Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-20
THE PULPIT AND The PEW
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A Ramble Among the Various Scots
and Isms.
THE PREACHER TOOK CARE OF HER
A New whfskey Church-How the
Deacon Preserved order-A
Minister who Handles
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THE PREACHER TOOK CARE OF HER
Northern and southern Baptists.

Richmond Religious Herald: Some
man claiming to be a southern Baptist
has written TO the Journal and Messen-
ger asking the northern Baptists who
may come to the southern convention in
Richmond to keep quiet, and the Ma
tional Baptist copies it and advises the
northerners to keep their mouths shut
while here. We hope the ~northerners
will do no such thing. They were heard
with infinite delight last May at Louis
vile, and they will be heard with equal
pleasure in Richmond. Instead of no
ticing such an irresponsible brother, IL,
indeed, he is q brother at all, Drs.
Lasher and Wayland ought to come IN
and speak a word Of cheer to us. They
will both be heard with profound inter-
est, and they will learn from experience
how ready their southern brethren are
to hear their brethren from the North.
There are enough people serving the
devil without the Baptists, north and
south, stirring up any more strife about
q wal that ended nearly a quarter of a
century ago. The question of who was
right in 1861 IS not half so important as
who will do the right in 1883.
A Miser's Curious Gift.
The Springfield (Mass.) Union says:
l. uS ldIi 10 Sblll living WuOs SeNeuU5cn
years ago, walked into the rooms of the
bible society in Boston and electrified
the persons he found there, first by his
appearance, and secondly by the COM
munication he had to make. His APP
pearance betokened more thar poverty,
for his shabby clothes we're tied to-
gether with strings. What in the
world had brought such a man there,
was the question everyone asked him
self, and the wonder can better be i'm
agined than described when the stranger
remarked that he had property to the
amount Of $T5, 600, which he would like
to turn owe to the society if he could be
guaranteed 10 per cent annually upon it
fer the remainder of his life, his age
being seventy-nine. The officers sup
pressed their amazement as we'll as they
could, took his name, verified his sche-
dule of his possessions, and submitted
the case to the directors. They looked
the matter over in the light of actu-
aries tables, ETC., and finally, after
much deliberation, decided that the
| risk was too great, and so notified the
%would-be donor. Not long after he
came back and renewed his proposition
to turn the money over to the society,
and said hat he would be content with
Z per cent annually. That proposition
was dcCcpJCu, dlu lOT SOluc scdiS he
appeared regularly at the expiration OF
the year. and drew his interest, taking
5000 in cash, and the company's note
for the balance. After doing this for
seven years or so he turned those notes
back to the company, saying that he
had no use for them. He is now, at the
age of ninety-six, blind, deaf, and
crippled by a fall so that he cannot
walk, and the Bible society pays the
bills for his support.
All About Whiskers.
DR.. James G. Hyndman, of the Ohio
Medical college, says hat a Catholic
priest of Cincinnati came to him to be
treated for throat trouble. The doctor
advised him to let his beard grow. He
did so, and the throat trouble ceased;
but some of his superiors objected tc
the idea of a priest wearing a beard,
and so he was obliged to lay his case
before the authorities in Rome, with 8
detailed statement from the doctor, and
then he was permitted to wear his
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