The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-10-10
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
COMPILED rOa rnr wAsnrso4os UNION

ter Mass. on the 10Th ult Addresses were made ly
Revs j. g. Fee Of Kentucky, and Dan North, Of North
Carolina. The annual sermon preached by Rev DR.
Ihurston OF Maine The treasurers report shows the
receipt during the year Of forty thousand dollars The
expenditures during the year were IA 900.
The business committee reported fourteen lengthy reso
lutons, acknowledging Gods goodness to them and at
lacking other societies with hearty relish The rcsou
tons hope the converts Of the past winter would come
out against all sin, particularly the sin of slavery -
mention subjects OF especial humiliation and grief
the policy of the American Tract Society aud the Aer-
board of commissioners for foreign missions estecms
the silence of the pulpit Of ecclesiastical bodies OF mis-
sionay boards, Bible and tract societies and individual
professors In reference 10 the stupendous wrong sa-
very reproach to tho country and dshonor to Chris
tianity.
These resolutions were discussed seriatm by Messrs
Brewer Lewis Iappan, and ID. M. Graham OF New York;
Longey of Pennsy lyana Cowles of 0berlin Ohio; j.
Webster of Hopkinton, Mass and j. S. Fee of Ken
lucky. They were followed by Hon. Amasa Walker of
North Brooked, who spoke highly of the different mem
beers of the board before him. and then severely attacked
the American board of commissioners saving that tho
great battle yet to come with that society which was
ten times as corrupt the Tract Society.
The afternoon occupied with the services OF the
Lords Supper and the evening by addresses from return
ed missionaries and other gentlemen And thus closed
the twelfth annual meeting Of the American Missionary
Association
Death Of Aiaiaers Charlottesville Charleston Times
says Death which has sped his shafts with no discri-
nation between old and young, the owy and the disn
guiShed, stricken eBtlmable pastor
Circular Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Reuben Post d.
d. who died Of the prevailing fever yesterday tho 18TH
DR. Post had nearly reached his 9th year. twenty ono of
which he passed in the Office of the pastoae of the above
church" DIR. Post native Of Vermont, in which
State he graduated 1874 and subsequently proceeded
to theological course at Princeton, NJ j. He received
ordination in July, 1919, and at the time instaa
ton pastor Of the First Presbyterian Church in Wash
ngton d. Co. in which charge he continued until Febru
ary 1885, when he accepted call to Charleston where
he has ever since resided.
The Charleston Mercury of the goth says On the
18th September 1885, announced the decease of Rev.
j. A. Shanklin the beloved pastor Of the St. Peters
Church, of this city The sad duty is devolyed on
to record second bereavement and affection sustained
by that church and congregation in the removal of the
recenty -instaled rector The Rev. Henry Vaudeville
Denson died at clock, p. M, yesterday after
usually prolonged attack Of the prevailing fever in his
thirty sixth year. He native of Pennsylvania,
graduated at the Episcopal Theological Seminary in Yir
ginia and married daughter Of ex President Tyler lie
formerly oiciated in Brooklyn, New York. and Louisville
Kentucky. ea ..Er tzaas a Sz
The Ninth Aanipasary of the American Bible Union
commenced in New York on Wednesday, This
Union formed in 1850 for the purpose of securing
new translation and perfect version of the Holy
Scriptures Rev. Thomas Annibage was elected presi-
dent The treasurer report showed the receipts for the
year have been 1885, 376 g. and the expenditures $685.
306 90. number of addresses made.
The RigH Use Of the Eyes-An italian bishop who had
endured much persecution with calm unrffled temper
asked how he attained such mastery himself
% By making right of my eyes, sad he. ~ first
look to Heaven, the place where going to live
forever next look down upon the earth and consider
how small space OF 1t will soon be all that
Ply want. then look around me, and think how
many are far more wretched than am. "
1t is not sufficient to do good works; we must do them
WE'LL after tho example of Lord Jesus Christ whom
it is written that he did all things p We should there
fore endeavor to perform oil actions in the ssirit OF
Jesus Chris-that is, in the in which the Re-
deemer acted with the perfection and for the ends that
he proposed to himself in everything he did we do
not, very good works will draw down chastsc
mcnts than rewards.
"Ra Of the Dead, but Of Tie Liying. That was a
beautiful idea expressed by Christian lady her death
bed in reply to remark Of her brother who taking
leave of her to return to his distant residence that he
should probably again meet her in the land of the
living She answered Brother trust we shall meet
in the land of the living We in the land Of the
dying
Mr.. Ed,rayd Payson Thcng, Of Boston, a graduate of
Harvard and member of the last graduated class at
Andover ordained pastor of the St. Lawrence street
Church and Society in Portland Wednesday Septem
Der %. The opening prayer offered by Rev. Caleb
Bradley SO years old by Rev. j. w. Chickering
of Portland
The Bangor (Ae) Wing remarks that ''less than six
months ago, ii noticeable and noticed fact that
there four living graduates Of Dartmouth College,
all clergyme, the aggregate of whose ages
than four hundred years Since that time three of the
four have died Mcssrs. Osborn of Farton, N j. Aims
. IN.
Yleaving alone the Oldest the Rev. John Sawyer, of
that city, within two months Of IO2 years of age.
Rev. Dr. BushneUs Socie at Hartford Ct have reluc-
family granted his request for disssion in order that he
may the presidency Of the new California College,
which is now fast approaching completion
Rep. r. s. King Unitarian minister of Boston, said
at the late anniversary of the Unitarian association that
rather than have his child grow up in the theology of the
New York Pulpit volume of sermons of evangeli-
cal ministers during the revival he would unspeakably
afa, tl,afS1 a ,hnt,II ,,ot,a egt
The resolutions of the Miami Conference of the Church
of the United Brethren declaring the wearing Of cno
line incompatible with true Christian profession
to be rgdy enforced by the authorities of that denom
nation. At camp meeting of the United Brethren
Church. recently held West Baltimore Montgomery
county Ohio Bishop Russell forbade any with hoops
to patake of the sacrament affirming that they would
not be welcome at tho table of the Lord.
Pastor at the late Fulton street prayer meeting stated
that in the church short time before were twenty five
ladies whose husbands were not pious. They met and
spoke to another of tho fact and of their duty in
view Of it, and agreed to meet weekly for special prayer
for their companions. This practice kept up,
understood, for time The pastor said that the
Sabbath before he left home for his vacation he
had the happiness to receive the last of the twenty
husbands into the church.
The Unicersdss held their annual session at Provi-
dcnce, r. l., last week One hundred and thirty -four
ministers present. and it stated that the gather
ing was larger than had been known in some years. A
resolution advising the admission of females the min
stry laid to the next session Ito be held at Ro
chester, N. ~ by vote of Is to 10.
On Monday evening Of last week the lecture room Of
Henry Ward Beechcrs church crowded for the con-