Earlier text: Our Financial ConditionThe Home Circle.
By London Truth
FASHIONABLE GIRL'S SOLILOQUY.
THEY tell me my face is fair,
That my form is full of grace,
And yet I am doing my best—or worst—
To spoil this form and face.
Ah, well do our censors say
That woman is wofully weak,
For we hung the chains that gall us so,
And refuse our escape to seek. I could scream with the pain, and I do,
When Parker my waist so pinches;
But fashion decrees that it must be
At the most but sixteen inches.
And it's lace! lace! lace!
Till I gasp for each breath I take,
And often long in the torture keen
That the stay-lace would but break. 'Tis the same from top to toe—
My boots my feet pinch in;
My Jersey, fashion's latest fad,
Clings close to me like a skin.
And it's tug! tug! tug!
When that garment they try to doff;
Why, the caricature can't be too strong
That tries to "take it off." My hands are forced into gloves
A size, at least, too small;
My dress so clutches me around the knees,
That I fear every step to fall.
I am nowhere free; my arms
By tight-cut sleeves are clipp'd,
My neck is spanned by a golden band,
And by stiff, starch'd linen nipp'd. But why do I dwell on this?
Worse secrets I have to tell,
If secrets you can esteem the tricks
Which the world knows all too well;
The rouge, the chalk, and the paste!
The hare's foot and the dye!
The washes, the pencils, the cosmetiques!
Which Fashion's votaries try. False! false! false!
And the list is one to shame!
But it's not the fashion now to blush
When these toilet aids we name.
There's our hair, well, that is false,
To a greater extent or less;
And the lover who steals a lock ne'er knows
Whose hair he may chance to possess. And our faces! oh! who shall tell
The labor which they involve?
The washes we boil, the paste we mix,
The unguents that we dissolve?
Paint, and powder, and patch,
Patch, and powder, and paint,
Till the heart is sick and the fingers tired,
And one's very spirit faint. Paint! paint! paint!
Till the "roses" will stand the light.
And paint, paint, paint
In a style that is fit for night;
While the eyes are deftly lined,
And lips with colors traced,
And one's alabaster brow and bust
In enamel are duly encased! Oh, what would I give to be
The free, fresh girl of yore,
To cut my corset strings,
And to powder and paint no more!
Oh, but for one short day,
To feel as I used to feel,
Ere cruel Fashion bound me tight
In her bands of bone and steel! Oh, men with sisters dear!
Oh, men with sweethearts and wives!
'Tis to gain your smiles, remember this,
We are wearing out our lives.
Remember, and interfere,
Have pity, and come to our aid,
And 'gainst our tyrants merciless
Lead us on a new crusade. EVERYBODY liked Frank Hall, and everybody was sorry for him. It was sad to see such a fine young man a victim to drunkenness, and Frank had fallen into the mocker's power unwittingly it would seem. A new paint shop had been opened close to the foundry at which he worked, and he with others, was in the habit of going in for a glass of ale. When the cold weather set in he took something stronger, and he imagined that spirits agreed with him better. Time went on, and his liking for strong drink increased, until at all hours he could be seen staggering out of "The Rainbow," dizzy and stupefied with drink. Frank's was a sad case, for he belonged to a respectable family and had been trained up in a religious life. Before he began to drink he was an affectionate son, but now bound in the chains of drink, his family mourned him as lost, and many a silent tear his sister dropped on his tattered garments as she sat darning and patching them. "Ah, these rents will not darn again!" sighed Jennie as she turned over Frank's tattered garments. In Frank's better days he had pride, and it was a sad change when he didn't care who saw him out at the elbows. But somehow Jennie could not find it in her heart to abandon the brother she loved; and so Frank's tattered garments were taken up again and made the most of. "Kindness may win him back," said Jennie, and when he came home at the worst he was met in peace, if in sorrow. One beautiful spring afternoon Frank came home looking very thoughtful. He was sober after a long debauch. In the last rays of the setting sun his sister was trying to cover some old darns. Frank sat down beside her and silently watched the patient fingers for some time. "It's tiresome work, Jennie," he said. His sister held up her seam before him. "Why, that is a bunch of rags," said he, laughingly. "Yes, and a bunch of rags would be the best sign-board that a rum-seller could hang across his door," said Jennie, sadly. He made no reply, but looked at the rags in silence. Next morning Frank went back to his work and continued steady for two or three weeks. He looked at "The Rainbow," but didn't go in. "Hallo! what's up with Frank Hall?" wondered Sinclair, as he