The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-05-04

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cry NAM isABrother's Keeper"
Sabbath School at 8 o'clock A. NJ.
Mission Sabbath School at 2 O'Clock,
al Park School House. Strangers
visiting the city are cordially invited
to be present at any Of the services.
The Rev. C.B. Parsons d. d., of
Louisville, KY, has been engaged
by the friends of this Sabbath School
to deliver one of his eloquent and
powerful lectures, on the evening OF
the 10th inst, for the benefit of the
Sabbath School Library. The sub
ject will be, "The South; the Past,
the Present, and the Future.96The
Trustees of the Walnut Street Church
have kindly rendered the use of their
Church for the occasion. The public
may expect a rich treat, as no man
has had greater Opportunities to be
fully conversant with the past and
present of the South, and the future,
depicted by such a mind as the Doc
tor, cannot fail to have much to inter-
est and instruct. BoTfJ
The usual religious services b
Trinity NJ. E. Church Will be held to-
morrow, he4Pastor officiating. Glass
meetings will be held in the afferS
noon. .aDoII4x ~ .1AH3
The Sabbath School CohliYaesntion of.
the Indiana Conference meets at
Bloomington enAthe 9th, Tuesday
next. We, presume all the Methodist
schools in this part Of the State will
be representedT We learn from Revc.
B. F. Rawlins that arrangements have
been made with the Louisville, New
Albany, and Chicago Railroad SO that
passengers leaving our city on Mon
day morning will arrive at Blooming
ton the same evening about 6 o'clock.
This will be a great convenience to-
the delegates. The Convention itself
promises to be oneNof the most %inter
esting ever held in the State. With
the Rev. Mr.. Vincent. the originator
of Sabbath School Institutes, present
to direct and giseSvariety to the pro-
ceedings, and Philip Phillips to lead
the singing. the Convention. cannot
fail to be entertaining to all who go.
The New Hampshire fCpnferencea
does not receive into full connection
PERSONS addicted to the use-o tobac-
Co. A located brother was proposed
for readmission, who was highlyorec-
commended in other respects, except.
an extensive use of the weed. The
application was withdrawn. With his |
tobacco he could not have been adj
mitted. e7at*a" sas sgasss
BEAUTIFUL INcIDENT.-In a letter
concerning the Wyoming Conference,
DIR. Lore, of the Northern, says:
On the Sabbath before the Confer
ence, while Rev. j. M. Grimes was
preaching his farewell sermon to his
congregation in Van Ettenville, NY,
and dwelling upon the necessity of
the descent Of the Holy Ghost, at the
a dove entered the church,
and lowering for aamoment over the1
speaker. settled upon his head. SThet
effect on the congregation may be i'm
At a recent session of the North
Indiana Conference, Rev. W. III.
reported the donation of a
farm, valued at SIC, 600, to the Mis- +
Society of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, by a venerable brother,
Jonathan Potterfeld, of Miami Coun-
ty, Indiana - G-11W y |.
Henry Burgess, of New Haven, AL
len County, Indiana, has erected and,I
presented to the Church a fine brick 4
Westinghouse, about forty by fifty
feet in size. 1t is built in good style,
md cost about $1,000. Such exam
pies show that liberality is not en-
tirely a thing of the past. Il
The New Albany District Minis
terial Association was attended by ten
ministers. The boundary" question
was discussed at considerable length,
md all present voted against any of
was it thought detri-
to the interests of the Church !
by making fewer Conferences. Ill ~
"The Centennial Singer" is the !,
of a new collection of Hymns
md Tunes popular during the last !
hundred years. It has beengcompiled \:
IS directed by the Music Committee 2
IF the General Conference and Asso-
,iated Methodist Episcopal Choirs. I,
Sunday School Union. The ]
Tize is l6mo, 419 pages. Price, $l3fyds