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VOL. I.
Christian Messenger.
No. 31.
THE MESSENGER.
V30NESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1875.
Moody and Sankey.
of
in
The London Times, tho reflector
of the largest public sentiment of
England, concludes an article
three eoldmns on tho subject
these words:
“ Let us do Mr. Moody the justice
here to admit—and we admit it with
pleasure—that so far as wo can see,
he has owed little to tho ‘terrors of
the law/ The gosjxd ho preachos
is one of ‘glad tidings/ His Christ
is waiting to bo gracious. His theme
in the main is tho boundless com-
passion of tho Savior, uot the terror
of hell. It will, however, be for re-
ligious teachers themselves to draw
a moral from what the}' have seen,
and after they have disapproved
much, <vo think they will find much
to learn. Thcro can dot bo a doubt
that the revivalists have scattered
truths whore truths are few. It is
an error to say that they have not
reachod tho lower stiata of tho life
of London and of our largo towns
generally. It is no opinion, but a
fact, that they have done so. Can
we bring ourselves actually to say
that harm has been done, if deprnv-
od mon or women, rich or poor,
have been led even to think of a
higher life? These mon hayo gono
into all manner ot places, have in-
vited the rich, havo pleaded with
tho poor, have blundered as to tick-
et arrangements, and havo mad<?the
right and the wrong to blend in a
unity which, as a fact in human life,
may be cither approved or disap-
proved, condemned or criticised, but
which can not bo ignored. Wo hope
Mr. Moody will not become' vain of
what he has done, and of his large
meetings and great number of sup-
porters. If he escape that, ho may
yet (ho is quite a young man) do
much good. Faith and singleness of
purpose can never bo other than of
value. But to be feted and caressed
is to faeo a greater danger than that
of being told to give up all attompts
to make a speech. Mr. Moody has
-ovorcomo the second, tho lesser dan-
ger, but when we look at his photo-
graphs in the shop windows and
hear of his confidant assertions, we
are not at all sure that ho is likely
to escape tho first, tho greater. We
hope he will learn in lime that much
of what ho says would not stand
any test of criticism. He classes as
«in much that is innocent, and as
.saints many that would hardly make
a heaven upon earth. But on the
other hand, and looking at the
movement as a whole, if ho can
bring people, whether from crowd-
ed alleys or elsewhere, to live uscftil
lives, we at all events should not
care to say him nay/’
Tho above article makes a just
exhibit of some facts about Messrs.
Moody and f$ankey. -It is known
that they havo produced greator ef-
fects by tboir labors than any other
mon of the present century. What
is the secret of their powor? Not
clerical pretensions. They do not
belong to the regularly called and
sent preachers. Not orthodoxy.
They do not square their doctnno
by any formula known to tho world
at the present time... Not the pres-
tige of wealth or family. They rose
from tho middle classes. Not the
gospel of the Son of God. They
do not preach that, as a whole. Not
tho doctrine of t^ apostles. They
do not preach as the apostles did.
Not tho practice of tho primitive
disciples and churches composed of
them. An example of such preach-
ing and teaching as that of Moody
and Sankey can not bo found in all
tho New Tcalamont. The secret of
thoir power is in tho facility with
which thoy roach tho emotions of
their audience. Whon, in tho his-
toiy of the religious movements of
modern times, has tho power of song
been combined with tho force of di-
rect appeal, until now? Never bo-
fore. Another secret of their suc-
cess is the manner and extent of
tho oo-operation of all tho religious
elements whore they have boon.
Who ever marshalled tho preachers
aqd laymen as thoy havo dono, and
rallied under ono banner tjio various
creeds and parti-colordd hosts of
Christendom? This inovoinent de-
monstrates what unity of sympathy
and purpose and labor can accom-
plish, and what vast results might
be oxpectod if our Savior’s prayer
were fulfilled and all Christ’s people
wore ono. But what became of tho
converts made by Moody anil San-
koy? What clrarch did the^r join?
What erood did they adopt?- What
name did they take? The history
does not inform us. These converts
were net baptizod into tho one body
of Christ, did not assume tho name of
the Bridogroom, nor profess tho ono
faith. They have been left to join
anything or nothiog. profess any-
thing or nothing, and take any name
or none, as they may choose. Were
the eo averts made by tho apostles
left in this condition? Were they
made converts in this manner? We
have no example of tho kind on
record. The fact is evident, that
Messrs. Moody and Sankey have
moved the feolings of their hearers,
but have failed to enlighten their un-
derstanding, by tho gospel, to the
obedience of the faith. Wo liopo
that more truth has been sowed than
error in their ministrations, but in
this general intermixture it is hard
to toll which has the preponderance.
Pleasant Grove Church.