fills up a glass of Frank's favorite whisky for another customer at the counter. Sinclair was not the only one who was astonished. Every day Frank went to his work, every night he came home sober, and after a time he appeared at church on the Sabbath. People began to believe he was in earnest, and really meant to reform. "The angel has come at last," whispered Florence, and bright drops fell on her cheek. "Had he really become a teetotaler?" wondered Sinclair, when a whole month passed without a visit to "The Rainbow." Well, it seemed so, as nothing stronger than water had passed his lips in the shape of drink since that night on which his sister had shown him the bunch of rags. "I'll have a talk with him and learn how he got off the scent, though," Sinclair resolved. An opportunity came sooner than he had expected. In the beginning of the summer a terrible thunder-storm passed over Airlie, and amongst a general devastation, Sinclair's sign-board was shivered to atoms. Frank happened to be passing "The Rainbow" next morning, and stopped to glance up at the old mark. "Fine work, here," remarked Mr. Sinclair, who was standing in his door, "the storm's done for us; and I'll have to get a new sign-board." "Is it so bad as that?" said Frank. "Yes, 'The Rainbow' is in shivers," said Mr. Sinclair. "Then you will want a new sign-board," said Frank. "Of course; isn't that what I'm telling you?" "Is it to be 'The Rainbow' again," asked Frank. "I suppose so," answered Mr. Sinclair, "unless you can give us a new idea, Frank," continued he, laughingly. "I think I can," returned Frank, "but I must go home first." "Don't forget, though," said Mr. Sinclair. "You're a stranger now-a-days, by-the-by, Frank." "I won't be long," cried Frank, and with a brisk step he walked down the street. "Hello, Frank! what's your hurry?" cried a friend, as Frank came slap up against him as he turned the corner. "Oh, Sinclair's sign-board was destroyed last night, and I am going to help with a new one," answered Frank, with a smile which was directly opposed to his new principles. "O, ho, that's it," resumed his friend; "but perhaps it would be as well for Airlie if 'The Rainbow' was never set up again." Frank was out of hearing. A better sign-board than "The Rainbow" Mr. Sinclair did not expect to get; he was only joking with Frank Hall, and he raised his eyebrows when Frank made his appearance, with a bundle under his arm, and requested him to look at the new sign. "I didn't think you would catch me up," laughed Mr. Sinclair; "but step in, Frank, and let us see your idea." Frank gravely untied the bundle, and held up a bunch of rags before the rum-seller's astonished eyes! "What do you mean, Frank?" asked Mr. Sinclair, feeling confident that Frank had lost his senses. "You want a new sign, don't you?" said Frank. "Well, what has a bunch of rags got to do with that?" asked Mr. Sinclair. "Ask yourself, sir, if a bunch of rags is not the best sign that can hang across the rum-seller's door," said Frank, and his lips quivered. "Was it that bunch of rags that made you a teetotaler, Frank?" said Mr. Sinclair, more confused than he liked to own. "It was God's means, I think, sir," answered Frank; "and perhaps some poor wretch, seeing there the end of drink, may bless you for that sign." Frank walked away to his work, and Mr. Sinclair went back to his counter, but all day the bunch of rags troubled him. He was a kind-hearted man, and he did not like the idea of being considered the cause of misery and rags. To a man of his disposition it was painful in the extreme; and he couldn't help feeling angry when poor, shivering, ragged wretches came in and laid down the payment of a glass. When he lifted the money he felt as if he were stealing their means. It was a busy day, but every new-comer seemed more deplorably wretched and worse off than the last served. He was thankful when night came. A woman literally hanging in tatters, was the last customer. A little infant sat on her arm. It was crying with the cold. It lifted the rag that covered its naked limbs, and looked piteously at him. "Go home, and put clothes on your child," said Mr. Sinclair, flinging back the money the woman laid down. "I have nothing but rags," said the woman. "Frank is right," said Mr. Sinclair, as he locked his door; "the end of drink is misery and rags, and the man who has the taste for that sort of thing may put his name on the new sign-board." Mr. Sinclair did not open his shop to sell liquor again, and make bunches of rags by the sinful traffic. He went into trade and secured the custom of many who never crossed his threshold before. He did an honest business, God prospered him greatly, and much of his means was used to help those who had suffered by his drink.—Selected. Sunbeams Inside
By Mrs. Mary D. Brine
DEAR little Effie sat singing a song
Under the apple-tree.
