The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-06-05
Teach Me to Live,

RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
Teach Me to Live.
Teach me TO live! 'Tis easier far to die
gently and silently to pass away
On esrth's long night to close the heavy eye,
And waken In the glorious realms OF day.
Teach me that harder lesson-how TO live,
To serve thee IN the darkest paths of life;
Arm me for conflict, now fresh vIgor give,
And m Ike me more than conquerer in the
strife.
Mrs. Van Cott says there are more women
than men in heaven. So there are in Michi-
gan.
A San Francisco clergyman advertised
sermon entitled THE Boss Devil of Amer
lea, meaning intemperance.
The ninth annual convention of the In
dianspolis association of Baptist churches
| will be held June and at Franklin.
The missionary society of the Methodist
| church gets about $500, ,000 from the will of
the late Henry ]. Baker, of Sing Sing.
Old Deacon Dobson always boasted that he
was prepared for the worst" and his neigh
bors thought he got it when he married his
second wife.
| Minister to fond mother, patting her little
| child on the head-"Beautiful child; is it
girl?' 'Mother-"Ob, no." Puzzled min
| ister-"ls 1t boy?
| Pastor Thomas preached in the Lutheran
church of Newport Ohio, that there was no
hell. The trustees met Immediately after
the services, and adopted a resolution re-
/ questing him to resign.
The Rev. w H II. Murray. OF Boston, has
| decided to give himself years vacation.
He is not sick, and his church Is in the most
| fiourishing condition. But he wants a long
| rest while he can enjoy il.
| Lawrence Barrett, when asked while ago
to give a recitation for the benefit of a cler-
gynian in Detroit, refused, saying, it is re-
| ported, that the members of his profession
| owed nothing TO the clergy
The Assyrian inscriptions reveal the fact
that under the Baby lonian kings it was COM
mon to cast men alive into burning, fiery
furnace, and also into den of lions. A re-
markable confirmation of scripture.
When Mr.. Moody praised fine farm at
New Haven; Conn; the other day. Mr..
| Thomas r. Trowbridge, Jr, of that city,
offered to buy it for him If be would settle
there, but the offer was not accepted.
The second Indiana state camp meeting
| for the promotion of holiness in the church
and the conversion of sinners, will be held
| at Warsaw, commencing August and contin-
| uing ten days. Rev. J. w. Welch is presi-
dent of the association.
An effort was made in New Haven, Con-
necticut, few nights ago to prevent Colonel
| Robert G. Ingersoll from lecturing in the
| opera house, on the ground that his discourse
might partly nentralizs the recent work of
Messrs. Moody and Sankey.
| A new Methodist organization is announc-
| ed. There has been secession in Georgia
/ from the African Methodist Episcopal
4 chnrph 0r nj hp hI1r rda nf s1pp
| ing the bishops, VINO, the seceders say, rarely
appear in the south save when they are
| after money.
| He is injudicious and uncbaritable who
| undermines or attempts to destroy the salts
| flying belief of another without furnishing
a better substitute. He who simply unset
ties opinion and dIsorganizes society is an
| enemy TO progress, while he who exposes
| error, fraud or false prejudice, supplying in
its stead the antidote of truth, justice and
| correct reasoning, is a public benefactor.
The publications of the American tract
| society now include 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-sUpportiDg.
| The society employs 236 colporteurs and
distributes annually a supply of reading
matter covering "A, 123, ,595 pages and valued
al $4,000.
| Burlington Hawkeye: "There is nothing
| new under the sum-" remarked Solomon, the
| wise king. How about neuralgia" asked
Rehoboam, walking into the palace with bis
| jaw tied up in red flannel, and the faint, far
| away odor of old Robertson county. arnics
| on his mustache. The monarch scowled and
| said be hoped the kingdom of Israel hadn't
| got down to running a paragraphers associ-
alton just yet.
The incomes of the most prominent rei-
| gIous societies of England for 1877 were as
follows: Curch Missionary society, f207,-
O53; British and Foreign Bible society, f2l2
1903; society for promoting Christian knowl-
| edge 900 500; society for the propagation of
the Gospel. fl4S 1873, and the Religious Tract
socis sty, f14S, S,557. A gratifying fact connect
| ed with the figures of nearly every religious
society of the kingdom is that they show an
advance over those Of the previous year.
Ten dollars fine for driving over this
| bridge faster than a walk What does
that meanr' asked little Indianapolis
boy. VINO was riding with his father.
| Father explsins: "If we whip up and
20 fast the policeman will stop
us and take us to the mayor; and he will not
let MS go till we pay So" Silence in the
carriage Meditatng boy speaks: .Papal IL
it wasn't for the policemans aud for God
! what lots of fun we could have, couldn't
we?' He who fights against nature or nat
ural laws will invariably suffer defeat To
take advantage of the strength OF the tide a
man must sail in the current, taking good