Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-03-27
There L. none
IncIe j. uout
In all this cold and hollow world, no fount
OF deep, strong, deathleSS love. save that within
A RI

Az OBJECTION ANswERLD-A gentleman Who
came TO me for long talk said: Il have cs'r:-
scentious objection 90 teetotalism, and II y q -;
Our Savior made wine at the marriage OF Cana
in Galilce'" 81 know he did. He made it lie.
cause they wanted it." so the Bible tells u.
"He made il Of water. 'le.. well, lie
performed miracle to make the wine" "Yes."
'sThen he honored and sanctified wine 10y per.
forming a miracle to make it," Therefor.
said he, 81 feel that ii ! should give up the use
of wine I should be guilty of incratitndc, Ani
should be reproaching my Master" '-S:r." said
/, 81 can understand how you should feel 80; 1t
is there nothing else that you put by when ur
Savior has honoredT' mo, do not know th.t
there is" "Do YOU eat barley bread!' NE
and then he began 20 laugh. "And whyf" lie
cease ! don't ike IT." VERY well. sir. I sd.
"our Savior sanctifed barley bread just much
as He ever did wine. He fed five thousand peJ
pie with barley loaves, manufactured by nir
Gle. You put away barley bread from the iO~
motive of not liking it, l ask you TO put avs.
wine from the higher motive OF bearing the iii-
trinity of your weaker brother, and so fulfilling
the law of Christ" | wish to say that that man
signed pledge three days afterward
THE LIVING WoRD-On the door Of the great
mosque in the old city of Damascus, are inscribci
theseremarkabe words: "Thy kingdom, O Christ
is an everlasting kingdom. and thy dominion en-
dureth throughout all generatons For tWeite
centuries that mosque, once a Christian churci,
has ranked among the very holiest sanctuaries IN
the Mohammedan world. For twelve centuries
the name of Christ has been regularly blasphemei
in t. The inscription, nevertheless, has remained
unimpaired BY time, undsturbed by man, as If 10
prove that no amount of hIman power, that M
refinement of human cruelty could destroy Christ
kingdom That inscription was unknown durin-
the long reign of Mohammedan Intolerance sild
oppression; but just at the time when religion
liberty was partially restored, the Christian ms
sionar;es were enabled 10 establish church IN
that cty. II was again brought to light and servei
10 encourage them in Their work OF faith and "a
Dor of love remembering and applying the lruplo-
cv-"And they shall build the old wastes, t.ey
shall raise up the former desolations. aud tie
shall repair the waste cities. the desolati0nS 81
many generations. lisa. Xxi. 4.-CsEirai PTos-
byerian.
THE CATHOLICS AND THE NATrosAL TEor-
BIEs-A tribute Of warm commentator i Que
10 the Catholic Church throughout the Unitei
States for the entire abstinence Of its clergy from
all intermeddling either one way or the other.
with the national troubles. Protestants
are. we feel bound TO acknowledge and commend
the manner in which they have always held en-
tirelv aloof from the ant-slayery agitation, aud
in which, during the present troublous times, nley
have neither taken sides in the North with the
North nor i'm the South with the South, but have
confined themselvei 10 the appropriate duties Of
a kingdom which is not of this wOrld.-Riek'ne -
Dispatch.
sF-In the recently Published life of the Rev
DR.. Bush the eminent Biblical commentator. 4
is said that he early learned 10 believe in & 4
and the devil and used 90 pray 20 them both.
"He knew" says his bioqapher, "it was no rse
TO fatter or cajole the Lord, but the devil. he
thought might be somewhat appcased IN this
way, and his prayers TO the parsonage. therei"fe'
partook somewhat of the nature OF compliment
and Acknowledgements of his splendid abilities. hy
which he thought to gain his favor and ward Oh
some of his vile" "