I looked from the window, and threw her a kiss,
And she tossed one back to me.
And the bees and the butterflies hovered around,
While the sunbeams frolicked all over the ground. "Why is my girlie so merry to-day,
And why is her heart so light?"
My little one lifted her face to me,
And threw back her curls so bright—
"Don't know, mamma, but I guess," said she,
"That sunbeams are creeping inside of me."
—Mrs. Mary D. Brine. Apostle of Good Cooking
By Alameda Encinal
Miss Juliet Corson, the apostle and teacher of good cooking, it is said, “appears before her classes dressed in black silk, without an apron, and during each lesson cooks several dishes, and yet no spot ever appears on her dress.” That’s nothing. Any tidy housewife can do likewise. It is only the untidy ones who smear themselves with grease and get stove-blacking over their faces, hands, and dresses. We have seen ladies dressed in white cook an entire dinner, and be none the worse in personal appearance when they sat down to partake of their handiwork.—Alameda Encinal. A LAWSUIT, about two hundred dollars' worth of land, between two farmers in the Province of Quebec, has just come to a conclusion. The costs amounted to $7,000, which the defeated party will have to pay. The victorious party was ruined by lawyers' fees. If your room is cold, you build the greater fire; so if your heart is cold, have the more of the love of God in it; this will warm the coldest heart. —The British municipal elections show large Conservative gains. The public debt was reduced $10,304,798 during the month of October. —The cashier of the bank of Clyde, Ohio, has absconded with $60,000. —Four negroes were killed in a cyclone at Paris, Kentucky, on the 29th ult. —In San Francisco a project is under way for establishing a home for working-girls. —The Old Dominion Creosote Works at Norfolk, Va., have been burned; loss, $100,000. —Nine counterfeiters have been arrested after a desperate fight in Pike County, Indiana. —Earthquake shocks were quite noticeable in the vicinity of San Francisco Bay, Oct. 30. —The number of divorces in San Francisco last year was one-sixth of the number of marriages. —Three clerks of the Water Bureau, New York, have been arrested for forgery and stealing. —Morris Ranger, a cotton broker in Liverpool, has failed for £650,000 and carried down two other houses. —It has been decided by the Supreme Court of California that trial by jury does not apply to divorce cases. —The office of the Chief of Police, at Frankfort-on-the-Main, was damaged by a dynamite explosion, Oct. 29. —Letters from Havana, Cuba, state that an American filibustering expedition has landed at Santa Spiratus. —One hundred and fifty Egyptian soldiers were surprised and massacred by hill tribes in Sineat Defile, Nubia. —The railroads centering at St. Louis have blacklisted 322 yardmen who were especially active in the late strike. —Burglars operating in a drug store at Whitney, Kan., fired the building, causing the destruction of property valued at $20,000. —The Central Pacific Railroad Company is building a ten-wheel locomotive, to weigh 105 tons, for use on heavy grades of the road. —The steamer Holyhead, and the ship Alhambra, were sunk by a collision off Holyhead, Wales, Oct. 31, and fifteen men were drowned. —A desperate fight recently took place at Kocanie, Herzegovina, between Russian gendarmes and robbers. Several of the robbers were killed. —Steve Raymond, the English forger, convicted of passing forged coupons of Union Pacific Railroad bonds, has been sentenced to life imprisonment. —It is reported that the Malagassy Envoys, who recently returned from a visit to Europe and America, and the Prime Minister, have been strangled. —Spain has decided to abolish the stocks and fetters for slaves in Cuba and will do all that is possible toward the destruction of peonage among the slaveholders. —The Spanish Cabinet has agreed upon a diplomatic note which will end the controversy arising from the unfavorable reception of King Alfonso in the streets of Paris. —A destructive cyclone swept over Catahoula and Tenas parishes, Louisiana, Oct. 29. Several plantations were seriously injured, and a number of negroes wounded. —It is estimated that