The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14
With the Long Bow
Bye nafsre's walks. shoot folly AZ IT flies.
An Argument Against Killing Our Aged Found
in the Interesting Experiences Of Mrs. Mary
Greenhouse Of Pennsylvania, Who Recently
Died at the Ripe Age of LOG.

Mrs Mary Greenhouse of Apollo, Pay died last
week at the home of her son. Joseph Hartley, in
Sebring, Ohio, at the age of LOG years. For twenty
years she had been almost blind and her memory also
had been failing for years. Recently however, she
recovered her vision and memory and again learned
to read and write. Altho 100 years old, she
would read aloud to her grandchildren.
This coming back to the world in extreme old age
is most interesting phenomenon of mind and one
worthy of serious thought. We should never kill
old folks until we perfectly of what we
doing. 2
The kindness Of Mrs William Astor enabled Miss
Mary Noonan, aged seamstress, to crafty her
Efes ambition to live for few days as s'grand
LADY, The seamstress when she retired from active
duty to her little home in New Jersey, cherished the
hope that before her death she might be able to live
in luxury just for week When this browning de-
sire was finally satisfied by week 5 visit Mrs.
Astor's guest, Miss Noonan's joy boundless and
she spent her last days in telling her experience to
her neighbors. This aim does not seem very high
one yet we smile indugenty at the old lady and her
little foolishness; and possibly the Maker of the
universe may be equally charitable.
ttMy good woman, - asked clergyman of
cradle lady, Gas you look back your long life
what do you find has brought you the greatest salts
factions' 'My victuals,'' was her prompt and
did reply.
Will Chamberlain of the Vermillion Republican
likes boys, but he fears that the modern Injuries
breed feebleness. He says:
''Why, only the other day heard chap of 20
more with scraggly whiskers itching for the bar
ber steel, refer to his honored sire Papa That
tired us frightfully What's the matter with
'father9''
AS it is Sunday today may perhaps be par
doned for speaking of the most serious choir trouble
of the past year. This pleasing affair offered the
public in several acts by the pastor and members of
the North Woodward Baptist church Of Detroit, and
the Journal Of that town, from which we sadly draw
information, treats it most ably in long and
wise editorial which indorse.
The youthful pastor of the church, Rev. Mr.. Ben
nett, startled his congregation the day before
Christmas by announcing his resignation. From the
pulpit appointed for worship he discussed the details
of very ordinary church choir row, details which
usually left to be elaborated at the business
ing He had among them ''wthout spot or
blemish' he said, but the fareup the choir
the last straw and he was convinced that he must
retire.
f'some day." he added simply in conclusion, ''you
may know that Of God has been among you.''
Then the pastor proceeded to demonstrate the
sincerity Of purpose" with which he resigned by
the church to decline to accept the resignation. The
meeting at which the issue decided will 60 into
Detroit ecclesiastical history of the per-
fervid. The pastor presided and in order apparently
that of God had been among them, evoked a
variety of gave rule usually confined to close legis-
latve political assemblies ellie, " "lar, "hyp-
ocrite, - were some Of the epithets employed.
The Detroit Journal speaks highly of the pastor
and Of the church but it proceeds to deliver this neat
little lecture. It costs you nothing to read it, and
may entreat you, friends, to ponder upon it:
''Not only good preaching and enthusiasm and high
aims and moving ambition needed in the pastoral
relation, but profound discretion and vast tact and
diplomacy, needed not less, let say, in the
Baptist than in other denominations. It's lessor
that has to be learned by of us, and if Mr. Ben
nett has learned it, he has of great usefulness
before him.
Brethren, If there is going to be church row
and you scent its approach, If you will all step ont
side, refuse to talk about it hear its details
everybody let the other party do the fighting ther
won't be any fight.
If you only refrain from talking about it ant
meantime search the scriptures But is this possible
Even in our higher moments we sometimes doubt.
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