The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-02-22


70 vs. eos uc9sd 81 Editor Hazard md
Bro. WSidennaIl II Chicago. The Re.
porter being there also on detail. i en
abled TO give sflnllorF 'xepcrt. Mr.. Wei.
deusaIl spoke 81 Christ IL NJ and chris
liar IL bflu6Ses. IN rcuArks were
very Instructive ana edlfxine.
Mr.. Hazard iheu smoke q tho latter
part 6f tlle sind Palm He said; the
palm tree esows stroioM and strong. that
II mas centrxi strong root running down
down, perhaps hundred feet. till II
| duds watcr; and that il VIII grow in the
very desert.
So the christian stands morally upright
firm and may indeed flourish where one
would think he could not live. Every
person Who reads this ought 10 turn TO
| the 02nd Psalm and read this comparison
Of the rsigAtsous to the palm tree and the
stately cedar of Lebanon.
In the afternoon at . o'clock there was 4
| Union meeting held in the Methodist
house. This was a Bible reading and
| spiritual song service, at which the lead
| ing speakers we're Brn. Weideusall, Bum,
Ballentyne, Allen, Rindell, and Frazell.-,
This was an interesting meeting.
Some Of the brethren were so full Of the
Convention spirit that they rode out FIVE
miles in the country and turned preach
ing meeting into little convention, and the
people there seem to think that they new
or had such good meeting before. This
band of evangelists consisted of Rev. NJ
II. Drury, Dennis Gray, ]. G. Miller, and
J. A. Harrigan.
At o'clock, the children's meeting in
N. E. Church, and the young peoples
meeting in the Congregational Church,
we're well attended and will be long re-
membered as very bright spot in life by
all who were present. The children's
meeting was Conducted chiefly by Mr..
Hazard, and the young peoples meeting
by Mr.. Weidensall. under whose touching
remarks, three persons arose to ask the
prayers OF christians.
SABBATH EVENING.
|
were again filed to overlooking.
In the Methodist Church many were
unable to secure seats filing the lobby
and entrance, and many were compelled
TO leave, not being able to find standing
room.
The meeting began with song service
by the choir, after which an experience
meeting was held, the subject being
What good has the Convention done
me, in which the following persons took
part, Revd's ) w. Frazell, lngham, and
others. After the singing OF several
hymns Mr.. Hazard OF Chicago, arose and
delivered very interesting address Keep
ing the attention OF the audience COM
pletely for over three-quarters OF an hour.
His address consisted in giving words OF
instruction to mothers, sunday school
teachers, &c, and after a few parting
words of cheer and farewell, the audience
sang, "Shall we meet beyond the river"
The audience was dismissed and the con-
vention closed being blessing to all who
had the pleasure of attending.
In the Congregational Church the meet
ing was conducted by Mr.. Gilmore and
Prof. Bum
Mr. Gilmore spoke of "Poison and its
Antidote." He introduced his discourse
by relating an aneclote: " A little girl
came into the room with basket of ber-
ries, saying, Papa, see here what a lot of
berries / have picked for you Her father
with great concern, learned from her
that she had not eaten any of these nice
looking berries; then took them out and
buried them in deep hole in the ground.
She said, Papa, why did you do thats
His reply to the affectionate child was:
They are the berries Of the deadly night
shade"
He spoke of the fact that our children
are exposed to many moral poisons. and
that we are too apt to indulge and excuse
them when they are actually partaking
of these poisons
| He thought we were altogether too
much inclined to generalize, and thus
miss our mark when we speak of the pop
ular evils of the day
He would speak specifically of the
more prevalent moral poisons, to which
onr children are inclined to resort.
he spoke OF pride, love OF fashion, i'm
pudence and questionable evening par
lies. he re1erred 70 the BOY VINO PICKS
up cigars as 1airly on ms way to disslpa-
tion' drunkenness ana depauchery. we
could often see the SAD enect OF moral
poisoning IN tne very Walk OF the FAST
poy. ne reminded US OF tne 1eartuiiy
prevalent habit OF reading iight literature
ana It's baneiui results. ne spoke OF IL
iustrated papers hiied with ponce reports
ana other deiineatlons OF crimes, and the
iegitimate fruits OF passing these streams
OF corruption through tho mlnd. de
tnougnt there should De laws enacted
ana enforced 70 pronlplt all this dangerous
class OF literature. ne would warn pa
rents against many spiritual poisons,
among which are, the tendency to send
girls 70 Catneiic scnools;-to look upon
the inroads OF ratlonaiism as though it
were small matter;-and this prevalent
greed for galn-this mammon worship
and the various forms OF Baal worship of
our day.
He felt glad that there is a remedy-the
Word OF God. But, this Scripture anti
! dote must be introduced early, so that #
may pre-occupy the minds of our children
and thus fortify them against the devices
of Satan, and lay the foundation of a
vlrtuous life. He referred to the manner