The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-05-11

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there are An every demo Hon . sets W men
who hound their bffethf en- Y. They have . nose.
Eli hRsrss ;ssx they A On the
hsngman's work may be worry good, but It is,
not very reputable, and still less would 1t be II
no elected himself to do it But men run.
around for rope to run up heretics for the
purity Of the church. Another set t.of men
have settled over the churches, until they have
added all their own eggs, and then they try to
spoil those Of others. They have the rarest
talent in the world to rot eggs. They are al
ways at heresy trials. But We are coming to
the time when church organizations will get
freedom and liberty It will be resisted, but
grows Growing disbelief on one side will drive
men together on the other, and light and love
will shine on them more and more
T. ~ Man and Nature.
Principal Dawson is delivering an admirable
course of lectures before the students of the
Hartford Theological seminary. In tho last,
which treated Of mans relation to nature. he
said:
We may regard man in respect to his anatomi-
cal relations, his physiological relations psyche
logical relations, and his higher spiritual nature
Anatomica:ly, man presents the characteristics Of
the vertebrate mammal, but III q form peculiar to
himself and giving him original distinction. Physi-
ologcally, man resembles other animasin the poses
sion OF the four great functions of nutrition, repro
balance of the in man is such that,
tcally he excels other animals in many respects.
Psychologcally by which is meant all that belo ngs
power. man and the lower animals agree very near
lywith another. Yet there are marked differences
on the WHOLE man is not much superior in this
somewhat higher than all other animals and this is
the power that lies at the foundation of all those
new departures that man makes, different from the
dowmsnts by man proves that they must be also in
the Creator. knd hence man forms connecting link
between nature aud the Creator. We can
mans as his is higher than the The lower over
organism might be desirable, for man has higher
present physical frame. This idea is realized to us
in revelation. Angels not disembodied spirits.
but possess physical organisms higher than ours;
There is a better link than this, for we have til q
link of the Son Of God. Even redemption, there
fore, comes into the system Of nature: When our
more and little better. It will be found that nature
tolls the same story as revelation, as far as 1t
The Usher.
All have met the rare individual who greets.
the visitor at the door with smile and warm
grasp Of the hand, and almost insensibly
guides him into seat with an air which plain
~ says: ''There; you have the best seat in
the house. have saved it for you alone, and
remained unoccupied" The church-goer
feels a once at peace with himself, the
minister, and the church, and his mind is thus
prepared to listen to tho appeals from
the pulpit Perhaps he may have dropped
to be benefited by the sermon; but the su.ve
manner Of the usher has brought about diff
ferent feeling and the visitor is induced to at
tend regularly, finally being member. Dis-
metrically opposed is the usher who meets one
With what! another ono look, bustles bis VIC
that seems to say: Snow don't wipe your feet
on the cushions nor put lead nicEles into the
box" With this parting glance ranking 10
the breast of the church goer. he is hardly in
condition to derive much consolation and help
from the exercises Between these two, ex-
including. the languid young: exquisite
who. with rose in his button
hole. condescendinely interrupts his
conversation with a lady friend to stroll with
the visitor into the nearest pew. Then there
is the too familiar ueher, always in hurry
and apparently always little late, who cantera
up the aisle aud chsfes inwardly at any ina
bility to keep up with the fast pace. Perhaps
as vexatious as any is the absent minded indi-
vidual, who forgets that this pew is reserved
for an especial purpose. and with deprecatory
smile comes Immediately after the opening
prayer with a request that seat four aislea
distant be taken. or course the worshiper,
with all eyes suspiciously upon him, feels that
he has committed q crime. and to him the re-
mainder of the services are mockery.
Pious Paragraphs.
writer in the Golden Rule gives the following
facts about the circulatson of the religious papers
Boston OF the Protestant papers the
culation, o3.o33. The Watchman, the next Oldest
comes next with 1900. lions Herald follows
with l3,Soo. These last two papers represent
Christian Register, the chief organ of the Unitari-
ans, has circulation OF 1000. and the Christian
oa e oRer hsnd
gator, which is the mouthpiece of Atheism, claims
5.424, and the Banner of Light, the organ of the
Spiritualists, claims IS AGO. though it numbers but
half tho years of tho Investigator. The Roman
Catholics have but one distinctly denominational
paper, the Pilot, but it claims weekly circulation
| OF ", 900 copies.
on the practice Of religious papers to nix up relig
ion and advertisements Unfortunately on the
same page. us the day coming" it saws. when
leaved with Lydia Pinkham. st. Jacobs OH. and
the Safe Kidney Cure? When ambitious adverts-
ers will even decorate our churches at Christmas
duu CdsleE tlue IOE privilege OF ReLCl0G tQ0lF
trademark in somewhere decoration? There
Is sign OF such a day in these Easter numbers Of
our leading church papers"
Revivals continue to DO reported from various
parts OF France. Among the latest that in the Ce-
venues, called the Sinai Of France, from the fac,
that the ancient. Huguenots fed to this region Of
bahaltic mountains there to have the privilege Of
worshipping God as they pleased. The meetings
are described as most enthusiastic, but the acces.
sories--seats and meeting places-are most rude.
The floors OF stone, children and old people in the
huge chimney corner, and the lamps vertably Ro-
man.
A missionary from the Island of Peru, In the
Samoan group, writes that there Is not heather
left. Missionary labors were commenced there
only eleven years ago. During this time the whole
island has been evangelical, churches. chapas, mis-
sion houses have been built At their own expense.
and they are now supporting their own pastors and
contributing to the society that sent them pastors
and teachers.
correspondent of The Advance says there are
nearly 1000 members of Protestant churches in
Rome who are converts from Romanism. These
represent much larger Protestant population.
and are the results OF ten years of missionary labor
EThere are 900, 900 members of temperance So
cietes in twenty Episcopal dioceses in England.
Among 5000 abstaining ministers are five bishops
and seven of the queens chaplains.
Mr.. Moody says he does not fear iufdelity half no
much as no fears the cold Journalism which is
creeping over Christiauity-the want Of heart, in
terest. fire and enthusiasm.
Mounted Policeman's Hardship.
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