, 1885-12-31


including several Bishops and Prc~i-
dents If Stakes. and the scattering of
those Saints ahroai t. tie number Of
"a Thousand OF more, Who hardly know
which way L. turn. the triumph OF
law has been one Of the events Of the
year. Not that law alaue l. likely 10
remedy the evil, but the law ami the
gospel. Ia" latter of which La- been
successfully at work during the past
few yyar-. with itS Christian schools
to educate tEr young Alright. and IT.
churches, bid fair - put away the
last II the twin relics IF LarbaTI-;a,
= they did its sister. slavery, tweuty
yCaI- ago
TIE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILROAD
The completion Of another trans
continental railroad. Is another event
which has marked the year. making
at least the fifth which spans the
continent True il has not attracted
the attention which the completion Of
some Of the others has done. There
were no assembled thousands to wit.
ness the driving Of the last spike
from foreign countries and distant
states. and the spik" itself was com
mon iron one, like thousands Of
others which were used. but this very
fact that railroads are becoming 50
numerous as to attract no great at
teution IS great thing. Twenty
years ago none were finished. Truly
the ends of the earth are being brought
together. In the
EDUCATIONAL WORLD
the gift OF Senator Stanford Of Cali
fornia to the value of twenty millions
Of dollars. Is an event unknown in the
civilized world. Harvard, in two
hundred and thirty five years has OBJ
tained less than five millions, Coium-
bia College has nearly six millions,
no other institution has four millions
and the aggregate value Of all the
college property in the United States
n 1883 was Onl Y ninety millions, so
that this proportionately is a great
gift. Until within 4 very few years,
our educational Institutions have
been built by those who We're not
rich. Many poor good man has
gwen all he could. and then wished
he had half the wealth which some
Of the rich have squandered on yachts
and fast horses, and have prayed that
Providence might incline the mil
iiouaires to deeds of beneyolenco and
in answer to their prayers a few have
given a half Il million to three million
Of dollars within the past twenty five
years. But this exceeds everything
| in fins line in thp mast
THE CHINESE TROUBLES
have attracted much attention of late
but so much has been written and
said on the subject, that it is better
TO pass on, simply noting them as
| among the events of the
year, as the people probably are
tired of reading all that has been
said
loves shining mark, and it has
found several such. Vanderbilt, the
richest man in America, Gen. Me
| Clelian once Cnmmander-in-Ch Chief OF
all the armies of America, Sir Noses
| MOntetiore, the centennarian philan-
thropist, Alfonso King of Spain, Hon
Thomas \. Hendricks, Vice President
Of the United States, and many
others have died. Some years ago
| when GIANT and Golfax were nomi-
mated as President and Vice Presi-
lent of the United States one person
Twas asked how'he liked the nomina
ions. His reply was, they are the
| most prominent one among our mil
| sary people, and the other among
| our civilians, and are probably the
| only persons who could be elected
They have 10th left the world within
| 4 year. Gen. Grants good points,
the secrets of his success, have been
prominently before the people. It is
noteworthy that nearly half milton
people were added to the population
Of New York city on the day of his
funeral. The completion of the
REVISION OF THE BIBLE
has also been accomplished this year.
What effect this work Will have III
the future no one can tell. Time
alone can do that. But there are
some notable things about this revi-
sion which show how popular a book
he Bible is The fact that from fif
| ty-two to sixty seven of the greatest
scholars of England and America
have spent large share of the past
fourteen years-not in writing book
piece, that were much-nor in all
writing a single book, or even trans
Iating one, that would make it book
IF very great note-but in simply re
| vising translation made over two
hundred and fifty years ago, is what
vii never be said in regard to any
other book. Nor was it merely the
| pare hours that each one had that
we're used, but the rcvisers of the
Old Testament have for eighty five
lines begun on Tuesdays and spent
six hours each day until the Friday
Of the following week in their work.
Fhe fact that man in America, where
| the work cannot be copyrighted, of
tered five thousand dollars for an ad
vance copy of Old Testament, shows
| what effect the book has on the busi-
| ness world as money making trans
| action. Thus another year has pass
d and We say good bye to it, and
good morning to the unknown 1856.
Voorhees, Admission Bill.
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