The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-03-14
FOR SUNDAY.
The Two Angels.

The Two Angels.
BY JOHN G. WHITTIER.
God called the nearest angels who dwell with
The tenderest one was Pity. the dearest one
was Love.
@Arise," He said, "my sngelsl wall of woe
and sin
Steals through the gates Of heaven and sad
dens all within.
any harps take u 4, the mournfnl strain that
The smoke oh en of torment Clouds the light and
blights the asphodels.
"Fly downward to that under world, and on
Let Love drop smiles of sunshine and Pity
tears like rain!
Two faces bowed before the throne. yelled in
their golden hair; -,,.,- ,,o.u,, e..
-Four white wings lesseneo swiftly GOWN the
dark abyss Of air.
The way was strange, the flight was long; at
last the angels came
Where swung the lost and neither world, red,
wrapped in rayless flame.
There Pity, shuddering wept; but Love, with
faith TOO strong for fear,
Took heart from Gods almightiness and
smiled a smile Of cheer.
And 10! that tear of Pity quenched the flames
And. with the sunshine of that smile, Hope
entered into He'll!
Four white wings folded at the feet of Him
who sat thereon!
And deeper than the sound of seas, more soft
than falling fake,
Amidst the hush of wing and song, the Voice
Eternal spake:
"welcome, my angelsi We have brcaght ho-
ler low Heaven:
Henceforth its sweetest song shall be the song
Of sin forgiven!
To hold ones tongue is acknowledged by
the Scriptures to be the hardest task which
man has ever undertaken.
A new Methodist church in Boston is to be
the largest belonging to that denomination
in America, and will seat 5000 persons.
There is French proverb which ought to
be written on every life. 1t is, HE who
does not tire tires adversely. All comes
right to him who can wait"
Queen Victoria, with her daughter Bea-
trice lately partook of the Lords supper at
the communion in the Presbyterian church
of Carithie, in Scotland. She is q member
of the Episcopal church, and in England is
the head of the established church of Eng
land, and in Scotland of the established
church of Scotland. Many of her high
church subjects have been greatly excited at
her course in the above communion ser
vice.
We have long ago said that the condition
of any christian Union" must be the mini
mum of belief. matter of necessity. The
Baptists are finding this out in regard to the
Young Mems Christian Association. They
complain that it attempts to teach religion
and ignores baptism. Of course it does, and
each denomination will in turn find that its
own peculiarities are ignored, till finally the
association becomes a sect ITSELF founded on
anti-sectarianism.-C
Nashville American: The venerable DIR.
Lovick Pierce, now in his esd year, is writ
ing a series of "reminiscences of the century
He is the oldest Methodist minister living on
this continent, and probably the oldest of
any denomination here. He points to the
great difference that exists between Method
ism at the beginning Of this century and
now, and concludes that either primitive
Methodists were more religious than was
neeaful, or else modern Methodists are less
80.
In answer to the question of Mr. Moody
whether his appetite for liquor was wholly
removed, Mr.. Sawyer, the temperance apos-
tie, from Chicago, remarked at the tabernacle
last week that he shouldn't wish to put il in
that way exactly, but would rather say that
God had so covered up his appetite and pro-
pensity for drink that it was as if he had
none. We are glad to hear this statements.
IL is by far the better way of putting the
case. 1t is often true that a reformed man
feels something of his old appetite, but il he
walks with God he may be sure that it will
he kept so covered up to enable him to
control it even in the hour of special temp
tation.
WEAKNESSES, fretfulness, discomfort, are
the elements that make a life discordant
with its own high theme, and with all good
ness and greatness Long a go a Roman said,
when thou hast been compelled by cir
cumstances to be disturbed in a manner,
quickly return to myself and do not con-
tinue out of tune longer than the compul-
sion lasts; for thou wilt have more mastery
over the harmony by continually recurring
to It," The grandeur of life may come
through its combats. but its sweetness comes
through the CHEEKY portal Of content
The old possibilities are no longer with the
ministry; and what might be called his "per-
sonal influence" can now be exerted by
minister over only very small fraction of
his people. These facts are patent to all.
We may regret it; we may shut our eyes and
refuse to see what is painful to sensibili-
ties; but the old pastoral relation, as il once
existed between the ministry and the
churches, has passed away. 1t does not ex-
list. And there is not a clergyman or intelli-
gent layman in the thickly settled portions
of our land but that knows that IL can never