The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-01-25
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these tendencies Is an entire subVer-
sion otthe Protestant and evangelical
character Of our reformed church. 1T
transforms the ministry Of the Gospel
into priesthood; baptism into a
magic cal rite; the Lords Supper into
the sacrifice of the. mass; evangelical
liberty into bondage GO manifold OBJ
servances and ceremonies; and the
zone church of Christ the blessed
company Of ali faithful people, into
the body o. Ethese who recognize
and conform 70 mere sacerdotal
tically Important part of the
Sdeclaration is the assertion of
thearighf of Fellowship with the
non-E Episcopal Christians and minis
tiers. On this point of declaration it
says: = We believe. also, that the
present crisis of Professionalism de-
mands higher degree Of sympathy
and co operation among the various
evangelical bodies into which we are
divided.se An exclusive position, IN
this respect, we hold to be injurious
to our own Church, and inconsistent
with our history and standards, as
we'll as with the spirit Of the Gospel.
La the case of those chosen and call
ed to the work of the ministry by
those who have public authority
given unto them In the. congregation,
and manifestly blessed in their labors
by the Holy Ghost, we believe that
we cannot withhold our recognition
of the validity of their ministry, with
out imperiliDg the interests of evan
gelical religion, despising the breth-
rem and doing despite unto the
spirit of grace In this matter, also,
we express our earnest sympathy with
the resistance which is made to those
false interpretations Of canonical law
by which this recognition and fellow
ship would be restrained"
THE DePauw Female College at
New Albany is to be enlarged in the
Spring, by an additional wing, thirty
six by forty eight feet in size, and
four stories. high. This enlargement
is made by Mr. De Paw, who has
donated SIG, 900 for the purpose.
ELDER A. s. WoRRELL, formerly
Principal of the Baptist Female
Academy, at Danville, KY, has accept
ed the Presidency of the Baptist Fe-
male College to be opened in Lexing
ton, in few weeks. y ~S
THE Baptists of Illinois now num-
Der 48, 129 members; in 1887 they
were only HOO. In the last two
years they have baptized 10000 The
Baptist ratio Of increase has been
twice as great as that Of population.
In the present year they have built a
church and baptized about one hum
dred members every week, on o aver
age.
RELIGIOUS REFORM IN INDIA
The superstitions of aindooism APP
pear to be giving way to the truths of
Christianity and the spirit of an en-
lightened age. Several religious So
cieties have been formed by the ma
tives, who adopt for their creed be-
lief in only one Supreme Being, who
alone should be adored, and renounce
all Hindoo superstitions. A society
in the PuDjaub, which includes both
Hindoos and Sikhs, has for it's cardi-
nal principle the rejection of idols
aad all other material aids TO devo-
ton. Native reformers say that In
dia must be regenerated. and wholly
relinquish the use of idols.
AN interesting revival is progress
ing at the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church at Princeton.
A RELIGIOUS revival is progressing
in the Methodist Church at Prairie
ton, Vigo County. Over fifty addi-
tons have been made to the church.
HENRY WARD BEECHER is prepar-
ing a work upon the : Life of Christ.
In a letter to his publisher he says:
The materials are abundant. The
difficulty lies in selection. The last
thirty years have brought to the con
si6eration of this subject more learn
ing and eloquence than were ever d.
rected, within the same srace of time,
to one subject. Our local knowledge,
too, has been vastly augmented by the
scientific Typographical explorations
of the Holy Land
THERE is a society in Brooklyn
and New York called the " Midnight
Mission" Its object is two-fold:
FIRST, to rescue fallen women from
the snares- and temptations which
surround and entangle them, with the
hope Of restoring them to virtue and
society; ana, secondly, to save their
souls from death by pointing t'fe:n to
the cross of Christ as the only refuge
for this life and the lie to come. 10
accomplish those objects Christian
men go out upon the streets twice
week with cards of invitation and