The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-08-10

Chickens of the Covenant" "Seven
Sobs of Sorrowful Soul for Sin, or
Seven Penitential Psalms ofthe Princely |
Prophet David" whereunto are also an
nexed William Humnis' "Handful of
Honeysuckles and Divers Cody and |
Pithy Ditties, now newly Augmented" /
''rhe Spiritual Mustard Pot, to Make |
the Soul Sneeze with Devotion"
Mr.. Moody, speaking of his equable
temperament and steady nerves, says;
81 am never excited, i'll my most eXclt-
ing meetings. l can sleep like n top
within three minutes of going into
meeting, and | can be sound asleep
three minutes after leaVingit. If were
to get into state of nervous excitement
| should have been dead long ago"
Not week in the year goes by that
some Christian missionary does not sail
from some American port on the At
lantic or Pacific sea-board bound for
some heather land. Men and women,
married and single, are pushing out
almost daily with no other errand than
to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ
Never before have Christian missions
shown such abundant promise.
The friends of domestic morality are
agitating for an amendment to the Con
sttution of the United States, adding to
section of the constitution the words
"and divorce" so that it shall read :
"Congress shall have power to establish
q uniform rule of naturalization, ana
uniform laws on the subject of bank
ruptcies and divorce throughout the
United States" There is much to be
said in favor of national divorce law
Zlon's Herald refers to a discourse re-
Gently preached in the hearing of the
editor, from the New Testament record
as concerns Paul-"'lhere came q viper
out of the heat" The preachers subject
taken from these words, was the special
temptalions of the cheated term" 1t
was certainly an accommodation OF Scrip
ture to the thought Of the hour; but q
very clear and apt exposition OF the mel
) don't with which the words are con
nected was given, and it REQUIRED but
= little strain upon the legitimate force o.
the words to enable them to give {
= special Significance to the serious les
sons of the season. Doubtless, the vipel
that comes out of the heat may hur
quite AS much those in quest OF COO
country retreats as those i'll the hot
e close towns and cities that is to y,th'
l liability to injury is not avoided neces
e sarly, by endeavoring to escape TIN
. heat"
I At meeting in Japan were numbe
Z of Christian girls were gathered to
: gether, the subject was: GLOW to glorii.
- Christ by our lives" One. of the girl
" said: at seems to me like this: on
; spring my mother got some ilowe
" seeds, little, ugly, black things, an
q planted them; they grew and blossome
~ beautifully. one day n neighbor com
Il ing in and seeing these flowers said
y" ooh, how beautiful! | must have some
y too; wont you please give me some seed
. Now, if this neighbor had only seen jus
a these flower seeds, she wouldn't hay
- called for them; twas only when Sh
Al saw how beautiful was the blossom tia
she wanted the seed. "And so wit
Il Christianity; when we speak to on
a, friends of the truths of the Bible, the
. seem to them hard and uni
teresting, and they say: we don't car
to hear about these things; they are NJ
- rs interesting as our own stories. 81
when they see these same truths bio
Il soming out in our lives into kind
ID words and good acts then they sa,
4 How beautiful these lives! What make
80 them different from other lives? Whc
a. they hear that tits the Jesust oachir
IL, then they say: we must have it tooP
q. Few more thrilling stories Of suifc
H. ing and adventure can be told than TIL
Of Of Archdeacon Kirby, now in Englar
n soliciting funds for the further prosecl
ton of his missionary work among Il
Alaskan Indians. In canoe he iOu
neyed $500 miles northwest from Man
" toba, establishing missions m
y. learning the language of Il
- Indians. He pressed on st
he iO0 miles to the north. being the fin
IT. missionary known to have entered q
.at Arctic Circle. Thence he proceeded
ca Alaska. In winter he travelled in sno'
Iat shoes, accompanied by dog sledge c,
ill ryiug provisions and camp oquipmel
he and encamped under snow-driitS,
cir thermometer ranging from - to 80 bel,
lin zero. There he has spent y years OF
lc- useful, sell-denying life. Hundreds ha
been converted as u result of his labO
and scores of the converts are ne
preaching the Gospel. of Christ to III,
Ity Indian brethren.
ire The programme for the approach
I'm meeting of the Evangelical alliance
o.. Copenhagen, has been issued by I
30 British branch. at says: There W
Us be interesting reports on the state
Wy religion in the various countries. A
an dresses will he given on "Christiani
Try aud the Masses" "'lho Basis and \
'NV thOrity OF the New TESTAMENT "Mt
crn Unbolief," "rhc Divinity and Ate
ing Work of our Lord" "rhe Harmo
of Science and Revelation" "rhe Dt
of the Christian Church in Reference
- Missions" "Sunday-sChool Work. :"
ce- temperance" "The Duty of Libe
rd, Giving" "Christian Responsibility
,ph Rrgard to Prevailing Immoralit
,co "The Lords day; Its Pei
les and Power" Among those expected
ma take part in the proceedings are
w. Lord Mayor of London, the Rev.
~ M'Cullagh, president of the Wesley
Methodist Confcrenccl Dr. Marsh
Lang, Professor Rcdford, Dr. Sine
nh Patterson, Prebcndary Anderson,
W. Arthur, DR.. Condcr DR.. l.. B. VIII
sht' DR.. Gritton, DR.. Murray Mitchell,
'ral Clcmanco, DR.. Angus, nr. Can
tors America will he represented by |
an lcSsOr Schaii, Professor Day, DR.. Jt
nj. Hall, and DR.. W. NJ. Taylor. Profcs
Win Gudct is expected FROM Switzcrla
Professor Christlioh from Germa
Professor Rosenius from Sweden, |
lcssor Geymonat from lilly, proies
Earl M'Nicar from Canada, DR.. kalkar, II
r Ia Vail and Professor Scharliug will
'ons present Denmark.
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