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VOL. I.
Christian Messenger.
So. 21,
THE MESSENGER.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1875.
The Inst, Christian contains no-
tices of several good meetings in
different parts of the coon try. hut
the one at Hannibal and that at
Kushville. Indiana, are the most
striking. By the meeting at Han-
nihal the church was left in a better
condition than it had been in for
years. For a longer resulting good
the effort should, as is most com-
monly the case, have been continued
muck longer. The meeting^ at
Kushville continued four weeks, and
resulted in 100 confessions and bap-
tisms. Bro. Knowles Shaw, who
conducted the meeting, judging
from all reports we see, is the most
successful evangelist in the whole
field. He goes, the Lord willing, to
San Francisco, California, in August
and September; May the brethren
at that city look to tke Lord who
gives the increase, that both he that
MOVtfh and they who reap may re-
joice together.
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We have received the tirst volume
of the New Testament Commentary,
published by Chase and Hall, Cin-
cinnati, Ohio. This volume is edit-
ed by J. W. Mi-Garvey, whose Com-
mentary on the Acts was so favora-
bly received, and has passed through
four, if not more, editions. We
would urge the brethren and all the
lovers of the truth in all places to
buy these volumes as they are issued
from the press, should they all, as
they doubtless will, have the same
decree of merit the one' before us
possesses. We would like to give
specimens from the work, but our
space at the present forbids. A-
suggested, wo think the refutation
of the charge that thi closing part
of the Gospel of Mark is not genuine
is full}* worth the price of the book.
The .whole work, when completed
according to the original plan, will
comprise eleven volumes, edited b\
the beat men among us. We thank
God for the first installment of «
work that gives *reliabh£promise of
great good to the cause of truth and
to the world, now lying under the
Wicked One. Sunday school teach-
ers, Bible class leaders, young
preachers, and old ones too, should
send for this volume of the New
Testament Commentary.
In the Standard of the 29th ult..
Bro. Errett sets forth the efforts o'
the various ]»arties in Christendom
to form Christian Union by th«
amalgamation combination, am.
coalescing of-the sects und bodio
now existing into one body. All
such attempts fall far short of tin-
demands of these times and pre
eminently short of the requirements
of the Apostles and the Lord Jesus
C’hrist. AH the anions tried in the
last fifty years by .the parties of the
religious world have proved failures
in the most essential poiut-—to make
the professed followers of Christ one
as Christ and the Father are one
Lrt every one read with tare, and
understand fully, and enjoy sincere-
ly, the following paragraph, sinct
it contains the great work of tin*
present day:
We plead then, for Christian
union—not a fraternization of sects
and parties, but a union of individu
als to Christ himself. We urge the
primitive faith and the primitive
method of confessing that faith. W c
propose to all the simjde yet signifi
cant institutions of the gospel—the
primitive methods of discipleshiji
the original foundation of Christian
ity as the only true and trustworthy
means of terminating religious di
vision, and enabling all true bcliev
era to maintain the unity ot the
Bpirit in the bond of pence.
Texas Items.
— Hydrophobia prevails among
the wolves on the Rio Grande.
— The outlaw John Wesley Hardin
was seen in Giddingsa few days ago.
— Ex-Senator Cravens died at his
home at Whitesboro, Grayson coun-
ty, a few days ago.
— The Methodists are to have a
great camp meeting six miles from
Bryan, to begin on the 25th June.
— And now the millers of Texas
are going to hold a convention, at
Dallas, on the 15th of June.
— J. R. Graves now lives in Texas.
He is not writing another Iron
Wheel, but is painting houses at
Ennis.
— Wheat fields in northern Texas
are reported turning out as much as
thirty-six bushels per acre.
— Mrs. Andrews, of Waco, kindled
the fire with kerosene, and burned
up her house and herself.
— One editor, who has not had
the benefits of the spoiling school,
prints it thus: “ musquietoes.”
— Forty-six persons joined the
Methodist church at Jefferson in a
recent revival in that city.
— The Jcffiersonites enjoyed a
fight between an alligator and a tom
cat, last week.
