Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-07-19
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RELIGIOUS NEWS.

e we cdll 10 ulofc Soou uy uciiiS SOou
han in any other way. i
Every path that leads to heaven is trod4 |.
len by willing feet. No one is ever
iriyen 20 paradtse. g
There is a transcendeat power in ex!
ample. We reform others unconscious
ly when wewaik aprighsly:sae,
The first virtue is to restrain
the tafgne; helapproaches nearest to the
gods who knows how to be silent, even
though he is in the right. ..
A Catholic priest in ST. Louis has an
his intention to read from the |
altar every Sunday. the names of his |
who have been Intoxicated
the previous week.
Never quit your hopes. Hope is often
better than enjoyment. It-is certainly
a very pleasant and healthy passion. A
hopeless person is deserted sby. himsslf.
and he who fOrsakes himself is soon for1
saken by hisfriendssa and fortune.
St., Marks >, Methodist }. Episcopal
Church., New York City ,. .fsa the first coli
ored church in direct fellowship with,
the Methodist Episcopal Church for
many years. 1t was organized about
two years ago.
= Five of the Uhitarian, Churches, i'm
Boston have united in an arrangement
whereby one church shall be kept open
during the vacation, the services being
CONDUCTED by the, respectiYe m ministers in
person, or by exchange each, two com
secutive Sundays. This services will be,
held in Kings Chapel. This is good
arrangement: 81
"All experience proves that every
generous and exalted life blesses-WhoI
shall say how gseatlK-pets sen lytthfeughI
direct seffopt. bslt stIsplss by being bat
it is. just as a selfish and contractedt
nature makes all shrink and narrow up
with which it comes in contact, so does
a free and beuntifal spirit expand apa
Quicken all it meets with; it touches
more points than it! is itself aware of,
and is forever widening its circle OF ben
edietiop, sud slrawiDg wjthie jsssepe
| fi'eslf tiatlzHafm interest,". ~ 44-'sA = Il e
The United Presbyterian Synod of
Scotland hela , tsNan4auaE session in
EdiubrTg ip May. There were reported
61f congregations, 1880 communi-
cants, all increase Of 1884. The total
income of the church was 1880, ,933, all
increase of 65,777.', The Synod voted a
petition to the British Parliament pray
ing for the disestaBlishinent of the Eng
lish and Scotch; State scllarches. The
! Free Church of Scotland has refused to
unite. with . the United Presbyterian
4 Church. 4"la- -i. l~.--s,a - ~
Many. a flock, is estrangeaaa aud many
scattered for want of a shepherd who
can call them by pamevs 3 Many "a lamb
4 sfrays from the fold. that nepefL would
have been lost had the shephnrd occa-
sionally taken It in his ARMS. Lambs
get tired, and, laggi ag behiatdJ are lost.
Are there not many shepherds who
know SO little of their flock that they
never miss. lost lambs 7, or If, perehanee,
finding they are not in the fold, they
start in search, would pass them Oh the
way not knowing the bewildered little
ones?s How. caa such a shepherd right
ly lead the sheep, and bring all safely
into the fold? How can he feed the
flock Alright who does aokN recognize tho
lambs:
There is one recipe given in the bib,
for filling churches and for destroying
worldliHess ,whieh&We .Wonld commend
to those ministers who have SO often to
preach to worldly Christians. tits on,
given by the Lord Jesus Christ himself
and, like all of his recipes, ID is&sin npl
aid easily remembered: 'And l, if b.
lifted up, will draw all men unto me.
There is no promise anywhere in tn
word that philosophical essays, seiep
tife lectures or disqhisitions, or sensa
tional sermons will do this. But liftin:
up Christ spiritually before the peopl
, will do it, and multitudes will flock t
listen to his. words as they, did; in til
days of his flesh when from Jesnsalen
and J,llea. and Galiiee and the region
round abont they gathered to hear th
gracious words that proceeded out-of, hi
mouth. He is as certainly, though nc
, as visibly, present with His Church an
people now as he was then. and, tire lifl
ing up of his cross to-day or in the fl
e ture will draw all men unto him and ii
: the churches that are now empty.
s'On Sunday evening lflast, the ibrotl
, | ers and sisters, OF the Presbyteria
Church, Front and Union streets, Phi
adelphia, were somewhat surprised b
seeing the Tev. C. p Mccarthy, the pa,
/ tor of the First Universalist Church. a!
t cend their pulpit in companNs with the
!, pastor, Rev. Vincent Group. This sal
!. prise reached the height of amazemer
! When Mr.. Mccarthy invited the Congrs
e CATION to. unite with. him, iny praye
t These feelings soon subdaed and a spir
of deep devotion took their. place, undt
] the power of which the. brothers an
T. sisters forgot that Uniyersalist WI
e leading them in Worship; and as he PR
: ceeded to pour forth the ntterances
e his soul in earnest entreaty for blessin
h from the Father of ALL the suppresse
! amens which fell from the lips. of Re
4 V. Group and others present prove
n how quick ly the spirit ofstrue worsh
i and brotherly loye2 dispelsathe prejud
u ces and narrow tendencies of theologic
education. At the close of this pray.
h q hymn was sung, after which the pa
If tor OF the church, the Rev. VIncel
Group, took his text from John, viii, q
~ sYe shall skalows stlle1 trafh.1 He pr
}: faced his remarks by saying that he III
y his brethen the Rev. e. r: iMcACartt
/ had arranged to preach two sermons u
" " ON Truth, the one a review of the: othe
+ and that Bro. Mccarthy would deliy
Ie his criticism upon. the sermon he, w
n about to preach next Sunday afternOt
'pt at Wharton Street Hall. The sermt
IS lasted about three-qnarters of an hon
j after which our good Bro. Mccarthy,
3 Il few tmief fsenfenees, addresssflstlte pc