Christian Nation Vol. 18 1893 - Rparchives.org

April 6, 1893.A FAMILY PAPEE.this great republic; if the Christian pablic risein true manhood to maintain their Christiancharacter and speak as they feel, then thecountry will be saved from disaster and a lastinghonor done to what has been the greatestand noblest char,icter the world has ever seen.TheWeek.—The British House of Oommens has passed a resolutionthat in the future all members be paid for theirservioes in Parliament. This is an innovation, andquite a radical blow at the old time squire and landownertimes, when only the rich oould sit in the legistureon account of the expenses.—The Judge of the license court in Pittsburg hasdecided that free lunches in saloons are illegal. Th seare at any rate but sops to tempt men and woman todriuk.The village of Eyota, Minn., voted no license, andthe carpers have said that without license fees therewould be no public lighting of the streets. The Y.>V. 0. T. U. has obtained charge of the street lamps,raised money for oil by subscription, and allotted alamp to eaoh girl member whose pleasure it will be tokeep it trimmed and burning.—A petition has been presented in the Senate of•Oonn., from the managers of the World's Fair, askingthat the Colonial Charter granted by ^ng Oharles beloaned to the Fair to be exhibited beside the originalDeclaration of Iidependence as an interesting relicof history.—The Treasury is advised that a large number ofimmigrants from Hamburg have arrived at Halifax,destined for points in the United States. The • collectorsof customs at the border line between thisState and Canada have been notifled to watch for immigrants.—News has reached us from London that the Tabernaclepresided over by the late 0. H. Spurgeon isto be occupied by his son, Eev. Thos. Spurgeon, forone year, with a view to a permaneut pastorate. Dr.i,Pierson of Philadelphia has been officiating for sometime, and some hoped to secure him permanently,but the large majority were favoraV.le to the eloquentyoung son of the late pastor. He is at present inNew Zealand.—The Spanish government has sent a special messengerwith the Columbus papers lent for the World'sFair. The papers are to be guarded by a militaryconvoy. They include the original papers relating toColumbus' voyages of discovery, his reports to Ferdinandand Isabella, and his will. Much surprise isfelt at the recent refusal of the government to loanthe original Declaration of Independence.—A band of Apaches heavily armed has arisen inArizona. They are entering houses and pillagingthem. They say they are going to Colorado Eivfrdistrict, as many Indians on the reservation are sickand they want to get away.—In New York City and neighborhood the deathrate last week was very high. The grip aud respiratorydiseases seem to be prevalent and to be causinga great number of deaths. It seems to be a peculiarityof the recent pneumonic attack, that elderly peoplesuffer most, while the younger are able to withstandthediseas:. The change inthe season is undoubtiedlythe oause.The followers of General Manigat are endeavoringio excite a revolution in Hayti. The U. S. warshipKearsarge has sailed for Port au Prince, with the ob-'jeot of protecting American interests iu the event ofWubles.The British government has introduced a Bill inhe Legislature to establish parish councils. It iswoposed to establish a council in rural districts havnga population of three hundred, to be elected anluallyby ballot, by men and women, to consist ofnot less than five and not more than fifteento control of the community, but the interests of the entiredistrict property, land allotments, roads, water supply, State and the whole population of the community.sanitation.Suoh an inroad made upon Sabbath rest will open up—It has been decided by the Socialist delegates the way for anarchy and disorder suoh as we desire towho meet at Brussels this week to hold a great Inter.be avoided in our cities. So long as such a temporizingpolicy is pursued by legislatures, and by profess­national Oongress of Socialism in Zurich in the beginingChristians, we cannot expect that much good willning of August. Eecent financial scandals haveopened the way for them to pursue their campaignagainst the oligarchy of capital and capitalist oppression.The object is to group all the associationsin a united effort. The future promises a terriblestruggle in which indolent men will demand a distributionof the wealth of the oountry amoniif the vagrants.