— The Indians have lately been
in Gillespie, Mason, Menard and
Kerr counties, and carried off 250
horses.
— They want Jeff Davis for pres-
ident of Bryan Agricultural College,
•it a salary of $4,000, and six profes-
sors at a salary of $3,000 each.
— A little child was burned to
leath in Collin countyjthe other day,
while its mother was in the yard
washing.
— John Hogg has married Sarah
Tubb in Hopkins county, and now
the papers talk about an increase of
ittle “pig-gins’' in that section.
— Mr. Sims has resided in Burnet
county twelve years, and had ten
children l*<*m to him, and paid only
si2 doctor’s bills.
— The doctors of New Braunfels
mistook a case of hydrophobia for
leliriuin tremens—so much alike are
the two diseases !
— One hundred men scoured the
Navasota bottom several days for
the outlaw Merrick, but failed to
find him.
— A young Texan stuck two
»K>stage stamps on the back of a
horned frog and started him through
he mail to New York
— A lady compositor in the Age
►Alice at Marshall earned $20 in one
week, setting type. Several other
ittiees in the state have female typos.
— J. M. Morphis wrote the history
of Texas—and now he has gone and
tumbled out of the second-story
of a hotel up at Austin, while in
somnambulistic (or some other kind
>f) state.
— It is said the people of Terrell,
vhen they heard the 200 Presbyte
"ian preachers al the Jefferson As-
-tembly were coming upon that town,
cooked up 400 spring chickens and
carried them to the depot, for a min
isterial breakfast.
GENERAL ITEMS.
— John Stone got drunk, at Dallas.
•»nd remarked that be felt like he
was going to kill somebody. T«
which ono Obcnchain replied : “Yes,
perhaps a gnat or mosquito.” And
then Stone drew his pistol and shot
Obenchain.
— Two men at Gainesville were
mean enough to rob an honest, toil-
ing negro of $350, and fool enough
I to think they could kill him lo/hit-
! ting him on the head with an ax.
| Sambo appeared as a witness against
(them in a few hours after the deed
I was committed.
The ocean cable now charges fifty
cents a word.
Ex-Senator Nve, of Nevada, is in
an insane asylum.
The London Times runs a special
train to accommodate its customers.
Over 2,000 people perished by a
recent earthquake in Asia Minor.
Barnum’s fat woman died at Bal-
timore on the 28th ult. She weighed
583 pounds.
The corner stone of a Jewish syn-
agogue that is to eost $18,000 has
been laid at Atlanta, Ga.
New York has 7,000 thieves, 2,000
confidence men, and 1,500 pickpock-
ets.
Red Cloud and his baud are still
at Washington, urging their griev-
ances before the President.
No girl in Norway is allowed to
hare a beau until she can make
bread and knit stockings.
The buffalo gnat that is killing so
much stock in the Mississippi valley
is only about half as large as the
bouse fly.
The American flag that suggested
the “ Star Spangled Banner” poem
is in possession of Mrs. Appleton, of
New York
There are 400 religious journals
in the United States, of which the
Methodists have 47, the largest num-
ber. k
The three great monarchs of
Europe—Russia, Prussia, and Aus-
tria—will meet at Ems during the
present month. What they will do
is not known to the world.
By the burning of the French
Catholic church at Holyoke, Mass.,
70 persons were killed or have died
of their injuries, and 22 arc fatally
wounded.
The autograph of Robt. Burns
brought £00 at auction in London
the other day, while that of Queen
Elizabeth brought but £15.
A Missouri farmer recently ditch-
ed and destroyed oue hundred and
twenty bushels of grasshoppers in
one day.
Mr. Stephen Griffith, of 111., gave
away for benevolent purposes
during his lifetime $1,000,000, and
shortly before his death property
valued at $150,000 to different soci-
ties. The heirs think he
insane.
The British Arctic Expedition
sailed from Portsmouth on the 29th
ult. Thousands witnessed the de-
parture of the vessels’ Alert and
Discovery. The Queen sent her
best wishes by telegraph.
