Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1880-12-18 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

ANOTHER ROBBERY AT DENTON.—On resuming work on Saturday morning last at the Lancashire Felt Company's Works, in West' Street, it was discovered that the premises had been broken into during the previous night, and nearly £lO worth of fur abstracted. The burglars (for there seeme to have been inure than one) effected an entrance by breaking a window on that aide facing the railway station, and to have broken into the "blowing room" and carried away about 30Ibe of prepared fur, and about 359,5 unprepared. The police have the case in hand, and it is to be hoped that the capture of the thieves May put a strop to the systematic robbery that has beencarried on in Denton for eome time past. WILTON &EBEL' CHAIML —On Sunday even ing last, the second of a course of monthly luau rem intended to be carried en during the winter at the above Chapel, was given by the Rev G. H. Wells of Gorton. The subject of the lecture was advertised to be "Christ the way to the Fat'or " and the Rev. G. H. Wells took his text from the 14th chapter of St John v and vi verses. In the course of an exhaustive lecture, he condemned the dogma of Christ being "perfect God and perfect man" a dogma which he said could not be found in reason um in scripture which accepted none accomplished fact the union of the finite and the infinite, a dogmas that was physically and metaphysically impossible. The •, bye of nature strongly as it spoke was not enough to prove the hope of the Chriatian, the mighty se% the rolling river, the everchanging face of nature, the lowly firmer, and the glorious stars, were not a sufficient revelation of the voice of God to man, we needed something more and that was given to us in the meek and lowly prothet of Nazareth, wire by his participation in a holiness of God had secured for us a pathway to the Father, there was a fair attendance.  ST. LAWBRECE'S YOUNG MEN'S MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT SoCIETY -OD Tuesday evening last, Mr. J. T. Braithwaite gave an address to the young men of this society, by request, "On the Origin of the Four Gospels; and an Explanation of the Redeemer's first miracle in Cana of Galilee." He showed the fragmentary or detached character of the first accounts of Christ's sayings and doings, Sec, which first ob. tamed circulation among the ese;3, Christians; and how afterwards they were arranged into the Four Gospels, under apostolic sanction and confirmation. St Mark making use of the Evangelia of St. Peter; and St Luke embodying in his Gospel the Euangeliam of St. Paul. He showed that the Gospels were not regularly arranged biographies in the chronological order of events: but that they each gave distinct portraitures of the Redeemer in his four fold aspect as "The King of the Jews," "The Lion of the tribe of Judahr the great servant of God and humanity; the Son of man, allied to the whole human race ; and the Son of God, the Divine Logos "male flesh" He said, that when the whole were blended together they presented an ideal picture of incomparable beauty, , a Divine picture of the despised Nazarene, which had commanded the admiration not only of the friends, but of the enemies of the Bible. He mentioned Rousseau, Cooper the author of theyurgatory of Suicides' and J. S. Mill. He showed that the old Deistic objection to the moral character of Christ, had no foundation in fact, when the first miracle was properly understood; and he showed from the writings of Canon Westcott, the Roe Was Caine, and , Canon Hopkins, that it was not the 120 gallons of; water in the six jars that Was turned into , nine, but the water drawn direct from the well, I which was changed into the pure wine in which there is a blessing. The address, which occupied about an hour and a quarter, was listened to with much interest, a hearty vote of thanks was moved bv Mr. Blakeborough and seconded by Mr. W. Cooke and carried with applause, Mr. Blakeborough asked "Why the mother of Jeans told him there was no wine P Mr. Braithwaite replied, because she had kept many things in her mind concerning Jesus from his youth and pondered upon them, so that I she was evidently aware of his Divine character and mission; and believed that he was both able and willing to miraculously supply what was required for the guests. Many suggestive points were raised, and if they stim slate the young men and teachers of St. Lawrence's to read and think, their meetings must result in much benefit to themselves and others also. We heartily wish them every elle Oen in their efforts to improve themselves. Bit WARD EANDICAp AT Tilli ALBERT EDWARD Com—This was a handicap played at the above Working Meq's Club, for a cue and case, presented by Messrs Orme and Sons of Manchester. which resulted as follows :  FIRST MUTE J Moores 45-100 W Waring ...owes 5-91 Eyre l6-100 W %nowise ...sch-75 8 Moores lO-100 S Walker 15-89 J Warr 101-100 J Bina.. lO-85 J Redfern 25-100 Rowbottam, owes 45-48 9 Bromley 35-100 J Bromley 4O-87 J Walker ach-100 W Linney owes 5-87 J H Cooke 10-100 H Wood 30-89 J Wilde 15-100 0 Waring lO-87 J Worrell l5-100 W Oldham, owes 35-94 W Lowe 5-100 T Rigby lO-88 SECOND HEAT& J Walker beat J Warr by 18. W Lowe beat J Worral by 10. J H Cooke beat S Moores by 11. Bromley beat J Wilde by 16. G Eyre beat J Moores by 33. J Redfern, bye.