On the 9th of August wo closed a
three days’ mooting with this church,
in which we wore aided by brother
A. B. Kendrick. The church rc.
ccived eleven additions—one, a Bap-
tist preacher, tho third preacher at
that place in a year. It is in Madi-
son county, Homo twenty miles north-
east of Bryan, and tho community
was decidedly Baptist until last fall.
Wo had but ono member there. Now,
wo havo perhaps sixty members
there, and a fine prospect. How-
ever, they are to be lockod out of
tho house, contrary to a written
agreoraent, bceause a Baptist holds
tho deed to tho land! I was told
yesterday that ho said, “Roberts
ind his gang shall novor enter that
house again, unless they break a
lock.” But tho old man waked up
too late. They havo not many left;
and, if they are all liko him, wo
don’t want them—until they repent.
Tho brethren can soon build a little
houso, and all will ho well. Brother
Roberts saj's ho is going to try to
get their “ tobacco money ” for evan-
gelizing ! Hqw would this do ?
C. K.
of one of their marksmen.” In its
English form it occurs in the ballad
of William of Cloudeslee. The hold
archer says:
“ I havo a sonne s’even years old;
Heo is to me full deere ;
I will tyo him to a stake—
All shall see him that be here—
And lay an apple upon his head,
And goe six paces him froo,
And I myself with a broad arrowe
Shall eleavo the apple in towe.”
Tho story is an old Aryan sun-
myth. Tell is tho sun-god whose
arrows (light-rays) never miss their
mark, and likewise kill their foes.
There is another old talc ovor
which I have cried as a boy. Yon
have heard how the faithful dog Gel-
leit killed the wolf which had come
to destroy Llewellyn’s child, and
how, when the prince came home,
and found the cradle empty, and the
dog’s mouth smeared^with blood, he
quickly, slew the brave creature, and
then found the child safe, and the
wolf dead besido it. At Beddgelert
in North Wales, you may see the
dog’s grave neatly railed round.,
-Now ifiis story occurs in all sorts
of forms in the folk-lore of nearly
every Aryan people, and is found in
China and Egypt. In India a black
snake takes the place of the wolf,
and tho ichneumon that of the dog,
while in Egypt the story says that a
cook nearly killed a Wali for smash -
ing a pot full of herbs, and that
amongst the herbs thoro lurked a
poisonous snake.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
Science Outdone.
' [Mark*T wain.]
Therefore: tho Mississippi botwoon
Cairo and New Orleans was 1,215
miles long 176 years ago. It was
1,180 after tho cut-off of 1722. It
was 1,040 after the American Bend
cut-off, some sixteen or seventeen
years ago. It has lost sixty miles
since. Consequently its length is
only 973 miles at present. Now, if
I wanted to be one of those ponder-
ous scientific poople, and ‘lot on’ to
provo what occurred in the remote
past, by what had occurred in a giv-
en time past, or what,will occur in
tho far future by what has occurred
in late years, what an opportunity
is here I Geology never had such a
chanco, nor such cx^ict data to argue
from. Nor “development of species”
either! Glacial epochs urc great
things, but they aro» vague—vague.
Pleaso observe: In £hc sp&co of 176
years the lowor Mississippi has shor-
tened itself 242 miles. That is an
average of a trifle ovor one mile
and a third per year. Therefore,
any calm person, who is not blind or
idiMic, can sec that in the old Oolit-
ic Silurian period, just a million
years ago next November, tho lower
Mississippi river was upwards of
1,800,000 miles long, and stuck out
over tho Gulf of Mexico like a fish-
ing rod. And by tho sumc token,
any porson can see that 742.years
from now tho lower Mississippi will
be only a milo and throo quarters
long, and Cairo and New Orleans
will havo joinod their streets togeth-
er and be plodding comfortably
along under a single mayqr and a
mutual hoard of aldermen. There
is something fascinating about sci-
ence. Ono gets such wholesale re-
turns of conjocturo out of such u
trifling investment of fact.
^ v -
Myths DiMpollotl.
The William Tell story is well
known; how in tho 1307th year after
Christ the cruol’Gessler set a hat up-
on a pole as a symbol of the ruling
power, and ordei#l every ono who
]tossed by to howto it. A moun-
taineer named Tell refused to obey
tho order and was at once brought
before Gossler. As Tell was known
to be an expert archer, he was sen-
tenced by way of punishment to
shoot an apple off tho head of his
own son. The apple was placed on
the boy’s head and the father bent
his how; tho arrow sp«.-«l and went
through tho apple. Goseler saw HP
that Tell before shooting had stuck *ias (‘u,'cd his hen of a mania
another arroVJu Rig belt, and asked hatching. Stones, clubs, basins
nis LAST REQUEST.
Chattanooga, July 31.—The death
of Andrew Johnson at 2:30 this mor-
ning, is now confirmed. Ho desired
that his winding sheet bo the flag of
his country.
