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A PERSONAL t'UVE.XANT WITH
MY BELOVED SAVIOUR.
On the day prior to this 60th anniversary
of ray earthly life, a sweet
Sabbath day, 1 desire to make a personal
covenant with Thee, Thou
knowest it has often been in my
mind to do so, but never before put
on record,
I. I do, without hypocrisy, and
with all my heart, in deep sorrow and
self abasement, confess to Thee all
the sms of my entire life up until
this time. I have sinned, oh how
many times, in heart, in thought, in
word and life. "I am ashamed and
blush to lift my face to Thee." I have
sinned, knowing it to be sin, in all
the relations of life I have come short
of Thy command.
Pitying, loving, forgiving Savior,
pardon it all in thy rich grace. Blot
out all my sins in Thy atoning blood.
"For the blood of Jesus" "cleanses
from all sin." Separate all my iniquities,
transgressions, and sins, in
all their twtended and detailed commission,
"far as the east is distant
from the west" from me.
I make this my unreserved confession
in full faith in that sweet word
that says, "If we confess our sins, he
is faithful and just to forgive us our
sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
II. I gladly acknowledge with unfeigned
gratitude, and soul experienced
thankfulness and unnumbered
mercies Thou has bestowed upon me,
a comfoi table and happy temporal
life—having a thousand prosperities
to one adversity. My inner heart
swells with joy and thanks to God
for a true, loving, anxious and most
godly Father and Mother, who led,
and lifted and pressed me up to God
in my early years, who held fast to
Tl'.y holy covenant for themselves
and for their children. I bless God
with all my heart for a loving, true,
and sincerely pious wife, who, so
often,, by godly example, as well as
word, pressed me more and more into
the way of life,
I devoutly thank Thee for my life
in the ministry where the Word of
God was my daily study, and above
all these, most inexpressibly thankful
am I for the priceless Redemption
of the Lord Jesus Christ, for all
the loving Providences that led me
in the way of it, and especially for
the Holy Ghost that opened my eyes
to it, and revealed Christ to me.
The Father, Son, and Spirit have
all said to me, "I am thy salvation,"
How glad, oh how glad I am, "He
took me from a fearful pit." "He
set my feet upon a rock." He has
fulfilled to me Ezekiel 36:26-27. ".4
new heart also will I give you, and
a new spirit will I put within you;
and I will take away the stony heart
out of your fiesh. and I will give you
an heart of flesh. And I will put
my spirit within you, aud cause you
to walk in my statutes, and ye shall
keep my judgments, and do them."
III. I nov/ pledge myself to Thee
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anew. I want to come nearer to Thy trusting that ry children are all children
heart of love. of faith, I take hold of the cov­
I want closer, more
undivided, more soul conscious communion
with Thee. I resolve, in holy
enant for them and will not let it go.
I will cling to that word, "The promise
is to you and to yo'ir children,'
promise, that 1 will resist temptation
of every kind, and that I will devoutly
•'1 will be a God to thee and to thy
see those things that are above seed;" also and specially Ps, 103:17-
where Christ sitteth at the right 18 "But the mercy of the Lord is
hand of God,
from evorlastiag to everlasting upon
That I will stri'e constantly to be them that fear him,, and his right­
ready for Thy coming, I will trust eousness unto children's children; to
wholly to that grace of God that such as keep his covenant, and to
bringeth salvation, to do all those those that remember his commandments
to do them."
things in Titus 2:11-14, "For the
grace of God that bringeth salvation These solemn vows I take before
hath appeared to all men, teaching Thee, O my God and Redeemer, with
us that denying ungodliness, and uplifted hand this 19th day of February,
l,Sn3.
worldly lusts,, we should live soberly,
righteously and godly, in this
H. H. GEORGE.
present world; looking for that blessed
hope and the glorious appearing
of the great God and our Saviour
Jesus Christ; who gave himself for
us, that he might redeem us from all
iniquity, and purify unto himself a
peculiar people, zealous of good
v.orks." I will cultivate that conversation
which is in heaven and from
whence also we look for the Savior,
the Lord Jesus Christ, "who shall
change our vile body, that it may be
fashioned like unto his glorious
body." Philippians 3:21.
IV. I ta'.te hold of tbe covenant
anew with Thee for my dear wife
and five beloved children. Assured
that my wife is saved, and gladly
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF
THE CEXTRAL BOARD OX
THE DEATH OF H, H.
GEORGE.
In placing on record an appreciation
of the character and service of
the Rev. Henry Hosack George, D. D.,
mention should be made of his long
and useful career in various spheres
of Christian activity.
It pleased God to grant him length
of days in which to fulfil his mission.
He was born in Cumberland, Muskingum
County, Ohio, February 20, 1833,
and died at his home in Beaver Falls,
Pa„ March 25, 1914, The period of
eighty-one years falling between these
dates was characterized by some of
the most stirrin.s; events in the entu-e
history of our country, and Dr. George
was a prominent figure in connecUon
with some ot the most importam
He was an earnest and faithful
preacher of righteousness. He was licensed
to preach June 4, is.;, and
was ordained June 23, 1858. On this
latter date he was installed pastor of
the congregations of Cedarville an*,
Cincinnati, Ohio. He resigned the Cedarville
branch on August 4, 186G, and
from that date till .August 18, is:', he
gave his entire time to the CincinnaU
congregation. While serving as
President of Geneva College, which
service began in 1S72, he was also
pastor of the congregation of Rushsyl.
vania, near Xorthwood, Ohio, where
the College was then located. After
the termination of his services as
President of the College he was pastor
for a short time of the congregation
of East End, Pittsburgh. In all J
his work as a preacher of the gospel
he was scriptural, evangelical, spir
itual. His word was with power, and
the common people heard him gladly.
He was distinguished as an able
and wise Presbyter. His addresses
in ecclesiastcal assemblies indicated
mature judgment as to the best policy
to be pursued in the settlement
of questions which gave rise to dif
ferences of view. When called to
the Moderator's chair he presided
v\ith dignity and Christian courtesy
toward all. It was his fortune to
occupy this position during the session
of the Synod of 1S71 when the
Covenant was sworn and signed. He
also delivered one of the sermons of
that memorable occasion.
As an educator, Dr, George filledau
important and influential place. When
a young man he taught Greek in Geneva
College and was President of that
institution from 1^72 to 1890. While •
he aimed to place this institution in
the front rank of colleges in the mat- ^
ter of scholarship in the wide sense
of that term, he also aimed to place
it in advance of all in the matter ot
instruction in the science of Civil
Government,
He always insisted that the college ,
would miss its calling unless this
science was based upon the Christian
principles of Civil Government as
unfolded in the Scriptures. He firmly
believed that the welfare and even
the continuance of our Xation and
Government hinge upon the training
of a citizenship imbued with these
principles. This he considered of
vastly more importance than tralnuig
in many of the other branches Included
in the usual college curriculum.
Perhaps Dr. George was more widely
known as a reformer than anything
else. \A'hen he entered public life the_
slavery question was the bumin
issue and he threw his strength into
the controversy in defense of the
rights of man. Immediately after the
settlement of this issue by the Emancipation
Proclamation,
^^o^"
to secure the Christia.
dment
to the National Cor
was
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