—Eev. Dr. Gottheil of the Temple EmmanuEl, N.Y., in speaking of the Eussian Jews says: "Everyone has a right to exist on this earth on whichhe has been placed. If upon sanitary reasons theyare restricted, there is nothing' to be said against it.But when men, and men willing to work; willing tohelp build up the national wealth ; willing to abideby our laws and beoome good citizens come pleadingto our shores, we have no right to refuse them admission.Can the Russian autocrat do with the land hepossesses just as he pleases? Have we not enoughreligion, civilization, humanity to raise a united protestagainst the^barbarous inhumanity of man againstman, and demand that the ruler be compelled to treathis subjects with humaneness?"ELLIOT F. SHEPARD.Col. Shepard, President of the American SabbathUnion, and proprietor of ITie Mail and Express, diedsuddenly last Friday after being put under ether inconnection with a surgical operation. He was bornin Jamestown, Chautauqua County, in 1833. He waseducated at the University of New York and admittedto the bar in 1858. During the war he was aid-decampin the staff of Gov. Morgan, in command of thevolunteers at Elmira, and organizer of the fieldtroops.He raised and gave the name to the 51st regiment,the Shepard Eifles. In 1888 he bought the Mail andExpress. He generously supported the SabbathEeform Cause, and often spoke in defence of thecause. It is sad and melancholy that his death shouldhave taken place under such circumstances. Attentionis called to the admin it tration of ether, andmany of the papers treat of the subject of recklesseurgeryi More than ordinary care is required in theadministration of such an ansesthetic, seeing it holdsin its grasp life and death.BILLS FOR OPENING LIQUOR SALOONS ONSABBATH.In the New York Legislature Bills are submittedfor the purpose of submitting to a popular vote incertain cities, the unrestricted eale of liquor on Sabbathafter 1 p.m. till midnight. The Kempver Billprovides that in New York City the question of openingor closing saloons on Sabbath be left to a popularvote in the city, and if the opening be carried thecorporation counsel is to draft a Bill and submit it toLegislature. The Roesch Bill extends the same provisionto all cities of 100,000 population or more, eaohcity voting for itself. Such bills open np to thesecities a new opportunity of desecrating the Sabbath.Several societies in New York Oity have lodged a verystrong protest against these bills ; and it ought tohave weight with thinking and Christian men andwomen. The great prinoiple of American legislation,as it is pointed out, has been that the legislature ischarged with the enactment of statutory laws applyingto principles submitted as constitutional amendmentsto the entire people. In large cities the liquorinterest is supreme, and is practically controlled by asyndicate of forty men. The policy of the legislatureought tb be, not the gratification of the lust of a partbe done. Honest Ohristians who re»pect themselvesand the Sabbath which is sacred to their Lord oughtto bestir themselves at this perilous moment to do thawork of the Lord.HELPFUL CORNER.[Address all communieaiions for this departmentto Rev. Wm, Littlejohn, editor, Mediapolis, Iowa.]I. Study op Woeds.The following clipping illustrates an everyday interpretation or construction of the BnglishLanguage.—That the English language is elusive andbard to pm down to a recognized significanceis well illustrated by the phrases "fresh eggs"and "strictly fresh eggs." An entirely honestgrocer will assure customers that he has fresheggs when he knows full well that the eggs hehas have been packed in straw for weeks: butif he is really an honest grocer he will not givethe assurance that they are "strictly fresh"eggs, because the latter phrase has in the tradea meaning widely different from that of theother. .Again the phrase "strictly fresh eggs"has different meanings at different seasons. Itmay mean now an egg anywhere from one dayto ten days old, but in the spring it means anegg noc above two days old.Answer to Feb. 8.The expression sea-robber is more expressivethan pirate; ship-craft than the art of navigation;water fright than hydrophobia; book-craftthan literature; mill-race than channel; eyebitethan fascinate.II. Study of Peinciples.When was the first Eeformed presbyteryconstituted in America?Who were the firstministerial members?What was the principal cause of bringingCovenanters to America?How did they maintain their individuality asa denomination?Who was Eev. Mr. Craighead?How long were the covenanting societies destituteof the preached gospei before Mr. Cuthbertsonarrived?Where did he come from and when did hearrive?Answer to Feb. 828. Eev Donald Cargill excommunicatedCharles II. on Sep. 17, 1680, at Torwood, Stirlingshire,Scotland.29. Eichard Cameron was ordained in Eotterdam.30. James Eenwick was ordained by the Clas-'sis of Groningen.31. Cameron fell at Airdsmoss in 1680.32. James Eenwick was executed Feb. 17,1688, in tbe 26th year of his age and the sixthof his ministry.33. Sheilds, Linning and Boyd maintainedthe Eeformation Testimony until the revolution.