the trial of O'Donnell, the slayer of Carey, the informer, will cost $30,000. Most of the money will go from America, as also the lawyers for the defense. —A street riot between whites and negroes occurred at Danville, Va., on the 3d inst. Two white men were shot and mortally wounded. Five negroes were killed, and several wounded. —One night last week, the St. Louis police raided nearly 100 public poker-rooms, in view of the recent decision that poker is to be classed with faro and kindred games of chance. —Greece protests against the action of the Turkish Government in refusing to allow the Grecian men-of-war to land supplies at Tchesme, for the sufferers from the earthquake at that place. —Fiji wants to be annexed to New Zealand or New South Wales, and has so petitioned the crown. Popular demonstrations in favor of Pacific annexation are being held throughout Australia. —A severe shock of earthquake, accompanied by subterranean rumblings, was felt at Kamience, capital of the Government of Podolia, Russia, on the evening of Oct. 29. The shock lasted thirty minutes. —Dynamite in a magazine near Brooks Tunnel on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad exploded, Oct. 29, with terrible force, blowing five men into atoms. It is not known how the terrible accident occurred. —A fire in Denver Oct. 31, reached the store of Perry Bros., where it ignited 600 pounds of giant powder, destroying and injuring several valuable buildings. Several people were severely injured, one fatally. —A London cablegram of the 3d inst. says: "A great fire is raging to-night in Glasgow, Scotland. Accounts already received show that over $2,000,000 worth of property has been destroyed and several lives lost." —Two mysterious explosions occurred in London on the night of Oct. 30—one on the Metropolitan Railway, and the other on the underground railway; the first one injured over forty people and wrecked six cars. —General Sherman's official report, on retiring from the command of the army, places the number of officers at 2,143, and enlisted men, 23,300. He expresses confidence in Crook's management of the Apache campaign. —The first bale of cotton ever picked from a field by machinery was exhibited last week at the Charleston S. C., Cotton Exchange, and created general attention. The condition of the cotton was pronounced a success. —Much excitement prevails in Pike County, Pennsylvania, on account of the murder of Annie C. Cheever, a young woman who was found dead, with a bullet-hole near her heart and the left breast riddled with fine shot. —The river Salembria, in Thessaly, has overflowed its banks, causing widespread devastation. One hundred houses have been destroyed, and several lives lost. Larissa and the villages in its vicinity are surrounded by water. —A great fire occurred at Savannah, Ga., Oct. 31. It originated in a cotton warehouse, and communicated with a lot of wooden houses. Twelve persons perished in the flames, and the pecuniary loss is estimated at $1,000,000. —The Paris Figaro publishes the report that the Governor of the Chinese province of Yunan, with 14,000 troops, has received orders to enter Tonquin and occupy Coa Ban, 130 miles north of Ha-Noi, the French headquarters. —The Mormon Church is assessing all the wards in Salt Lake for funds to assist Mayor Jennings and others in a lawsuit against the Utah Commissioners, who prevented them from registering and voting at the August election. —A life-size portrait of President Arthur, said to be a remarkable likeness, has been hung in the corridor of the White House. There are now upon the walls of the White House portraits of all the Presidents except James Buchanan. —A tragedy resulted from a game of croquet on the 28th ult., near Woodbury, N. J. The players were two men and two women. Rudolph Hines became angry because his wife beat him, and kicked her with a heavy cowhide boot. She became unconscious and died soon after. —Four unmasked men boarded a train near Danville, Ill., and robbed the passengers in one coach; then meeting another train at a station, coolly stepped on to it and robbed the passengers on one car, and jumped off. They obtained a large amount of money and valuables. —The Mussel Slough