The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-01-22

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Of ali present, declined ID pafsaks 81
wine ms well as other intoziea6iEe
drinks pIeat tifnil of cred oa The oecas
i sion which principle and praetiee,
i though adopted only By few at that
Il ltinfs,fl have since atahefed 70, not
only at we'd ddinas lhUta5n All ether oez
lcasiens.s n v ezampl I'M thia respect
/ together With; the cooperating infn4
ence of my, friends who sustained me,
] proved to bea szlutafv one. - - -
ls44HsFebfuary1 1880 aFTemp pefazSee Se-
lcietr was oEsanizeih in a1ha 8aWnehip
ap0n Che pFinciple Of abst stinpnceFf from
the use Of ardent distilled spsrite, not
i Including wine, beer or cider 46 per-
/ sons became mem bsrs 81 Z be fini6 81 the
] l0rganizatiOnfand tiR6lnuuEbeR hffinems
beEss in. few, years. increased to 600
! A great change was realized for the
better in the community. 1netAYefa
went Gate other and Better nan d, aiia
theidistillery ceased ,fe0n lifss hansfhl
4 eperatioRs,s Il 1887 sue prineiRIes .pf
the Temperance society WAS changed
/ to that OF total absfinence from The
use Of aIf aachoholIc df5fks About
500 ata1iGeRei5s dlatesg glsr53led shghl
selves MndaRl shia 8bRnneE;4 RndnsWith
the EnemherghiR of the difersRt tenz
Iperance organic atiQR AfteFEg arfls q sex-
listing II the TOT hsdlp, VI ouk q II nuns
bef FroBabI5 ala8tfnt Co 1200 q safea
! ssNhes G0uafe atiuslaA tsetsrah sa60p1s
thelrplelof ahsaiReuees aak k0ieEatas
no member dssEEhl9 Will tEalle iH or rIlse
as beverage lntoxlcatin drinks no
sil y fSrtii.sf And 10 alc0i7osit ii3S
| last forty years. the sinR pie fruit ef the
vine expressed from the raisin heing
used, TO the satisfaction of All COM
municants. s. s.ss.ss
The Sabbath scho0l has been kept
up WITH u good degree 6f siiccesS in
| the cburCh, Aincs tzspe0r 1220. In 1his
; haFeeyer tslta deep interest aqd
taken an active part as, Also. IN the
ganizati0ii OF the ROftag C6lfnty BIZ
ble Soeietys at12aNenua, IN Now. 1623y
and asI believe / am the only ona
now living of those who were present
at that meeting. Most of the. annual
meetings Of Che County Society 1 nave
/ Attended, asaieo, the alanaiat S1estins
ef the bfaneh Bible Society 81 this
township lilr9 both E0f Which I have
| taken pfeminent part canYassing
four towns ID persoii, asceEtkiiifnS the
mum Der t0f 3anllie6 Z q dektft4ee = 81 8
Bible. and Simplifying them 0 fe0ns hha
Depository Of the County Bible Soci1
ETY. and this township have can-
vaesed ave times raising f1nds ahd
supp wing the 1destiGe1te wi ID f6leh
al1d HestainentE, s0ld and &iRaA abg
my own hand, including those given
to children under 10 years of age, the
number ano1nts probably to 500
There being in 1885, 75e0 aPestafnehts
ordered at one time by the Coantg
Society for the supply. Of the cenRtY,
according to q resolution adopted By.
| the Society, to have All flle children ii
the county who could read, supplied
with a. COPY of the New Test0men4;
aud All families destitute Of e. whole
Bible to be supplied, either BIZ sale or
gratility. s7e-'''1. MI
Liberal contributions have been
regularly made from year to- year for
various causes of beneEolenee, paFs
ticalarly for the Bible cause, and the
cause, 9i missions, foreign aud hame,.
aud hundreds OF dollars, nom time to
time, f0T the cause Of edueation, tRe6x
logical aud col Iegiate, and for the aid
of the Freedmen. Besides. four be,
quests, of $500 each, by the late Dea-
con w. Dickinson, "a follows one
$500 for the Am. Bible Society an
other f6E the Am. Board of FOrefgh
Missions ;ianother fer the education
of pious young men for the ministry.
and another $500 for the continued
support of the Gospel ministry In this
church. sci 81 isTssls3 81
In shout five years from the ,time Of
my inatallalion we were favored with
having an Academic school com.
meneed BY Mr. Amlai N. Nichols.
from Vermont pwI1e wastaal pfons
young mans and for eight years q. very
successful teacher, greatly to the ben
efit of the youth OF the township. and
the townships adjoining. was foe
twelve years q scho0I examiner lf0f
this aud mostly for the three adfoiHs
ing townships; examipina candidates
for teaching, and visiting the district
schools ,iEaa = OF 71lGeHlo tHiEo6 daRfhg
one term, Good sgteAtionn has sbeaf
here paid to the cause Of education in.
the common and select schools uD 10
the present time. which has been
highI gratif Yin 9 TO myself, IS wen as
For eight years psiBlic worshfp VA
held in the Center school, liUuae, / hen,
as it had previously t5eeh when 9 there
M Nicli0fss Acad iisal schDaif otise.
then, for five years ID tiie baaeheli elit OF
this cofndIodfoIis house al W6fDhiI3
which was 'coIapletca ca and dedicated
in May 1889, aEld IN which tie 4xes<
cfses OF public Worship have evgr
since been held " whicii was, also. in Il
few years. furnished with i tine st0iaes1
befi tor the hcuegit Of the churches
and tie 90 wrslip.a asA DsA nsesdle
Al the com IneneeInetjt Of NY pas<
tUrate the church here consige6d 0f
twenIy y nleui6erss. IN the winter or
IS3UE1 there was exp efieuced Il spff@
itIal refreshing Twenty pers0iiss
mostly youth, were hopef9flly u coifVefts
ed unto the Lord, and iii due t5ine be-
came connected with the olspfut. a
new impulse was given "a the flitef1
ests of reiigian, from thai time, for
many years onward,
In 1886, another special season of
revivat was enjoyed aud a. considefas
Bile number pf'otessed their faith in
Christ. Iu 1910, another season OF
special Interest," and Is, mostly youth.
were received into the church at one
time; several others aftefwafd.
...fhose were happy. happy Stas ),
Sweetiy spent In prayer aud tiraise.'s
In the fall of 1851, there was exper-
fenced another precious season of re-
Yivsl in connection with tho Methp-
dist society, which held q pfotracted
season of religious exercises. On the
4th OF January following nineteef1
persons, mostly youth belohking to
families connected With the Church,
publicly rofessed their faith ia Christ
occupying the places OF their fathers
and mothers who have gone to their
eternal reat IN 1855, six were added
to The church, on examination ana III !