Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1874-02-28


Read him up or down, right or left. and
he aiways bears the name OF his Mas
ter.
The accounts from Methodist churches
show q gratifying Increase in nun bers,
together with the prevalence of the re-
yival spirit In an abounding measure.
Grace is glory militant. and glory is
grace triumphant; grace is glory begun.
glory is grace made perfect: grace is
the first degree of glory glory is the
highest degree of grace.
Said an old clergyman I'VE have
too many resolutions aud too little ac-
sion. 'The Acts of the Apostles is the
title Of one of the books of the New
Testament; their Resolutions have not
reached u.s."
Two thousand dollars have been SUBJ
scrfbed aC Peoria, ILL.,. to support a Re
formed Episcopal rector the fii st year.
The position was rendered to an Eas-
tern clergyman who has not yet united
with the Church. but who will, it is be-
lieved. do so.
THE majority Of persons who come to
church want simple, direct gospel
preaching. This is true OF men of high
and of low estate. They want what
comes home to their business and boz
SONS, what addresses their hearts rather
than their heads. They are heart-hun-
CRY for Gods pure word.
The Baptist newspapers continue to
report numerous revivals, and the gem
eral aspect Of the churches appears de-
cidedly progressive and cheerful. More
than ordinary religious interest seems to
be prevalent in all parts of the country,
and large number of churches report
additions to their membership. The
Chicago churches, for instance, received
in January last, 174 members by profess
sion and 80 by letter.
A good example has been set by the
Congregational churches of Rhode Is
land in the arrangement of a series of
what they term visitations. The pas
tors. with an associate from their re-
spective churches, visit each other q
fiOcks for q public service of conference
OF preaching service, the city pastors
going into the country and the country
pastors to the city. In this way the re-
ligious, social, and denominational ac-
tivities of the congregations are quick
ened and very much good fellowship
enjoyed.
4 German Clergyman who was tray-
cling, stopped at an hotel much frequent
ed by wa2s and jokers. The host, not
being used TO having a clergyman at
his table, looked at him with surprise
the guests used all their artillery of wit
upon him without eliciting a remark
The clergyman ate his dinner quietly,
apparently without observing the gibes
and sneers of his neighbors. One oil
them, at last, in despair at his forbear-
ance, said to him, "WeIi, I wonder at
your patience! Have you not heard all
but am used to 1t. Do you know who
1 amp mo, SIR" "Weli. will In
form you. ] am chaplain of lunatic
asylum; such remarks have no effect
upon me-"
once heard minister say: "Sup-
pose, some cold morning, you should &c
into a neighbours house and find him
busy at work on his windows-scrateh-
ing away, and should ask what he was
up to, and he should reply, "Why,
am trying to remove the frost; but as
fast as | get it off one square, it comes
on another;" would you not say "Why
man, let your windows alone and kin
die fire, and the frost will soon come
of; And have you not seen people who
try to break off their bad habits, one
after another, without availP Well,
they are like the man who tried te
scratch the frost from his Windows
Let the fire of love to God and man kin.
died at the altar of prayer, barn in
their hearts, and the bad habits will
soon melt away
We should live as though doing day'I
works for God. There Is no contract
for long service. 1t is day by day, ant
day by day. Our Master may have
neec for us further on; ne may not. Il
is not ours to question. Good an6
faithful service now, is the thing asked
And to strengthen us for the days worl
we should be given our daily bread
The prayer so simple covers every hu
man need. 1t means bread for the bod
and for tue soul; physical and spiritua
nourishment. Is our prayer an earnes
and honest One3 Do we really crave ol
God our daily bread? Or are we seek.
ing to satisfy human cravings from som,
other source? ''Give us this day oui
daily bread" How many pray thus IN
the truest sense, as Christ taught?
The Lutheran Observer gives the fol
lowing as good specimen of a countr,
pastors work. 1t pnrports TO be an ex
tract from private letter. The writer
attended twenty-one funerals, delivered
twenty carcchetical and twenty Wednes
day evening lectures; baptized twenty
seven children, and married eleven diff
ferent couples. l have, on different oc
casiOns, preached four times on a Sab
bath, but the hardest days labor l hav
performed for many years was on Sun
day, October 26th, 1873. | preache.
four times, administered the holy com
munion to $50 persons, baptized a child
buried child, married two couples an,
rode sixteen miles. The above exhibi
shows that for the last six months
averaged one sermon every other day
and fraction less than lecture ever
four days. 10 perform the baptisms,
had to ride over a rough country, ant
part of the time verv rough roads, il
extent five by eight miles. also visite
number of sick persons.
You may imagine how much time
have for stndy and rest.''
Young men do not remember, as the
might, how the early firmness. the earl
resistance of temptation. gives its color
ing to the whole future life - They d
not mean to go far. They do not mea
to pollnte their souls without hope G
recovery. There is kind of lurkin
feeling, even IL they do not confess it t
themselves, that one day they shall b
able to put off these pleasant vices, an
address themselves in all seriousness I
nObler, because more self-denyin
life. And do not question that ther
have been cases where the bette
thoughts have at length prevailed, an
where the Spirit of God has taken pos
session Of the heart, and the spirit {
evil has been cast out. l do not den
that there have been instances where
life of early profligacy has been SUI
ceeded by life of devotion to Chris
where even the recollection of tim
wasted, and talents abused, may ha,
given ten-fOld zeal and earnestness
the faith of the man who has been 8,
free from his chains. and brought int
the liberty of Christ j. But even whel
it has been SO. if You could read the il
ner history of such men, if you coul
see them on their knees bitterly upbrait
ing themselves before God for the
youthful sins, if you could witness the
hours of anguish, if you could he:
them eonfcssing how often and often Il
old temptations come back, come bae
with tenfOld force because the tempt
knows how often he has triumphed
the past, how even the very recolectiG
of past sin is itself a fresh suggestion
shift you could see and hear all thi