Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-11-15


mind move in .charity, rest in provi-
dence, and turn upon the poles OF truth.
Bacon. - i''''li i.'i'' '7'-H
Reason is Gods candle in man. but as
a candle must De lighted ere it will en-
Tighten, so reason must be illuminated
by divine grace ere it can sayingly dis
Germ spiritual things. ss., Il f..ila.slsfs''
Many turnpike gates bear this inscrip-
tion, ssNo trust here" This is the very
language of our own unbeiieving hearts.
We do not trust God. We do not give
him credit. Hence all mnrmurings and
Hide the gospel and you shut the gates
ofheaven you fill the earth with gloom
You make life not worth the having,
death terrible, and eternity a region OF
unmitigated despair. Hide the gospel.
and vol may close the Bible, shut your
churches and say, sc Let us eatand drink,
for Tomorrow we die" ."iis.. .lHaf!g f3ssa (
/ Religion is not confined to devotional
exercises, but rather consists in doing
all we are called and qualified to do.
with a single eye to Gods glory and
will, from a grateful sense of His love
and mercy to US. This is the alchemy
which turns everything into gold, and
6tdu1D6 d tdtuC ut1Ou COuihiVh 1OoAOhSs-
EJ. Ne,oton. i'i'i''
Bishop Cummins. of Kentucky, made
a speech in Philadelphia not long since,
| in which he said that in Racine College,
| in Wisconsin, an Episcopal college, con-
fession to priest was made obligatory
upon the students. He did not state
| in what shape the obligation was inn
posed, or what were the penalties con-
sequent upon refusal to confess; but
he was very emphatic in his statement
of the fact, which is simply disgraceful
| to the men who. under Protestant
name, are doing the work of Romish
priests. Bishop Cummins takes the po-
sition that the only cure for ritualism is
the Revision Of the prayer book. !.
A pupil of Able Sicord gave the fol-
lowing extraordinary answers:
g What is gratitude ?'' IL .Ts Is.
&c Gratitude is the memory of the
I heart" -, 4 seat .f-- = .-a.ta.= 5.l5.l
f" What is hope ?'' l.,.7-,,. - I...s..,5
| "HOpe is the blossom of happiness"
.sWhat is the difference between hope
and desire go 80
" Desire is tree in leaf, hope is tree
in flower, enjoyment is a tree in fruit y
| What is eternity?'
"a day without yesterday or to-mor-
row-a line that has no end.'' 4. .
"What is God 20 r.,a.f-.t
"The necessary being, the sun OF
eternity, the merchant of nature. the
/ eye of justice, the matchmaker of the
/ universe, and the soul of the world.'''
/ 6 Does God reason p,
"Man reasons. because he doubts; he
deliberates, he decides. God is omni-
scient. He never doubts; he therefore
never reasons"
At the special meeting of the House
of Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal
i Church held last Friday, in New York.
the Rev. John Franklin Spaulding. oil
Erie, Pa, and of the diocese of Pitts.
burg. was unanimously elected Mission.
Il arv Bishop Of Colorado, Wyoming and
New Mexico, in place of the Right Rev
G. NJ. Randall, d. D., deceased. Thirty
bishops were in attendance upon the
meeting. The bishop elect was born in
j Maine, graduated at Bowdoin College
i and the General Theological Seminary
Il New York; has for the past ten year:
been rector of st. raul's church in Erie
i and is now ~ years of age. During hi.
ministry he has met with unusual sue
cess as preacher and religious worker
having greatly increased the member
ship of tie church under his charge, ant
organized, in the vicinity Of Erie. foul
churches, besides engaging in all mis-
sionary enterprises withiii Ills reach
His qualifications for this new position
are thought to be Of very high order
IN. y. Observer. ,ta
My young friends, there is one sil
against which would have you guaro
yourselves with more than ordinary dill
gence, as 1t Is generally the first stel
which young and inexperienced peopt'
take in the down-hill grade of vice ant
crime. We speak of profanity. which
possesses innumerable bad qualitie.
without one redeeming trait. All un
consciously tO>himself the person VIII,
contracts this dreadful habit commence
by using some pr0fane expression Of tn
less Objectionable type, for the purpos
of strengthening the force of his re
: marks. You all know that the opium
eater commences with very small doses
: bat his vitiated appetite still Graves fo
more, which he supplies with constant,
increasing quantities until his system i
completely destroyed. In like manne
the full-fiedged, bloatcd drunkard is bu
the graduate of the tippling school. S
soon as young man permits himself T.
use any profane language, he has lai,
the foundation tor a regular course o
| DiaSpuctiIy, WuiCu OiSSUstS All TcSpcCtst
BILE people, aud invokes the anger an,
: cliastise nemt OF God.
A wise proverb says: "Birls of
, feather fiock together Now profan
, persons almost invariably consort wit
Z their kind, and that kind is generall
seen In grog-shops and other place
where the idle and dissolute like to con
I gregate. Every sentence is interlarde
j with oaths aud imprecations, horribl
Q and degrading. The constant utterance
: of blasphemies hardens the heart an
sears the conscience, rendering them fl
/ for the reception of other depravitie.
+ until vice after vice, and sin after sim
j each more vile than its predecessors
/ have been committed, aud the way fina
ly paved tor consummation in til
lowest depths of wickedness. whs
would you think of a boy who, haviii
q the kindest of fathers, took pleasure |
; cursing and abusing that father, and /
9 always provoking his anger instead q
: his lover Yet that Is precisely the mar
ner In which the profane swearer trea,
i the most mercifnl God. Abstain. | pr,t
o you, from the slightest approach to pr,
e family; for. It Is but the usher to hO
II of iniquities, while 1t destroys the grad
of your conversation and the charm