It has been officially announced
by the Governor of Maine, that as
soon as any woman is duly ordaiue<
to preach the gospel, the state wil
authorize her to solemnize the rite
of matrimony.
The Sedalia Bazoo says that for
six miles north of Fort Scott, along
the M. K. k T. railroad, not a sprig
of vegetation is anywhere visible
The grasshoppers have swept every
thing.
It is said that Yieo President Wil
son and Jefferson Davis shook hands
in the streets of Memphis, and ate
strawberries and cream together at
an ice-cream saloon, and discusses
old times.
Bro. J. B. Wilmeth writes the fol-
lowing rather gloomy story to the
Gospel Advocate, from his section:
The members of the church, both
male and female, have gone headlong
into Grange andTomp’ranee soe'e ies
and other traps set by the adversary
of the cause of the Lord Jesus Christ;
some to the Masons, some to the Odd
Fellows, some to the Grange, some
to the Good Templars, many to the
fairs, parties, and other wordly in-
stitutions, all ot which (societies) are
the works of darkness, and all
Christians are commanded to have
no fellowship with—the works of
darkness.
Ocntuiminl Notes.
was
^ Sj $ .
NEW STOCK
—OF-
FSPRING 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
ol QUEENSWARE.
J. B. ABERNATHY.
THE
Christian Messenger,
Published Weekly at
BONHAM. FANNIN CO., TEXAS.
While Americans make much of
their century,the Japanese have just
celebrated the 2,535th anniversary
of the founndation of their empire.
For one month’s pay a soldier of
ie revolutionary* army received
333,000, but be had to pay $2,000 a
yard for doth for his coat, while the
juttons cost him $1,500.
It is stated that I)r. Witherspoon,
’resident of New-Jersey College
and signer of the Declaration of
ndependenee, was lineal descendant
of John Knox.
The big clock and’beU'whieh will
strike the dinner hour from the
►elfry of Independence Hall, July 4, These goods are Nil fresh and new
876, eost $20,000. It was presented . , ,, W
to the City nf Philadelphia by the lan<i " be sold cll^P for cash.
Soybert family.
Portland, Me., will have its private
centennial in commemoration of a
light between a boat’s crew of a
' British schooner and a party of mili-
tia, 1775, near the present site of Ft.
’reble. This refers, perhaps, to the
aftair of Oct. 18.
In Wilmington, N. C., Capt. W.
A. Camming has a eupwith a history.
’t is of horn, lined with silver, and
was used during the Revolution by
Capt. Cumming’s grandfather,
massing through .the battles of
’renton, Princeton, Brandy’wine,
Camden, Cowpens, King’s Moun-
tain and Guilford Court-house. In
the war of 1811 it was used by the
old hero’s son, and during the civil
war by his grandsons.
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Damned Either Way—At the
conclusion ot a sermofi somewhere
in Iowa, thy preacher requested
some one to pass around the hat
und “take a collection.” A young
man, astranger in the place,jumped
up arid commenced “circulating the
nil” in such way as to finish the job
at the door, and passed out. ’f’he
>reaeher eyeing him as he went out
observed:
If that young man runs away with
the money he’ll be damned !”
A deacon, sitting by the window,
seeing him make off down the
street, responded:
“And if he hasn’t run away with
the money, I’ll be damned!”
---- —-
Rev. Daniel Waldo once said : “I
am now an old man. I have seen
near a eentury. Do you want to
know how to grow old slowly and
happily? Let me tell you. Always
eat slowly—masticate well. Go to
vour occupation smiling. Keep a
good nature and soft temper every-
where. Cultivate a good memory,
and to do this you must be communi-
cative; repeat what you have read;
talk about it. Dr. Johnson’s great
memory was owing.to his communi-
cativeness.”
\V. K. HOMAN,
Attorney at Law,
CaPilwell, Burlesou Co., Texas.
Will jiay special aijd prompt at-
tention to real estate business.aud
the collection of debts. 1-14.
R. W. CAMPBELL. T. B. COX.
CAMPBELL At COX,
Attorneys at Law,
Bonham, Fannin County, Texas.
