The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-05-22
RELIGIOUS BUSINESS.


For the last six weeks Brothers Moody and
Sankey have been struggling with Satan in
New Haven.
Why did Joseph'S brethren cast him into
the pitt Because they didn't want him in
the family circle.
Unless YOU manage to enjoy little bit Of
heaven here you will not be likely to haye
very much Of 1T hereafter.
A good name is like the cloud of incense
which remains in the church long after the
fire in the censor has gone out.
II the thoughts of mankind were spoken
aloud, love would be blasted friendship
wrecked, and society become chaos.
The good deeds of life are the notes of a
beautiful song which the angels slpg to us as
as We walk through the dark valley of the
shadow OF death.
If a man wants little more than any of
his neighbors have it is hard 10 make him
happy, but if he wants only what he abso-
lutely needs he can be happy anywhere.
The pope's Swiss guards, about whom so
much has been heard of late. all come from
German Switzerland and are ch osen by the
parish priests for their good character and
devotion to the church.
Mr.. Moody advised his hearers to ''eschew
tobacco in ell FORMS" An illiterate young
man says that he has faithfully tried TO do
so. but il made him so sick that he would
rather not be saved if the only way is to
chew tobacco.
Jerry Anderson, condemned Sinegambian
wife murderer in Kentucky writes: II
know | 20 into better world, namely, in
the kingdom of heaven. where shall see my
dear wife sgaiD, who is gone there about
seven months ago"
"Be good boy and don't break your
mothers heart, for then you would be an
orphan In an asylum, where you have to
listen to a couple of sermons on Sunday
and two or three during the week." said his
mother, and that boy has been good ever
since.
Opera airs in church are out of place.
That's the organ, said the mother to her
llttle child, who was at church for the first
time. The organ? But where is the mon-
kew. mother?" asked the child. Then, when
the latest air from the latest opera rolled
through the building, the mother whispered
as she looked at the organist, Il can see
him, dear, bat you can't
A report read at the Protestant Episcopal
convention in Philadelphia last week shows
that tine Philadelphia people spend every
year not less than S3,0000O0 on the ''unfor-
tunate and deprayed'' classes; that is on the
idle and vicious The citizens have deter
mined TO institute vigorous measures for the
suppression OF yagrancy, and if they succeed
they will certainly diminish the preposter
ously large tax for the encouragement of
crime.
MARY, my love, do YOU remember the
text this morningN No, pa, | anever can
remember the text; have such bad MEM
ory." by the way, did you notice Susan
Brown joined in Mary's mother. ''Oh,
yes; what fright. She had on her last year s
bonnet done up, a pea green silk. black
mantilla, brown boots, an imitation of
Honiton collar, lava bracelet. her old ear
rings and such n FAM well my dear
your memory is certainly bad"
The quiet of the calm, peaceful Sabbath
afternoon. Deacon Asa Smith strolls out to
the woodpile in thc hack yard with the wood
saw in one hand and q sab of ham rini in
the other His faithful dog, with an eye 10
the careless disposal of the ham rind, follows
him. Deacon Asa Smith anoints the saw
with the olesginous rind. He hears foot
steps approaching. Lo, Elder Thompson
straying down the alley looking for his
truant cow. Deacon Asa Smith drops
the saw, stands ON it, kicks chips over
it, clasps his hands behind his back,
with the ham rind in them, and leans
against the fence 10 talk with Elder Thomp.
SON about the deplorably low state of chris
tan activity in the church. Elder Thomp-
son is edited. The faithful dog, regardless
of discouraging gestures and motions by
Deacon Asa Smiths heels, makes repeated
leaps and snaps at the coveted ham rind.
He reaches il at last tears it from Deacon
Asa Smiths resisting hand, and stands
looking at Elder Thompson, the while he
chews the rind with canine solemnity.
| Deacon Asa Smith looks foolish. Elder
Thompson is greatly edited.