country, San Joaquin Valley, is again agitated. John W. Cockrell, who has by honest toil built up a substantial home, was evicted last week by the United States Marshal, and two other parties representing a railroad purchaser, were placed in possession. —A through freight train on the Southern Pacific Railroad broke through the Santa Ana River Bridge, near San Bernardino, on the night of November 1st. Eighteen cars were wrecked, and two brakemen and a tramp were severely injured, and another tramp killed. The loss to the company is estimated at $100,000. —The office of the County Treasurer at Virginia, Nev., was robbed on the night of Oct. 30, of $8,400 in coin. Two masked men compelled the treasurer to open the vault, when they took out the money and shut him in. He made known his whereabouts by beating upon the door with a piece of board, and was released by parties outside cutting off the hinges. —Several hundred factory women are on a strike because the proprietor refused to discharge a man in the factory who moved in the Corporation of Londonderry to rescind the resolution granting permission to the Lord Mayor at Dublin to lecture in the City Hall. The women paraded the streets crying, "God save Ireland." they were attacked and stoned by a mob, which they fought desperately. The police finally dispersed the mob. —Frank James, the notorious outlaw, under arrest at Gallatin, was, Nov. 1, given the freedom of the town, and with his wife and child walked about visiting the stores at will. Great indignation is felt by the citizens of Gallatin over the fact of James being allowed his liberty. In the Court House, while James was walking about the streets, was a negro with a ball and chain attached to his leg, who is charged with stealing a ham to supply the needs of his family. —The death of James McClatchy, editor of the Sacramento Bee, has developed much human nature on the part of his brother editors. Some of them who have been really hard on him, are now at a loss to find words to sound his praises, and they are raking his whole life over to bring up his good deeds. Why could not some of these encouraging words have been spoken while he was alive, instead of some of the reproaches? All parties would have felt so much better, and the public weal would have been fully as well served. —Secretary Teller says that if Congress will give enough money for Indian schools there will be no "Indian question" in the next generation. He estimates that by the establishment of a sufficient number of schools, 20,000 pupils can be educated by the end of the fiscal year 1888, and be able to take care of themselves. The total cost of this will not exceed $22,000,000, which is about two-thirds the amount spent in fighting the Indians in 1864-65. The education is to be moral and manual as well as mental. Mr. Teller thinks that if 30 or 40 per cent. of the Indian children are well educated, they will control the sentiment of the next generation. —Mail advices confirm the cable reports of the cruelty of the French troops in Anam. It is authoritatively stated that the French forces in the encounter in the vicinity of Ha-Noi in the early part of September, and the Chinese regulars well armed and officered. After a conflict of three days, during which the French took some of the enemy's works, they withdrew, leaving Haipong still in the hands of the enemy. Some of the troops of the King of Anam were with the enemy. Letters from Saigon state that murders and cruelties were committed near Hui, on the occasion of the capture by the French sailors. Admiral Corbet directed an official order that there should be no quarter given to the men, women, or children. Three hundred families fleeing to the bay of Thurau were all shot. One hundred more, drifting in a junk without weapons or oars, were also massacred. The Figaro declares that Admiral Corbet, at the instance of Commissioner Hiarmand, allowed the perpetration of such acts in order to terrorize the Anamites. —A Buddhist priest has been converted and joined the Baptist Church at Mongzai, India. —Geo. Q. Cannon denies the report that President Taylor of the Mormon Church will resign, and himself become President. —Rev. G. M. Pierce, editor