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For THE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.
AFFLICTIoNS sANCTIFIED.
BY REV. WILLIAM A. SCOTT, D. D,

BY REV. WILLIAM A. SCOTT, D. D,
1t is remarkable how many distinguished
and even great men have been afflicted with
some physical weakness, or some misfortune.
1t was Esther, the Hebrew orphan, who be,
came the Queen of Persia. God seems to
delight in taking particular care of orphans.
Indeed Providence seems to have been care
full to make widows sons distinguished
And if it had not been for Zaccheus' little
ness of stature, it may fairly be questioned
whether he would ever have been honored
with Jesus as guest in his house. Sir Isaac
NeVton is said to have been so small and
feeble when born, that he could have been
squeezed into quart cup without using
much force. Klrke White and Coleridge
were sickly. Sir Walter Scott and Lord
Byron were lame or club. footed. Robert
Hall lived martyrs death. Time would
fail to give the details showing that the best
poets, cleverest thinkers, most ingenious in
ventors, and noblest writer's have been much
indebted in some way, and at some period of
their lives to sickness or some physical de.
feet This may be owing in part to the
fact, that feeble health turns the mind in
upon itself, and thus aids reflection and in
part also to the fact, that sickness sharpens
the intellect by nerving the mind to endu-
rance and to hope through intense suffering.
Actual sickness is q great WEAKNESS, and
wastes the physical substance, but on recov-
ering, or even partially recovering, it some
times gives US a permanent elevation of
thought and a wider horizon. Whatever
may be the explanation or the natural phil
osophy of the connection between the mind
and the body that produces such result, it
is a matter of experience as we'll as of his
tory. 1t is under suferings or amid atlic-
tions and trials, that the highest works of
human genius have been produced. "We
can call to mind, says a pleasing writer
whose name is unknown, "some member of
family always ailing, always sick, and yet
the most exemplary and influential member
of that circle. In the backwoods such a
child will grow up with tastes so pure and
simple, habits so neat and refined, and afec-
tions so elevated, as to give all the highest
results of most finished education, with,
out going through any of the fashionable
forms of city instruction. She may be the
weakest of the whole, and yet her words o.
love and gentleness light up the whole fami
ly circle, and rule, and regulate, and refine
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The Trustees estimate that it will require
about one hundred and seventy dollars each
week to meet all the expenses of the church.
The average contributions for benevolent
purposes during the past year amounted to
one hundred and forty-eight dollars each
Sabbath.
RULING ELDERs.-Edward Bredell, S. W.
Barber, Luther T. Woods, T. G. Russell, r.
J. Wood, J. L. Sloss, DR.. E. S. Lemoine,
w. G. Dean.
DEAcoNs.-A. F. Cox, J. R. Lake, j. B.
Fenby, j. F. Long, D. G. Jaccard, DIR. F.
V. L. Brokaw, E. M. Sloan, Gordon Har
dy, John D. Peers.
TRUsTEEs.-Edward Bredell, Isaac M.
Veitch, Charles Gibson.
7. B. Dyer, deacon, and Robert Campbell
and j. B. S. Lemoine, trustees, not being
present at the joint-meeting of elders, dea-
cons, and trustees, did not vote upon this
paper.
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Immediate Action Required.

