The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-10-02
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

AEAIGkODS NOEES.
There are three lessons I would write
Three words as with burning pen,
In tracings OF eternal light,
Upon the hearts of men.
Have hope. Though clouds environ now.
And gladness hides her face in scorn,
Put thou the shadow from thy brow
No night but hath its morn.
Have faith. Where'er thy bark is driven
The calm's disport, the tempest's mirth-
Know this-God rates the hosts of heaven.
The inhabitants of earth.
Have love. Not love alone for one.
But man as ma. thy brother call,
And scatter like the circling sun
Thy charities on all.
Thus grave these lessons on thy soul
Hope, faith and love-and thou shalt find
strength when LIES surges rudest roll,
Light when thou else were blind.
Schiller.
There are ,224 Baptist churches in Ken
lucky, OF which ,l57 have only monthly
preaching, 50 have preaching twice month,
three have preaching three times a month
and 30 have weekly preaching.
Mr.. Sankey has gone into the revival bust
ness in England on his own account We
fear, however, he will not hold the fort.
His voice was his strong point, and that has
grown thin ard husky with long service of
song.
Women's rights are moving right ahead in
parts of Massachusetts,. Before us lies q pa
per announcing the marriage of New Bed
ford lady of distinction. with her full name
in small caps and the mans name entirely
omitted.
Already the programme for the week of
prayer in 1879 has been sent out by the Brit
ish evangelical alliance, for the suggestions
n n har hronnhoo 10 ths
concert becomes more general and more in
tereshng.
"what is the best remedy" asked a
preacher of sbrewd observer, ''for an mat
tentive audience?' "Give them something
to attend to- was the significant reply.
Hungry sheep will look up 10 the rack if
there is any hay in il"
Bishop Thirlwan began to write sermons
at seven years, the Tribune says. The
Graphic suggests that probably his mother
told him that if he would keep still and
write a nice sermon she would get him q
new Noah's ark, and be needn't have his face
washed for supper.
Bishop Herzog says the Old Catholics OF
Switzerland number 90 900 members and rs
clergymen, and that within a brief period he
has confirmed 1000 young people. Compul-
sorry confession has been abandoned among
them, and it is left to each parish to say
whether they will receive the communion
in one or two kinds.
The question referred to the Lutheran con-
ference at the last convention, ''Shall the
women of our congregations be allowed to
vote at the election of pastor?' has. after
full discussion, been decided in the negative.
Now let the women decide to pay nothing
towards the support of such pastors, and see
what the result will be-.
1t has been ascertained by actual count
that.the total average attendance at ten OF
the leading churches of Boston is 1893, the
full seating capacity of the churches being
1880. The largest attendance was at Ire
mont temple, which, with q seating capacity
of 600, had for four Sundays an average at
tendance of 2,093. This leaves a rather beg
carly account of empty pews in the other
churches.
A ballet girls tea is one of the latest
| forms of benevolent enterprise in London,
| the promoter being the Rev. w. Forbes, OF
| the Holloway mission, and the object being
to bring within Christian influence the fe-
| male theatrical employees of the metropolis.
| To the tea, which is sometimes attended by
| as many as hundred girls-dancers chorus
| singers and theater dressers-a service oil
| song is added
| The views of the Adventists are somewhat
| peculiar, and demand the attention of think
| ing men. They hold to the absolute NOR
tality of man; eternal life only through
| Jesus Christ, and that His coming is the time
for rewards to be given; literal resurrec-
| ton of the dead; the renewed earth is to be
| the true inheritance of the saints; that the
| wicked will be destroyed. and. consequent
| ly, that the modern idea of hell is myth;
that the personal return of Christ 10 reign
on earth is near; that the doctrine of the i'm
mortality of the soul is not taught in the
| scriptures.
| An official statement is issued from the
| publishing house of the Methodist Episco-
| pal church south to the effect that the pres
ent Indebtedness Of the publishing house
has been ascertained to be about $500. 600
| and that the house, although doing a good
] business, can not make both ends meet if re-
quired to pay interest on so large an amount.
There seems to be no probability of p-ovid-
| ing for this debt as it becomes due, and
therefore a proposition has been made to
| fund ii upon coupon bonds having from
| thirty or forty years to run, and bearing
| four per cent. interest 1t Is believed that
| the principal creditors will take these bonds
| for their claims, and that enough bonds can
be sold for cash TO wealthy Methodists to
meet the demands of those who insist upon
being paid in money.