\ .r' '— ré—ar; EVENING GAZETTE urnnsn AT run Pos'r OFFICE IN. Nonwanx As A NEWSPAPER. M AIL S UBSCRIPTI ON S; DAILY. one year. :3; simeonths, $1.75; three months. $1.00; onelmonth, 300. WEEKLY. one: year. in Padvance; $1.00; six months. 60c.: three months. 350. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30. 1896. THE WEATHER—Forecast for to- day. Fair to partly cloudy followed by lower temperature. On Sunday fair and cooler, preceded possibly by light rains and on Monday fair and warmer weather will prevail. Only 3 Days More! -—And Honest Money, Protection,Peaee and Prosperity, will again come to our suffering country, in the People a tri- umphant election of McKinley anl Hobart. 00 Pray for the Republic. Bishop Williams, the Episcopal pre- late of the Connecticut diocese, has first issued a prayer to be said in all the churches throughout his jurisdiction. The prayer has special reference to the political campaign and election. It is the same as the prayer issued by Bishop Potter of New York. The prayer will be said next Sunday in all the Episcopal churches in Conecticut. It is as fol- lows: “O, Almighty Lord, who fashioned the hearts of men and considerest all their works. grant, we beseech Thee, to us and to all the people of this land, the spirit of obedience to Thy com- mandments that walking humbly in Thy fear, we may under Thy mighty protection, continue to dwell in right- eousness and peace. Defend our liber- ties; preserve our unity; save us from lawlessness, dishonesty and violence; frpm discord and confusion; from pride and arrogance and from every evil way. Continue Thy goodness to us, that the heritage received from our fathers may be preserved in our time and transmitted, unimpaired, to the generations to come; that all nations of the earth may know that Then, 0 Lord, art our Saviuur and mighty De~ liverer and our King forever. Grant this, we beseech Thee, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.” - 0 Our Lack of Faith. “Faith,” says St. Paul, “is the sub- stance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” In these latter days and among a large number of peo- ple, faith is apromise fulfilled, the sub- stance of things already had. A still larger number oflpoeple have faith in everything else but God. They are perfectly willing to rely upon anybody and everybody save Christ. They pro- fess to believe in a God, and yet never go to Him save in the last extremity, when the end of their days draws near and the grave yawns before them. They have full faith la the world, the flesh and the devil, and live up to that faith very religiously. They believe in the promises that the world holds out, of pleasure, happiness and profit, and follow where it leads, expecting most implicitly to see the fulfillment of these promises in a very short time and to a practically unlimit- ed extent. They listen to the prompt- ings of the flesh and obey all its be- heat—or nearly all of them—relying upon its solemn professions of good W111 and undying friendship. And yet man’s faith in the world and his reliance on its promises are very often rudely broken. The world very rarely keeps its promises. It may pre- tend to and show a very glittering pre- tense, but in the hour of greatest trial, when more needed than ever before, the world is but a broken reed to lean upon; it will betray min even as it straps to kiss him. It is so, with the flesh and the devil. Both will promise and seem to be eager it) perform. but their profession is merelv a trap into which man is foolishly led to meet mes-t direful punishment at their hands. And yet man Continues to have faith in every. one but his Lard and Saviour, Jesus Christ. He trusts all else, and still he is betrayed by all else. We trust the banker who takes our money; the lawyer who looks after our business; the merchant from whom we buy goods; the doctor who feels our pulse; the conductor of the train upon which we travel; the captain of the ship upon which we have embar? r.~ ; even the servant who sweeps off our door- steps; and with it all we refuse to trust the only Son of the one eternal God. We believe man, who cannot, by tak- ing thoughtmdd one cubit to his stature, and we refuse to believe the Creator of the universe upon which we walk, or world upon the cross of Calvary. Is it not incomprehensib'o that there should be such foolishness in humanity? There is a terrible longing in every human heart for another existence, something better than that which pre- vails upon this earth. This life is un- satisfactory at the best and the divinity within us is ever pleading for .a higher ‘ development, for a greater freedom, for a nobler impulse. We are not satis- fied with this world. and yet, when the doors of a better and grander world are thrown wide open to us, we refuse to take advantage of the offer. It is the lack of faith that keeps our souls in dark and noisome dungeons, shut out from God’s blessed sunlight and deprived of the air that comes from paradise. If we fully believed we would follow in the way that Christ marked out for us. If we ”bad faith in His promises, we would strive for the man- sion that He has provided for us; but, as it is, we look with half-veiled disbe- lief in the compassionate eyes that are turned toward us and fatuously ignore us into immortality. a At The Churches. GRACE CHURCH, Rev. S. H. Watkins, Rector. All Saints’ Day, Sunday, N 0v. 1st. .: 8 a. m. Holy Communion. 10:30 a. m. Morning Prayer, sermon and Holy Communion. 12:15 p. m. Sunday School. 7:30 p. m. Choral Even Song, address and anthems. The rector will ofiiciate and preach. All welcome. METHODIST Gunmen—Rev. A. H. Wyatt pastor. Sacrament at 10:30 a. in. Sunday School at 12 m. Epworth League meeting at 6:30 p. m. “The Great Election—What it Signifles and How to vote,” will be the theme of the pastor’s sermon at 7.30. The Lincoln and Defender Councils of the O. U. A. M. and Buckingham Post G. A. R. will be present. Patriotic music, FIRST ConenEGATIONAL CHURCH.— Rev. Thomas K. Noble, Pastor. Ser- vices at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. In the morning Holy Communion and Reception of members. In the even- ing there will be a patriotic service. Subject of the paster’s discourse “Be- fore the Battle,some things our citizens shouldeemember.” Young-men who vote this year for the first time spec- ially invited. Junior C. E. at 5 p. m. Y. P. S. C. E. at 6.30 p. m. All Saints Day will be celebrated in St. Paul’s church and Chapel to-mor- row, and there will be special music at the services. The music at the morn- ing service will include Communion service inE flat by Cruickshank and ofl'ertory anthem, “What are these,” by Steiner. At the evening service in the Chapel on Berkeley street, will be sung Mignificat and Nunc Dimittis by Gadsby; anthem, “What are these,” by Steiner; anthem, “And I heard a voice in heaven,” by Cruickshank. 0.9 Advertise in the GAZETTE. the Christ who eXpiated the sins of the. the outstretched hand that would lead: ’THE‘EVENING’GAZETTE} v THE EVENING GAZETTE CH ECKER—BOARD BUSINESS DIRECTORY. m N ORWALK Pireilnsu‘rance Co. In Successful Oper- ation Since 1860, No Outsranding Claims. Safes For Ilenl. menus sronrn ' IN Safe Deposit Vault 013‘ THE NATIONAL BANK or Nonwamr, E—MBUSSING DONE .lAT THIS . OFFICE- . GAZETTE ADS.- BRING GOOD RESULTS DENTIST, 8 West Avenue. W. rl. BYINGTON Ill URANCEI Hana I. .luelle Building. Painting. Pa er Hanging. Ka somiu- mg and Hardwood Finishing. ll. l. PM", 52 Wilton Avenue, Norwalk. Conn. 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