In matters of conscience, first impressions
are the best, and prompt acting is the safest.
When matter is left for our deliberation,
it may be well to act slowly; but where God
has decided the question for US, we cannot
be too quick and prompt in our obedience.
The Bible always enjoins haste in the per-
formance of duty. Mark how sharp and
peremptory are all its Commands Now is
the accepted time;" "To-day, harden not
your hearts," "Boast not thyself of to-
morrow" "What thou doest, do quickly"
When Jesus found the two fishermen on the
shore of Galilee mending their nets, His
brief command was, "Follow Me-" and in
stantly they forsook their nets and fishing
boat 'aand enlisted in his service. The jailor
of Philippi was awakened at midnight, and
converted and baptized before the morning.
When sick or suffering people came to Christ
for relief, He usually told them to do GER
tain things "stratghtway," and they were
healed. The one man in the Bible who
pleaded for delay-poor procrastinating Fe-
lix-in all probability perished in his SINS
Before making public confession of
Christ, one may wisely spend some days in
prayerful self-examination and delberation !;
but in accepting Christ, not a moment should
be lost. God has already decided that it is
right; it is not an open question; the more
promptly it is done, the better. Christ
command of authority and love is, Come
unto Me, and your immediate duty is to
make haste to keep the commandment.
We call you to witness, impenitent friend,
whether the chronic curse of your past life
has not been prOcrasttnation. You were al
ways in a hurry to repent. You were in
haste to break Gods commandments, but
never in haste to keep them. The year
1868, just gone to the judgment-seat, has
been worse than lost to you. When it be-
gan, it found you a cumberer of Gods
ground. The patient plea of the Interces-
sor for you was, "Father. let this sinner
alone this gear also, that | may dig about
him" The infinite love has been digging
about you during the whole twevemonth
with most faithful cultivation. The plough
share of truth was put into the soil of your
soul, and sometimes it ploughed deep. Your
minister dug about your heart-roots with
scores of solemn sermons. He has struck
the weapon of truth into your conscience
until his hand has grown weary, and his
heart has grown sad at the hardness of the
soil. The Holy Spirit has been pleading
with you; and the Divine Intercessor ha:
been pleading for you" Let him alone thi;
year also" In return for this forbearance
you have been letting Christ alone more un'
gratefully and wickedly. On the grave
stone that covers the year 1868, you ought
to carve this true but terrible inscription
81 knew my duty, but I did At not
Perhaps this year just opening may be
your last! God has just rung another alarm
bell. "The time is short p Begin thil
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LIGHT BEYOND.

Beyond the stars that shine in golden glory,
Beyond the calm, sweet moon,
Up the bright ladder saints have trod before thee
Soul, thou shalt venture soon,
Secure with Him who sees thy heart sick yearning
Safe in His arms of love,
Thou shalt exchange the midnight for the morning
And thy fair home above.
Oh it is sweet 10 watch the worlds night wearing
The Sabbath morn come on
And sweet it were the vineyard labor sharing
Sweeter the labor done.
All 6nishedl all the conflict and the sorrow,
Earth's dream of anguish o'er;
Deathless there dawns for thee nightless morrow,
On Edens blissful shore
Pstiencel then, patieuce soon the pang of dying
Shall ali forgotten be,
And thou, through rolling spheres rejoicing, flying
Beyond the waveless sea,
Shalt know hereafter where thy Lord doth lead thee,
His darkest dealing trace;
And by those fountains where His love will feed thee,
Behold him face to face
Christian World.
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Vol. 4,---No. 81.

year-not with resolution to become
Christian, but with going straightway to
Christ. Good resolutions are often mere
compromises with conscience, to gain time
for sin. The way to do good deed is, not
to resolve-bm to do 1t! Haste to obey
God has filled heaven with myriads of saved
souls; delay has filled hell. Christ's sum-
mons to you this moment is, "Now is the
accepted time" What thou doest, do quickly.
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forward, and enlarge its outline. 1t ought
to be horizon, ever in advance of the eager
traveller, and ever widening, the faster he
moves, and the higher he ascends.
Let me present the same thought objec-
lively. Endeavor to make your church a
model church. have longed often to be a
member, or an elder in model church. l
have desired very much to see one, and have
frequently asked ministers if they knew
where one could be found. have never
received satisfactory answer. l fear
shall die without the sight. How happy l
shall be if | live long enough to see model
church in yours. do not mean a perfect
church. l do not call on you to show us
what Solomon said had come to an end as
long ago as his day. But model church,
that might be called such, as we speak of
model farm, or factory, or house; some
thing of true principle, solid material, and
beautiful structure, and whose working re-
suits would be as near perfection as a reason
able abatement for human weakness would
allow. A model farm need not be by any
means the largest In the neighborhood, nor
one that yields the greatest gross returns, or
even the best crops by the acre; for it may
not be capable of this. But if it is a model
farm, it will show itself to be such to the
eye of every judge. The tillage will be
judicious and honest, the fences will be
good, the houses in repair, and the stock in
good order, the laborers contented and in.
dustrious, the household well ordered, the
wife and children happy, and the master Sc
rene. The people of the neighborhood will
quote this farm, and the visitor when he
leaves the hospitable roof will say to him
self and to others too, swell, l believe l
have seen no such farm in the county as
Foxwood." So your model church need not
stand first on the Assembly's Minutes for
number Of communicants for the congre-
CATION may not be large. Yet if it is
model church, the proportion of non- COM
municants will be small. Nor need it be
first, perhaps not among the first, in the
amount given for benevolent purposes; yet
the average for each member must be above
any thing yet in our statistical tables, if it
is a model church. And there will be a
steady ingathering, there will be universal
working life,-the bees of hive. Brother
ly love will abound, and there will be much
spiritual joy. When your brother minister
cores to preach for you, he will recognize
the delightful influence as soon as he rises
in the pulpit, and feel its genial warmth as
he visits from house to house; and will love
to talk of his visit, and of your people, and
of you.
Now do seem to make any over-strained
demand in my sketch of model church
Might not any church be this, and more +?
And why not yours? May the Lord say
unto you, as he said unto Solomon when he
appeared unto him the second time: 81
have heard thy prayer and thy supplcation
that thou hast made before me; have hal
lowed this house, which thou hast built, to
put my name there forever; and mine eyes
and mine heart shall be there perpetually."
S. L. G.
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HEART AND SYsTEM.-The Christian In
teHigencer observes that 6 heart" and "sys-
TEN" are the two great factors of success in
the kingdom of Christ. "Give us these, )"
it says" "and we will engage to relieve the
church of every dollar of debt, and to endow
all her Institutions
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ADVANTAGES OF THE PLAN.