of the Rocky Mountain Christian Advocate and proprietor of a book store in Salt Lake, has made an assignment; liabilities, $22,000, mostly in that city. —The influence of fashion in the Orient is indicated by the decision of the Presbyterian Synod of China that female members of the church who persist in binding their feet shall not be expelled. —Moody, the evangelist, began his mission of six months at Islington, London, on the 4th inst. The services will be conducted in the iron chapel built for the occasion, which will seat 5,000 persons. —The Choctaw and Chickasaw Baptist Association recently held its twelfth annual session. Letters from churches showed 100 baptisms during the year, and six churches were added to the Association. —The late General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church voted to drop the formula, "O Lord, bless our rulers," and substitute, "O Lord, bless and preserve the people of these United States." A letter was read in the recent Catholic Congress in Naples which stated that 60,000 members of the church in Italy are organized, and ready to strike for the restoration of the temporal power of the Vatican. —The Governor of the State of Coahuila, Mexico, offers to give the Southern Baptist Convention $150,000 for the use of schools and orphanages. An additional offer of $60 a year for each orphan cared for is made. —In Philadelphia last month two deaf mutes were ordained as ministers in the Episcopal Church. Rev. H. W. Syle will labor in Philadelphia, and Rev. A. W. Mann will take charge of the work among deaf mutes in the West and Northwest. —A correspondent of the Living Church, speaking of the decision of the Methodist Church of Canada to omit the word "obey" from its marriage service, remarks: "Modern Methodism is rapidly changing into something unrecognizable by its founder." —The celebrated Dr. James Begg, who is styled the "Scottish Highland theological chieftain," is dead. For years he had fought the various innovations that, one after another, came into the Free Church, and refused to recognize any difference between Romanism and Ritualism, and was an ardent advocate of the law of God. —The Father-General of the Jesuits, who is often spoken of as the "Black Pope," Father Beckx, is almost ninety years of age, and finds the duties of the position too onerous for his increasing infirmity. Consequently a vicar has been elected to relieve him and take his place when he dies. The choice has fallen on a native Swiss, Father Anderly, who is himself sixty-five years old. The London Tablet rejoices that a change has come over public opinion in England as to the order, and the name is no longer a by-word, an epithet of abuse conveying the idea of chicanery. EARLY WRITINGS OF MRS. WHITE.
By Editor
Comprising "Experience and Views" and "Spiritual Gifts Volume One," bound in one volume. This makes a neat and attractive book of nearly 200 pages, and should be read by old and young. The matter and the style in which it is presented are so interesting that no one who has read one chapter will forego the pleasure and profit of reading the remainder. Price, 75 cents. Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal. Science Vindicated.
By Editor
A KIND friend, in pity to our ignorance, has written to vindicate science from the wicked "attacks" of the SIGNS. The following are a few of the words used by this scientific writer, and the manner of spelling: fiew, eather; dident, writen, fullfil, etc. He says he is a lover of science and a Protestant. Let us see. He says: "You never tire of telling us that the Scriptures dont say to keep Sunday that is no new thing there can be no Scripture for an act that has taken place after Scripture was made." He advocates Sunday. "The Bible and the Bible alone" used to be "the religion of Protestants." But Protestantism has so changed its face that it now advocates institutions which have come up "after Scripture was made." That used to be Catholicism. Will somebody tell us where the line between Catholics and Protestants is now drawn? Ignorant as this scientist evidently is, he has truthfully stated the modern Protestant position on the Sunday question. McClintock and Strong's Encyclopedia.
