Annals of Cleveland

Churches and Sects

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Abstracts: 11

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159

Cleveland Morning Leader, 11 January 1864 (ed; 10 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

159 - L. Jan. 11; ed:2/1 - New Yorkers seem to be awakening to the fact
that their churches are not on a scale that does justice to the city.
"In our judgment, the truth of God's word is not paralyzed or
strengthened by the gilt and morocco, or the soiled sheepskin that
binds it. But we must not allow our churches to get behind the age."
(10)

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*Churches & Sects

160

Cleveland Morning Leader, 30 January 1864 (ed; 17 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

160 - L. Jan. 30; ed: 2/1 - The functions of the pulpit should be to de-
nounce wickedness and wrongdoing and to look after the public morals.
Many of the clergy have mistaken their work. Some have confounded it
with that of a politician, others sink their practical religion with
speculative theology. The clergy now preaches against slavery.
"In this is found the essential divergence from the religion of Christ.
It is the glory of His religion, that it does no harm to soil it by every
day use." (17)

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161

Cleveland Morning Leader, 30 January 1864 (17 inches) ~ See original
p.4, col.5 ~ View at ChronAm

161 - L. Jan. 30:4/5 - At the annual meeting of Sunday schools the fol-
lowing officers were elected: President, J. P. Bishop; vice president,
S. Foljambie; visiting committee, east side, L. F. Mellen, G. W. Whitney,
A. Woeher and J. Comstock; west side, A. G. Hopkinson and C. S. Root,
and musical directors, E. C. Rouse and J. A. Reddington.
The visiting committee introduced a resolution that the Sunday
school interests of the city demand an immediate canvass to secure the
attendance of every child of suitable age in some Sunday school, and
when thus gathered, the teachers should find some means to keep them
there. - - (17)

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Bishop, Judge J. P.; Cornstock, J.; Foljambie, S.; Hopkinson, A. G.; Mellon, L. F.; Reddington, J. A.; Root, C. S.; Rouse, E. C.; Whitney, G. W.; Woeher, A.

163

Cleveland Morning Leader, 12 February 1864 (ed; 2 inches) ~ See original
p.4, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

163 - L Feb. 12; ed:4/2 - Everybody had heard of, though we hope nobody
has joined, the new church of that "blessed martyr," Dr. Olds. The
church is intended particularly for the accommodation of Wallandigham,
Sam Cox, George Bliss, Judge Abley, a -d other "Democratic" gentlemen of
elevated morals and tender consciences.
Everybody, therefore, ought to go and hear the Columbians sing their
new hymn tonight, written expressly for that church. (2)

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Abley, Judge; Bliss, George (congressional representative); Cox, Saul; Olds, Dr.; Vallandigham, Clement L.

164

Cleveland Morning Leader, 24 February 1864 (ed; 4 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

164 - L. Feb. 24; ed: 2/1 - Bishop Ames of the Methodist church and other
authorities of the Baptist denomination have taken over the abandoned
parishes in the South. The "Copperheads' think that they have no right
to do this.
"The shoe pinches. The Copperheads wanted to take over these churches
and start them with a new religion invented by Olds." (4)

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Ames, Bishop (Methodist); Baptists; Methodist Episcopal church

168

Cleveland Morning Leader, 23 August 1864 (ed; 18 inches) ~ See original
p.3, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

168 - L. Aug. 23; ed: 3/1 - The pulpit in this country is no longer ham-
pered by rigid and formal mannerisms, which in some countries make
preaching mere ceremonies. Clergymen of today need to be practical as
well as religious and to assume an attitude equal to their fellowmen.
Peculiarities that weaken the influence of a minister are his underesti-
mation of the ability and intelligence of his audience and the practice
of written sermons. Another peculiarity is, that ministers spend too
much time among books and not enough among living people. - --
"A few hours spent each day conversing with men of all classes and opin-
ions, not only familiarizes the minister with the feeling of men on relig-
ious ideas, but brings them into more active sympathy with the world. There
is far too little of hearty communication with the world and too much priestly
isolation from the living, suffering, and hoping human hearts of today."
(18)

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169

Cleveland Morning Leader, 17 September 1864 (60 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2,3,4 ~ View at ChronAm

169 - L. Sept. 17:2/2-4 - In a sermon delivered Sept. 11, the Reverend Mr.
Gillette declared that the United States should protect itself against all
enemies, and gave his blessing to all soldiers in the army.
We may, with the integrity of the Union, anticipate a homogeneous peo-
ple throughout the whole country. With the cause of local strife extinct,
a diffusion of intelligence will prevail all over the land. Southern aris-
tocracy shall no more raise its embankments against floods of intelligence
and light.... The steady work of advancing truth shall girdle around the
abode of polygamy, and that relic of barbarism, the twin-sister of savery,
shall pass into oblivion. We may then look for a reaction from rival
practices and the extensions of virtue, morality, and religion over all.
(60)

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Gillette, Rev.; U. S. army