“ W E ARE BUBrHREtT.”—Ottorbein. “ LOOKING UNTO JESUS.” —Paul. VOL. .V)- NO. i. DAYTON, OHIO. TUESDAY, JANUARY ]. 1889. WHOLE NO. 2536. "imitators of God as beloved children," and the mind and heart and life ot that darling with the same matter, to be able to give all R eligious Telescope. as such we can not only win constant victo­ child as an enrichment forever. promptly and without embarrassment. ry. hut lahor effectively for the cause of God It will- cost you incomparably more to al­ A large portion of the Telescope, in which WI-KKI.Y ORC.AN op TH!C and the salvation of others. low your children to grow into life without our readers are generally, and indeed uni­ the education, spiritual instruction, and so­ versally, interested, is given in Long-Primer UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST. Tin: I’OH'Hii ok tiii: home is the mightiest cial and moral furnishing the Church will type, which bv the aged, and indeed by all, earthly inlluenee that can hi* placed upon a give them than it will cost vou to send them will be highly appreciated. J. W. HOTT, ICditor. life. It never lets its hold go. A mother’s to school at once. It may cost a tear and a The fact is, our “old clothes” were badly M. R. DRURY, Assistant, j hand never looses its pressure from the head heart-trial of parting to the mother, and la­ worn, and our publishing agent thought it of a darling.child, and her drawing love has bor and economy to the father; but it will time to allow us to put on an entirely “new VV. J. SHUEY, - - - PmusHER. heen the cord which has brought hack to yield everlasting blessing. Parents, help to suit” from head to foot. We are not “proud God many a wanderer. Build your home pack up the trunks and valises, and start the of our new dress;” but the Telescope is glad DAYTCN, OHIO. well, as its influence and shelter are for daughter anti the son ofl* to the school with that it is thus able through the kind patron­ eternity. which your conference co-operates. It is the age of the Church to go out on its mission key to a noble life. It is the gateway to a better equipped and better dressed than ever You may not he kept absolutely free from blissful eternity. What an awful and tre­ before. temptation or the approaches of Satan; hut mendous responsibility rests on the father you can he kept from the power of the tempt­ and mother who neglect the godly education The Old and the New Year. TABLE OF CONTENTS. er. Temptations which come from a selfish of a darling child, and thereby consign it to and sordid heart can all he discontinued by Numbered with the years of eternity past .............................. Filit Fiiil. V . 1 , *mr X.-w Dn-ss: Tl.r a life of ignorance and humiliation. ......... Muk'-I'r 'Vi'! Ymi H. ||. I s? Tin- 0|>|»>riiiuiiy of a thorough cleansing of the heart with the is 1888. A few months ago it came as a new :■ I.if-; I Ilf oi.l ;in<l Ilf- Vi-ar: ■ »urC|iur<‘li -Looking Fi.r- imaginations and thoughts of the mind. It The Telescope Make-Up. year. Now it has run its short and swift HII 1(1; Nn'riilii;') •>!’ ISM—1. v K'lilmial Noli !-. J*. should be-at tended to at once. U n im .Mr.lTIOVK. N « Y.-ur ill S.-wlN. crutiuf. Ilis- career like the many thousands of its predet I*.iii-iil IiiMii-’. /‘-•■/.in-/ l.i-iiiT^ !■■ V-imy Miui-li-iJ. Amitn.’ Our readers may he a little at a loss to cessors, and is numbered with the ages past. HiiihI-.iii Tli"ii«lii-. Tliim.'- I w..iiM l.ik” l«» Know. Our Fifty-Fifth Volumo. know just where to look in this number of I...vi- All-1 WitI’iiI. r;— Win. iin- Tiiiml W ith all that 1888 brought to us, nothing of Hi-ftInt-ii ■ l.iiHrtH Tin- Nuli.-n :i Morally Ai-.oiiiilalili* ll.-inu. the Religious Telescopic for the various de­ itself is left save its joyful and its sorrowful This number of the Religious Telescope :t. I. II partments of the paper they have been accus­ memories; Fled like a ghost, it has gone COItKKNI’OMUI.M i:. Fu-l.-m l.-INr: IVirlo I-l.nru- C.,n- begins its fifty-fifth volume. We start with tomed to read first. By and by they will be­ r.-r.-in-.-: IVnlral O),,., X»l«-: Ka-I N. I.r i-ka. *• over the mist-covered mountains of the years lho new year upon a new volume, and, we I'AMII.Y A \l) ril<l»ll)K . An o.