Will practice in the Courts of
Fannin, Lamar, Hunt, Collin and
Grayson counties, and in the Su-
preme Court. 1-11
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF
THE RELIGION OF JESUS
CHRIST; IS FACT, PRE-
CEPT, PROMISE
AS I) ESJOY-
A little deaf and dnmb girl was
once asked by a lady, who wrote
the question on a slate: “What is
prayer?” The little girl took the
slate and pencil and wrote the reply:
“Prayer is the wish of the heart.”
So it is. Fine words and beautiful
verses said to God do not make real
prayer without the sincere wish ol
the heart.
MUST.
The Messenger will give, in each
issue, the best thoughts and strong-
est arguments of the fhthers and
brethren of this great Reformation,
wherever found, and spread before
its readers the great principles that
have caused such an upheaving of
the whole religious fabric of the
present century; to stir up the
churchy to do their whole duty;
to cultivate piety at home; to en-
courage the Sunday schools already
formed, and induce the formation
of others in every part of the land;
to foster the study of the Bible
from the love of the truth; to
spread the
NEWS OF THE CHURCHES
before all, that what is going on
may be known; to give any item of
information that may aid or bless’the
church or the world, will be the
earnest and constant effort of the
CHRISTIAN MESSENGER.
SAM. B. HOWARD,
A poor printer spelled down
regiment of people at :l spelling
match in Cheyenne, and then, printer
like, went and pawned the Unabridg-
ed dictionary he had won for a drink
of whisky.
Paul Boyton made a sueecssfu
crossing of the Strait of Dover
his peculiar life-preseving suit of
clothing on the 28th ult. He lane
ed at Folkestone, having been in
the water about twenty hours with-
out any serious loss of strength.
President Grant has written a
lettor to Gen. Henry White of Pa.,
and states his views of a third term,
about which the politicians of the
United States have been greatly
exercised. They will breathe easy
now. President Grant M ill, if the
people will. He says he don’t
want it any more than he did the
first time.
“It is all right of course, to invite
Gladstone to participate in the Lex-
centennial festivities, hut
The Pope lias had a life ofColum- building of a ncM’ music hall. An-! then it is very milch as it a big Injun
A touching obituary: “He knew
ihc value of an editor’s time, and
never trespassed upon it.” Peace
to his ashes.
The Roman Catholic Bishop ot
Montreal refuses ahsolution to those
who read the Montreal Witness; hut
another Roman Catholic Bishop
promises absolution to those who
take a certain paper. These men
would have the world lielieve that
thev have the kev* of hell and of , , . , , , , ,v
death. Thank th&otd, that i» tin-!,nml' am0"’' h‘” C “'I
* • , . ..; . the cars. The railroad men smelled
thing in which thev are positively , , , Al
i .i* a nueer odor, and broke open the
— John Row, of Ellis county,
killed one of his neighbor's beef
steers, and was so fearftil of being
caught that he put the hide in his
ng his clothes, and
the cars. The railroad men smelled
deluded. J«m. Chriat hold. thc l-q«««r odor and broke oj.en
, , , j trunk, hut John took leg bail tor
keys, and can open and none can \ ’ °
shut and can shut and none can open, jer P®1***’
God be praiaed.
The State of Texas,
To the Sheriff, or any Constable
ot Fannin County, Greeting:
You are hereby commanded to
summon John W. Brock and M. M.
Young, by causing this citation to
bo published four consecutive weeks
in some newspaper published in
Fannin county, Texas, to be and ap-
pear before W. A. Evans, Justice of
the Peace for precinct No. 1 of said
county, at his office in said precinct,
on or before 9 o’clock a. M., of the
1st Monday of July, 1875; to answer
the complaint of R. W. Holland,
filed in said court. Being a plea of
debt duo by note for 100 gold-dol-
lars, dated "February 21st, 1874, due
at one day, with interest at 3- per
cent, per month from date.
Given under my hand this 7th j
day of J une, 1875.
W. A. Evans, J. P.
Dealer in
SADDLERY,
AND
Saddlery Hardware
South side Square,
BONHAM - -
TEXAS.
