Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-07-26

oresDyterlans 81: the MethOdlStS ~;
he Baptists 80, -and the Catholics 80. |
Relatively to population, says the Meth |
odtst, we have certainly declined since
1850, for the city is far more populous
now than it was then. The presump-
ton is that we have declined absolutely
"a thousand or so) since 1855, but this
point must be settled by farther exam
ination.
II believe have divine authority to Sc
cure Protestant children from their
Protestant mothers and make them Cath
tant minister to do the same. This
statement was made under cath by the
Roman Catholic priest on Wards Is
land, near New York, on the 9th day of,
July, 1873. Now we ask every and any
Protestant parent into whose fouse
this article may come. seWnl
you place your son or daughter
in Roman Catholic" school, or one in
which by any possibility the influence
of a Roman Catholic may be brought to
bear tfpon the youthful mind? What
can you expect but that your unsus-
pecting child VIII be seduced into the
Church that does not hesitate to avow
such an infamous system as. this priest
processes 2? Your child may not admit
to you her apostasy. She will be taught
to conceal and deny it if necessary. Bat
she will be ruined by such influences as
this shameless priest employs, and you
are to be held responsible before God for
the destruction of your own child"
l care not so much what l am in the
opinion of others as what am in my
own; would be rich of myself and not
by NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Men are frequently, like tea; the real
strength and goodness are not properly
drawn out of them until they have been
| for short time in hot water.
A sneer is the weapon of the weak.
Like other weapons it is always cun-
| ningly ready to-0ur hands, and there is
more poison in the handle than in the
point. But how many noble hearts
have withered with its venOmous stab,
and festered with its subtle malignity.
| tF we dTe To Dtdf WftH tIfUSt. WE CdLuOt
amend, and to be content with Offering
them to God. This is true resignation
And since He sfIas rborne with, our mfr.
mites, we may well bear with those el
each other for His sake"
| What else is Holy Scripture but a let.
tel. from the Almighty God to His crea-
lures? Tile King of Heaven, the LORD
+ men and Of angels has sent you let
ter to conduct You to eternal life, ant
yet you deiayite read itZealously. Learn
the mind of God in the Word Of God.
/ The Holy Spirit is an antidote agains
tseven poisons: He is wisdom agains
folly quickness of apprehension agains
dullness; faithfufness Of memory agains
forgetfulness; fortitude against fear
knowledge : against ignorance; pieIy
against psofale ness -haaaility ~agains
pride.
l. While a Christian, in proportion al
he is advanced, may discern more clear
ly the nature of means, and so trust les.
| in them, and more in the Great Agency
which they secure, lie will, at the same
time, be more regular and punctual ir
their use, henoring them as of DIVINE
appointments, and deriving profit from
them, as aids to communion and growth
There is no faithfulness like tina
which ought to be between guide o
souls and the person directed by Him
They ought continually to regard each
other in God, and closely examine them
selves, whether all their thoughts ar
pure, and all their words directed witt
Christian discretion. Other affairs ar.
only the things of men; bnt those ar,
peculiarly the things of:God.
sit is not hasty reading, but seriously
meditating upon. holy and heavenly
truths, that makes them sweet and prof
liable to the soul. It is mot the bee'
touching on! the flowers that gather
honey, but her abiding for a. time OF
them, and drawing out the sweet. 1t il
not he that reads most, bat he thaB
meditates most >on Divine truth, thaj
will prove the choicest wisest. stronges1
Christian.'
We suppose that very few minds are
wholly insensible to the sweet and sol
4 emn associations, to the sacred fnfiuen.
ces of Gods house; and we haye noticed
that rude and ragged men, unaccus
toned to religious services, with but the
vaguest knowledge. perhaps, of Him tt
whose edifce is dedicated, are sub,f1leG
nwittingfy and even unwilfingly, BY
the sancity of the place InstinctivelJ
they recognize the presence Of the Mos
High. No doubt they are to some 'ex
tent affected by its accessories; by tn,
full religious light streaming in glow
and pomp of color through the painted
windows; by The carved capitals of til,
shapely columns; by the span of thi
lofty roof; by the white-robed choris
ters. and the dignity Of the officiating
priests; by the grand roll of the organ
as it supplies its glorious swell Of har
mory to1tymn- and psalm. But, .apar
from these, they feel that they are OIL
hallowed ground that a power is abou
them and around them with whom they
cannot strive; whose awfulness they
cannot but acknowledge. And SO they
hush their noisy talk, and compos'
themselves in an attitude of homage. i
i. is strange, then, that christians, whit
can put forward no plea of ignorance o
all that church is and signifies, should
often be wanting in that deyont'respec
which is almost inYoluntarily paid b,
the man who knows not God. TIL,
Churchman knows, as a matter o
course, that Gin church,, he is in tn
sanctuary of the Holy One of Israel
which the light of the presence of tn
Saviour fills with all iudescribable glo
ry. 1t may not be given to him to ris
| itlbo tiidL nOly rapture WHICH INSPIRED
the soul of the, Psalmist when he behel,
the sfair beauty of the Lord,' and Wis
tied His temple but he knows, as mat
, ter of course, that at it's threshold h
should deposit the burden of his world
ly cares, all his work-day anxieties, al
/ his petty jealousies and enmities, al
trivial thoughts and unworthy fears
that he goes thither to pour out his sou
before God in prayer and in thanksgiv
2 ing, and to partake of that mystic feas
which brings our humanity into direc
communion with its Redeemer. H
knows that beneath that sacred roo
< within those sacred walls he should b
all reverence, and all fear. Yet wit
, how painful an Indifference to our sol
emD duty do we ego to church 20 HOY
we linger at the door to talk idle moth
t ings, or to exchange empty common
places! How thoughtlessly we take tn
accustomed seat, and go through tn
ceremony of burying our face in hat o
handkerchief prior to indulging in
: calm and delicate survey of our friends
| our aequaintances, the choir or tn
strangers, the new window or the an
cient tablet. Do we really feel in on
heart of hearts what we are, or for wha
! purpose we have come?