The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1891-01-29
CHURCH LOCALS
AND RELIGIOUS NOTES OF GENER
AL INTEREST.
We are glad to know that Rev
DR.. Buttolph is improving.


Orleans last week and filled his pull
pit through the Sabbath. He is
more in love with Marietta and his
pastoral charge than ever.
REV. MIR. Wynne was quite un-
we'll last Sabbath, almost La Grippe.
He escaped by "the skin of his
teeth His people were we'll salts
fed, however, with his sermons las4
Sabbath.
Rev. L. D. Coggin spent Sabbath
night at the Methodist parsonage.
He was with the pastor in the even
ing service. lie left Monday morn
ing tor short visit to "The Gate
City"
The Methodist pastor received
Mr.. H, T. Bailey into the.church at
his residence Sunday afternoon.
Quite a number of his members
were present to witness the impress
sive ceremony. MIR. B. has been
quite sick. He is improving.
Rev. DIR. Masons had good con-
gregations and enjoyable services
through the Sabbath. His congre-
cations are making the most OF these
closing months Of his pastorate. 1t
seems sad that these good people of
the Lord must surrender their pas
tor to the Fortunate church in Rich
mond.
SERVICES at the Methodist church
through the past sabbath were OF
something more than the usual in.
terest. The pastor reported six or
seven additions for the week. The
furnace is all right now. Some
complained of the heat Sunday
night. No smoke and plenty of
warmth, The scattered and runa,
way Methodists can come back now.
The rain Wednesday night week
disappointed many Of our prayer
Meeting going people. We know
at least one pastor who was expect
ing an'unusually interesting service,
had to bear his share of disappoint-
ment. But as we count them, there
are many more airand bright We'd
nesday nights than rainy ones. Let
us hold to our zeal in this direction
and bring double portion to the
next prayer meeting.
The man who really lives with
Christ, who walks with Him in all
the relations of life, will have con-
tinually deepening sense of the
mystery of his own life. He will see
himself as possessing possibilities of
good and of evil that he could 9TH
erWise never see. The only preven-
tive of the bad and the only inspir-
alton to the good, is in a knowledge
of and fellowship In Christ.
"To one who really lives with
Christ, the heights above are the
depths below grow more and more
profound. A new goodness ana
new badness, becomes possible. He
makes men. km0w that they are chil-
dren of God, and that as Gods chill.
dren they have chance to be for
better or for worse than they could
be when they thought themselves
only his slaves" Philips Brooks.
A pastor says; "There are two
classes of people have never yet
been able to reach. The first class
is of worldly husbands who have
christian wives as worldly as them
selves. | have never seen one con-
verted. The other class is worldly
wives who have christian husbands
as worldly as themselves. 1 have
never yet seen converted. The hus-
band sees in the christian wife moth
ing better than he has. The worldly
wife sees in the christian husband
nothing better than she has. What
is there to make them think of or
wish TO be converted? In the name
Of sense what is there to be con-
verified to-"
IT has been said and as timely as
frequently, the prayer meeting is
the thermometer of the faith and
spirituality of the church. Its spir-