Mr. Ruben Springer of Cincinna-
ti propewees to give $125,000 for the j mgton
ADMINISTRAT()U\S NOTICE.
All persons interested in the es-1
late of E. W. Watson, deceased, are
hereby notified that I have taken
Would respectfully inform the good
citizens of the State ot Texas,
that I keep constantly on
hand a full stock of
Wagon and Buggy
Harness,
Chains,
llamcs Collars
Whips, Saddles
of all kinds, etc.
b.. written, in whieh he i. ter.......' other eitir.cn of the....... pin,, pro- j *«* EiSS
the “ Embassador of God and Pope proses to erect a monument to the • father.” This is the view !
Pius IX,” and old Christopher is to patron genius of the city, Cinciiina-! a Western ncwspaj*er takes)
your
view ! on said decedent’s estate.
S. M.
be added to the catalogue of Saints, tus, to cost $50,000.
of it.
' J uiic 3, 1875.
All of which I will sell cheap for
cash. Harness and Saddlery of ev
cry description put up to order.
Repairing done on short notice-
Conutry produce taken in ex-
Leemax. change. Give me a call.
j " Terms Cash.
T7IOK 8ALE OR RENT.
-I- A good dwelling-house and two
acres of ground in the north part of
the city; also two and one-half acres
of land and an unfinished house in
the east part-of the oity. Fortepna
and paiticulars, inquire of Charles
Carlton.
BONHAM CHRISTIAN COLLEGE*
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 the country, yet easily ac-
cessible. The position of the Col-
lege is the most advantageous that
could be desired, because removed
from all the miasmata that pollute
the moral atmosphere of all the
great centers of travel and trade.
The healthfulness of the city of
' on ha ui and vieinty is well known
all those persons familiar with
history, from the forting up of
. iailey Inglish and family to the
iresent day. Let the traveler visit
le grave-yards. Are they crowd-
ed? No. * Yet, the citizen and
stranger arealike enjoying the re-
>ose of this last resting place. Look
; it the doctors. Not one of them
ias 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.
The College was chartered by
the Legislature of the state of Tex-
as, at its last session, and by this
means invested with all the rights,
jrivileges 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
>y any college, on all who have
completed the appointed curriculum
of study. The fullness of the Ap-
Hiinted studies is sufficient to satis-
y the desires of all the friends of
sound learning and thorough schol-
arship. It will always he the pur-
x>se of the Trustees to make Bon-
iam Christian College all the age
demands, and the course of sound
earning requires.
Since there is a great want of
good opportunity to acquire a pri-
mary education in the different
iarts of the country, there is organ-
ized, to make up for this deficiency,
primary and sub-Nl^egiate de-
partment under the control of the
>est teachers the country affords.
Students can, at any stage ot-their
>rogre8s, enter some departments
of the College and go on suecess-
flulv.
The Musical department is of the
first class, as the advancement of
the pupils in the post clearly dem-
onstrates. In connection with this
department aM kinds of needle, hair
and mux work are taught.
The accommodations of the Col-
lege building are adequate to meet
the M’ants of three hundred stu-
dents. The building is seated with
the best article of patent seat and
desk, from the Sterling Manufacture
ing Company, III. The apparatus ot
College is good.; and a good nucle-
us for a library has already been se-
cured by the gift of some rars
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 of long
experience in the art of teaching.
The expenses of the College arc
as small as any school of the same
advantages in the land.
Tuition per month:
Collegiate Dep’t, - - • * $5*00,
Sub-Collegiate, - - - - 4 00,
Primary, ------ 3 00,
Music,, (no extras) - - - fr 00,
Matriculation fee tor Library, 2 60.
Wax-work, etc., taught at the usual
rates.
No deductions except in eases of
protracted sickness. Students may
enter at any time and pay to thu
close of the term.
Send us your sons and daughters
that we may help them prepare
themselves for the outtle of life. ‘
Let the churches of Christ look
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 M ill lie greatly increased.
For particulars inquire of
C1IAS. CARLTON,
President.
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