The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-22
RELIGIOUS AND MORAL THOUGHTS AND
MOVEMENTS.

The Sabbath Is the couch Of time.
Liberality is not in giving largely, but wisely.
A short way to become rich II to contract our
desires.
4 Have the courage to provide entertainment for
your friends within your means. not beyond.
The Joy resulting from the diffusion Of blessings
to all around MS is the pursst and sublimest that
can enter the human mind.
II We would only take the trouble TO count up,
We would ind that our blessings are more than
our crosses.
The Observer says perfect integrity and pro.
pcrly cooked beefsteak are rare.
At Cheyenne, station upon the Pacific Rail.
road, at the foot 81 the Rocky Mountains, where
there was mot . single house or hut in July last,
nor one within fifty miles. there are now i've
thousand inhabitants, and next year there will be
fifteen. At least five hundred ministers are wanted
immediately, q well IS the means Of sending them
out and supporting them.
The Independent approves the idea Of dropping
the REV." prefix to the names Of clergymen. and
siuQularly applies the precedence Of dropping the
"Hon.v % Q prefix to the names OF members Of
Congress IS reason for the innovation.
Tho installation Of Rev. DR.. H. u. storrs ~
pastor Of the South Congregationalist church, 10
evening. having been postponed on Thursday
on account Of the severity Of the weather.
The German Evangelical CHURCH in yisconain
numbers about six thousand church members.
Religious revivals are in progress all over the
country. In Redding, Weston, Stamford. Bethel
fnd Aidd}sbury, Conn. there have been over five
hundred hopeful conversions to Christ; and In
some other places from fifty 70 one hundred per.
sons hope they have found the Saviour. The meet
ings attending the organization Of the Central
Association, at West vigo, Ind brought special
blessing to the people OF that town. SO much re.
ligious Interest was manifested before the adjourn
mcnt Of the association that revival meetings were
continued by DR.. Jewett, Of Terrs Hautc, after its
close. and are still in progress.
Rev. John T. Avery, the evangelist, has just
Lee. N. r., where IL 10 believed that over nfty
persons have been hopefully converted.
A revival Of religion Of great power is now in
progress at Yorkshire, In Broome county. More
than fifty are indulging hope. The Congregations
alists, Methodists and Baptists work harmoni.
ously.
Tho Independent asserts that the so-called blue
laws Of Connecticut were not bona Jide statutes,
but satires tory churchman who was driven
out OF New England for his toryism INDUCED him
self IN the luxury Of revenge BY drawing up code
Of laws % caricaturc CT the laws Of Connecticut,
The drst publication Of these pretended statutes
(which never existed except in their author
brain and book was In London. In ISL. The
name OF the spenetic exile was Samuel Peters.
The Bishop Of Sierra Leone has been captured
by the natives in the interior, and the value Of
thousand slaves 10 demanded BY the Governor Of
Ida, for his ransom. The British government
will have to interfere.
The American Methodists have raised within .
year $1,000 900 for educational purposes. The
hsthodists now number two millions Of connuni-
cants, and eight millions OF our population in their
congregations, or one-6fth Of the whole Amsri-
eau people.