The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-05-06
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Tas Rev Theodore 1. Csylsr, IN m srs;sle
on me convention Of children" eises some
arguments that arc worthy Of being repro
dnced q = condsnsed fbtn. The fct that
some worthy Christians admire the youthful
piety Of Samuel, King Josiah, and he we'll
taught Timothy, and yet ne strangely sheptl
cal in regard to the conversion of their own
children, is Of common occunsncein religious
circles Fit is truth that child can love
q parent, it can love, and trust, and obey
God. These three are the very essence of re.
hgion. An ordinary child Of ten or twelve
years can appreciate Christ mission into this
world. The mysteries of Christ incarnati IN
a man cannot understand better than child;
nor need either Of them do it. A child can
love Jesus with all the ingenious ardor of its
young heart. just as soon as boy or girl is
old enough to understand right from wrong,
they are old enough to do right or wrong.
Doing right IS religion; doing wrong is sin.
Sorrow for wrong doingis contrition. Ceasing
to do wrong from righAmotives is repentance.
Asking Christ to forgive wrong is an act Of
faith. Facts show that the most important
years of human life are from five to fifteen
years of age. DR.. Spencer tells us that, out
of two hundred and thirty FIVE hopeful con.
versions in his church, one hundred and
thirty eight were under twenty years of age,
and only four had passed their fftieth year.
Mr.. Cuyler says during his ministry he had
received nearly one thousand persons into the
churcheon confession of their faith, and of
that number not one dozen had out grown
their fiftieth year. Don't expect q converted
boy to be pious man ; he is yet only boy.
God grace does not make boy man it
simply makes him better boy. No better
answer could be given to the question, CAT
what age should child be admitted to the
Church?'' than by replying, what is the use
of having fold, if the lambs are to be
kept out until they can stand the weather.
He closes with these beautiful words: 1--WE
rejoice to see the Divine Redeemer take his
place in young heart-a heart like that new
tomb of Joseph of Arimathea which received
Christ's wounded body-a place lin which no
other one has ever yet been laid. =
DURING the recent revival at Newark, n.
J., man who had been attending court as
juror, was awakened by the Spirit of God to
seek repentance for his sins. He stated that
while sitting in the jury box hour after hour,
trying those charged with crime. weighing the
evidence, listening to the appeals Of lawyers,
deciding on verdict, aud hearing the SEN
tence pronounced by the Judge, the solemn
scenes Of the judgment came flashing upon
would stand before the bar of God. Imme-
diately after the adjournment Of the court he
returned home in great distress of mind
sought forgiveness, and was mercifully par
doned of all sins.
An association has been founded in Paris
with the object of undertaking q new transla-
of the Holy Scriptures 1t is to be the work
of competent persons taken from the three
great religious mmunities-Catholc. Pro-
testant. and Jewish. NJ Amede Thierry,
Senator, and member of the French Acad-
envy, is the President At the first meeting
held last month, the President remarked that
ii was source Of satisfaction to behold the
three great forms of worship assembled TO
promote the object they all had at heart, and
that there was neutral ground on which
they could meet, namely. that of philology
and literature.
CLERGYMAN writes TO the Independent
complaining that there are over seventy va
cant pulpits in Connecticut alone, the reason
being that there is so great decline of
religious interest that congregations cannot
be induced to contribute enough tor the sup
port of pastors.
The second National Council of the Roman
Catholic Bishops OF the United States will be
opened IN Baltimore on the first Sunday Of
ociooel. Ihete are at present seven eccie-
slasucal provinces, embracing forty-eight
dIoceses.
REv. K. NJ. HATFIELD, one OF the special
contributors to the Independent, takes the
ground that the Fenian movement is directed
against Professionalism and in the interests of
the Papal church.
FRoa the tone of the Baptist papers the
union proposed between the Baptists and
Disciples is opposed By the great majority of
the Baptists.
The Missionary ship John Wesley has be-
come total.wreck In the bay OF Tonga
Several missionaries and their wives were on
board at the time.
IHE Swiss Government has decided that
throughout the whole confederation the free
exercise of their religion shall be granted ID
all Christian bodies.