Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-10-11
RELIGIOUS NEWS
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~ Oh words, in which there lie
All promise, all fufllment,
And end OF fmystery
Sorrowing or rejoicing, "a
hear the "Comer' of Jesus,
And to His cross fly
Sometimes SO far rve wandered,
So lost seem to be,
That family, like an echo,
hear the 'Come to Me-"
sWhere art thou, o BelOyed?"
Bewildered, sad, cry;
Then, following that sweet summon,
Till at His feet lie.
There axe two hundred and ninety
seven Methodist churches in Massachu-
sets.
There are one hundred and seven Epis-
copal churches In Massachusetts.
There are two hundred and eighty
five Baptist ch urches in Massachusetts,.
Not single Presbyterian church in
Chicago was closed during the summer,
and all had large congregations.
What is our duty here2 To tend
From good to better-thence to best
Grateful to drink life's cup-then bend
Unmurmuring to our bed of rest;
To pluck the flowers that round us blow,
Scattering their fragrance as we go,
The Established Church i'm Scotland,
| wants the whole Presbyterian element
1 ,
| to be under the mutual control of the
Presbyterian Churches in Scotland and
the United States.
| There are one hundred and ninety
nine Congregational churches I'm Ohio,
one hundred and forty-two ministers,
and twenty-one thousand three hundred
and twenty-four communicates, an in
crease of one thousand and eight.
| Rev. Geo. F. Pentecost, of Boston, has
written to the Free Will BaDtist Associ-
alton of Utica, N. Y, reaffirming his
free communion sentiments. He finds
nothing In the Bible favoring restricted
communion, and saws that that doctrine
lis based upon false hypothesis.
When I see leaves drop from the trees
in the beginning of autumn, just such,
| think Il. is the friendship of the world.
! While the sap of maintenance lasts, my
friends swarm in abundance; but in the
winter of my need they leave me naked.
He is a happy man who hath a true
friend at his need; but he is more truly
happy who hath no need of friends.
Sabbath is the beautiful river in the
week of time. The other days are
troubled streams, whose angry waters
are disturbed by the countless crafts
that float upon them; but the purer riv-
er, Sabbath, flows on to eternal rest,
chanting the sublime music of the ST.
lent, throbbing spheres, and timed by
the pulsations of the everlasting life.-
Beautiful river, Sabbath, glide on. Bear
forth on thy bosom the poor, tired spirit
to the rest which it seeks, and the weary
watching soul, to endless bliss.
To hold high principles and live on
low ones is Christian inconsistency. We
are all more or less inconsistent. There
is no man whose practice is not worse
than his profession, no one who does
not live below his own standard. But
absolute Inconsistency is when mans
life, taken as a whole. is in opposition
to his acknowledged views and princi
pies. II man says it is more blessed
to give. than to receive and is forever re
ceiviug, scarcely ever giving, he is in
consistent. If he profess that to please
God is the only thing worth living for
and his plans and aims and cOntrivan.
ces are most to please men, he is wist
for the generation OF the children o.
light he is not wise.
When we endeavor to estimate tn,
worth of an immortal soul, we are utter
ly lost In the attempt. Crowns an(
sceptres have had their adjudged valua
tinn, and kingdoms have been bOugh
aud sold for sums of money. But VIII
can affix the adequate price of human
lsoul? The principles of ordinary arith
metic all fail here, and we are constrain
ed to say that He alone who paid tn
ransom for sinners, and made the soul
J OF men His purchased possession,
, can comprehend and solve the arduou
lquestion. They are indeed bought wit
/
corruptible things, as silver and gold
, | a lamb without blemish and withou
+ spot" We shall only ascertain the val
ne of soul, when we shall be full
able to estimate the worth of a Saviour
The Church has met with loss ths
: is well-nigh irreparable by the death o
: the Rt. Rev. George Maxwell Randall
e D. D., Missionary Bishop of Colorad
and Wyoming. which occurred in Der
yer, on Sunday morning last. At TIL
6 time of his election to the episcopate Il
e was the very efficient secretary of TIL
: House of Deputies of the General Cor
j, vention. He was also rector of til
Church of the Messiah, Boston, wher,
by his ability as a pastor and preach
IS er, he displayed his eminent fitness fC
:. the episcopate.
= AS Bishop of Colorado and Wyomin;
, he has been distinguished for his nj
IS ceasing activity, and for his remarkab
q organizing and administrative power
2. His most enduring monument will
a the foundation which he has laid, in Il
" far western jurisdiction, of what mn
i IN time, be a great aud influential di
le cese.-The Churchmdn.
:. Are ministers under any pecWlii
al temptations to insincerity? Our Ow
L. experience compels MS to answer, Ye
= The minister is supposed to have reli
. ion for his sole business or profession.
70 To teach it, to explain 1t, to illustra
al and apply 1t, and to live in accordan
nl with his profession. or at least, to
NJ nothing to disgrace 1t, this is what he
supposed TO aim at; and anything belC
ne this is deemed unworthy of his sacr
3, calling. We think we should none
us wish to deny that this, at least, is o
,o aim. And we might hold this in
q simplicity and truth to nature, If
III popular tradition did not also made
ng bound to carry out our ideas of Il
ministry in certain "clericaP' ways