First. 1t reduces to a system the entire
benevolent operations of the congregation.
AS we have adopted the voluntary principle
in helping to support other churches through
out the Synod, there is no propriety nor
consistency in refusing to adopt the same
principle for the support of our own church.
If any valid objection can be brought against
the plan as it relates to contributions made
to this particular church, it surely applies
with equal force to contributions made to
other churches.
Second. 1t suggests the easiest method of
meeting our ordinary expenses Accord
ing to the old plan the trustees were COM
PEELED to employ collecting agent who in
many instances called, again and again,
without being able to find the members of
the congregation, or who called at inoppor-
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Do NOT cry out before the calamity has
really happened.
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A WIDE, rich heaven hangs above you,
but it hangs high. A wide, rough world is
around you, but it lies low.
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God the Giver.

Freely Thou givest, and Thy word
Is, "Freely give"
He only who forgets to hoard,
Has learned to live.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-02-06

SUPERVISOR HEDe Es, of the, northern Dis.
trict Of Ohio, dror ped in upon the Collector
and assistant Assessor. in this place, while on
his nrst otLci' Il round of observation, on Sat
urdry RSt In familiarizing himself with his
suoo' 'dlns ties and their mode of disclIarging
tn' IT dAties, he showed himself, though but just
enter Ing upon the threshold of official duty, no
ne vice in the working of the revenue laws and
their qualifications. His bearing and address
commands Difference and respect, and leave no
doubt of his ability and disposition to guard
the trusts committed to his hands, and admir-
ister the affairs Of his position with credit and
fidelity. The consciousness of subordinate e
hat his superior is able to appreciate his Ia.
bors, and regulated his requirements by
soundness and steadncss of judgement, go, 8 far
to make such labors cheerful and compar alive.
ly easy. Such, we think, will prove to be the
case with the revenue service under the admin.
istration of Supervisor Hedges.
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,oFFlCERsD
CLARENCE H. CLARK, Presidest,
JAY COOKE, Chairman, Finance and Executive Com

