Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-06-27
CINCINNATI

l-rzincinnati on the cars IN Ine night, OuerS
nothing of interest for literary capital !;
but in Cincinnati there is enough 20 inter-
! ats any one. The steady and solid growth
of the city; its magnificent buildings; its
railroads, bridges, reservoirs, parks, foun-
tain, extensive business houses, &C., are
an exhaustless source of interest On
reaching the city, however, the first thing
which claimed your correspondents at
tention was the
coNaREGATfoEAL CONFERENCE OF OHIO.
The twenty-second annual conference
of the Congregational churches Of Ohio,
began June 9th and closed June I1th, and
was held iE the Seventh street church,
Cincinnati. The conference was not large
ly attended, only 90 ministers beng pres
ent. The Cincinnati DAILY Gazette gave
its readers pretty full report each morn
ing, Of the proceedings of the conference
giving a good abstract of the more i'm
portant papers read, addresses made and
resolutions passed.
The opening sermon. by President Fair
child, of Oberlin, was on Christian Com
munism, Acts ": 80. and was thorough
Christian presentation Of subject widely
and fearfully misunderstood. Among the
the more important papers and addresses
were Rev. E G. TwitchelI's paper on the
Temperance Question, listened TO with
deep interest and heartily endorsed by the
conference. President Andrews, of Mari
etta College, on the Relation of the
Church to Politics, clear, correct, Chris
tian view Of the matter. Rev. 81. d. Ross.
of Columbus, q lengthy, though very able
paper on Installation, which the confer.
ence desired might appear in the Adc0ncc,
of Chicago, and the CongregatSonaHst of
Boston; Rev. R. G. Hutchins of Colum-
bus, on the "Style of Church Buildings,
and the system Of church revenues which
will best subserve the eVangelizatiou Of
the Masses" this excellent address
brought up II resolution recommending
the weekly contribution system, TO the
Congregational churches of Ohio. Rev.
Barnabas Root, a native of Africa, born Gt
the Mendi mission, near Sierra Leone,
who came to this country II years ago,
and has graduated at Knox College and
the Chicago Theological Seminary, and
who is to return TO the Mendi Mission in
few weeks, to carry on the missionary
work there, made an instructive address
on the Condition of the Southern Ne
groes." His address was remarkable for
simplicity, cleaIness and originality. A
large amount of business was transacted.
The benevolent societies of the demomi-
nation received due share of attention.
The Manual of COngregationallsm for
the use of the churches of Ohio, the pre-
paratiOn Of which has been in the hands
of committee the last two or three years,
was finally accepted by the conference and
recommended to the Congregational
churches as a desirable church manual.
One of the most important items of busi-
ness transacted was the election of DR.. s.
Woolcot, of Cleveland, for the Home Mis-
sionary Secretary of the State. The Con-
ference adjourned to meet next year in
Mansfield. Conference oyer, your cores
pondent visited several points of interest,
first
THE YOUNG MEMS CHRIsTIAN ASSOCIATION
BUILDING.
This is located on q corner of 9Th and
Race streets. The building is 6Ox9O; five
stories and basement, built of brick. The
first, second and third stories are furnish
ed in good style. There are separate
rooms furnished for, and devoted to read
ing, writing. studying. conversation, mu-
sic, chess, checkers, &c. In the winter,
these rooms are all well warmed and
lighted. There is plenty of good water
for drinking; plenty of food for stomach
and brain; plenty of amusements for all
reasonable tastes; together with many
accommodations which makes the place
very attractive. There is q good sized
chapel, seated with excellent chairs, and
supplied with singing books, bibles, or
gan, &c. Services are held here on Sun
day /; through the week this chapel is used
for prayer meetings, religious services and
tree lectures; 90, young man need not
pass BY this building in search of bread,
work, amusement, mental improvement,
social enjoyment or religious culture.
Here he may find it all. The building is
large snd PLAIN. but it is carrying forward
q noble work, and it is one Of the leading
eyangelizing powers Of Cincinnati. The
superintendent informed me that the cost
Of the entire institution would be less than
$50.000. Can that amount be put to
better use in a large cityf Would not
churches vastly increase their power for
good by doing just such work as this
Young Mems Christisn ASSOCIATION is do
ingf
Another object of great interests
THE DAVIDSON FOUNTAIN.
Many of your readers will remember
the sllusion made to this fountain by ReY.
Mr.. Wells. It is erected on 9th street
between Vine and Walnut, in the center
of the square, and is the finest fountain in
the United States. The total cost was
$l76,OOO, but this includes the grand es-
plansde built by the city at a cost of $780,
0os- The fountain is S21S feet high, and
rises out of . miniature lake or basin, 4S
feet h diameter. On the edge of this ba-
sin, - equSl distances, are four drinking
6oanAains, flowing from pieces of statuary.
On the base Of the fountain, in the center
Of the lake, are groups of statuary Oyer
their heads is another large basin, shaped !
like four petaled rose; from the edge of |
this second basin there are SO jets OF wa
ter descending in graceful curves into the |
little lake below. On the pedestal in this |
second basin stands four pieces of statua-
ry, 8 feet high, and large jets of water
flowing IL feet high; over the heads of
these 4fiRures is another base and pedes-
Ial, on which stands the Genius of Water,
4 beautiful female statue, Q feet high, with
sxteuded arms, and from the palms of her
hands there issues q number of fine
streams OF water, which descend in spray
md follows the direction of the wind.
The expression, the drapery and the atti-
Iude of the stafuarv. is of the moat Dleas