The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-05-08
SUNDAY READING.

thank my God, feel that not alone
On mountain peaks His blessed sunshine
And Dc ss drop sweetness, even here, FAR down |
In mesds, n lily grows 81
] an His work who made the evenipg star;
whstefore mt to Him ny nowsretsbfisht. .
Beautiful in Hlstight NfgN Y
look upon the hills, and sometimes dreAm
How they rejoice In mornings earliest light, |
And how serene, and strong and still they seem
To guard the valleys all the gloomy night.
It's said the nights are cold-it may be so,
That winds are keener there, and winters
I know not how It is; I only know
My God has placed me here
Here 10 this.nttis nook OF esrtiIs- ny owh-- },
Aid sent . sunbeam-mine-to cheer my
He bids me bioom-perhaps for Him alone,
Is there a better Psrti .....r, .., ID
I bloom-stars shlne-we bloom and Shine for
Him.
We give our be,,-Eraud world and humble
A light through ages never growing dim !
The fragrance Of an hour. IT +. "A
| So then He smiles, and takes with equal love
But in Ills iaaniteoess rsisns above,
N. Y. Independent
The Sunday School Teacher gives an In
terestin account Of the history Of Sabbath
|
Woodruff, O merchant of Brooklyn, N. Y,
labored for Ave months TO introduce the sys-
TEN. In the first two months six schools
were organized. A sunday-school paper was
started, which was unpopular at first, as Il
was too American In It's character; but II has
finally become naturallzed and Is a success,
having circulation Of $685. copies. There
are now In Berlin II Sunday-schools, with
| la male and 246 female teachers, and at
tended by ALA boys and 1907 girls. Five
new schools have been organized this year.
| Among the teachers Is Count Bernstein, son
Of the ambassador to England. The question
whether teachers must be church members Is
mootcd In Berlin, where the law requires that
children must attend school for 3 years, must
meanwhile commit to memory large and
definite quantity OF Scripture, must DO con-
firmcd at the age OF from II to is, and must
for two years previously recitc the catechism
twice week to the pastor. In these schools
the pastor, dressed in his clerical robes, Is
always the superintendent. On entering,
each scholar bows his hoad a moment In ST.
lent prayer; and at the close Of tho session
the pastor passes out before any one leaves
his scat. The teachers then shake hands
with the scholars, who depart without method
or confusion. No lessons are committed TO
memory. The concert Is q success; but the
"pic-nic" is voted to be un-Germau and not
to be allowed.
HiSDoo DEIsTs.-A correspondent of the
Chicago Christian FresmD, thus refers to
the sect Of Hindoo Reformers, or Hindoo
Deists; 81 have from time to time spoken Of
Hindoo Delsts. Their thirty ninth annlyer-
sary has been held in Calcutta. Their organ,
the Hdidn Mirror, describes the celebration
as peculiarly impressive. The preceding
, week was spent Ia prayer and the chanting
, Of hymns. The new church was 'conse-
Grated by the leader, Keshab Chandra Sen,
E who said: The One True God alone, the
0 One without q second, shall be worshipped
A in this house. No created object, neither
A man nor any other being, shall be
adored or worshippcd In this hall. Any
books or relics or symbols, which any mnn
or number Of men or nation may observe
!. with such unbecomlng reverence as has de-
. graded or may degrade into superstition,
> shall be treated here only with that amount
Of consideration which they may deserve.
I No sculpture or painting for the remem-
brance Of any person or persons shall be
here preserved. All men without distinction
-, of caste shall be welcomed In this building.
No prayer or worship offered to man, or
through the agency of any individual, shall
0 be here allowed This last sentence any
one may see Is aimed at Christian worship"
q ANCIENT as Is the use Of intoxicating
liquors, II seems to have been reserved for
A modern times to develop their highest de-
structiye powers. The nations OF Northern
Europe have been much addicted to the use
of alcoholic drinks, and II has been supposed
l. by many that the GOODNESS Of the climate pre-.
vented much Of their injurious effects. TIL,
seems to be a mistake. The Northern I'osf
organ of the Russian Minister of the Interior
= says that the consumption Of alcoholic drink
Is in the empire has increased since 1858 by 10
per cent. The number OF persons who dlet
r. A.. L., La - rtpn
NJ 2,74S, being at the rate of seven day. In
10 single government, that of RlaZan, thu
deaths from this cause have risen from II Ii
,g 1854 to III In 1854. At Moscow, according
to statistics furnished by the director o
" police, the number Of persons arrested 70
drunkenness (ncludlng women) was 7,22
n In 1912, and 81, 79i in 1868.
~ A MISSIONARY of the American Sunda
D. School Union in Wisconsin writes: SIN May
p 1868, Sunday school was organized 70
ID away In the woods of D county. III
III people raised a small sum, and the America
IL Sunday School Union gave the balance, fC
a library. The school began with thlrt
he scholars; but soon had forty, fifty, sixt!
cd Notwithstanding many difficulties, 1t he
been Continued through the winter. Relig
I'd Gus meetings and preaching service wei
on soon desired; and In September church WI
I'd organized, where the Sunday school had bee
ne opened only four months before. Out {
Dr. thlrty-four new Sunday schools organized b
a. me last year, three have already grown int
churches"
nd We CAN all of us speak for Christ; VIC ca
Of sustain the institutions Of religion. We ca
nj do this by our purses; by the part VIC mt
take In the social services Of the sanctuar
re- by our benevolent organizations and actiy
nd ties we can do 1t; by earnestly making al
,ea carefully saving and joyfully giving o.
money for this purpose. And1 believe tina
in heavens account, a penny Joyfully, than
We fully given Is worth more than q doll
is grudgingly given. -Bi'h2p lanes.
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