The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-05-29


Soldier rse-the war is done:
Loi the hosts of hell are flying;
Twas thy Lord the battle won.
Jesus vanquished them by dying.
Pass the Stream-befOre thee lies
Ali the conquered land of glory.
Harki what songs of rapture risei
These proclaim the vlctor's story.
Soldier, lay thy weapons down;
Triumph: all tiny foes banished,
Death is slain, and earth has vanisned.
GENERAL NOTES
at recent sacred Sunday concert in
Boston the song most admired was one
entitled Don't tickle me-"
Preacher: my little man, is your father
Christian" Boy: "Yes sir, but he amt
working at it much lately
There are now half dozen female preach
ers in the Methodist church, but none have
rs yet been admitted 10 the itinerancy.
When you hear a country church choir
singing There will be no more sorrow
there" you conclude at once that either the
aforesaid choir will not be there, or they
will not be permitted to sing
lied the charge of being absolutely
drunk" The reverend gentleman We
hemen0y denies tbe allegation, but admits
that he was "a little bewildered."
While in Boston last week Colonel Inger-
| soil offered TO meet any orthodox clergyman
who believes in the Bible as an inspired
work and discuss the same in Music hall at
any time. He will pay the whole expenses
| if desired.
The Southern Methodist conference re-
ceived the Northern Methodist fraternal
delegates with warmth. More conciliation
| of course, in which the northern church
| loa that IN m ct he hlpSep1 IN FORGIVE
than to be forgiven.
The rector of fashionable church in New
| York Informs his rich congregation that they
mustn't ride TO Sunday service in their car
riages. The reverend gentleman should first
attack the small vices of his flock, and thus
lead up to so momentOus reform as that
which he has suddenly undertaken.
Up to 1Sl7-and to this hour, for aught we
know to the coDtrary-an act of parlia-
ment was i'm force in England imposing pen
alties for nOn-attendance at divine services
on Sunday, unless absent to attend some
other place of worship permitted by the
toleration act of William and Mary.
No one can fancy the feelings of a news
paper man when he hears delinquent SUBJ
scriber whom he has but twenty four hours
before vainly implored to settle that little
bill, !" yell out on Sunday, "Put me down $50
for the good of the cause, when they are
raising the church debt. River
Chronicle.
The Rev. Mr.. Pentecost explains the story
that a Mrs. Rogers, of Middletown, Conn,
a lady known for her benevolence, has
presented him with a bank book with a
comfortable sum TO his credit" by saying
that the book was certificate of deposit of
| five dollars, and that the bank that issued it
is insolvent.
The Methodist Episcopal church extended
society was organized in 1864, and has col
| lected in II years S1.161, ,519. All this has
been dlsbursed; part OF it-S29O, ,55O-in
loans. The number of churches aided is
| 2,132. The Presbyterian board OF church
erection received for the year ending April
| l, 1877, $l06, 242, and made appropriations 10
172 churches in p states and territories.
The publications of the American tract
society now includes two weekly newspapers.
two monthly magazines and two illustrated
magazines for children, having an aggregate
circulation of about 5000, 900 copies. The
periodical department is self-supporting
The society employees 236 colporteurs and
distributes annually supply of reading
matter covering "a, 129, ,595 pages and valued
at $40 900.
The Rev. Mr.. G. -, of Stirling, re
marked to one of his hearers that he had
heard he was about to be married for the
third time. The reverend gentleman added:
'sThey say, John, you're getting money with
her. you did so on the last two occasions;
you'll get quite rich by the wives" Dear
sir" quietly responded John, what VII
bringin' them in, and putin them out,
there's nae muckle made o. them"
There was little fellow who knew Mother
Goose better than he did his bible One
Sunday he was asked in his class, who were
thrown into the fiery furnace? That was
too much for him. The question was passed;
the answer and came promptly snadrsch
modification to the little fellow; AID when
the next question came, who put them
in?' he answered with jump, Little
Johnny Green"
A joint meeting Of ministers of the Rock
| vile and Grsencastle districts of the North
western Indiana Methodist conference, is to
| be held at Rockville on the 9th of the
present month. The following exercises
appear on the programme: Instinct,
experience and syllogism as the tests of
truth" by Elder G: A Brooke; "Are evan
gelists now necessity, or are the old methods
OF revival work adapted to our times?' by
Rev. w. Mack. Darwood; "Revelation as
given i'm sense, reason and conscience" by
| +. NJ. Parvey.
Mr.. Parkhurst, a Chicago Methodist cler-
gyman, made a vehement assault the other
day on Sunday papers. In the course OF his
remarks he said: Whatever may be said
about the Puritan Sabbath. it should not be
forgotten that under it were trained the men
who rule today-John V. Farwell, Marshall
Field and G. b. Holmes, for instance, In our
midst" The Chicago Tribune wickedly
retorts that the &C. B. Holmes" in question
is superintendent OF the Southside City
railway, the cars of which run seven days i'm
the week, yea, even on 1.-THE Puritan Sab
BATH
1t is said that Berlin is i'll provided with
churches and clergymen that there is only
one of the latter to about every $500 OF the
people, but that that these do not feel the
inadequacy, not being at all inclined to
church going. Berlin must be very unlike
most of the European capitals Dresden,
Vienna. Naples Rome, Paris, Geneva, Brus-
sells, have many more churches and clergy
men than there seems to be any need for,
since many Of their churches are nearly