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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-12-17

slIE.ds NOT RIGHT.-Our neighbOr OF
the Democrat has an article in his last
issue showing that the Lecture ezAssg-
citation of this village, after three lee
lures, by the most popular lecturers in
the fieId' have sustaihed 6ldss Of SI35,-
10. This is certainly anything but en-
couraging to those engaged in the en-
terprise, which was undertaken for
dheE e6 Hu ufnishi4 g pT6fsi fsla table
amusement and instruction to the
people of the town. We copy the
closing paragraph of the Democrats
articlea and. commend the subject to
the confederation Of our readers:
"The balance of the course contains
the names of the brilliant SAKE, the
fascinating Olive Logan, the eloquent
Tilton, the polished Whipple,l and the
humorous Twain, and others not yet
announced. Shall the proceeds of
their presence and efforts before Ra-
VIENNA audiences be as barren of fl
nancial success as those of their pred
ecessers? This is A. question the peo-
pie of this town must answer. There
seems to be no reason why an entire
course of lectures should record a
loss. We call attention to the facts
now existing, hoping that an interest
may be aWaken9d and the remedy ap-
piled. One thing, however, may be
regarded as certain-ssf there isnot a
decided improvement i'll the financial
receipts 1uring the remainder of the
course, the Lecture Association will
abandon the enterprise forever, and it
ought to. viii the people rescue it
from continual loss 2"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-12-17

|, |. The people aof IlG Garrettsyiile have
|rorganized a. Lecture Associatio4I.aT They
have fixed the price of season tickets
omHdealaE1md nneedoIlaf and fifty
,cs cents IS for fer gentleman and lady, 9Ieda
NEW SHOULDER SHAWLSeNEWia
ksIofO0Ds, NEW EAGES, AND NEW,
f''hh GOODS GENERALLY, GO 70 S'f..iSs Sf2tiS
.aOa XIX Il a4tbiJyS. SMITH q Co.'S
Dec. II, 2w ~ 5.af = 600 ,Eniia's
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-12-17

HARNEY, of the Louisville Demo
crat, after ten years service as editor
of that paper, retiring therefrom says
thesin that weighs most heavily on
his sconscience is that of sfmaking
great men out Of poor material .,,,,,1
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-12-17
DIED.

phoid Fever Mrs Rosella e. Taylor, wife OF
Erastus Taylor, and daughter of Chauncey
and Keturah Stanford.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-12-17

MA. H. slayton-Hoosier EeFee Rrill.
DSF Knapp. Miller & .eD4Sleieh Shoes.
HHes. M. Holiday Goods.
RB Merits s Riddle SIeighs, sleighs.
.s:idd ZIq16cAL NOTICES
j ;nS7-J S. Smith 4 Cor Four NotieesriR ese.ls
TRE%RApenna Lecture Associatientoi3 'ans1o
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-12-17

The Minerva Commercial of last
Saturday says:
On Tuesday last, while party Of
workmen were engaged in sinking a
well for George Yengling, on the hill,
found three house mice in the crevice
ofA rock thirty-nine feet from the ur-
face. How did they get there?a
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-12-17

FL Alliance Democrat.-This is the
title of new Democratic paper just
started at Alliance, Stalk County, by
j. r. Patterson and s.. G. Mckee, the
first number of which is before u.s.
1t is neat looking seven column pa
per, and in its editorial department,
gives evidence that the editors are nc
new hands at the business. Success
attend the enterprise. s
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-12-17

uxRoA NSH a IT,,
y aEltiltJ ! atItiSI itG : jIL5llSElll
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-12-17
E. R. Waits Advertisements.

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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-12-16
A Jealous Preacher.