A special to tho Nashville papers
from Greenville at 11 o’clock to-night
says: Ex-Prcsidcnt Andrew Johnson
died of paralysis and heart disease
at tho residence of his daughter, Mrs.
Brown, in Carter county,some forty
miles cast of here, this morning
at half-past 2 o’clock. He had been
complaining somewhat of ill health
during tho past month, but felt no
serious apprehensions. LastWcdnes-
day ho took tho morning train to vis-
it his daughter, with whom Mrs.
Johnson had been sojourning for
several weeks, lie rode in a hack
from Carter’s de)»ot to her residence,
some Bix miles distant, and seemed to
be in good spirits. On hrs arrival ho
ate a hearty dinner, and, after a few
minutes of general conversation, re-
tired upstairs, and was talking, alone
with his grand daughter, Miss Lillie
Stover. Whilo thus engaged, his
tongue refused utterance, and, to
her great consternation, he fell from
his seat on the floor. Help was in-
stantly summoned, and almost as
soon as raised, ho expressed, indis-
tinctly, that ho was jKiralyzcd.
After being taken to tho bed, when
the family spoko of Bonding lor a
physician, lie forbade it, saying that
he would soon recover. In this way
the summoning of medical uid was
deforred for twenty-four hours,when
I)r. Jobe was called from Elizabeth-
town,some two miles distant. He
instantly began heroic treatment,
aided by Dr. Cameron, and seemed
atone time, on the next day, to be
succeeding. The patient conversed
imperfectly in regard to domestic
matters,and appeared unconscious of
approaching dissolution, bat his case
was beyond the skill of a physican,
and at 7 o’clock last night he be-
came unconscious. Mrs. Patterson
and Andrew Johnson, Junior, ar-
rived an hour later, with two physi
eians, from Grconvill, Drs Brev and
Taylor, hut lie did not recognize
any of them, and after seven hours
and a half of unconsciousness, peace-
fully breathed his last, surrounded
by his wife, children, and all his
grandchildren, except the son and
daughter of ex Senator Patterson.
Knoxville requested tho honor of
burying tho illustrious dead, but the
family are unwilling that his re-
mains should be removed from
home to any place, unless possibly
the capital of the State ho has so
long and faithfully served. Exten-
sive preparations are accordingly
being made by various civic and
military organizations to attend tho
funeral here, where they will be
joined by the citizens of this and
neighboring counties.
Long Branch, July 31.— Presi-
dent Grant was out driving this af-
ternoon. W'lion informed of the
death of cx-President Johnson, he
was visibly affected.
Teacher Wanted.—A good teacher
for a high school is needed at Ben-
ton, in western Texas. Write to J.
R. Sweeten. It is thought 100 stu-
dents can be had to commence with,
in a new two-story stone house pre-
pared for the perposc.
C. K.
WOLSTON, WELLS & VIDOR
Cotton Factors
—AND—
Commison Merchants
League Building, 73 Strand,
John Wolston, 1
C. G. IV ells, ' Galveston, Texas.
Chas. Vidor, )
vol. l no-27-3m.
HEW STOCK
—OF—
SPRING GOODS,
AT THE
Williams Brick Store
WEST SIDE OF SQUARE,
—Consisting of—
Dry Goods, Clothing
Boots, Shoes, Hats, Etc., Etc.
Also, a fine and large assortment
of QUEEXSWARE.
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These goods arc all fresh and new
and will be sold cheap for cash.
J. B. ABERNATHY.
Land for Sale.—Ono hundred
and twenty acres of good tijnber
land, in Kaufman county, ten miles
southwest of the town of Kaufman
and one mile and a half north of
tho village of Union Grove. A good
bargain will be given. Apply to
Chas. Carlton^ Bonham, Texas.
25 tf.
paper
A gentleman in Kingston, N. Y.,
for
the reason. Tell replied: To
shoot you, tyrant, had I slain my
child.” J
Now, although tho ’crossbow
which loll is said to have used is
shown at Zurich, the event never
took place! One poor man was
condemned to be burnt alive for
daring to question the story, hut the
poor man was right. The story is
told not only in Iceland, Denmark.
Norway, Finland. Russia, Persia.
fire
she
water were in vain; hut when
Crackers exploded under her,
concluded to come off.
3Iix. Kemper, wife of Jasper
Kemper, bein ving t tat she had
killed her child 0} medicine, gave
ti]i eating lor 45 flat's, and refusing
to talk,died at the expiration of
tl.a: period.
In Mount Joy, Ohio, a young
gentleman playfully threatened to
cut off the end of a
, - . r ’ I*.v v.iv. ui <* you mg lady’s
aim perhaps India, hut is common nose with a i»air of scissors. And
to the Mongolians, “while a legend ho did it, tiu, by accident. Tin
1 *1° 'e"'v f,a,n'D edes, who nevei i doctor pm it on, and managed 1<>
Heard of fell or saw a hook in their! make ifstiek: hut it will , . v. r he
lives, relates it, chapter ami ver?
make it stick; hut it
the .-aim a gain.
