The Worthington advance., 1901-03-08
q Jld riens 81 Cali fofnlss.
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Ss.s4As SSsss4A % aMN w u&N0a HkT1Ck one OF
tkensin our church experience here
iA 81 oroville Quite good many @
pears ago some one eaiid that Tic,
] 4 was divided into three. classes
sskints sinners, and The. Beecher fam
|ils But there IS q three fold divi:,
|slpn der than that; Jews, Gentiles,
lahd the Church. and We have had
that division illustrated here recently.
thirty "a January about half of the
Irpofof our church bull ding went Of
s. high wind. The wind, even ii
bialneab on general principle could
not be blamed for. that transaction,
for the roof was very old and was be.
elnnipg to leak, and the people had
been talking for some time, about Re:
placing It with a new one. But The
question was, where is the money
coming from to 5do the work, some
three or four hundred dollars being
needed. q But the whole matter of 4
neWs Wsroof was settled without any de:
bateAin about two minutes the night
LOT The storm. a new roof was nc
lopger a thing to be talked about, but
TO be secured. Some Of the leading
men ntown not connected with the
church at all directly, took the mat
ter up and said, let us raise money
enough enc not. only 70 put on a new root,
bl'ut bl'su g remodel and modernize the
b,hi ihing, for as it stood il was a very
Old dsbuild ding and out Of date as to
style. just at that time Dr.. Jacob
e R'so'orsanger, q noted Jewish Rabbi Of
San Francisco, was in town, and Of
his own free will offered to. come and
give lecture and lead of in the rails.
ing Of the money. He came, deliver
.ed fine lecture on the subject,
Church New and DID," and secur.
g ia pledges thatsnight over q thou
sand dollars, which BY outside can
il now being raised Il to fifteen
oilu1ror moro. Thecalau-
ity has proved q blessing in disguise,
and has also proved that Jew, Gen,
tile, and the Church can work togeth-
er for a common object. under
stood also that some one proposed to
get up charity ball for the benefit
ofthe fund. The offer was declined
with thanks, and the preacher was ir-
reverent enough to suggest that that
" ould have made combination no
only Of Jew, Gentle, and the Church, |
but also the world, the flesh and the
devil. r. Is. 4 ~ .'Ej !
Another new combination has ap- |
peared here, a semi-monthly publica-|
tion called the "Oroville School News"
+ has quite list of names on. it's |
staff, and who do you think heads the |
list as editor -chiefl Paul w. Mer-
rill. But it was a dangerous expert
ment, for within week after being
elected to that position the said edi-
tor-in-chief came down with the
mumps, and said to,him that mumps
is but another name for swell head.
Be careful: :ye thirteen year old boys
how you allow yourselves to be exalt-;
ed to places Of honor and responsible
ity, for the after clap is not always
safe or pleasant. ... {: e; s; a..s*. !,
We are in the midst Of the Chinese
New Years. 7 say in the midst Of, for
the Chinese New Year lasts about two
weeks You would think it was q
long drawn out Fourth Of July, for
at almost any time of day OF night
you can hear over in China town, the
racket Of fire crackers, the bursting
Of bombs, the rattle Of the tom-tom,
etc. K. ss=.s 81. 81 81 81
. But you will have to make q visit
this way to appreciate all the pr ivii
leges Of this favored section.
5Es e. ". MERs1L1.