West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-10-26
Religious.

A meeting Of great interest was
held at Rockford, Lewis county,
last month, by Rev. H. r.
Hess, of the U. B. Church, during
which many souls were converted.
We regret that a note from Rev.
G. w. Weekly at the time, giving
an account Of the meeting, was mis-
laid in our absence, 50 that no no
tice Of the meeting appeared.
Twenty-six had protested CONVEX
sion up to the date Of the letter,
and thirty united with the church.
Many years ago quarterly meet
ing was in progress at p, in the
mountains Of Kentucky, and the
presiding elder, brother L., announ-
ced his text at the morning hour on
Sabbath, "Come unto me all we that
labor, and are heavy laden, and l
will give you rest" He let US
know that it was his design to
preach two sermons, each one OF
about twenty minutes duration
the first to be from the verses pre-
ceding the text, and the second to
be a sermon on the words OF the
text. He gave as a reason, that he
had noticed on the previous day
that a number of the brethren had
fallen asleep while he was preach
ing, and as the day was warm he
thought it likely they might be-
come drowsy again, and therefore
had concluded to give the congrega-
ton choice between the two
sermons, 50 they were at liberty to
take nap under the first and hear
the second, or they could listen to
the first and sleep under the second,
as they might prefer. We noticed
that no one slept under either ser
mon Central Methodist.
DID He MEAN Us?-At the Meth
odist Ecumenical Conference the
Rev. DR.. George said: II can men
ton a city or village Of less than ten
thousand inhabitants, in which
there are a Methodist Episcopal
church, a Methodist Episcopal
church, South, a United Brethren
church, a Methodist Protestant
church and an American Wesleyan
church, with the necessary outfit of
pastors, presiding elders, bishops
and conference presidents; and re-
GENTLY the Free Methodists have
also attempted to secure foothold."
Well did the speaker ask, "Who
will answer in the great and terri
bic day of the Lord for this waste
and wickedness ?" Where there is
no scriptural cause for the existence
of separate churches, such divisions
of Christians are "wicked" and
"wasteful. "-Centrdl Methodist
THE GAIN OF SUNDAY Rest
Saws Lord Macaulay: ave are not
poorer, but richer, because we have
through many ages rested from our
labor one day in seven. That day
is not lost While industry is sus-
pended, while exchange is silent,
while no smoke issues from the
factory, a process is going on quite
as important to the wealth of the
nation as any which is performed
on more busy days. Man, the ma
chine of machines-the machine
compared with which all the con
trivances of the Watts and Ark
wrights are worthless-is repairing
and winding up, so that he returns
to his work on Monday with clearer
intellect, with livelier spirits and
renewed corporal vigor."
Eighty years ago the total sum
contributed for the Protestant mis-
sions hardly amounted to $4,000;
now the amount raised for this OBJ
ject is from 100000 to s6,30O,000.
d" A Texas paper, seeing the good
effects Of closing the saloons on the
day when men are elected to office,
snpoests that if Would be enuallv