The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-03-07

Like diamonds soon Will gleam eartn' tears,
Earl Marble, in Folio
FoR SUNDAY.
Lent
Is this fast-to keep
The larder lean
And clean
From fat of veals and sheepf
Is 1t to quit the dish
u flesh, yet still
The platter high with fshf
Is 1t to fast an hour,
Or ragged go,
A downcast look and souri,
Mol 'Tis a fast to dole
Thy sheaf of wheat
And meat
Unto thy hungry soul;
1t is to fast from strife
And old debate
And hate
To circumc'ss thy life.
To show heart grief rent;
To starve thy sin
And that's to keep thy Lent.
Closet duty speaks out most sincerity. He
prays with witness who prays without
witness.
1t was a saying of Bede that 'he who
comes unwillingly to church, shall one day
go unwillIngly to hell"
1t is the greatest measure of grace that
ushers in the greatest measure of Joy and
comfort to believing heart.
God, who hath done singular things for
our good, may indeed justly expect that we
should do singular things for his glory.
At the conservation of Trinity church in
Boston, Edward Everett Hale, James Free
man Clarke, Rufus Ellis and other Unitarian
olergymeu received the communion from
the hands of the Episcopal bishop.
The Romish church in France approves of
lay preaching The count de Nun and NJ.
de Cissey are the most prominent preachers.
The latter aims especially to accomplish re-
form in the observance of the Sabbath. He
has the pope's sanction and that of the chief
French clergy.
The Methodist ministers in New York
have been talking about itineracy, which is
the perpetual source of discomfort in that
body. One clergyman was decidedly in IA
vor of having minister who has inveigled
a congregation into building a costly church
obliged TO stay until it is paid for
In all Buddhist temples tall and broad
the altar Its idea is as beautiful as its
workmanship. 1t represents that just as
the pure white flower may grow out of mire
and filth and blossom into loveliness, so may
| the heart of man raise itself above the wick
edness and corruption of the world unto a
state of spotless purity.
The nearer the kingdom of heaven APP
pears, the less is the force by which the
world draws and holds the believer. At
traction is in proportion to the quantity OF
matter and the nearness of the object; and
so the globe itself, with all its wealth of gold,
yea, though it were solid gold itself and all
to be mine, does not attract me with any
force, If | live above it and hard by the
throne of God.
An aged man arose in one of Mr. Moody's
prayer meetings in Boston and asked for
prayers for an unconverted wife. "How
long have you been a Christian asked the
evangelist. Thirty five years" was the re-
ply. "And she not converted in all that
timer" was the quiet remark of Mr.. Moody.
The man was touched with the reply, and
before the meeting closed asked for prayers
tor himself.
Mr.. Spurgeon speaking of clerical throats
| says: II have heard surgeons affirm that
dissenting bronchitis differs from the church
of England article. There is an ecclesiastic.
tablishment-a sort of Observation-Disclosures
grandeur-an aristocratic, theologic, par
sonic, supernatural, infra-human mounting
Of language and rolling over of words"
1--WE know so little of that which is near
us and with which we are most conversant
daily, is it strange that the infinite and
eternal things of the heavenly state should
be hidden from our eyes and held for future
revelation? What we know not now, we
shall know hereafter. Blessed is he who
has not seen yet believes, and, while wait.
| ing is content. Light is given for each step
we take, and by and by glory, when we shall
know even rs We are known"
The Moravian, one of the most ancient
and faithful churches in Christendom, has
lately suffered severe losses through hurri.
canes in the West Indies and on the Mos
quito coast Scores of houses have been
swept away; schools, mission establishments
and churches have been wholly destroyed
and they are ia a state of great pecuniary
embarrassment. The case of this poor but
faithful body of Christians appeals strongly
to public liberality.
From Catholic exchange we cut the fol-
lowing item: In a simple village Catholic
church at Raddatz, in Prussia, a most re-
markable pulpit can be seen. Besides its
exquisite beauty and rich gliding, it has
quite a historical interest. 1t is the tri-
umphal chariot of King John Sobieskie, the
hero who delivered Vienna in 1888 from the
besieging Turks. The chariot was found
among the spoils left by the conquered Mus
sulmans, Afterwards it was presented by
Field Marshal Won Kleist to the village
church, after which the necessary altera-
tons were made to change it to pulpit.