proposes tt
raise 81 600 by next October TO erect dormitory
aud boarding hall as an addition to the buildings ol
the Central university to be called the Centennia
niversary Of the establishment II Presbyterianisn
in the State, which will. occur in October next.
certain little three year-old likes very much tt
Ono day the choir sang Rock Of Hass. c Sf fo
| Me, and after she got home, the little one wa
heard singing very seriously, "Rock the babies
| kept for me-"
There are fifteen Baptist sects in the mother
country, and one Of them calls itself tho Unitarian
| Baptist denomination. OF ceuse many of these
small and obscure. and they are not included Ia
| the a al fsfira nf the Enolish handhook
The Moravian mission. on the Mosquito coast
Central America. reports wonderful religiou
awakening among the lcdians. Oyer 400 persons
have applied for admission.
One Of the best definitions of faith was given by
bright Sunday school boy to- his teacher: "As
near as can make 1t out. i is feeling perfectly
sure Of thing when you have nothing to, back
| it up"
The eolored church At Austin. Ark, on recent
Sunday, being half full Of wator. on account of the
! sermon to the congregation attending in skina
In tho Episcopal church at Dent, Yorkshire, two
long shelves are ai'ed every Sunday With lpaves foi
| the ponr. which they carry away with them afteI
| the SERVICE This IA solid religion.
| The census of missions to be taken next year
will. 1t IS estim ted, show an increase Ut 200, 900
native Christians in India. Ceylon and Burmah TO.
the last ten years-5OO, OOO In all
The sessions of State legislatures all over the
country are opened with religious exercises, and
many devout people are. in consequence. beginning
10 douot the emcacy OF prayer.
l. A young Detroit clergyman newly married took
| for his text ''She plelseth mo well"
| The Catholics OF Spain number 5000. 900. and
| have 10000 magnificent churches.
| Carp In Minnesota Lakea
ST. PAUL, April 1910 the Edit ": Mr.. T.
z. Rogers Of Wat:rville. under date April 10,
| writes as follows:
'Two years since received twenty or twen-
ty-fvs carp from Washington and put them in
o small poud on my place. raised the water
with dam, but tue first year it did not hold
up well, and my msu said mot one wsathe. ed
the first winter ii, oked las, year many Iimes
and saw nothing of thsm and gave up having
auy left To-day my man said there were dea
FISH on the lake shore. Ut once sent him aftor
them He found :hree dead ones and brought
Them in. I do not know bow loug they have
boon uead; they were twenty-ons niche, long
aud weighed six pounds each. I am in hopes
| there NAV be q few left to shawn: il twenty all