The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-03-08
RELIGIOUS ITEMS.
"wATcHINa +" AND WAITING p

[The following was one Of the latest, II not the
very last of the religious songs set TO music by thu
late r Bliss who, IN connection 9 wv with Ira D
Hymns" which have come to be so popular in euI
churches and Sunday schools, and who, with hi.
wife, was among the unbound victims OF the awful
tragedy at Ashtabua i
When my final farewell to the world / have said
And gladly lie down to my rest: ~. - ~
When softly the watchers shall say He Is dead, "
And % when, hem WITH pIns my % sIorfed viso Isle at last
.trl The walls OF the " city " see,i - '.ii. +h
viii any one then at the beautiful gate
Stand waiting and watching for me?
There are little ones glaucing about in my path,
In want of a friend and guide;
There are dear. little eyes looking up into mine,
Whose tears might be easily dried
- In the midst Of their grief and their gee,
Will any one then at the beautiful gate
Be watching and waiting for me? ri
There are old and forssken who lnger awhile
! In homes which their dearest havele
J And few gentle words or an action OF love
May cheer their sad spirits bereftl
But the Reaper Is near TO the long standing corn,
|, The weary will soon be set free, ihf''
Will any OF them at the beautiful gate
BE watching and waitingfor me
Oh should l be brought there by the bountiful
OF Him who delights TO forgive;
Though bless not the weary about in my path,
- Pray only for self while live,
Nethinks should mourn DER my sinful neglect,
Should no. one love. at tho beautiful gate,
! % Be watching and waiting for me. 80 l.ig
i In the Episcopal Diocese of Northern
New Jersey, the salaries of the rectors
range from $4,000 to $3.50 a year, there
being one of each amount. Eleven re-
ceive the same salary, 81, 500 per year.
The Israelite had no doubt of his
healing as long as he looked to the
brazen serpent, for he felt 1t going on !;
nor will the soul doubt Of his accept
ance with God SO long as it looks to
Christ.-John Angel James. '.% '..,
WHEN one has been long and far away
from an earthly home, what a happy
sight to see brothers and sisters all
crowding to the door to see us in. What
is that but dim image of what will be
seen at the gates of glory 9-Guthrie.
RICHARD CECIL once said: The
people look at minister out of the pull
pit to see if he means what he says when
he is in it," In other words, he must
live religion, as well as preach it, if he
would give to his preaching any value
or effect. AZ Ft-ln
In the Unitarian yearbook just is
sued by the Association at Boston) there
is no statistical view of the denOmipa-
tion given. The ministry number about
475; the association has 1913 members,
243 clergy, 1,O70 laity, and the additions
of the year were 81.
The North Carolina Presbyterian afiirms
that the Southern Church has too many
ministers and too many candidates for
the ministry. The proof of the propo-
sition is found in the fact that many of
the ministers can not obtain charges,
and the INDECENT candidates can not get
the needful support. The Herald and
Presbyter, of Cincinnati, concludes that
the same disproportion of supply and
demand exists in the Church North.