Christian Nation; Righteousness Exalteth a Nation. Volume 56-57 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ...Pittsburgh papers of Monday, June 17, have this item: "The new pipe-organ of the United Presbyterian church at Ingram was dedicated yesterday. Miss L. M. Gennett, organist of St. Mary's Episcopal church, Ingram, was in charge of the musical program." Music seeks and often obtains the upper hand. The "old manse" in Caldwell, N. J., where Grover Cleveland was born, has been purchased from the trustees of the First Presbyterian church of Caldwell, by Dr. John H. Finlcy, Cleveland H. Dodge and George W. Perkins, all of New York. It is to be preserved as a memorial to the late President, and gives fresh impetus to the effort to finance the Cleveland Birthplace Memorial Association. The fund to be raised, $50,000, will include an endowment to maintain the property. President Taft resigned his chair for a couple of minutes to-day, to permit Senator Smoot, of Utah, to "inaugurate" his seven-months-old grandson, Reed Smoot Carton, behind the big desk over which passes the business of the nation. "I think he will be President some day," said Senator Smoot, and several dozen waiting hand-shakers smiled in sympathetic understanding. "He's a fine looking boy," said the President, as he picked him up and kissed him, while grandfather and grandmother and the boy's mother beamed with delight.--Telegram from Washington City to daily papers of April 8. On March I, passenger trains on eleven railroads operating in Illinois became strictly Prohibition territory, as far as getting a drink is concerned, under an order issued by the executives of these eleven roads. The roads which prohibit the sale of liquor aboard all trains are: The Monon, the Wabash, Rock Island, Illinois Central, Chicago and Alton, Chicago...