The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-02-12
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

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RELIGIOUS NOTES.
Utah reports 20 Evangelical ministers IN
that territory.
The First Presbyterian church of st. Louis
has jus. paid the last of a heavy debt.
No man knows the highest happiness of
life until he Knows the happiness of giving.
He is the only rich man in the world who
has learned to be content With what he has,
The greand around ST. paups cathedral in
London is to be laid out rs a public garden
If you sweep yourewn doorsteps clean,
YOU will have little time to criticise those of
your neighbor.
In 1876 there were $40 Bsptists in the State
of Delaware. There are now ,Sl5, being an
increase OF S3I.
Fifty young men of Elgin, Ill.,, have
pledged the support OF Karen student at
the Chicago University.
A bright daughter of Rev. Samuel Wye
ikoff. Presbyterian pastor at Lake City, Mimi.
was recently drowned.
Many man who feels himself great among
little people would find himself little If he
were among great people.
The Protestant Episcopal church. rectory
and school house at Tallahassee, Fla, were
destroyed by fire on the 29th ult.
Among the 10 who united with the church
in Amherst, Mass, the first Sabbath in the
year were japanese and an Armenian.
Even the most religious man, who would
ecorn 10 worship an idol, takes peculiar
delight in being worshiped as an idol him.
self.
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said in the Senate that the Government
would pursue policy of moderation toward
the pope.
Bishop Merrill of the Methodist church,
has appointed Rev. G. w Drees now in
Mexico, to the SUPPLEMENTARY OF all
Methodist mlfssons in that country.
The Catholic Mirror announces the fact
that Pope Leo has honored Mr.. P.N. Hickey,
the accomplished editor of the Catholic Re-
view, by bestowing Oh. him the title OF caYa-
here.
A Crawford, Ohio, correspondent wants
some educated Christian to answer this
question Why did the Christian era begin
when Jesus wss four years cid? Why not at
His birth?
The bishop of London has refused to allow
fresh proceedings to be taken against Rev. A.
III. Mackonochie, pending the hearing of the
appeal against the Judgment of the lord
chief justice.
About $50 600 has been received in yolun-
tary subscriptions for building a church in
Berlin to be called Church of Thanks"
to commemorate the escape of the emperor
from the assassin.
A Jewish rabbi in ST. Louis invited the
Second Baptist society Whose church YVES
lately .burned) to hold service in his syna-
gogue. The offer was accepted and the
Lords supper celebrated there.
Dr. Reynolds claims that 99 per cent. of the
10000 men who put on the red ribbon in
Michigan, during his temperance campaign
two years ago are still true to the pledge,
and that % GOO have been converted to
Christ.
Mr.. Edward Kimball stated last Sunday
at the Park Congregational church, Brook
1yn, whose debt of SIG Geo he enabled them
10 raise, that within the past two years he
had assisted 30 churches in removing an
aggregate OF over s., 0O0,0 00 of debt.
The Reformed Episcopal synod of Chicago
met last week and petiticned the general
council to base representation in it on
synods, not individual parishes. 1t also
admitted to membership Trinity church, In
dianspoIis, and several Wisconsin churches.
The receipts of the bazaar held as testi-
monial of Mr.. Surgeons Passionate of %
years amounted to e 800 during the four
days 1t was held. AS over e.. 600 was raised
IN advance, it is probable that the whole
proposed amount of 50 600 will be secured.
January 30 was observed SIS a day Of prayer
of colleges. Many of the colleges now CO.
operate in the effort TO advance the spiritual
interests of the students through thorough
ly organized Christian association, or college
department of the Young Mems Christian
association.
Such interest was manifested in the daily
union prayer meeting in the Young Mems
Christian Association Hall, of Richmond,
Va, that the city pastors determined to con-
tinue the meetings. Last week the hall was
not large enough to hold the crowds anxious
to gain admission. :.