By Stephen N. Haskell
THIS is an encyclopedia of Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical literature. It is prepared by the Rev. John McClintock and James Strong, S. T. D., and published by Harper & Brothers, New York, and contains ten volumes. Nearly all encyclopedias have their excellences, but the aim of this work is to furnish a book of reference upon all the topics of the science of theology in its widest sense, under one alphabet. It presents literature upon all the subjects belonging to historical, doctrinal, and practical theology. One feature of this work which makes it very valuable is the fact that the encyclopedia refers on all essential points to books which ordinary students, seeking to enlarge their knowledge, could readily obtain. While we would speak with a degree of moderation in extolling the excellence of this encyclopedia, in view of the fact that there are so many excellent works of the same nature, yet we can speak of it as a superior work, and one which we think would give satisfaction to any Biblical student wishing to purchase such a book. It contains over 10,000 pages; also three large maps—one, 20x25 inches, of Mount Moriah, upon which is Herod's temple, so explained that any ordinary mind would not fail of getting a correct idea of the different apartments. The other two maps represent the peninsula of Sinai, and the land of Palestine. The work evinces great research, and is a practical book. We speak of it as a useful book to those who wish to purchase an encyclopedia of this size. We have those in our library of nearly twice the number of volumes, but we have none giving condensed information on Bible subjects which are preferable to this. This Generation.
By Editor
WILL some one please to locate us! We have been strongly assured of late that our view of Matt. 24 is all wrong; that the generation which saw the falling of the stars in 1833 passed away some twenty years ago, a generation being limited to about thirty years. Now we saw the stars fall, and we have some confidence that we are yet alive. Did we belong to that generation, or did we not? And if we did, and many others who saw them, who are still living, have we passed away, or have we not? How is it? Will some one "rise to explain?" Disciples, Christians, or Campbellites?
By Editor
COURTESY, if nothing else, would forbid our calling any denomination by a name which they repudiated, or as a term of reproach. Therefore we do not use the name Campbellite, though we see that some religious papers use it freely. Justice to other bodies will not permit us to call any denomination Christians, as that amounts to an insinuation that others are not Christians. Besides, there is another denomination which called itself the Christian Church, or, if our memory serves us right, "the Christian Connection," before the present "Christian" church, or the Disciples, had an existence as a denomination. Alexander Campbell called his church by the name of Disciples, and this name we always apply to that denomination. There is a paper published in Oregon, of that denomination, called the Christian Herald. We were much struck with remarks in a recent number of that paper on "That Name," and append the closing part of the article:— "But can we not take a Scriptural name and make a sectarian name out of it by misapplying it? It is not only necessary to have the right name, but we must make the proper application of it, if we would avoid sectarianism. Take for example Bro. Collins' own statement. While speaking of the name 'Baptist' he says: 'I cheerfully concede that this is a Scriptural name, but it is never in the Scriptures applied to the church, but to an individual, and he not a member of the church at all!' Now on the brother's principle, we assert without the fear of successful contradiction that the phrase 'Baptist Church' is as Scriptural as the phrase 'Christian Church,' for he very well knows that so far as either 'Baptist' or 'Christian' being applied to the church, anywhere in the Bible, is concerned, they stand on an equal footing. It was not the church that was called 'Christian Church' first in Antioch, but the record says, 'the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.' We should be satisfied to let things remain just where the Holy Spirit has placed them. Neither do we believe that the name Christian was ever used in a specific denominational sense by the Spirit, or that the people of God need any such denominational name at the present time. All of this talk about adopting some one specific denominational name in order to our existence and recognition as a religious people is worse than child's play on the part of those engaged in the restoration of apostolic Christianity. When we get ready for this, we propose to be consistent, and accept the name Campbellite!" WE, the undersigned, hereby give the sums set to our names, to raise the sum of $25,000 to be placed under the control of trustees chosen at the annual session of the California Conference. Said sum to be loaned to some of our Institutions at 5 per cent., the proceeds of which shall be used to assist those who are seeking an education at the Healdsburg College, to fill positions in the cause of God. Said individuals must be recommended by the Conference Committee and the College Faculty. William Butcher........................$5,000
Joseph Leininger....................... 5,000
John Morrison..........................1,000
F. H. Adams............................ 500
Mrs. Mary Scott........................ 500
A Friend to the Cause.................. 800