Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-09-04
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preacher. Yet this man Of good commo
sense and superior ability usually preschs
an hour, and frequently more. Many pet
pie who appreciate his talents III not g
to hear him preach, because they think hit
tedious. heard him spoken Of in connec
tion with charge not long sgo, and it wa
objected by nearly al! present that he wa
so tedious that he could not sustain the con
gregstion. Now, regard this ~ YER
serious matter. No man has the mora
right, before God, to destroy thus his use
fulness. After long tedious sermon, SOM
preachers will occupy ten minutes or more
in making announcements and talking abou
them. The congregation becomes accust
omed to it, and the repetition and expatia'
ton have no effect upon their minds"
The Hartford Post says that at the cele.
bration Of the semi cent email anniversary
Of the ordination of the Rev Allen MLean
which was held at Simsbury, Connecticut
on Tuesday last, there was present family
Of eight brothers and sisters, every one o
whom was present at the ordination fifty
years ago. These eight comprise all the
children that their parents ever had-and
the youngest is fifty y.five years old. 1t is
very rare that an entire family Of eight can
be found, with ranks unbroken by death,
the youngest Of whom has attained SO adj
vanced an age. They are the children OF
the late Colonel Noah A. Phelps, Of Simsbu-
ry.
Alarming Dsstitution.-A correspondent
of an eastern Congregational paper states
the following:
"lt is an alarming fact, that in four of the
New England States one half of the popula>
ton do not attend public worship, except
on extraordinary occasions, and more than
one-third of the descendants ofthe Puritans
have no more to do with the sanctuary
than the heather. What is the reason of
this melancholy state Of affairs :? We have
no reason to look abroad for the heather ;
they are in our midst in the forests OF
Maine. on Cape Cod, and the mountains of
New Hampshire"
A writer in the New York Examiner
copies the statement, and the following re-
marks:
There are scores Of unoccupied ministers
living within these New England States,
many of them running to and fro. and at
their wits end, trying to find fields Of labor.
The writer dropped into a bookstore, no
longer ago than last Saturday, and found
six or eight ministers waiting for an opening
where they might preach on the following
day and this doubt not. is only an illus
tration of what might be found in many
other New Eng land cities Ministers of Je-
sus Christ waiting for an opening to preach
the Gospel Searching for field of labor.
when not one half Of the people attend pub
lie worship, and more than one-third of the
population have NO more to do with the
sanctuary than the heather If the apos.
ties. or the seventy chosen by Christ, had
waited thus for 'an opening or "a CALL and
how long would it have been before the
Gospel could reach the throne of the C9s-
ars And if this state of things continues,
how long will it be before the world is con.
verted to Christ Let us look at the con-
trast In heather lands we have one mine
lister to about 100000 souls, and in New
England one minister to about 600 SOULS
And yet, in the latter place. more than one
third OF the people are strangers to the
sanctuary |"
Adoertisi"g for a pastor.-In late Pres.
byterian we noticed an advertisement
which says:
The First Presbyterian Church Of Burl-
ington, Iowa. is now vacant, and wants .
pastor. The Church building is of brick,
and Is eligibly situated and out Of debt
The member. hip is about eighty. The SAL
ary is now $500. in quarterly payments.
and would be annually increased, according
to the growth Of the Church and cougrega-
tion.' We do not like such advertiser ents.
This one looks too mercenary. We see
moreover, difficulty. There ought to he
something definite as to how long the min
lister accepting this contingent salary may
stay. Suppose he takes the $500 and pros.
poets Of more, and he succeeds in getting
his salaay up to $1,000, may not the peo-
pie conclude that they are now able to sup.
port man Of more talent than he posses.
sesi Many time has faithful minister,
with toll and sacrifice. secured large con.
gregation. in part of spiritual children. and
than has been obliged to give way to some
ono who could better fill the place now too
important. by his own labors. to continue
him any longer.
Aapartial-Ths North Caroliua Presby.
tsrian. being supported by tobacco planters
sivss weekly report Of the state Of TIA
market for the weed. and thus, having con,
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