Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1883-12-30
SUNDAY READING.

The semi-oflicia' Post of Berlin con-
tradicts the idea that the friendship
between the late Princess Alice and
David Friedrich Strauss implied on
her part any participation in his re-
ligiou, opinions. But We believe, says
the Pail Mall Gazette, that II Is no
secret that from very early time
the traditional religion in which she
had been brought up became intoler-
able for her; and because she could no
longer believhin God half Greek,
half Jewish, she for some time, as her
biographer writes, doubted the very
existence ola God. After tile death
OF one of her children, however, a
change came over her, and cores
pendent recollects the princess saying
to him: "1he whole ediiice of phil0-
sophical conclusions which had
erected FOR myself has dwiudled down
To nothing. Nothing is lett of it, and
what would become of us in this life if
We had not the belief-the conviction
that there Is God who rules the
world, and rules over every one of US"
| weary for prayer; love to sing
hymns with my children, every one
OF whom has his favorite hymn
Figures showing the growth ofchris.
tiani;y since its early stages have been
complied aud are ~ follows: Day oi
Pent.cost, 5000; end OF iir,t century,
800, 900; reign of Constantine, l0,UJp,-
co..; eighth century, 3o,ooJ,TD;
reformation, loO, 900; in ISIS, 49,
0JO,UO0.
The Baptists in Virginia have eslab-
lishcd n ministers relief fund for the
aid of aged and disabled ministers.
One-tiird Of the funds annually re-
ceived Is invested as a permanent
fund, the annual interest on which,
with the other two-thirds, j. used for
the relief Of needy ministers and
their families. The permanent fund
amounts 10 $500.
The religious. mental, and indus
trial progress of the Indian youth at
Carlisle affords great encouragement
to all who desire the welfare of the
Indians. There are now in the ln-
dian industrial school at Carlisle ass
pupils, of whom pa are boys and lGl
are girls. Thirty-six tribes are repre-
scented. BY learning the English
language they can all communicate
with each other. The principal, CAPT.
Il. II. Pratt, recently visited several
Indian tribes where pupils from Car
Isle are now located. A number of
advanced pupils will probably he
appointed to positions IN the new
schools at Lawrence, in Kansas;
Genoa, in Nebraska and Chilocca, in
the Indian Territory.
A great quantity Of human hair has
been recently exported to France AMI
England from Russia, and, the sus-
picions Of the police authorities Of the
Province of Pskov having been
aroused, a priest named Serapin was a
month ago arrested on charge of
fraud. 1t was then discovered that
this man last year founded "a religious
sect every member of which, on join
ing 1t. had 10 sacrifice his or her hair
n n symbol of obedience TO the super
ior. Scrapin has a brother, u fashion
alba hair-dresser in 1T. Petersburg,
and to this man the priest consigned
the locks Of the faithful. Serapin Is
now in jail /; the new sect of the
Seraphinovski bas been untimely ex-
tinguished; and the shorn sheep are.
consoling themselves ms best they may
upon the money obtained from sale
of the effects Of their too ingenious
pastor.