Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-10-18

- FIJI US, cneer us, rule US All.
When is felt the vernel glow, 81. t-,
Buds and blossoms wake and grow;
All things the sweet influence know.
Meath thy breath cur graces bloom;
Flee our wintry shades and gloom;
Come! Our hearts prepare the room.@'A
If thou but within us move, ~. =f-... .,
We shall mount on wings oflove,
Joyous as the hosts above
~. Oh! what rapture may we feel r9t
nbut Thou our eyes unseal,
And the things Of Christ reveal.
-, Blessed Helper! BY Thee led,
On our willing feet shall tread,
Till we see cur glorious Head.
When immortal years begun.
While the eternal circuits run,
Praise all Heaven, the Three in One.
A ACongregationalistC Church is to be or
ganized In Salt Lake City. 20 ~
The colored Bsptists in Florida mum :
Der 5000 communities, who are gather
ed into fifty Churches.
= Episcopal ritualistic Churches are ex-
cellent nurseries of papacy. Numerous
converts from them to the Roman fold
are reported. ssi s,s 7-s 81
: Rev G. FL. Tucker has been deposed by
Bishop Littlejohn, of Long Island, for
eontumacious conduct in helping Rev.
NH Oucucys O1 OuICd&Os "t.
The Lake Erie Association of Univer-
salists held its first quarterly meeting for
the current year at Wallsburgh on We'd
nesday and Thursday, Sept,i 18th and
18th. s
Twenty three ministers of Presbyter-
ian Churches in Chicago and vicinity
worship, majority were in favor Of the
adoption Of something Of the kind.
+ The bishop Of Illinois is hopeful that
Mr.. Cheney and his congregation retain
ing possession of Chffs1 Church, Chi
cagO. al s,rgs .tsi gsg,
The attempt to raise the salaries of
Methodist Bishops by special assess
ments and collections has not proved
successful, and the deficiency has to be
drawn from the funds of the Book Con-
Germ. .f..s5.. - ...-..f, 80
:, The first Presbyterian Church in this
country was organized ct, Snow Hill,
Nd, in 1890. The first Presbyter was
held In Philadelphia, in 1705, and the
first General Assembly in the same city
in 1889.
On earth, we have nothing to do with
success or its results, but only being
true to God and for God; for 1t is sinceri-
ty, and not success, which is the sweet
SAVIOR before God.i .5I sf4. s.,.. s5g
Rev. DR.. Morgan, rector of Trinity
Church, New York, baptized ten child
rem, belonging to three gypsey families,
and ranging In age from three months
to twelve years, in st. Philips Church
scene is said to have been at once pictdr.
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81 Prayer is not only request made te
God. but converse had with him. It il
the expression of desire to him so as to
purify it. of purpose so as to steady it,
of hope so as to brig hten it. It. is tht
pringIng of ones heart into the sun.
shine, so that like a. plant, its inward
life may thrive for an outward develope
| ment.1 IaoI!si5ls!- .s'fHu1s- g1 stits8o
ssWe scarce conceive how easy it is t
rob God of his due, in our friendship
with the most virtuotis, persons, unit
they are torn from ms by death. But i
I this loss produce lasting sorrow, that i
clear proof that we had before two treas
nres, between which we divided oul
heart" - -. 4. n g
H. No music.is half so sweet, no eloquenet
is near so charming, no picture is at all
so attractive, as the precious promise.
given to us by the Faithful and True
Witness. Like the aurora borealis shin.
ing on the frosty and. sombre sky, ting
ing it with brilliant rays, the promises
of the Gospel shine, in tints of light and
| smiles Of love, on the cold and gloomy
night Of tronble, cheering the heart Of
| every child of God, with delightful to-
kens Of the kindness Of his heavenly
| Father, ''
Prayer is the peace Of our spirit, the
stiffness .ofour thOughts.ith the evenness of
recollection, the seat of meditation, the
rest of our cares, and the calm Of tenn
pest; prayer, is the issue of quiet mind
of untroubled thoughts, it is the dangh-
ter of charity and the :, sister of meek
ness; and he that prays to God with an
angry, that is, with troubled and dis
composed spirit, is like him that retires
into battle to mediate and sets up his
closet in the out quarters ofan army
Let us be patient. As the years wear
on towards the deep sunset, we are
weary at making no near approaches to
u reconciliation and real intimacy with
God. But do we long for that rest re-
iigiously enough to wait for It? Still
ness is our needed sacrifice. Baffied
and broken the soul must often be be-
fore its immortal strength comes Humil-
iation Of pride and utter CONSEQUENCES
of ffnfirmity-to be kept painfully cut of
our inheritance-alf these are the prices
of conquest. Do not pray for exemption
from them, but victory by them.
We like leaping river better than a
stagnant pool. 1t Is far better to be
worn somewhat by work, than corroded
by the rust Of idleness-, If there are
s.'abominationsi in the earth, y a Christian
does not exhaust his duty by sssighing
and crying over them. cup, guards,
our, warfare; and in one phrase of
Scripture we shall find both our STRAIT
egy and our armament-sSpedkin the
truth In love-" This is not good world
for resting in, but it is a good world for
working in, and if we are s'fellow-work-
eers. with God" our labor will not be
lost.-Arnot - zf.i - ..-,e, .,,5
Every stranger who drops into the
Warren Avenue Baptist Church Boston,
Rev. G. FiPentecost, pastor, has the fol-
lowing notice placed ia his hands: Sour
house of worship iso large, affording sit
tings for 400 people, and we offer you,
in the name of ouro Heavenly Father,
whose 1t is and whose we are, its fullest
and freoSt hOspltalities. Attentive ush-
ers will meet you at the door. and pro-
vide you with the best seat in the house
not occupied at the time of your coming,
SO that In no case need you feel ally en-
barrassment or hesitation on account OF
being stranger. We bid you welcome
in Gods nanes' 1ir iri41'lts 3t'l fia i,.i
Essentially the Omitted Brethren
in Christ, are Methodist body, and II
they were to merge themselves into the
great Methodist family, the union would
beno more than natural. This event is moi
impossible, nor even improbable, judg.
| Ing from the tone of the address made BY
q United Brethren delegate before the
late Cincinnati Conference. Though
proposing no overtures for union, his re
marks were so refreshingly catholic and
| expressed such a hearty belief that al
| no distant day all the Methodist branches
| would be one, both in name and spirit
thus augmenting the progressive force
of Methodlsm, that the Conference re
sponded spontaneously and appointed
their Bishop as a delegate to the mex
Miami gathering Of the brethren. Thi1
branch has mem bership of about ont
| hundrat and twenty five tho,1sand ant