Middletown transcript., 1874-01-10
Local and State Affairs.
The Forrest Prssbyssrian Church Of n,aaI

town.
It has heen the custom Of this church, for the
last nine years, 10 observe the first Sabbath Of
January % an Anniversary. On such occasions
there Il rscounting Of the proceedings Of the
lgicus purposes, Of the services held, and Of the
work accomplished in promoting the Kingdom
OF Christ. The exercises and the statistics pre-
sented on last Sabbath were interesting and en-
couraging. We present brief outline a. fol-
lows:
In the Sabbath School there was lively anx-
iety felt in behalf of the children who were to re-
cite the Catechism. The Superintendent had an
nounced the gift of q Bible to each scholar who
would accurately repeat the whole of that excel
lent summary OF christian doctrine. Seven can
didates presented themselves, and answered the
questions asked BY the Pastor with prompts
meas, dlstlnctness Of snunciation, end . cor.
rectness OF emphasis that we have never heard
excelled, and which proved conclusively that
they nnderstood what they were saying. DR..
Patton's sermon, from the text "And We will
not forsaks the house Of our God," Neh. lO-39,
was an earnest plea for the Sanctuary, its divine
appointment, its invaluable benefits, and the ne
cesslty Of a regular attendance upon its services
At the close he presented a condensed statement
of items from which we make brief extract:
Amount cf money rdised.-Pastor's salary ST.
600; Sabbath morning collections, $l60.22
Collection for fuel, $500; Collection in choir,
$l2.75; Sessional Fund, $3sl6; Monthly Con-
cert, ss S ss7; % M0man's Mission, $1,000; Home
rs; Education, $500; Min. Relief, $500;
House for Mrs. Mallsry, $500; Church al
Georgetown, Del, $l44.60; Collections for and
BY the Sabbath School, $l32.l5; Raised for and
by the Mission Chapel at Armstrong's, $266. IA;
Total, 81, ,968.l4.
Teachers "A; Scholars l40; Library 500 vols
Mission Chapel has officers q; Teachers 10 !;
Scholars l07 Library 200 vols.
Hehg,ous ScTcices for the year.-Sermons and
Lectures l43; Prayer Meetings 60 Funerals Ill;
baptisms-lntants IL, Adults LA: Pastoral
Visits 2l4.
Church Aem6er.hip.-Added on examination
A; By Certificate 3; Dismissed 8 /; Died 8; Total
now in Communion l35.
Ihe large congregation present received with
evident qualification the announcement of their
entire freedom from debt, SO that they enter upon
the New Year with no burdensome arrearaees
for the past. This statement applies TO the
church in town, and also 10 the Mission Chapel,
with the exception Of small balance due there
for books and furniture which it il hoped will
! soon be lquidated. fs
The subject proposed by the Evangelical AL
lance for Ast Sunday was, .'Chrstian Unity ;"
There was very pleasant and practical demon
stration OF II in the Forest Presby terian Church
more by Providential ordering than by any
".
Smith, Pastor Of the NJ. u. Church was unable
| by reason Of sickness to preach, and large por-
tion OF his people proceeded 10 the Presby terian
Church and united with them in their worship.
In the Monthly Concert for Prayer in the even
ing, which this church has kept up with great
regularity and interest for the last FIVE years, the
demonstration was still more marked. A large
representation OF the Methodists and e, iscopa-
lians attended at the Presbyterian Church, and
mingled their songs Of praise, and offered their
iervent supPlications for the coming of the King
dom OF Christ. II was an animated and inter-
ested assemo'age Of Gods people-a practical ez-
hibition 0i Tue Communion Of saints. "Behold,
how good and how pleasant 1t is for brethren to
dwell together in unity" Ps. 1873: !.
| Odessa Items.
From our Odessa Correspondent
| At an early hour on New Years morning loud
yells and whoops were heard in the streets
The cause was ascertained to be that our con-
stable had captured the supposed criminal who
had perpeirated the outrage upon the Miller
family, who, while trying to conduct him to 4
place of security, gave him "the slip" and mat DE-
| long and quick strides for parts unknown, fol.
lowed by several bullets from the pistol Of tbs
officer. Soon the people were made acquain ted
with the facts and the youth of the town turned
out to search and, if possible, to find thu
fugitive; armed with clubs, knives, canes, and
various other articles Of defence. They sstou
making wild gestures as to how they would ac
when they found him. However, after searching
the woods and marshes all around the neighbor
hood they returned home without any signs o
tho escaped negro. Quite an excitement wal
raised by the discovery Of blood along the patti
| which proved to be that Of an otter Several o
the youngsters upon seeing stump under {
pile Of brambles made haste for cooler quarter
Another crime upon our years record ia tina
committed (by being bearing all the outward
| rIroo IF a IN \ fha at-h Anoa -
our (cold) citizens and carrying off u number o
hides which made up considerable portion o
their wealth. The thief has not yet been dis
covered, but our vigilant officers are on the alsr
and 1t is to be hoped will coon find cut the
place of concealment.
The series Of prayer meetings, appointed By
the Evangelical Alliance, have been observed il
our churches during the past week, and the con
gregations have united and convened in the diff
ferent churches alternately.
Our town was illuminated on Tuesday evening
for the first time with the long talked of stree
lamps, and we think it adds much to the darl
gloomy places in our streets, aud we can nov
travel aud know where we are without guild
10 direct our perambulations.
Evening parties have been quite an importan
item on our programme for some time past, ant
} our young people seem to be taking the advic
of some of the older ones as 10 the matrimona
part of the question, and we think will soon .g
|
. When troubles cease in our town,
Will nothing then more be found
To quiet people, and make them say
Stop it aew, not some other day.
HExIcoN.
4 The Wsether.
The clerk of the weather seems to have los
his reckoning. He says this 10 winter time, bu
there's mighty little winter about it. Last Sun
day WAS more like Spring or Summer than Win
kier. The mercury stood at seventy, the SUI
shone brightly, and south wind blew all day
Next day 1t was cloudy and looked like rain
but still warm. Tuesday was a nasty day
wind blowing and rain falling. Wednesday
rained very hard pretty much all day.
The ce-dealsrs are beginning to fear that the
won't have chance to get any ice, and th
frait dealers fear lest the warm weather vii
start the buds 80 far ahead, that the almost Gel
tain spring frosts will kill them.
D Chiidrcn's Jubilee.
The first rehearsal for tho Grand Jubilee
come off February 5th, was held last Thursda
evening. Prof. Clemmer, Of Wilmington, VIII
is to take charge of the whole affair, was pressn