DR.. Thomas Coke was probably the
most influential leader among the Eng
lish Methodists after John Wesley. He
had large intellect, but larger heart,
and gave himself to the work of saving
souls with the zeal and energy of an
apostle. The Western Christian Aduo-
cate gives graphic sketch of one of the
closing scenes in his life, when he pleaded
for the privilege of going as a missionary
to India. 1t says:
How sublime spectacle was that
when DIR. Thomas Coke stood before the
the British Wesleyan Conference, plead
ing for mission in India! He had
seen more than three-score years; he had
spent two large fortunes in preaching
the Gospel; he had crossed the ocean
eighteen times on his mission of mercy;
he had been recognized as the first bishop
of the New World, but found not, as the
historian of Methodism affirms, in do
cese coextensive with a continent, room
for his agencies. Now, his heart was
turned toward India, and he pined with
holy ambition to preach the Gospel to
the millions of Asia. Ceylou, "the thresh-
hold before the gate of the East" was
open to missionary labor, and Coke was
determined to go, in spite of every OBJ
stacle. To friend who demonstrated
with him on account of his services at
home, he replied: 81 am now dead to
Europe, and alive for India. God him
self has said to me, Go to Ceylon: I
aOould rather be set naked on Its coast,
and without friend, than not to Co."
He presented himself before the confer
ence with his project for a mission in
India. The conference was startled and
astonished. "Many rose to oppose" it.
Benson declared "with vehemence," that
it would compromise the honor Of the
denomination and "ruin Methodism."- -
Coke returned to his lodgings with the
tears flowing down his face, passed the
night in an agony of prayer, and came
back the next day to the conference-room
to offer himself and thirty thousand dol
lars in money, upon the altar of this
great sacrifice. The conference relented,
and yielded to what was manifestly the
voice of Providence. Coke did not live
to reach his coveted field of missionary
labor; but his holy enthusiasm and SUBJ
lime conservation still live, an inspiration
to the Church in every land.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-12-16
For THE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.
Whitfield and Wesley.

When these devoted and pious men
produced by their preaching such great
revival of religion in England, Mr.. Wes-
ley says, that they always placed the
doctrine of justification in the forefront
of the battle 1t was at that time but
little known to the common people. Re-
ligon had in their day wofully degene-
rated, and become a very formal affair.
But few even of the members of the
Church knew any thing about expert
mental religion, or vital godliness.-
Their piety only manifested itself in
outward observances.
The case is very different with u.s.
We are more familiar with the doctrines
taught in the Scriptures, and what was
new to them, is so well known to us, that
it does not produce much effect on our
minds. We need no arguments to con-
vince us, that we must be justified by
faith, and saved by grace. We all ad-
NIT without any hesitation, that we must
be born again, before we can enter into
the kingdom of Heaven. These great
truths lie at the bottom of all ourreligi-
Gus convictions. They ought never to
be lost sight of.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-12-16
For THE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.
Is Prayer Visibly Effective?

Many years have passed since the
events occurred which are described in
the first communication. The boy of
twelve became a man, husband and a
father of family himself. There lives
in Virginia somewhere, Che will read these
pages and know the writer and know
himself) another minister of Christ,
equally elevated in piety and Christian
character with that old and venerable
pastor spoken of already; man of God
blessed even because he is man of God.
l heard his first sermon in 1851; had
passed through the fiery ordeal of inf
del philosophy, had heard the sophism of
a Kant, Hegel and Fichte through their
disciples-still mothers teaching had
kept me above scepticism and l had not
altogether forsaken the faith of my
fathers. In the providence of God, |
was thrown under the pastoral influence
of that man, and the purity of his teach
ings, his life, his character and his Chris
tian labors caused the prayers of a
father aud of a mother to germinate in
faith in Christ Jesus became men,
Der of his church. This happened in
1856. A few years afterwards the fol
lowing incident occurred, which l will
briefly sketch.
Among the number of church-mem-
bers composing the flock of the minister
already alluded to, there was one whom
it was believed our pastor especially
loved and cared for. He was poor and
had large family depending upon his
labor, which was arduous and calculated
to expose him frequently to the inclem-
encies of the season. After an unusual
ly severe winter and great exposure, this
man was stricken down with the worst
type of pneumonia. He had been taken
sick miles from home and was brought
insensible to his family. The disease
soon assumed It's most alarming symp-
toms, and if l remember right, five or
six physicians were in daily attendance
upon him. Need 1 say that his pastor
was almost constantly by his bed side, the
only comfort and consolation to the wife
and mother? Medical skill availed moth
ing, and one by one the physicians lost
aud gave up their hope of his recovery;
still the representative of the Physician
of souls maintained his post, and, as he
afterwards admitted, offered up prayer
after prayer to the mercy of his Lord
ana Master. These prayers were an-
swered.
The ear of God listens at times COM
passiOnately to the earnest supplications
of the righteous. The Christian sees
aud acknowledges the finger of God in
such dealing with His children, and
magnifes his holy name in such mercies.
Perhaps the world still hardens the heart
of the unbeliever, finds only fresh stim-
ulus to extol the powers of the human
mind and intellect, and fails at last to
unravel those mighty phenomena of end
less wisdom, which the believer calls
Providence, and which the man of the
world may term science or the law of ma
ture.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-12-16
FoR THE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.
Better than Members of the Church.