|* I., tl..- I'Viliis V**ar; come accustomed to our present plan and past. Our years, how fast they fly! trust, upon a broader field of usefulness in will be pleased with it. Hi- Kjn.l; January; llu-« ■•ih. im-ii of il.iMi.-n. •> However filled with loads of sorrow were YOI .MJ I'OI.IiS. -ISIiH-U II. ll.'i.yf •!.!,..... I ll-Waii.ui! thfc church of Christ. After mature consideration, we have Y.-ur; Fhi-iiil* Hi- N« u Y.-ur; • mr I.. ii. i-K-X. «. T the coming hours of 1888, we could not delay ‘Progress is the watchword of the or­ M'.VIIAV'SCHOOI.. -A <ul.l-illi in tin- I.......I .! thought best to place our general them a single moment. On and on they gan of the Church. Studying as carefully II «/*/<-. I. editorial matter on the first page. There rushed, silently, swiftly, cruelly, madly, and T ill: .11 ISSIO.V-I'I KI.D. - Mi.—*i'.i.-l'.-)■» r..|l.-n-r.* M'- ahd thoroughly as may be the condition, are objections to this arrangement; but wo plunged us into the gloomy depths. A'.- !• wants, and progressive spirit of the United r.DI C’ATIO.N AI..—"iw-ii- in I'niior-iiy; Cnimi Ilil.lii-nl.Sfin- believe there are advantages to be realiZed Here, too, we felt the fleeting touch of be­ Brethren in Christ, tin* Telescope shall m:.r>: Lam-Fnii.-r-iiy: -.I—*l.r.ni..-r M-in..' ial l nii.|:-SI,i i.- which more than overcome all the difficulties. loved hours. However' sweet and ondeared jock faithfully to serve these interests and to TKJIHKR A.-A liv.|..-.| ■. Other editorial matter will be given on the to us the days, the hours, and even moments, Junior our common Master. As in the past, ill'ViXK I.irK.-'llr- ■ l--iiia \.ar: A \i-«-T.:ir llynm: eighth page, followed by Editorial Notes and of 1888, do as we could and as we might, we l’laili.-al I mil.—, ll.i.-.- I’-ooKh llvi-iy CliliMiiin Slmlllii •it will seek to conserve the highest good of other editorial writing. could not hold them with us a single second. lln\•• I" the Church, and to maintain its high position l»l I.I'IT AMI 1»KW. ...... l|u- X.-w Y-.-ir I" Our educational department will be found Ancl yet we have the memories of the sweet among the noble religious bodies of the MISIKI.LAN V.-.I.MI- My Kniu: I I.'- Fli«1il «•! Y.-:ir-: X.-w- on the ninth page instead of on the fourth, past and the tender lessons of its love and Y.-ur - '.r. -lii.i;; Th- It.-nl \V..n.aii Problem: A-Im.-mimo-: world. where it has formerly appeared. The char­ «olli. iin^-..r i..»M ^ sorrow. _ Discarding all sectarian bigotry, it will con­ OTIII.lt I»»:i*AIIT.UKSTX.-IVr«.iir.l. I Our Olinr.-li. I acter of this department is to he elevated. Be­ Now we w rite th e year 1S89. Its change i >1 li« i « liui' li. '. I o:li»-r IVr-t.inil, v. Lii.-rurv. II S|i.-<-ia! tinue to seek the promotion of a true denom­ sides educational notesjqii the general work points us toward the closing scenes of the ....... - I.' M ■ mug.-*, U. Mi-loorinl, II. Farm. !'■ Il. allli. inational enthusiasm, in perfect accord with I. i-nlar. !•• of education throughout the country, we de­ nineteenth century. The new year bends the spirit of Christian fraternity it honors sire to make this department more promi­ low and promises blessings abundant to all and seeks to promote, as far as its field eX­ 'rm. 15 f.i.ioiois Teles*m-i: leaks to it> nent in conveying to our readers intelligence who truly love God. It warns us of oi\r tends. among the religious bodies of our coun­ many thousand readers greeting for tin* year I respecting the progress anil wants of the work hasting opportunities. It gives us our time, try. IS.Sii. and wi~hos them all a Happy New-yoar. in our various institutions of learning. In moment by moment, as if it could trust us The eXperience of tlie past, the support and “Now tin- (Inil of peace who brought again this department we wish to give articles on with but little at a time, or rather as if not hearty co-operation of the Church, the bless­ from the dead, the great Shepherd of the the general work of educatioiTTa^-ii-anay be to overcrowd us with the awful responsibili­ ings of God in the years gone, with the hope­ sheep, with the blond of tin*eternal covenant; deemed wise, and especially to have this de­ ties of life.