Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-10-26

remain self-condemned forever.
To so trife with God and his Word,
and with the immortal being of our
children, at their peril forever, when
we profess to love God and His
Word, yes, and our children, leave
us inexcusably and inexpressably
guilty, and if our children become
INSCRIPTIONS about the law of God,
trifers of divine worship, violators
of the Sabbath, profaners of Gods
name, rejectors of Jesus Christ, un-
christian and vicious in life and prac-
tice, who can we blame but our
selves? Let us not be deceived !;
whatsoever we SOW, we shall reap.
The harvest will be of the same kind
as our planting, and the quantity af-
ter the measure we have meted. If
the measure of our neglect to teach
our children the truth, be the meas
ure of our merited woe, then how
full our cupi How bitter our wall
ing in the world of despair. What
imprecations must be heaped on us
from such as we allowed to 60 to
despair by our sin. We can readily
sac how much better we can make
this life, for those committed to our
charge, by doing our duty, or how
fearfully undone the future life may
be of our children, through our me-
glect.
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A very wise suggestion is made by
the Commissioners of Utah, to dry
up the fountain of Mormonism by
preventing immigration to this coun-
try of the shipioads of foreigners,
brought here by Mormon missiona-
ries, who are known to be hostile to
the institutions of our country. Far
better will it be to prevent them
landing here, than prohibiting the
Chinese and other contract laborers,
however Objectionable such may be.
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The prohibition storm centre ap-
pears to have moved westward as it
died out in the east, but South Da-
kota has sufficient in her resources
to resist the effects of almost any
class oflegislation, as child does the
measles, chicken.pox, etc. And as in
the case of the child everything should
be done to bring out the disease.
Let the law be enforced to the letter,
so that when the sickness has run it's
course, no deleterious effects will be
felt in the system.-Saour Falls
South Dakota Press.
Mr.. Powderly, the head of the
Knights of Labor, favors the eight
hour working day, but says it will not
be obtainsd by strikes. Arbitration
is all that can bring it about" Ar
bitration may be slower process to
achieve the good needed by the en-
ployed masses, but it travels on the
educational lines, and it ensures the
permanent profits. When the histo-
ry of the great labor movement of
this age is written, reform will have
accomplished its end, and the new
generation will read of the ten hour
day as relic of the past.
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Mr.. Moody, the evangelist, has
been at work for some time estab-
fishing school, at Chicago, for the
training of men and women to lead
in the work of evangelization among
the poor and neglected of the cities.
With an endowment fund of $780,
900 to start with, he has already pre-
pared one building for women, and
in two months another will be ready
for the accommodation of 100 men,
with lecture-room and class.rooms
ample enough for greater number.
Tuition will be free, and all expenses
as low as possible.-Springfeld Re
publican.
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M. Pasteur delivered an address
the other day, IN Paris, to the men,
bers of the Society of Practical Med
icine, and in it declared with much
emphasis that rabies is never sponta-
neous. The microbe producing it,
he said, was invariably transmitted.
This means, of course, that no dog
ever goes mad unless he has been
bitten by another mad dog, q fact at
once important and reassuring.
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