Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-12-20

RELIGIOUS NEWS.
The Universaiists In this country
have $50 churches, five colleges, eight
setninaries and Two theological schools 4
Philadelphia has forty-nine Baptist
Churches, only three of which are with
out pastors.
No man Is a better merchant than he
that lays ont his time upon God, and his
money upon the poor. es
The collections and disbursements of
the Presbyterian Board Of Missions cost
only seven per cent. of the receipts.
There are 3,633 Congregational
Churches in the United States. OF
these 776 are without pastors, and ,562
are under the care of supplies.
j., is composed of about equal numbers
of Unitarians and Uniyersalists, and is
quite prosperous. ,s-.
think we cannot too strongly attack
superstition, which is the disturber of
society, nor too highly respect genuine
religion, which is the support Of it.
1t is said that 500, 600 900 of Peters
pence have been given since 1861. Gra nj
mass was celebrated IN Memphis for the
sonls Of those who died with yellow fe-
yer. 5-.i .4.-.
The Methodist Churches OF all branch
es in the world include over 1900. 600
| members, is, 100 ministers, 58,O 900 local
preachers, and 3.0O0, 900 Sunday School
scholars. .l
The Baptist Church in Stamford,
Conn., celebrated its centennial week
before last with dinner, and addresses
by Baptist and other ministers, among
whom we're Rev. J, Smith Dodge, jr.,
the Universalist pastor in Stamford.
Rev. DIR. Argus, AN English Baptist who
attended the Evangelical Alliance at New
York, and partook of the communion
service, was denied Fellowship for his
offense IN a Brooklyn Baptist pulpit.
| Rev. James Wall, a Baptist minister
| in Rome, reports the baptism by him of
Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore. The
candidate publicly renonmced Catl,oli-
cisu. -... 5--.,il .......s-..,
Contentment abides with truth. And
| you will generally suffer for wishing to
appear other than you are, whether it
be richer, or greater, or more learned.
The mask soon becomes an instrument
of torture. dH -
The Communion services In Rev. Drs.
Halls and Adams Churches, New
York, during the session of the Evan
gelical Association, were not under the
direction Of the managers of that body,
but werO purely voluntary meetings, at
the invitations of those ministers.
The North Congregational Church of
Lynn, Mass. has instituted lay preacll-
ing, appointed two ladies on the Stand
ing Committee, organized specific sys-
| tenn of Church work, with Director
and Secretary to carryit out, and lastly,
has opened the chapel parlor as read
| ing-room on Sundays.
It is not the multiplicity of tints, the
gladness OF tone, or the balminess of the
| air, which delights in spring; it is the
still consecrated spirit of hope, the pros
pect of happy days yet to come, the end
| less variety of nature, with present
ments OF eternal flowers which never
! shall fade, sympathy with the blessed
ness of the, ,ever-developing world.
! They who are the fullest of faith and
1 richest in good works make the least
| sound; when their hearts and lives, like
the face of Moses, shine brightly with
grace and holiness, they do not, they
will not know it. They consider their
greatest light and luster as but a refiec-
ton from the Father of lights, and
| therefore they have no reason to boast
at all of borrowed goods. & d
| MoRAvIANs.-The Moravians continne
admirable in mission work. Their re-
port for 1872 has recently appeared.
Theyt have mission stations numbering
4 101, in which they have 311 missiona-
ries, in Greenland, Labrador, st. Thom-
as, St. Jan, st. Croix, Jamaica, A nti-
qua, st. Kite. Barbados, Tobago, Mos
quito coast, Surinam, South Africa, East
Africa, East Australia, West Heinmala-
ga and among the North American In
dians. Their debt was increased last
year, although their contributions ex-
ceeded those OF any former year, in con-
sequence ofincreased expenses in build
ing and travelling.
''As the blessed Jesus promised that
sHe should dwell In his Disciples and
.abide in them forever SO, by his in
ward operations, He "opens our hearts
to receive the Word of God, influences
j our affections to delight i'm 1t, and ex-
cites our wills to act confornably to it
for which reason good persons are said
4 to be lied by the Spirit and all Chris
tian graces to be fruits of the Spirit.
/ With the wicked tHe strives till they
lobstinately harden themselves: and then
forsakes them. But those who yield to
His motions, He 'renews' and strength
i ems with might be the inner man :
helps their infirmities,' and both di-
rects aud anin,ates their prayers; thus
making, as 1t were, 'intercession' with
theln." gs-r
Some lives, like flowers. are fair, but
not fragrant. We love to look at them
but do not care to hold them. Others
there are, sweet, gladdening, but with
less of outward perfection, yet we would
have them near US, always. Why is il
that SO many Christians work with sad,
discouraged hearts, because they do no,
receive the wages they ask I? Why must
the patient work Of one be ali taken
j apart. and put together again by anotli.
er, seemingly less skillful, who win give
the work less beauty and symmetry,
though IL is done more firmly, and more
nearly resembles Gods pattern than be-
fores The Christian often asks, s.Why a''
ami while waiting the answer Is temp
ted to say, 'tGod has forgotten" But
God dees not forget. He fashioned the
skiliful fingers that they might do low
ing, charity work, as well as fine, paid
for labor. He made the busy feet
: strong, thar they might run on loving
errands to the poor who can give no re-
compense but thanks. And the ready.
earnest heart that asks. "May do this
for thee, Lord ?" not 'smust do it," has
Its blessed reward. moment by moment,
The Christian who would work and wiz.
for Jesus must grow in soul-beauty aud
soul-fragrance.S He must never lay his
Christ-life down, but carry it, not only
in the long-worn paths thronged with
other lives, but with it make new paths,
as often as God shows where. In hum
bleness OF spirit. he must let down his
T life, so that little children can see and
, pluck its fragrant blossoms; with it, he
must walk so near the wayside that the
blind and dear waiting there, shall
know that Jesus Is passing by, in the
person of his disciple: and shall call out
to be healed. God may give us our ap-
pointed work so plainly, that we dare
not refuse:it. We may do 1t SO well tina,
other workmen can detect no fiaw in 1t.
We may be nice, systematic, and carry,