Many persons in our day would be of
Tended, if We were to accuse them of be-
leving that man may be justified by
works and not by faith; and yet it is
manifest, that unconverted men in our
day do not understand the plan of re,
demption much better than it was under
stood in ancient times. They still cling
to the idea, that they must do something
to recommend themselves to the Divine
favor. They too often rely upon their
morality, or their charitable deeds to
shield them from condemnation in the
sight of Heaven.
They sometimes tell us, that they pay
their debts, like honest men, and that they
have never done anybody any harm !;
that they are not drunkards, or murder
ers, or thieves, or liars; and they see no
reason why they should be afraid of not
being able to reach heaven at last. IF
they are not saved, they imagine that
but few will be able to enter into the
rest that God has prepared for his peo-
pie. They sometimes contend that they
are better than many members of the
Church. They have seen persons who
were considered very pious do things
that they would not do for any conside-
ration. In making this declaration, they
are probably not far from the truth -
In our day man may say that he is as
good as many members of the Church,
and yet not boast a great deal, but that
only proves that many persons have con-
nected themselves with the Church, who
fail to walk in a manner worthy of their
high vocation.
There are no doubt many persons in
the Church who ought to be out of it,
but We cannot help that. The tares and
the wheat must grow together until the
time of harvest. Then they will be sep
arated, the tares will be burnt and the
wheat gathered into the garner of the
Lord. Many persons join the Church
under the impression that they have been
converted, and afterwards find out that
they have been mistaken. Such persons
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-12-16
Vol. 4.---NO. %.

1 want forgiveness of one sam, and
strength against 1t but God wants to
do more for me, and will for give and de-
liver me from none, till l make further
search into myself, and bring my sins
before Him all together.-Adam.
To pardon and forgive are both the
gracious work of God through Christ.
These two are not the same, though of.
ten confounded. To pardon, is to remit
the punishment; to forgive, is to lay
aside the remembrance. Thus we say,
the Queen pardoms; Christian torgives.
If there be any pardon with God, it is
such as becomes Him to give; FULL AND
FREE. When He pardons He will abun-
dainty pardon. Go with your ha!ffor-
giveness,- ss,-limited and reserved, unto
the sons of men: it may become them,
it is like themselves. That of GoD is
absolute and perfect, before which our
sins are as cloud before the rising sun.
x y We are apt to think that we
are very Willing to have forgiveness; but
that God is unwilling to bestow it; and
that, because He seems to be loser by
it, and to forego the glory Of intlicting
punishment for our sins; which of all
things we suppose He is most 10th to
part withal. And this is the very nature
of u',belief. But indeed things are quite
otherwise.
God hath in this matter, through the
Lord Jesus Christ, ordered all things in
His dealings with sinners to the praise of
the glory Of HIS grace. His design in
the whole mystery of the Gospel is to
make His grace glorious, to erah His
pardoning mercy. The great fruit and
product of His grace is forgiveness the
of sinners. In and by this
God will render Himself GLORIOUS
Oven.
The forgiveness of sin is like the bury
ing of Moses.-J. II. Euans.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-12-16
Selected for the Central Presbyterian.
Pardon of Sin.
ILLUSTRATIVE GATHERINGS.

