The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-07
RELIGIOUS.


| RELIGIOUS.
| The Sabbath-school work in England
is much revived. 1t could not be other
wise when the churches are awakened as
at present.
We yearn for our heavenly home, for
the peace that is promised us. We would
| fly to the mountain tops, but we hnd the
way up is by little, slow, toiling steps,
one after another.
The nominal professions Of religion,
with which many persons content them
selves, seem to fit them Tor little else
than to disgrace Christianity by their
practice.-Milner..
The smallest dew-drop on the meadow
at night has star sleeping in its bosom,
and the most insignificant passage Of
| Scripture has in it shining truth!-T.
De Witt Talmage.
Rev. George F.. Sigmund, the transla-
tor of the Protestant Episcopal Prayer
Book into German was ordained on sun
| day last to the priesthood in Buffalo, by
Right Rev. Bishop Coke, Of Western
New York.
| Rhode Island has about 1900 more
scholars in her Sabbath schools than she
has children Of school age. Are the
1 hSultb WIOUS, VI udNO hCI pCdCuCIb .
solved the question: How shall we re-
tain the old scholarsp
Bishop Goss, of Georgia, wanting 500
600 to finish the Catholic Cathedral in
Savannah, the money,was at once fur
nished by the members of his congrega-
tion, and he could have mad as much
more II he had asked for it.
The colored Baptists of Georgia intend
to found Normal and Theological Semi
nary in Atlanta. They have adopted
the Centennial plan Of dollar subscrip-
tions from their own people in order to
secure the necessary amount.
"Jesus therefore being wearIed sat
thus on the we'll" He was an infinite Be-
ing yet he wearied. He thirsted. too,
and hungered, though himself the bread
and water Of lite. He was wounded for
our transgressions. lie was bruised for
our iniqnities.
Some one very sensibly says that the
7 idea Of calling the Sabbath-school an
] auxiliary of the Church is very like call.
} ing the children auxiliary to the family
+ 1t should be part and parcel of the
3 Church as much as the children are ar
, inseparable part Of the family.
! The ex.priest Gerdemann delivered
his promised lecture on "Ten Years il
!, the Priesthood" in Horticultural Hall
! Philadelphia, in the presence of iully
i two thousand people. Notwithstanding
that trouble was apprehended by the
u authorities, everything passed off quiet
t ly.
Rev. Thomas M. Strong, D. D., of New
York, is the father of six sons, all O
whom entered the ministry. His brother
: Pascal N. Strong, was clergyman
a while two of his wife's brothers and one
i nephew also became ministers of The
u Gospel. Three Of his wife's nleces mar
q ried clergymen, aud another nephew il
4 studying for the church.
/. The congregation of the First Re
t formed Episcopal Church, at Louisville
d Bishop Cummins, pastor, having LEASED
: an eligible lot ON Bolton street, between
o Lanvale and Townsend streets, th,
b chapel will be begun about the first 0
d august. The building will be of blue
/. limestone, with white limestone trim
e mings, and will cost about $1,000.
$ John Howard, the philanthropist
never neglected the duty of famil,
:, prayer, though there were but one, anc
= that one servant, to join him, always
n declaring that where he had telrt, Coz
l. should have an altar. Wherever he wa
l. when the time came, the duty was al
tended to. The presence OF no one wa
a allowed to interfere with it; and ever,
e call Of business must wait outside th
e locked door until it was ended.
+ DR.. Allen, of philadelphia, was preach
J. ing one day in Tennessee to the freed
=. men, when an old colored brother cam
~ to him after the sermon and said 81 lik
% to hear you preach, for understand you
- preaching" 81 ain very glad OF it," +,
.,e piled the Doctor. "But / understan
L. every word you say" 81 hope so; l tt
le to make myself understood" Again th
~ old African came to the charge. "Yes,
~ ~ he said, 81 understand you jes as we
'e as if you was a Niger" DR.. ALE
"a acknowledged the compliment.
in Rev. A. N. Somerville, of the Ere
an Church OF Scotland, who spent the la,
te winter as an evangelist in India, ,hs
e. made his report to the Anglo-India
+, Christian Union, London. He spent /
IL days in India, Travelled $500 miles, az
IL dressed 354 meetings, and returned hon
in better health than when he set ou
,h His mission was chiefly to European
be scattered throughout India. In Calcu
ng Va, Agra, Lahore, Bombay and Madr;
ed he succeeded in forming Y. NJ. g. A.
on These he left actively engaged in Chri
n? tian work.
sS Simultaneous with the banishment
,r. the Roman Catholic Sisters OF Chari
he from Germany, the Protestant siste
Nv hoods are diminishing, and consequent
the poor and sick are suffering for the
ministration and nursing in hospital
According to the last report OF Il
it. Mother House of the Deaconesses
,p- Kaiserswerth, ''money is plentiful, t
houses are ready, the need is great, bt
alas, the deaconesses are wanting. [
as to the end of 1870, the number of our s.
lin ters were always on the increase;
g. from that time, both with US and wi
other houses, they began to fall off. Ft
es- merly eighty or more probationers cal
every year; last year there were on
IN. forty-six, and already some of them ha
Tia Withdrawn on various grounds"
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