Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-06-16

lCANttlllNGs
The aggregate number Of Sabbath
school teachers and scholars, which
are connected with the Methodist
churches, are reported to c upwards
of one million, five hundred thous-
and! This collection of men, womcn
and children would form vast army.
which would be Il source of Joyful sat
isiaction to behold. And if even one
half Of the scholars. become regular
members of the churches which they
attend, they will greatly add to the
strength Of this denomination.
That the society which is known as
the American Sunday School Union,
has accomplished an encouraging
work during the past year, is founded
By its report. 1t was prepared by
Rev. w. p. Paxson, the enterprising
superintendent. There were 2j3 new
sabbath schools organized and these
contain 1,240 teachers, and 1904
scholars. The report also tcstilies
that the superintendent himself has
been far from being an cider in the
vineyard" For he travelled 80, 35l
miles, and delivered G49 sermons and
addresses.
That wonderfully learned and tai
ented man, Rev. Joseph Cook, has
closed this seasons series Of theolog-
ical lectures at fremont Temple, Bos-
ton. And they will not be resumed
until the mi die Of npXt autumn.
Fields, Osgood q Co., will issue two
volumes OF these lectures, W Inch will
be remarkably edifying, as well rs
entertaining reading. While it must
be granted that Cook possesses not u
few faults, yet he has been of i'm,
mensc service to Orthodoxy, and BIZ
bic truth, since he commenced to give
his public discourses. With his keen,
grasping intellect. he has detailed the
inconsistencies in the Unitarian, and
radical faith. lie has been vehement
~ accused Of m;s-stating the opinions
Of the men whose principles he en-
deavored to contradict. 1t may he
admitted that he has done this to Il
considerable extent. Still, his critics
ought to remember that he actually
had the books Of the men against
whose systems he spoke, on the desk
with him. And when he stated their
special beliefs, he generally did not
utter them from memory, on the con
trary. he read them from their own
writings. 1t is truly remarkable til; t
such interested crowds of people
should throng to listen to HIM every
Monday morning. This fact evinces
th"t he is no ordinary genius. Not
even Longfellow and lowell with their
sweet poetry not Holmes and W. d.
Holmes with their wit; not Wendell
Phillips and Evarts with their clio.
quent oratory. would be likely to
draw snch permanent crowds as Cook
has done during the past four or five
months. One of the secrets of it
seems to be that each lecture is a ma .
tcrpiece. And he has expended quite 4
fortune in the purchase Of books.
1t is claimed that nearly eleven
thousand dollars have already been
raised for the widow and children Of
the late p. p. Bliss. And now Major
White, the evangelist wants to sec.
ure S 800, for a fine monument 10
his memory. Brother WhittIc ought
to recolect thai there are hundreds OF
ministers widows who need money
just as imperatively as Mrs. Bliss
True charity does not bestow cash up
on one unfortunate person, and leave
another who is equally destitute out
in the cold, Would it not DO q wise
plan to have the sabbath schools col
lect money in aid OF sick ministers
and to alleviate the poverty of o large
number Of the widows and children
of deceased clergymen?
Rev. DR.. Tying has pitched his i'm
mense gospel tent on Bath street, N.
7. BY this arrangement he induces
crowds Of people to hear the gospel
who could not be induced to enter