Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-08-16

The way is hdrd-the end is home;
/ do not pray thee make it fair,
rSy Ssly ssss nc sssz a ess .sss
Thy rods to chde me nearer Thee;
My limbs must fail, my sandles slack;
care not-so go not back!
Heed not what may cry in pain,
But help me on to walk again;
Only when all the road is 0'er,
Come optana m eet me at Thy aoorsk.x
All philosophy is only forcing the
trade of happiness, when nature seems
to DENY the means. ''iA 's''' e'''"A
OF 300 clergymen in the diocese Of
New York, 11O are without charges and
the safne,lfuhlber OF parishes Is SAcant
The Methodist women of California
have organized Home Mission Society
to labor for the..kenefit ofi.the Chinese
women.
There are 11S parishes in the diocese
of Ohio and Ill ministers. Il. Comnani-
caDts namber 10, $40, asnet gain over
last year of 5O5.
Responsive worship has been observed
in two Congregational Churches in New
YORK, for nearly a year, to the great
satisfaction of all.
There are nine Presbyterian Churches
located on tile Sioux reservation, having
about 700 members, seven ministers ana
and three licentiates.
A Colorado t,residing elder has a dis
-trict embracing six counties,containing
seventy, thousand square milesN He
wants more preachers.
Rev. Aaron Guinhberg, for thirty
three years Jewish Rabbi in Boston,
died isIltAaenitg Judy eaeth.a sHest stspske 2
and wrote eight languages.
!, Judge, Jones of the Circuit Cenrti of
st. Louis, has decided that a man can
not leave money to be expended in
Catholic masses tor lfis-soul.I " -
The first Christian school in Jerusa-
lem was established in'lsi7 with nine
scholars. Now there are fiye schools
with over four hundred scholars.
hi Ofthet nine "a. ten niliiens population
of Persia not more than "a, 800 are dis
,senters from the Mohammedan religion.
They consist of Americans, NesturianS,
jews, and and 4 llGnebrensr, .aaoW
The Shah of Persia has promised to
decree religious liberty to his subjects. /.
The law now prevailing is that similar
to allI Mphammetlan cpuntfies; VIZ:
death to ever Mohammedah who prd-
fesses Christianity.
The Philadelphia Presbyterian says
that fasidiousness of ministers and dis :
inclination to go where all comforts are
not assured has something to do with
corresponding facts Of vacantlchurehes
Ind dnempl6yed hihistersslujiJAhu
Father Chinque, of st. Anne, ILL.,, p
noted secessionists frsm audf antagonist
of the Roman Catholic Church, was
lately stoned byra mob in. Antagonist,
Nova Scotia, where he had delivered a
lecture distasteful to Catholics.
tT1e Primitive Meth6diAS: Of England
have adopted a rule preventing the ex-
pulsioH OF d member except for immer-
tality, without the sanction of the quar-
terly meetingA 1hisisregarded as abo1
ishing the rule making attendance upon
class-ineeting' d test of membership.
Blessed are they who see the day of
glory; bat more blessed are they whb
coutribate to itsIappreaeh. u f97a7
We do not want precept as much as
pattern, says Pliny; an example is THE
softess sand least ipvidious way ofycom
manding. } l. L = "a ; u
The love of God and the world ale
two different things. If the love Of this
forsakes thee; renounce that and re-
ceive this; it is fit the nobler love should
have the best place and acceptance.
Religion" said, seafaring man at
the North End Mission one Sunday even
ing, ''has made me love my mother
from whom ran away when boy ;antl
kprovide for, my child whOm5I ,treateH
with h4cfaelty in his -earayl yedrs. ~ This
was testimony practical and to THE
point.
In preaching a charity sermon the
Rev. Sidney Smith frequently repeated
the assertion that of all nations English
men were the most distinguished fd1
their generosity and the love of their
species. F1be celleetidn happened to be
inferior to the preachers expectations,
when he said that he had ''evidently
made great mistake, for that his eX-
preston should Shaye been that they
| were distinguished for love of their
| specie"
Truth, indeed, needs no ornament
4 neither dOessa Sbeaptifuf person 4 buf tc
4 cfotheSft tafereforeAwfth fags, When q
decent habit was at hand, would be pre-.
posterous and absurd. The best propof.
toned figure may be made offensive by
beggary and filth, and even truths which
came down from heaven, though they
cannot forego their nature, may be dis
graced by unsuitable language.-COas
per. .T~7g os..,A,H
fhs2Maaasg The average 9&gesSoff age IL hthS,>A az, AmerlcaI
clergymen who have died during tht
past year was somewhat over 6l years
Out of 236 whose death and ages wert
correctly reported, have passed thk
age of so, 30 were between 80 and 80, II
were Between 70 and &c., 49 wereI be
tween 60 and 20, 81 were between SO ant
60, % were between 40 and so, % wers
between 80 antp49, and 8 were betweef
20 and 80.
One night, rs DIR. Chalmers daughter
was standing in allow tenement, taIkinE
with ami ihteIhberats father and persual
ing him to a better life, a man KEEP
walking up and down the room, d
though uninterested in what was said
but finally, in his ihtoxication, ,staggeref
up to her and remarked; 81 shall get Il
heaven as easy as you will do You no
! think so? 2" Helen answered not wort
but opened her Bible and pointed TO th'
passage, "No drunkard shall inherit th.
kingdom of God" The arrow struci
between, the, Joints Of the harness, ant
ended in the mans reformation.
|; The widest temptation must shertly
have an end; the fiercest fame mus
burn out for want of fuel; the most bit
j ter Gun. when drank. 1.-the dregs. will