"i.. Lever
rrnit:
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THOMAS MooHE.
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3IOOHE A 3100HE,
ITTY’S. AT LAW.
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33HHAM CHRISTIAN G0LLE8E*
SECOND ANNUAL SESSION
BEGINS SEPTEMBER 6, 1875.
DORMAN, HOLMES & CO.
THE (HiKAT AMERICAN
Piano Forte House.
TEXAS DEPARTMENT.
DORMAN, HOLMES & CO.
Manufacturer and Dealer iu
Pianos & Organs
GENERAL OFFICE, TEXAS DEPART HUNT
Corner Commerce and Market
<. streets, Dallas.
Supply Depots or Branch oflces at
ail important points
in the State. *
WACO,
TEXAS,
vol. 1 Lo-27-6m.
This Institution is located in the
most moral community in the whole
state of Texas. There is less to
tempt the young and inexperienc-
ed from the paths of virtue and
lead them into vice and dissipation.
Being away from the great centers
of trade, and off the great thorough-
fares of tho country, yet oasily ac-
cessible. The position of the Col-
lege is the most advantageous that
could he desired, because removed
from all the miasmata that pollute
tho moral atmosphere of all the
great centers of travel and trade.
Tho healthfulncss of the city of
Bonham, and vieinty is well known
to all those persons familiar with
its history, from the forting up oi
Bailey Inglish and liimily to the
present day. Let the traveler visit
tho grave yards. Arc they crowd
ed? No. Yet, the citizen and
stranger arealike enjoying the re-
pose of this last resting place. Look
at tho doctors. Not ouo of them
has grown rich; but they seem rath
er to be living for the good of oth-
ers, insomuch as they have food
and raiment and can obtain no
more.
Tho College was chartered by
tho Legislature of the state of Tex-
as, at its last session, and by this
means invested with all the rights,
privileges and powers that belong
to any Institution of the same grade
in the state of Texas. Any young
gentleman or lady can here find
ample opportunity to pursue a sci-
entific or classical course of study,
and secure all the honor bestowed
by any college, on all who have
completed the appointed curriculum
of study. Tho fullness of the aj>-
pointod studies is sufficient to satis-
fy the desires of all the friends of
sound learning and thorough schol
arship. It will always he the pur
pose of the Trustees to make Bon-
ham Christian College all the age
demands, and the course of sound
learning requires.
Since there is a great want of
good opportunity to acquire a pri-
mary education in the different
parts of the country, there is organ-
ized, to make up for this deficiency,
a primary and sub-collegiate de-
partment under tho control of the
best teachers the country affords.
Students cun, at any stage ot their
progress, enter some departments
of the College and go on success
fluly.
The Musical department is of the
lilist class, as tho advancement of
the pupils in the past clearly dem-
onstrates. In connection with this
department all kinds of ncodl^ hail
and wax work are taught.
The accommodations of the CoV
lege building are adequate to meet
the wants of threo hundred stu-
dents. The building is seated with
the host article of patent wat and
desk, from the Sterling Manutkctur
ing Company, 111. The apparatus of
College is good.; and a good nucle-
us for a library has already been so
cured by tho gift of some rare
works from J. T. Walton, of Waco,
and the purchase of others of great
value.
The teachers of the College are
as good as can be found in the land
—being graduates from the best
schools in the country, and oflonir
experience in the art*of teaching.
The expenses of the College arc
as small as any school of the bame
advantages in the land.
Tuition per month:
Collegiate Dep’t, - - - • $5 00.
Sub-Collegiate, ...» 4 00,
Primary, ........3 00.
Music,, (no extras) - - - 6 00,
Matriculation fee for Library, 2 60.
Wax-work, efc., taught at the usual
rates. i
No deductions except in cases o»
protracted sickness. Students mrv
enter at any time and pay to the
close of the term.
Send us your sons and daughters
that we may help them pro) ore
themselves for the battle of life.
Let the churches of Christ lock
out the young men and women of
talent, energy and zeal in the Mas-
ter’s service and help them to ob-
tain an education, by which their
usefulness will be greatly increased.
For particulars inquire of
CHAS. CARLTON,
President.
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supply depot?^
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We havo tqdciklid pianos for 129G,
350 and $*400.
We Supply families direct, giving
them every advantage usually given
agents.
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Pianos and Organ* Sold on mxitUj
INSTALLS l JL&.
Second Hand Instruments Taken tq
Exchange tor Now.
Pianos anil Organs made to Ortkr
With Silver Insertion Piute
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Tuning and Repairing done Ly
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A large stock of PIANO STOOLS
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Sheet Musio and Music Mer-
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