Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-12-06

There Is q crook in every lot,
And need for earnest prayer;
Is happy anywhere.
Mrs. E. ID. Cheney, of Boston, recent
ly preached in the Unitarian Churches
of Detroit and Chicago.
A thousand persons are sometimes in
attendance npon the prayer-meetings of
Rev. Mr.. Talmadge, Brooklyn.
In the Synod of New York there are
332 ministers and 166 Churches. Just
two ministers to each Church.
The Independent Old School Synod
of Missouri, has voted to unite with the
Southern Presbyterian Church.
Rev. III. l.. Zorgenfass, formerally a
Lutheran minister, has been ordained as
a priest by Bishop Potter. of New York.
The acts of incorporation of the Epis-
copal Cathetlrals of Albany and New
York, provide that their pews shall al
ways be free.
Five thousand persons were reported
as having united with the Baptist
Churches in Missouri during the past
year, making the total membership
-79, ,40a. -..i l..
He that, for giving draught of wat
er TO thirsty person, should expect TO
be paid with good plantation, would
be modest in his demands, compared
with those who think they deserve heay.
en- for the little good they do on earth.
The number Of local preachers in the
Methosiist.Episcopal Church is II 1884 ,an
increase over last year of 35s. They
Will memOrializc the next session to de-
fne their true relation to the Church in
this country was established by Philip
Embury, local preacher.
There are four hundred religious
journals i'll the United States. Tho
Methodists have 46. the largest number
theE comes the Catholics, who number
Al the Baptists 35; the Presbyterians
80; the Episcopalians, 21: Lutherans, ID
German Reformed, II; Hebrews, 6: and
Congregationaiists, 8.
/. At the meeting of the Episcopal Board
OF Missions in New York, the last week
in October. the receipts of the year were
reported as $l73,254, and the llisburse.
ments $l66,917. During the past yea,
23l missionaries were emnloycd, The
number is 2l4. The ssmite-chests'
yielded during the last three years
$64 900. -. -
4 person once being cast upon desc.
late island, spent day in fasting and
prayer for his deliverance, but no heir
came. 1t occurred to him ther. to keeI
a day of than ksgiving and praise, ane
ne had no sooner done it than relief was
sent to him. You see, as soon as he be-
gan to sing of mercy exercised, the ex.
| ercise of mercy was renewed to MIN
n IL hoo or6 f1,,s l.:
Rev. A. d. Mayo, after having sun
piled the pulpit of the Unitarian Societ,
| at Springfield, Mass, for a wear, wa,
elected pastor November i, at a salar,
of So 800, each party having the powel
to terminate the engagement, on thre,
| months notice. On the following Sun
day he received a welcome from. Colone
| Thompson, in behalf of the Society. {,
which he responded in a few but appro
| pirate words, and then delivered his in
augural sermon, in which he stated tina
has purpose would be to teach Jesu
Christ and Him crucified by his dnil,
life and pulpit teaching.
To onit prayer is to go to battle hav
ing left our weapons in the tent: is 3
go to our daily labor without tn
strength impaired by a morning meal
is to attempt the bar where breaker
roar and rocks hide their rugged head
without taking our pilot on board. |
from 4 sense Of weakness, Moses on 81
mis- thundering, flashing, quakin
mount, exclaimed, tsIf Thy presence g
not with me, let us not go up," wei
may we sag of the world, with its dali
trials and temptations, works and wal
fare, "Unless Thy presence 20 with us
let us not go down. Therefore onel
men, unless in very rare circumstances
always morning and evening to pray
Thrs like soldiers, on the morning {
I conflict, We grind our swords for battl
with the world, the devil aud the flesh
and thus, when the days conflict
over, retiring to pray, VIC apply a hea
ing ointment, the balm of GiIead, to til
wounds of conscience; and thus as
besrimed workman on coming home rt
pairs at eventide to bathe in fiowin
river or swelling sea, we resort to pra,
er to wash away sins daily guilty stain
in the fopntain Of Jesus' blood.
! The autobiography of John Stua,
| Mill will probably afford text to man
Christian believers who desire to poi,
out the unsatisiying character of uub,
. lief. One passage of it is especially sns
gestive Of this truth, After despribin
how he had been brought up by his f,
, ther in infidelity, and without auy fait
had devoted himself to political philo
| ophy, Mr.. Mlll wrote:
> S'In this frame of mind it occurred
me To put the question directly to M,
: self: Suppose that all your objects
i life were re;tlized; that all the chang.
: in institutions which you are lookiil
! forward to, ceuld be completely effects
l 1f hi r.cf,,. =, ~
great joy aud happiness9' And an
represaible self-consciousuess distinct
: answered 'No!' At this my heart sar
within me; the whole Foundation G
ii which my life was constructed fe
: down. All my happiness was to ha,
been found in the continual pursuit
r this end. The end had ceased to ch arr
and how could there ever asai, be an
| interest in the means? / seemed to ha'
| nothing left to live for. At first hon.
t the cloud would pass away Of itself; b.
g it did not. A nights sleep, the sove
q eign remedy for the smaller vexatio,
: of life, had no effect on it. | awokc to
: renewed consciousness of the wor
fact. carried it with me into all cor
n panies, into all occupations. Hard
I anything had power to cause me even
G few minutes oblivion from it. F
some months the clouds seemed to gro
:, thicker and thicker. The lines in tx
eridge's 'Dejeetion'-I was not then a
quainted with them-exaetly desert
my case:
"A grief without pang, cold, dark and drcs
n In vain sought relief from my ia
: orite books; those memorials Of ps
nobleness and greatness from which
l. had always hitherto drawn strength al
q animation. 1 read them now Witho
feeling, or with accustomed feeling N
nus all its charm; and I became dc
U suaded that my love of mankind, and
# excellence for its own sake, had wo
itself out. sought no comfort by spea
&c ing to others of what | felt. If / h
ir loved any one sufficiently to make co
fiding my griefs q necessity, shou
n rot lave hcon in the condition / was,
felt. too, that mine was not an intere.
= ing, or In any way respectable distre
=. There was nothing in it to attract syl
pathy. Advice, if had known whe
n ITO seek it, would have been m ost pr
n cions. The words of Macbeth to t
physician often occurred TO my though,
i But there was no one on whom CO..,
p build the iaintast hope Of such ass
+ tance. Two lines of Colerida
y. IN whom alone OF all writers [ ha
= found a true description of what fc
were often in my mind, not ut this til
10 (for [ had never read theml, but /,