ILLUSTRATIVE GATHERINGS.
1t would tire the hands of an angel,
to write down all the pardons that God
bestows upon true penitent believers
Bates.
IT'S one thing to have our sins worn
away from the memory, and quite an
other thing to have them washed away
at the Gospel fountain.-A. Fuller.
There is no such thing as a halfpar-
don in the court of Heavenly. II.
Euans.
God never pardons one sin, but He
pardons ALL; and we dishonor Him more
by not trusting in Him for a complete
forgiveness than We did by SHINING against
Him. Christ took up all our sins and
bore them in His own body on the cross; ;
and God cannot punish twice, or demand
second satisfaction to His justice.
Nothing can paclty an offended consci-
ence but that which satisfied an offended
God; and well may that which satisfied
an offended God pacify an offended con-
science.-Adam.
81 ask not legal pardon, Lord, but
a Fathers pardon.-J. H. Euans.
When God overthrow Pharaoh and his
host in the Red Sea, it overwhelmed and
drowned the greatest Egyptian command
ers, no less than the meanest foot-soldier.
The vast ocean overfows the lowest
sands and the highest rocks. So does
pardoning grace cover every transgres
sion of every penitent believer.-Arrow-
smith.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-12-16

JESUS WILL CARRY ME.-In Chris
tian family near Annoy, China, little
boy, the youngest of three children, on
asking his father to allow him to be bap.
tized, was told that he was too young;
that he might fall back if he made pro.
fession when he was little boy. To
this he made the touching reply: "Jesus
has promised to carry the lambs in His
arms. AS am only little boy, it will
be easier for Jesus to carry me-" This
logic of the heart was too much for the
father. He took him with him, and the
dear one was, ere long, baptized. The
whole family, of which this child is the
youngest member-the father, mother,
and three sons-are all members of the
Mission church at Amoy.-Miss. Int.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-12-16

are more to be pitied than to be blamed.
If man can only say, that he is as good
as some of the members of the Church,
that does not prove that he is in very
safe condition.
If an unconverted man were as moral
and exemplary in his department as the
very best members of the Church if he
were as liberal and kind to the poor as
as any of them, that would not consti-
tute any ground of merit sufficient to
justify him in the sight of God. Faith
is the door, and the only door. by which
we can enter into the kingdom of Heav-
en-. Without faith it is impossible TO
please God.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-12-16
For THE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.
Conversion of Martin Luther.


In the life of the great Reformer Lu-
ther we have striking illustration of
the Importance that ought to be attached
to the doctrine of justification by faith.
That doctrine is not held by the Roman
Catholic Church. 1t teaches that men
may obtain the pardon of their sins by
the performance of acts of penance, pre-
scribed by the priest, to whom they have
confessed the crimes they have commit
ted. Luther knew no other way of OBJ
tanning conscience free from guilt, when
he was brought to look upon himself, as
a condemned sinner in the sight of God.
The holiness of the Divine law terrified
him. He knew that it was written
{" the soul that sinneth it snail die lie
became anxious to fly from the wrath
which is to come. He tasted and prayed
night and day; but still his conscience
was oppressed with sense of guilt. By
the severity of his acts of penance he
wasted away to a skeleton. His hagard
looks proclaimed the inward sufferings of
his soul. He became an object of pity
to all who looked upon him. He was a
priest and belonged to one of the monas-
tic orders. He devoted himself without
ceasing to the performance of his reli-
gious duties, but derived from them no
benefit. His anguish of spirit still con-
tinued.
At last he was told by one of his Su-
periors in the Monastery, or by an aged
priest, that he must first love God, be-
fore he could be sincerely sorry for hav-
ing sinned against him. That informa
ton caused beam of light to shine in
upon the darkness of his mind; but he
did not obtain permanent peace, until he
became better acquainted with the plan
of redemption. In the Monastery to
which he belonged, he found a copy of
the Scriptures in the Latin language,
chained to pillar. He began to read it
with absorbing interest, and gradually
the truth burst upon his mind, that a
sinner can only be justified in the sight
of God by faith, and not by the deeds of
law. Then for the first time he saw with
the clearness of a sunbeam, that the
blood of Christ cleanseth from all sin,
and learned how vain and worthless were
all the acts of penance he had been per-
forming
AS soon he learned from the Scriptures
the doctrine of justification by faith he
began to teach it to others. His doing
so, soon brought him into collision with
the authorities of the Roman Catholic
Church. They attempted to silence him,
but he boldly set them at defiance, and
continued to preach up the new doctrine,
from which he had derived so much con-
ISOLATION. He translated the Bible into
the German language, and in the end
was mainly instrumental in bringing
about the great Reformation from Pope
ry, which occurred in the sixteenth CEN
tury. How much the Christian world is
indebted to Luther and other kindred
spirits, for all the knowledge we possess
on the subject of religion
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-12-16

