Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-21
For Sunday Reading. !
All eorts Of Opinions. !
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Philippine Churches,

Islands are not often housed in build
ings that bear much resemblance to
the churches in America, for they are
In most cases built by natives and in
the smaller towns and villages espec-
tally native IDEAS In house construc-
ton prevail. This is simple and the
materials used are light in weight,
dwellings houses, for instance, being
In many cases so built that by the as
sistance of a number of able-bodied
friends householder may move his
dwelling from one site to another
This moving Of dwellings is not infre-
quent. and Sunday Is usually the day
chosen for the purpose. A crowd of
about fifty will get under the light aft
fair, will lift 1t bodily and go singing
down the street. It looks like CEN
| tipede, pressed square with back up-
| raised. You can only see the feet OF
some, all are giving directions and adj
vice and such laughter and chatter you
never heard.
The method of constructing church
building recently built for a Presby-
terrain mission at Luciano, in the re-
gion bordering on Laguna de Bay on
! the Island of Luzon, is that followed In
by 60 feet in size and is in all details
a native product. The outside boards"
of the church are made by splitting
into shreds piece of bamboo and then
spreading 1t out fiat. These pieces are
then woven In a sort of checkered pat
tern and form a substantial wall that
will last for some years. In place of
the plaster. to which Americans are
~.
side Is covered with "sanali," a sort OF
bamboo mating, and this being white
washed presents neat and tasty APP
pearance. The floor is made of a fine
hard native wood, and the covering of
the roof Is of "ougong," a name for a
long native grass much used for roof
ing. This building is used for a mis-
sion which was established about a
year ago and which has already nearly
200 native members.
A six-seat pew in Grace church. New
York, recently was sold for one year by
auction for $3.50, or at the rate Of a
fraction over $25S per seat. Evidently
the gospel is not preached to the poor
in pews that rent for $3.50 per an
mum. Evidently, the poor are not
wanted in churches that make no pro-
vision for seating them. Evidently
there is serious defect in arrange
ments for public religious services that
take no account of the poor. The rem
edy is free seats In all houses of wor-
ship.-Washington Post
A Prayer for Rain With Qualifications.
[From the Nashville Banner.]
"The people Of my state are firm be-
levers in the efficacy Of prayer" says
Representative Gaines, of Tennessee
IT am reminded Of little thing which
happened during the; days when the
north and south were peppering away
at each other.
II was at religious gathering in
one of the rural districts during the
warm days of summer. No rain had
descended for many weeks, and every
thing was about burned up. A good
preacher, whose heart and soul was in
the cause Of the south, made prayer
closing with an appeal for rain. say
ing:
1--WE need refreshing shower, Lord,
Send the blessed rain and revive the
dropping vegetation. We don't want
one of those light. drizzly-dazzly.
rains, but a regular ground soaker and
trash litter, but not heavy enough good
Lord. to raise the Cumberland river. so
that the Yankee gunboats can come In
and take Nashville"
Dr.. Abbott's "Energy."
A correspondent Of the New York
Sun says: 1 was forced twenty years
ago, to quit the Congregational church
for uttering the very sentiments that
today DR.. Abbott is uttering with inn
punity. Either that church is now
utterly honey-combed with so-called
infidelity and scepticism, or DR.. Abb
bolts social position is SO strong that
A.. .l...aA dor not danaSa him