Morning journal and courier., 1893-06-10

Written for the JOURNAL AND CoURIER.l
 IN THE PULPIT.
 Rev. Anna H. Shaw, we'll known as pi- oneer woman preacher, tells an amusing story of one of her experiences when student at the Divinity School of Boston University.
 In common with the other students she preached on Sundays as she had oppor- tunity, and one Sunday she Supplied" the pulpit of an old fashioned church in one of the oldest of Massachusetts' towns. The pulpit too, was old-fashioned; very high, as if only giants in stature, whatever their in- tellset might be, were expected to occupy it. Miss Shaw could not have been eaid to fill it, since she is very short, and during tho morning service she could not sec the people in the front pews, nor could they see the preacher. "They heard a voice, but saw no man'-not even a woman. At noon she explored the parsonage woodshed and found two boxes and a board, with which she constructed little staging be- hind the lofty pulpit. At the evening ser vice, when the attendants in the front pews were expecting "a voice and nothing more" they were greatly surprised to see . head appear above the cushion, and to hear a voice announce the hymn, "I asked the Lord that might grow"
 This phenomenal growth may have heen considered a remarkably speedy answer to prayer; at any rate, npon Mics Shaw's graduation che was called to this church as pastor, remaining seven years One of to cause the platform to be lowered, and the high pulpit was taken out and replaced by ono that could be raised or lowered to accommodate preachers of all sizes. The homo of Miss Shaw's childhood was little log hotlee in the midst of an almost unbroken Michigan forest, with no school but the, great university of nature, no money, no influential friends to direct her to the path leading to the field where Hfs's great battles for truth were being waged." yet at ten years % of has a place and work for me, and nothing shall prevent me from l finding and doing 1t. The work was at last pointed out Enthusiastically, and in spite of opposition and ridicule, through faith and courage and persevertng endurance, l she was enabled to fit herself to do 1t, and to do 1t we'll P1blic sentiment as regards women in the pulpit has greatly changed since Miss Shaw was licensed as local l P1choAoI OA SAo AAoeAoAA7s AsfASSof~AS ~~ S~> twenty years ago, and the young woman of to day who wishes to enter the ministry finds the way to It, as to other professions, made easy and pleasant for her, simply ] through the courage, the struggles and the successes of such women as Anna Howard Shaw.
 VIGOROUS ExERcIsE.
 Tho favorite out of-door game in Eng land at present, as it has been for years in Scotland, is 'golf," the playing having as stunned the proportions of popular craze Tsnnis courts arc almost deserted, whilt the golf links are thronged by men, womer and children, playing ardently and almos ceaselsssly. As yet there is little enthusi
 asm about it in this country, although it Ii
 increasing in popularity. There is. on i golf club at Yonkers, another at Cedar
 hurst, Long Ialand, and another at tshin necock Hills, where the club owns eight acres of land admirably adapted for th , requirements of the game.
 For this is no lawn nor garden play. !
 requires ssmagnidceat distancss, A gol course should be at least mile and hal long, and hundred and twenty feet wide , and such a> coufee with it's natural an
 artificial cbstructions, ia not always to |
 found within city limits If the game
 to be popular here, shorter links would | ,, advisable, as better adapted to our climai ! and our people. Another reason why msy not be generally played, though