Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-12-16
RELIGIOUS.
-Olea IL pfethodAst.

or more have professed change
Of heart Some of the conversions were
by unusual display OF feel
ing, aud occasioned great rejoicing on
thepart of the Church. The audience,
during the week night meetings, has not
been unusually large, but all who at"
tended the meetings appeared to feel;I
deeply the necessity Of preparation for
another state of being. All Christians
will rejoice in this display of Saving
grace atlthe Third Street Church, and
will pray that the Lord may yet more
powerfully pour out his spirit upon the
people.
Services to- morrow as usual Sabbath
School ID the morning, Several Of the
Sabbath School children have been con
verified and. of. coo rse feel new interest
in the euperinteEient, officers and teach
ers of,theirr school. aii 7sI an s i4a
Our exchanges indicate that the. spirit
Of revival is being poured out on the
various paris of the country.
In the far East and in the far West
revival meetings are being held with
marked success The winter months
will add largely to the Church such as
shall be etesnalIy saved. A spirit of
anxious inquiry seems to- be abroad,
and men who seldom devote serious
religious matters are dill.
gently inquiring, "What must ! do to be
saved2' When once the people can be
INDUCED 10 pause, and ,considsr-s'tol
ponder the paths ofthsir feets-to reflect
upon the shortness Of time and the vast
nessof eteruity--their conversion seems
half secured i: because, having forced the
barbados Of prejudice, love of pleasure
aud worldly amusements, which otdin-
arily prevent its access to the heart, the
Spirit has but little trouble in ssorming
the citadel and leading the inner man
captive at its viii;
D1sTREsslse. On the morning Of
November ~26th, Rev. John F. Booth,
Pastoriof the Second Methodist church,
Greenpoint, NJ X, East Conference, was
called from Earth to Heaven While his
mortal remains we're awaiting the com
ing of the " devout men Z who were to
accompany them to the. tomb there
came, as it were, ga great wind from
the wilderness and smote the four COR
ners gof the house of worshipp,' npon
which the man of God had spent his
best and latest energies, and laid it in
one mass Of Egins1 AlAIg2nhy
Methodist ministers South, who con-
tributed theiriin aHence towards fom emit
ing the rebellion against the Govern:
ment, are .pow meeting with unpleasant
receptions in East Tennessee. One Of
them, who previous to the war was a
prominent memb :raof the Holster Con-
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, was few days since com
pelledtp carrya large pine pole through
the streets of ons Of the villages. and
anothersinsormed thar if he persisted in
trying TO preach there, , ha might expect
something similar. While violence is
always TO be deprecated, we have no
doubt these ministers appreciate NOR 3
fully than ever before, the folly of
" sowing to the wind Eatqrfres d
The Centenary Committee Of Indiana
Conferences meets at Mitchell Jon Tues.
daFs next, tounake arrangements forsthe
Centennial Anniversary next year "a
The New YoRK METHODIST. - The
periodicals devoted to. the support of the
Methodist Church are, with one excep-
ton, official Church organs. That ex.
ceptiotl is the paper the title of which is
given above. 1t is not for us to decide
whether the interests of the Church are
best subserved by official or independent
journals, but we cannot refrain from
commencing the Methodist as one Of
the best religious weeklies now pub
lishad in the interests of any denomiaa-
ton. 1t is high-toned,- liberal, though
not compromising, and very readable in
it's miscellaneous as well as strictly re.
ligious departments. It has for its edit
ors Drs McChntock and Nadal, and va
rious able contributors. eas9 esr-sass1
FROM VIRGINIA. --zAt the
Virginia Annual Conference. held st
Dan tille the Committee Oh the State Of
the Church reported that, after a care
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of the duties ofeRhe
Church toward the colored population,
thew lad Been forced to the conciusion
that ThY wqy mo- e!eyeting this class be;
iongeG, ss.lhy n .agLsrn Church, and that
Northern ministers were not fitted for
such labor and they'thereforeu recon
mended the following resolutions, which
were adopted: = QHAIG011
l. That we evince our interss6 in their
behalf b5d gathering them together and
preaching toethem whenever it is practi.
cable in the course of our regular minis
trations.
2 That missionaries be appointed to
serve them in sniSable localities FL w
8. That Sabbath Schools, exclusively
for the benefit Of colored children aud
adults, be established wherever they
promise usefulness. .ezasuysH q
4, That churches be organized Tor
them, and pastors, be sent to them, as
soon as 1t cKn be done with propriety.. 4
5. That the General Conference be
reoussted to provide that suitable color
ed persons be licensed to exhort and
preach, and to become eligible, under
proper Instructions to deacons' and
elders orders. ass rsa
s. That the General Conference be re-
commended to establish, as soon as cir
cumstanees justify; one or more confer
ences eof cofored preachers under the
superintepdenee OF. our own Bishops,
7. That we recommend to our people
to encourage attendance on public wor-
sbips BY our colored- population, and to
furnish them ell proper facilities to that
end. rs
8 That we will encourage and aid, as
far as we can, iudicionsly, the establish
ment of day schools for the obstruction
for colored children. - Ga a : I =. \
.DN4GEfE Il $50
Presbyterian. TT
During the week meetings have been
held in the Vine Street, On. $. J Church.
and also at the Cumberland Presbyte-
Ran Church. Some interest was man
Tested on the part of sinners, but not
enough to justify continuance of the
meetings. These Churches ara ripe for
revival, and, we have no doubt, will re-
ceiye 4 gracious visitation of the Spirit