The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-12-03
THE nAlINIsE#PlRE.
gotal and aNisttllquepuss
The GiGrr9eAibEsfGs y, GslhSS is'a cry

Church. now ip.sessi0ninthis place. ThatI
the preaching iYaS ~ bqst cdifyiugepa
profitable character I'VE hayc no doubt "
least not if VIC may form an opinlopqf the
general ministfntons tromathc ecfmqha
which It was Off privilege To hear w
attended service at Clg2g's. Hall. ,wliell,ls
occupied by So, Johns Lutheran ChnTeps-4
Rev. d. stock 5. The clcrgymen appointed
to preach In this cbnrel, crcttbdlahysl
George Russell, Of r\lleghPny CiiySafaia
and the RcY,W, G.. rremcr, Of sunbafy,
Pa. Thcph,so much genial sdishinc in
the full round face Of The Rev. Mt. RuA
sell that to sec him II The pulpitisto like
him; and Nheb be begins 10 preach, one
likes him liett3f atlll olle atHotncos hla
subject IN the cleycrest possible way and
then goes right on, gvitli aiglHhhnt amer ar
gument, tlll ho rcaches thdloonelhsion pro-
posed, by which time cacl hGilrer Is ready
to give It. m and say i'i'thc preacher Is
right" The truth which Mre W songhttO to
establish was hai msaN8re pitb5B, sshuse
il, not beitd ehnSiaRs. The pcihl Nas or-
gued with elearnoss sud. force which
must have brought the Judgment Sf.evrry
listener into full harmony with Tho bteach-
er's conclusion. .a'tsih'A 4N'NN9A
The Rcv Mr.. Crrhicr 8 "a. Young. s,nan az
superior promise. uisSermou on 1Rsl Gos-
pei as a DisPePYgtQaqfI lisrcyf9 hq ANwgf
race in is pap0fotd Biissries, wns one which
would DO honor 70 much older heads.
should his life be spared we anticipate fot
him most promising fainrc.,ii ila
It is privilege 70 listen to tht mnistra7
tions of such mon. They look upon their
vocation as q sacred one, far remo6ea from
the secularities withwhicl The ibeulentions
OF the pulpit ia these latter times. are sol
apt to bevitlatal,- aud stliereby male aoti
only useless, bptworpetllan jiseIcss \
There are In the Synod now III session
here, many entiicllt iptii, Ntlo, ~ tl,eirat-l
tainments in the tleological aud .aliteray
world, have earned Cai fhsmsclres a1wid,g
and cnylabie tepltatIon lley,.John W.
Nevin, D|D. .NUpw ihssliterat5a letiremcnt'
near LancasterCity.Pa Pa holds bt' the gem
eral consent of tsdeholnfnation tlor- FIRST
place in the catalogdeefIlts great names.
lie is justly regarded as one of the most
profound thinkers not oni Of 6hr land hut
of our ag@ EaiIG ihMd hdT wi6id Jen'
volumes ohl'IiilAidt "a AnReuitirsb*h Il ork
which should be9h the iWHlH onicYeaV
Z theological student and of every sabbath
school tcaoller M6relrecntly hp IeonuIbS
uted various works on sopif oC thd most
abstruse subjects ~ theology, by means OF
which he pr91pefdp deep aIdnAs gn he-
lievc, highly salutary iimpression not only
i on the mind Of his own denomination, hui,
on that Of the s1hli ratat largcgw1N hHis
/ efforts more than tbtllSse OF thyiother midlh.
perhaps, issthe Reformed cl6rdh ,indGbted
for the wholesome GhpGsbly,bis which
began to show ITSELF prqnineutly5nin the
4 denomination some twenty pycarsag0. and
which IN latter years has been the Ihbansof
rloslng-tha 'nor against tlsc sneru,chfhelitss
of certain radical elements which hayabrou
duced so munh disturbance lnrother del
uolninat ionsl HisglJiiIn N'c b1H N1H"'H 7
Rev. II. lIarbaugh, D., D., of MERGERS.
burg, Pa Is likewise Afhi1ihg iiSht III theS
denomination. Ebe. isR RvolImiho6i a,ithdA4
and his has been the good foftineto wrih.
books which are rhhd He is an able
preacher, and now occupies . chair 10 the
Theological Faellltyfot the Seminary at
MERGERS burg, rrf,u
Rev. f. V. Gerhardt, u. d.. PRESIDENT oil
franklin aud Marshall college,, Lancaster.
Pa, deserves honorable nipqiW, botl.as an
author aud scholar.
Rev. DR.. Cans Of NetrisoNn. PI. anal
Rev. DIR. Bombergei: Or iPlilaicipbia.
not motto to me @egslcV z p 9hf% fri R$mi$ts@y
1t may not be ami4s 70 rcGmaarf az ihaat tbe
General Synod of the German Reformed
Church have thus far been favored witithc
rare wisdom and grace sd 10 manage thoir
affairs ms To hnVe preserved the unity of |
the denomination entire. ,througlIout the
late war. We are Informed thar tllerc are
representatives from tieSonthorn States IN |
the present Convention, aud the record of !
the Synod during the late troubles has ,haan
50 conservative, that thc Reformed Chuteh.gI
unlike some others, WIN, for this reason.
find no difficulty in carrying forward its |
operations in all parts OF the,country.i w !
We entertain the, best wishes (ers the
synod, and can not but'rcgard ourselves as
having been faypred by the soertion of
Dayton as the place Of the present meet7l
ing. nns i. 1',, .di ,o.iI.s
A DARING TnmF.---A bold aud expert
thief entered the saloon Of Morris Horst
man. knows as the Eighth Ward Ilodsh, !
about eight o'clock yesterday morning.
Y when no ono wag Ii The room.
and robbed the money drmtrafof thirty !
live dollars IN greehbacks s,and small cur
reney. The wife Of the proprietor, Who
was In an adjoining ROOM hut not suspect /
Ing the haractor Of her visitor, paid no at !
tentlon 20 his ingNss, andbe was allowrilI
to depart With Ills boot yHnnloleste,l.a This
Is about the boldest style Of thieYing that
we have heard al. lt would be well for
keepers OF public houses TO keep an eye on
their money drawers, When bnghatded. |
here is no tellinRwhat may happen.
RAILROAD AccIDENTs.--As the down
train of the Cinclnnatls Hamilton and Day
Con Railroad vas Approaching Lndlow Sta.