Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-11-22


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Neither the secret depth of woods nor
the tops Of mountains make man blessed
If he has not within him solitude Of
mind, the sabbath of the heart, and
Of conscience. }4f 3s.,I
The Welsh Baptist Association of
Eastern Pennsylvania has twenty-seveni
Churches, :twenty-three preachers, and
eighteen hundred members.
i, Father O'Keefe, the Irish priest who
sued his bishop for slauder has come to
terms and rendered his submission to
his ecclesiastical superior. .7egii -.aaI
REV. DR.. Church declares that Mr..
Spurgeon has never been ordained as a
minister Of the Gospel, unless the ap-,
poirtment Of his church to become their
teacher is valid act OF ordination.
9 Bishop Potter, of New York, has had
his salary raised to S., 1000 per annum.
He is still confident of raising the two
million dollars needed to erect his con-
templated cathedral. '{ii.*A3f. e.fa l..
Bishop Cummius, of Kentucky having
defended his action in, eommuning with
the Evangelical Alliance at New York,
has been criticised by some of his clergy
for countenancing disorderly usages.
The Roman ecclesiastics OF. England
are more and more convinced that the
marriage of Catholics with Protestants
Is an unmitigated evil, and are taking
measures to suppress it as far as possi-
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The Baptist .Union, speaking of the
Int
declares that sit is simply usurpation
for a man, whether he be Episcopalian
or Baptist, to set at naught one whom
Christ has received - a
A bitter rupture between the Spirit
ualists has taken place. One party calls
itself the American Association the
other calls itself the Universal Associa-
ton. Victoria woodruff and Moses
Hull are the leaders of the latter, which
is severely denounced by members of
the other, Association. n.,..--..-..-....-, $ q
Bishop Coke, of Western New York.
in his last annual address expresses the
opinion that this country was never bet
ter prepared to receive the influences of
EpiscOpalianism than now.s He wants
the Ritualist "Confraternity'' watched,
and counsels resistance to every attempt
to eloct any member of it Bishop. -1lr
The Presbytery of Brazil protests
against the action Of the General Assem-
bly, in the United States, whereby esti.
mates for foreign missions were cut
down, and the erection Of churches
stopped, and appeals for more mission
aries and increased means. - -
Mrs. Van Cott was recently officiating
in Salem, Mass, in a church very much
lodi on, efnnk
difficult. She was not well pleased at
the sight of SO many sitting. and called
on all who did not bow in prayer to
leave the house, whereupon half of the
congregation retired, giving her and
those chat remained plenty Of room 10
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tConSreGatiOnalism declined In, New
Hampshire during the last year, the ac.
cessions being one less than losses by
deaths, removals and, excommunica-
/ tions. Charitable contributions, fell on
from those of the preceding years to the
! amount of 81, ,14l.. Fifty-One Of one
hundred and ninety-four Churches have
no stated preaching, H., ISIS gs9i -
Nature is the interpreter OF the Bible,
1 notoniy because it explains what is spe..
officially metaphorical In it, but because
Iit explains all its language; it is the
mould in which its thoughts are cast
the basis upon winch its sublimest reye-
tattons rest, not only the embroidery,
but the very warp Of its Substance. nv
The Nation is of the opinion that one
| cause Of the decay in the, CHURCHES is
owing to the Increasing commercial
character of church organizations. By
way Of ILLUSTRATOR, reference is made to
TO leading church in the city of New
| York, which has a choir run at an cnor.
nous expense by by-aa-eaterprising stock
broker, upon precisely the same princi-
pie upon which he would have conduct
| ed an Opera-high pay tor good music,
| with plenty Of variety. AS he has Just
| s'bust up'' in the panic, the Church will
now praise God more economically.
This from the Northeastern Adrocote
Is sound doctrine on the subject of Con.
| fessiOn: REV ThomasT X. Beecher ad-
| vocates confession to, and absolution fy
pastors. We hope to be absolved, but
really we cannot confess too much re-
spect for the suggestion. If man will
only inxise clean breast of it before
God, he need not trouble his pastor.
The witness of the spirit is better thai,
any human absolutiOn, he the latte- for
NAL or informal. Confession is means
of grace when one acknowledges to
man an injury done to him. In all
other cases let us arise and go TO Our
Father" -'i
TO do good to men, Is the great work
| Of life; to make them true Christians Is
the greatest good we can do to them
Every investigation brings us round te
this point. Begin here, and you are
like one who strikes water from the
fI.n or
1t flows down all the, intervening tracts
each mau love his neighbor, we would
make happy world. The true method
is to begin with ourselves, and to ex.
tend the circle TO all around you. /,
shonld be perpetually in our minds.
At a business meeting of the Ply
mouth Church the last of October. Il
will be remembered Beecher made re.
markable speech on the occasion of Til
toms name being dropped from tn,
church rolls, and that some of his state
ments were held TO be so at variance
with the opinions of the orthodox tha
no inconsiderable trouble has resulted
therefrom. 10 examine into Beecher'
authority for some of his assertions ant
TO learn wherein he gets the right to de
fine COngregatiOhalism as he did, sever
al Of the Congregational churches O
Brooklyn have appointed committees
to wait upon Plymouth church aud hav,
the subject discussed and the matter ex
planned. These proceedings have bee,
conducted with the utmost privacy, b,,
thereis no question but that all the Con
gregational churches in the city ar,
moving in the matter. f
!. The reception of circular letters from
Bishop Cummins. of the diocese Of Ken
tueky, announcing his withdrawal from
, the Protestant Episcopal Church, ha
| nrnataH n nroconnd so,,Sntion an,n,A