CLARENCE H. CLARK, Presidest
Jay COOKE Chairman, Finance and Executive Com
mitteas. ,iinif ,s,.. .. .a.
HENRY D. COOKE, vise-President. b ais
EMERSON W. PEET, Secretary and setuary. a.
The Company National in its eharacteE offers BY reH
son ofit large capital low rates OF premiums and New
taho. the most desirable Of insuring life Se' pre-
sented to the public, 1Y ~
The rates OF premium being largely reduced arc made
A. fyornbet the insurers these ofthe best Mutual
companet ant avoid all the complications and uncer
taIniies Notes Dividends and the
which the latter apt 70 eaase the poiieyh
Several now and attractive tables are new presented,
which only need TO be understood to acceptable to
The uubIic such as tho INCOME PRoDUoR PosIcx and RE-
TURN PnKsIUM PoIIcr. In the former the policy hold
r not only secures ie insurance. payable at death,
hut win receive fving AFTER period Of few years.
an aaaual iaooms equal TO len per eenf 90 per esnil he
par Of MS policy. In the latter, the company agrees 10
gctarn 10 ne assrsd ns total dn0n Of money he IA
paid tg, 10 gddition 70 he aDoAii Of Ais policy.
The attention OF persons insnrng their
lives or increasing the amount OF insurance they already
have is called TO the special advantages offered by tbs
Nation Life Insurance Company is e- ,rH
Circulars Pamphlets aud full particulars given ap
plication to the branch ohh,e ofthe Company, orto
JOHN w. ELLIS \ CO., d
a. .. '1a- a1f. i-s'r.i CtNcERArI, o.,
General agents for Ohio and Central and Southern In
diana, t..,l f..r ,'aI.f Ils I.l.ff. sl s..
1T. sANBORN, paiassviIle, Spec. Agt.,
For Lake and Ashtabala Counties. ''' tyVN
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SUBSIDIES IN ANOTHER snAPE,--since the
rebuff Of tbe railroad, subsidy, iUhhyists, the
subject hsstakGt tpnol lber shapk, and tieam- ship
mes arelie mS dium through wlick jhe treas
Wy is to be 6nads subssrvidd 70 brifetc inter-
ssts. On ne 9d,f ult thrts ptoPosI I1bnA weri
laid .Bsforb Tho -Hss.als committee, nbtr argued
by the respective friends of each. Tho first
was from Boston, representing the merchants
of that city A subsidy Of thirty dollars per
mile to establish line to run alternately from
New York and Boston to European ports, was
asked for. A portion of the ships necessary to
establish the line at once, arc ready. The Sec
ond desircs a guarantee Of sthe interest 7ani
principal of the bonds asked for They alse
desire the entire control or the emigrant bust
business, and that Il be, placed ur.der
their Notwithstanding to be paid, he wev; r.
on the bonds until the ships are ccIstr,lcted
The third proposition comes frorrl 7 epresent-
ative Of the Bremen line whic,i his a contract
with the Prussiau govcrnn ent for carrying the
mail. 1t asks for n sir.ilar contract for ten
years from our government, to carry the ocear
mail. .l. s. r' fs'W- f'iV .
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TIDAL WAvE,-Ths reservoirs from
which DaabuAy, CT, was supplied with
water wss sitnated about TIVE u.ilas
northwesterly from tho center Of the
borough, the lower one containing about
Ten and the upper one twenty acres
The water In the lower ono being TWEEN
ty-kvs Feet, while the upper one was
ossly about ten feet Ia depth, 'i-i'" y
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The dam. s.glvlng way on the evening
Sf the 81 ulk She whole body ot water
rtshed down ppob portion oftbe br.
ougb ii a tiaai wave of ten or evolve
feet ID beigbfh,, carrying every 1irg
beforel h-h4lbes wore uprooted, hnd
many nves=h6w many it was not as
csrtnined when this account was made
up,-were lost. No such Calamity or
frightful sensation has been known ID
that section OF the Stat.
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in Davidson county Tennessee. Eight cows
and thirteen hogs have been killed and hall dc.
youred by the animal. A hunting party has
been tracing It's footprints in the snow, but
have, had trouble with their hounds, which
seem To be timid. The shrek of the monster,
resembling the cry of child has been heard
by the hunters, but only its tracks and its hall
eaten victims have yet bsen seen. 1t is sup
posed that the animal belonged 10 4 menayerie
which was wrecked some months ago by the
collision Of railroad trains In Mississippi.
With the exception of one large panther the
animals were all recovered and Gagged The
onimal that then made its escape has no doubt
found its way TO Tennessee. .,.'.
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Altogether the most bewildsipg piece
OF news we have lately had, is ;a-
solemn annonDcement that the lower
House OF ths Illinois Legislature has vo-
tod to cede the City Of Chicago to Indi-
ana Thunder out OF clear sky is of
every day occurrence, .compared with .
performances Of that sort. IL some wag
In the telegraph Office, or some grayer
wag in the Legislature, playing sorry
joke on the modest Sucker metropolis?
Or has. Illinois reached the eoAditien Of
tho InshmAn who caught q wild cat, and
was presently callipg on all his. psigh.
bors % 'ss,2 him LET the pesky thing
goT We ToaGhi, perhaps, 70 tender
our cengraIalsiisnS 70 both States, spd
yet bsfors doing % rash al act, ne
should like 70 ho9 vhcthsr Indians
means 10 procbGin . Thanksgiving Or :
Fast over the matterc-T Tiio1n<.
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Hence Noah was born Ammo Mundi, 1856
. In Gepcsis, 9TH chapter, OH verse, we arc in.
formed that Noah was 600 years old wheh tho
food OF wators was sent upon the,eirth. Add
600 years, his age, 10 l056 gives the date Of tile
chapter Of Genesis, that "al the days of Metllu.
selah were 069 years, and he died" BY refer
enee to the foregoing table, il will be seen that
Methuselah was BORN Ammo Mundl 6S7 to
which add his age, 900, and we have 1856, the
Late of the food, which proves to he mathe-
matical certainty that Melhuselah was drowned
for his wickedness. - Ut WY
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~ :" "
Neic Advertisements.

