Show Religious Notes Mark Twain in his last stpry Puddn head Wilson tells of a young colored girl who experienced religion in a revival re-vival at the colored church The next day in dusting her masters desk she happened upon a twodollar bill which had been left there by accident Lorda massy she said as she covered it with a book so as not to be further tempted how I wisht that revival ud been put off till tomorrerl President Thomas of the Nashville Chattanooga St Louis Railroad who is an ardent Sunday school man has inaugurated inaug-urated a Sunday school class among the telegraph operators on the line of the road One of the manipulators at Nashville Nash-ville acts as teacher the questions and answers are sent down the lines the teacher makes his comments in the same way and then the class is dismissed The government of China has taken very decisive action in the case of the murderers of the Rev James Wylie the Scotch Presbyterian missionary and has ordered that they be beheaded It also has been ordered that all property belonging belong-ing to missionaries or other foreigners which has been destroyed shall be made good goodThe men whose hearts never burn with indignation against cowardice falsehood and profligacy the men whose eyes never flash whose pulses never quicken whose words move in an unbroken flow and never nev-er rush on tumultuously like a cataract cither in praise or blamenever did a work worth doing either for God or man Churchman Knowledge is power All may not be able to possess wealth but every one may obtain culture and the latter is more honored more respectable and more satisfying sat-isfying than the former The life of man is in reality but one continued education educa-tion the object of which should be to make himself perfect We go to the grave of a friend saying A man is dead but angels throng about him saying A man is bornHenry Ward Beecher |