LORENZO Dow defined death-bed re-
pentance as the burning out the candle
of life in the service of the devil and
blowing the snuff in the face of heaven.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-12-16

The CHURCH OF CHRIST is founded in
faith, raised by hope and finished by love.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-12-16

BLESS GoD for what you have and
trust God for what you want.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-12-16

And thou fair moon, whose silver ray
Shines Der the earth, so bright, so clear,
Teach me; like thee, to urge my way
Calmly through all ife's deserts drear;
When sinks the sun beneath the sea,
Still may thy orb serenely rise;
Through the dark night our comfort be
And bathe in liquid light the skies.
j. S. W.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-12-16
FoR rHg CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.
TIE EVENING HOUR.


How bright the stars! How calm the sea
How silent is the hour of night
Far from the world my thoughts would flee
And seek in heaven their chief delight.
Speak to my soul, We clouds that fly
Across the evening sky so blue;
Tell me, is He, who reigns on high,
Forever holy, just and true?
II.
Tell me of God, We stars that shine
Within the diadem Of night;
o speak His praise in notes divine
Who gave you beams of wOndrous light,
And seut you forth to roam afar
Amid the boundless realms of space;
His power, hlS glory still declare,
While Fastening on your rapid race.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-12-16

MANY people who have the greatest
light, lead the darkest life.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-11-20
THE KIRBY.

1t Mows. 1t Reaps. 1t Rakes.
All Combined In the same Machine. Pope's
Drurrer can he attached to any Reaper or
Newer.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-11-20

In the District Court n the United States for
the District OF Iowa. In the matter o. Henry n.
Freeman, Bankrupt. Notice Is hereby given
that a petition has been fled in said cou ty b,
said Henry n. Freeman.of Byron, in hc cosnty
Of buchanan and State 81 iowa. in said Distrief,
duly declared bankrupt under the act 81 Con-
gress Of March 2nd, 1867, fora discharge and
certificate thereof from all his debts end other
claims provaLle under said act aud that the 25fh
day Of November, A. d. 1865, at o'clock p. ~.
IL assigned for the hearing the came at u court
IL BANKRUPTCY before Hon. Wits Drumfnond,
Register oI said bankruptcy. at Room No. J.
Custom House dubuque. Iowa in said district,
where and vixen ail c editors IF said bankrupt.
who hare proved their dchtssaH all other per-
sons 10 interest, may attend and sbos esuse, If
amy they have. shs the prayer Of said pstition
should not he X anied
Dated At Dubuque this 18th dSy Of October,
A. II. 1850.
Las wR.ar, Attorneys. Independence, la.
iszag II LErrEK, Deputy elk.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-11-20
Srxs,Dt.r M.x.-A farmer drove

SENSIBLE MANA farmer drove a
wagon load Of bui,ernnts into town
a Jew days ago TO reldie them out by
the bush-. A sensible man stepped
up. and bought the whole load, and
took them 10 plant That's right.
The ba;;ernnt is tree of quick aud
handy growth; and nine farmers out
of len make themselves guilty by no.
laniin. the seed, aud having 4 home
grove baaring the best nut that grows.
LORD Register.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-11-20
JAMES ScHRACk,
. HORSE FARRIER.

JESUPs - .v~ IOWA
Has hsd extensive and very successful prac
tiee- VIII treat thoroughly all diseases incident
to horses. cattle, &c. An experience Of ten
,ears warrants him 10 promising satisfaction to
III customers.
castration Of nimalspsrformed in q cafe and
skillial manner IBIS
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-11-20
EsLArGING.-The Central RAil.

road Company have commenced op-
erations on this side Of the river, pre-
para,ory 10 the completion of the
bridge, which event we have already
announced TO take place sometime IN
December. workmen are new bgsy
in raising, charging and otherwise
improving the passenger depot and
ticket office, So Is to render both ca
pablo OF accommodating the increased
dow Of business expected. Waen
completed, the depot building Vii
present a greatly improved appear.
ance.-Da5uqne Times.