GlDnANGS a. co., Manufactures
OF Doors, SASH Bllnds, Bevel siding Floorlug FoRc
lug, MOldlngs, Scroll Work; Turning &e, Also, dob
bers aud Builders, Dealers In Lumber Lath aud shin:
Ysn at .hs Planning MIL corner Of Main street aud
Union alley. Ashtabnla, Ohio. g96
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THE Prince Of Wales aud his family
are in Swesden. Efforts are being made
TO- get up "a bearvhpnt for his amuss-
ment. 10. .Ll hIa 400 n.- ,.tl. --.Lt
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CASH CAPITAL,
sI,ooo,OOO
Paid IN full.

Branch ONCE First Notionsl Rank building, Philadol
pha where the general business OF the company trans
acted and which all general correspondence should
be addressed. l f .. ,,fUr 8ag fl-.4 VI
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A ADMINISTRATORS 10 NOTICE.
"A The andersigned has been. duly appointed Admin.
istrator OF the Kstte VI samuel Amldon of Ply,
mouth, Ashlabpla county, Ohio, deceased ... ,
Ashtahnia, February l. 1862. y stlgi
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The following are the facts in refsr-
ence to the acquisition Of the Chicago
Columbus & Indiana Central Railroad
by the New York 6 Erie Company.
The Erie agrees to lay down a third rail
from Urbana, Ohio, to Chicago, thus
making broad gauge road from New
York to Chicago, oia the Atlantic & CT.
Western, and TO furnish certain amount
of rolling stock. The Erie also guarah-
tees the interest on the bonds of the Chi.
cago d Columbus Road, and at tho end
OF two years n Tour per cent dividend TO
stockholders, with gradually inor easing
dividends mp to eight per cent at the
end Of eight years. The Erie has also
got control Of tho Atlantic g Great
Western. the Ohio IS Mississippi, and
the Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific.
The gauge Of the Ohio d Mississippi
will remain unchanged. 81, ..ll -
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DRESS Mixing.

Mrs, A. G., GIDDINGs & SISTER,
psI.s Msse All kinds Of Machine Sewing
East kshtAhula, Feb. 4, is6l oo7u, ,f,l. oo7
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CHRIST NEVER FoRGETs.--In DIR. Laird's
volume, "Glimpses of Christ" just published,
we find the following passage, which every
preacher will thank him for writing:
q On stormy Sabbaths, when the majority of
the congregation stays away, Christ does not
stay with them in their comfortable homes, but,
true TO his promise, meets with those who
press through cold and storm to the appointed
place. Did suoh ever practice selfdenial to
meet with Christ for naught? ..s.
And, if some ease-loving disciples did but
search into the reason why, on such Sabbaths,
they find so little inclination to pray at home,
they might find the explanation in their neg
lect of this word OF Christ. He thinks much
of Sabbath that cells forth those whose
hearts are warmed with love, while il leaves at
distance the lukewarm and the cold
So, In the evening meeting, this one may be
absent because he Is tired, and that one because
1t Is not convenicnt TO attend, and still another
because he has forgotten,it altogether; but so
long as two or three meet together in his name,
gets ' -''