Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1868-01-17

EprroE BrLLrrix In my previous let,
ter. spoke Of the Weekly Prayer Meeting.
held under the arsrices of the Yoang Neu's
ChsistiAu Association. Siace writing ,ha,
letter, Daily PRAYER meeting has been
started and sustained thas far in . manner
whieh is gratifying to " all. Ii is hence,
forth, ve trust, to ts . permanent ia.,iiu>
lion in our CITY The various elersymen
give it their. hearty support, besides, the
business men are determined that il .ha,l be
contnaed. With the blessing Of God, We
may expect much good as the resul, Of this
meeting. l,is held at st O'Clock, ccn,in-
uing just half sn hour. Prayer and re
marks are limited to three minutes each.
Last week vas observed here Is the
Week Of PRAYER" ,nion services being
hed in the dissrent evangelical churches
each day ., o'clock in The afternoon. The
meetings have been Of more than ordinary
interest, and are calculated TO draw christian
hearts together: aud while differing 10 mis-
nor matters, they can sll meet around enc
common mercy seat Of different deaom-
ina,ions, We. " one iii Christ.
The erca, apostle of Temperance, John
B. Cough. lec,ured here on Friday and
Saturday evenings. As . matter Of course.
be drex crowded houses both nights. There
!. but one Cough" in the world. Com
pars,ively fe~, perhaps, realise the amount
Of good Cough is accomplishing BY his
enrnes, and irresistible appeals to the Young
men who hear him. A clergyman Who
heard him, remarked that he seemed to
speak as if s. Inspired Of the Holy Spirit"
ltis gratifying to know that his vast powers
are being used in the work Of eieva,ing aud
saving young men. HIS 6,t lecture was
| upon Habit !" the second Vas Street Life
10 London Both subjects, he dealt with
ia q manner peculiar 20 himself, and to the
/ great delight VI those Who heard him. Ny
prayer for him is, tina, he may he spared vet
many years, 10 e. forward in bic great mis-.
sion to ,he people.
On last Sabbath, I witnessed . most i'm /.
pressive scene in the Congregational Church
REV. L. Whitiagsl. Ten Young persons,
whose average ages we're 10 years, present.
ed themselves for admission TO the Church.
Three Of them belonged % oue family. and
tuo 10 another. doubt not many a silen,
prayer went up TO God for these Lambs y
sho we're just entering the fold of the Good
Shepherd Will not some one or more Of
that number, be heralds of the Cross, esther
At bouc, or in some foreign land /?
| The loss by FIRE Of the Young Mems
! Christian Association building, in Chicago.
has saddened many christian hearts all over
the country. They will doubtless erect An
other structure, which may exceed the
glory Of the f,rmer." Fire may consume
their building, tu, il cannot destroy the erA-
cious influences which have gone forth from
it during the short period since lis erection.
Possibly our Chicago brethren thought toe
much Of their 6ne structure, though have
no reason TO think such was the case.
II nov looks as If Gen. Grant would he
the nominee Of the Republican party fol
President. Each Stats. think. has can,
dida.e to ru, forward Tor the Vice Presiden-
cy. Buckingham OF Connecticut, will
probably betbe man, should the candidate
be taken from New England, which think
ought 70 be. No prouder record vas made
during the war. than that made BY Gov
Buckingham. The matter will be arranged
satisfactorily doubt not when the conven
,ion assemblies in Chicago. No more ibi.
time.
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