Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-04-20
RESOLUTIONS.

Resolutions unanimously adopted at the
gospel meeting in Kings Opera House, on
Wednesday evening, April 18th, 1877:
The christian people of Independence
and vicinity, standing shoulder to should
er to-day; entering with renewed activity
and zeal in the work of the Lord; forget
full of all party distinction and denomina
tlonal lines each soul filled with the one
grand thought 1--WE are one in Christ, "and
contemplating with fulness of Joy, the
blessed results of these meetings not yet
to close, would give, herein, expression to
the deep gratitude we feel for what "our
eyes have seen and our ears have heard"
Gratitude, to God who has heard the
prayers of his believing children, and has
even "donc exceeding abundantly above
what we did ask or think" in bringing
many souls to Christ.
Gratitude, to the Evangelists, Graves
and Leland, who, while at Waterloo, heard
the cry we sent up to them "to come over
and help us" and who, coming to us, mot
with enticing words of mans wisdom, but
in demonstration of the Spirit and of pow
er, have opened their mouths boldly to
make known unto us the mystery of the
gospel"
Gratitude to the Choir, who have been
80 faithful and regular in their attendance,
who, speaking to us in psalms and hymns
and spiritual songs, have made melody in
every heart to the Lord and many of
whose members have, during this precious
season, given themselves to God in cove
nant never to be broken, and have secured
a place in that great choir that shall sing
"the neV song"
Gratitude, to the Ministers of our city,
who, as loving brothers in Christ, have
worked together, and with will, to aid
and supplement in every possible way the
arduous labors of the evangelists.
And we also feel that our deep graft
tude is due to the Committee, who have
conducted all the arrangements in such a
manner as to prove themselves ''diligent
in business, fervent in spirit serving the
Lord" To Mr.. King, for building in the
midst of hard times, and furnishing to US
literally this great hall. filled for its first
time to overtiowingwiih well-nigh one half
the population of our city, for the grand
purpose of worshiping the Living God. To
the merchants and business men of our
town for so often closing their places of
business, for the purpose of showing q
marked respect to, and attending the meet
ings And to the ushers for the kind and
courteous attention they have given to all.
j. ID. ROBERTS is, or was, the Treasurer
of the Hazleton School District, and, as
we are informed, fails to account for the
funds placed in his hands to the extent of
twelve or fourteen hundred dollars. Now
it is quite possible that Mr.. Roberts is not
an inherently bad and dishonest man, but
has, like Rankin, suffered himself to use
the School District money for his own pur-
poses, calculating TO replace 1t. But we
hope that we may not be accused of de-
string to make a partisan point if we
state that Mr.. Roberts belonged to that
immaculate party of "reformers," who,
two or three years ago, were bowling
about the corruption of the old parties,
and trying to build up new one, which
was claimed to embrace all the political
virtue there was going. Perhaps it will
not be inappropriate to add also, that of
all the men who denounced Rankin as a
Republican thief and scoundrel, and vir-
tuously deprecated his effensc, Mr.. Rob-
erts was one of the most outspoken and
bitter. We only allude TO these things to
give prominence to the we'll established
truth, that profession is no criterion of
performance, and that it is
quite as possible to find unfaith-
fulness and dishonesty among those who
make loud professions of the contrary, as
anywhere else; quite as unsafe to cntrust
money and power into the hands of pro-
fessional reformers as to one of the old
corrupt" parties. An appreciation of
this fact may be of benefit when the next
demagogue comes along with ford pro-
fessions of superior virtue, and tries to
obtain office on the strength of them.
The brick building on the southeast
corner of Main and Walnut streets, oc-
cupied by S. D. circuit as n furniture
store, had a very narrow escape from de-
struction last Monday night. Mr.. Dol
enty, the Night Watchman, smelled some
thing like wood burning in the vicinity
for nearly an hour, but could discover no