Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-23


Mr.. BEEoHER's strange vageries and er-
| ratio course of late years, to say nothing of
his social lncuipations, is inevitably ex-
erting dislntsgrating influence on Ply
mouth church. How can it be other
wise when the pastor denies the inspira-
ton of the Bible, or such parts of it az
he chooses to set aside. Plymouth has
| ceased to be a Christian church in the Or
thodox sense of the term. MIR. Beecher
| himself begins to see and feel this; and
| the assistant pastor, the Rev. Mr.. Halli-
| day, who has not followed Mr.. Beecher
| after strange gods, feels it still more
poignant. Neither the pastor, nor Ply
| mouth church itself is IN fellowship, to-
| day, With any orthodox denomination.
The Brooklyn Eagle has the following sig
| nlticant statement:
cat the annual meeting of Plymouth church
| Mr. Beecher remarked that his audience had
come to be strange one, and that Plymouth
| church had become rather spiritual hotel
| than church, that people came to be filled
/ and went away Without any though of house
| keeping, that there was little church feeling in
| the congregation, although there was plenty of
| christian feeling, and that there was feeling
| that the old church was able TO take care of
isself and that the pulpit could do tverythinp
| that was needed to be done. The pastoral help
| er, MI. halliday, also took a gloomy view of
| the condition of the church.
remarking upon the habitual absence of the
| members when the pastor was not present. and
the decadence of the congregational spirit
which had characterized plymouth church
| during the lifeline of some of the old mem.
| DerS who have bpan ramnvaI NV
| What confession of church organized
imbecility and wandering. The church is
no longer body of closely associated en-
titles, but merely loose conglomeration
of uncongenial elements without real
spiritual discernment, ready to fly off into
pastures new, on any passionate or sensa-
! tional contingency. Well may the ortho-
dox Mr.. Halliday take gloomy view of
| the present posture of the church. Mr..
Beecher has destroyed its cohesion and
cohesive affinity, aid when he leaves its
pulpit by death or otherwise, Plymouth
church will cease to exist, unless reorgan-
lied on wholesome scriptural basis. As
christian" church building minister
Mr.. Beecher has proved himself failure
out as genius of sparkling bat unsteady
AID unreliable elements, he may be said
10 De success-successful in ILL success.
The trade of the Cape Colony has fallen
OH to such an extent that, instead of Civ
lag full employment for fast line of four
teen large steamers, six are now found to
be ample. The net earnings of the Union
Steamship company has dropped from
| $7S0,o0o to $2s0,OO0.
| Mrs. Bridget DiffIby, of BROOKLYN. N
T., went out few minutes or Saturday
leaving her youRgest daughter in the
house. A strange woman entered soor
afterward, and. approaching the child
placed bundle in its arms. "rve prom
ised good many times" said thu
stranger, ''to bring you q baby sister, ano
to-day I've kept my promise. Here she is,
The woman then left, and tho child found
that the bundle contained healthy fe
male baby ten days old.
A Wisconsin correspondent of the
Scientific american, believing that steam
must eventually be used for flying ma
chimes, suggests that a sufficient lifting
hold upon the air TO carry a small engine
and boiler might be obtained with two
psrachutes. He would place them one
above the other, with valves similar to
those IN birds wing to retard down.
ward motion, while the lifting and propel
ling power would be obtained from the
upper parachute; the lower psrachnte
from which would be worked long rud
der, also TO form check valve to the up-
per one: the fitting of the latter to furnish
1.-THE prcpelling power.