The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-03-01
RELIGIOUS INrELLIGENCE AND INCL.
DENT.

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The income of Tslmsge's Tabernacle for
1882 is estimated at $4,000.
Six healthy Baptist Churches have grown
out of one at Minneapolis, which was Or
gained in 1853.
St. Paul, Mimi, is to have q $50, 900
Christian Seminary for young ladies. 1t i,
to provide unsectarian education of the
highest order.
Although more than half the Baptist
Churches in the State CT New York report
no baptlsms for 1881, the 874 which do
report foot up total of 1888 persons bap
TIED
The Evan gel;cal Church at Baden Baden
has, by the death of an old lady's parrot,
twenty years after hsr own demise, got the
bequest which was contingent on that birds
decease.
The Salvation Army has taken the old
skating rink at Regent-circus, London, at a
rental of $1,000 year. The building will
seat 5000 persons, and it will be opened
by IAN exhibition of trophies" in the shape
of a gathering of ex-convicts, thieves,
drunksrds, roughs, and bad characters Of
both sexes who have BEEN reclaimed by the
Army.
At the mass in the Pantheon of Rome in
suffrage of the soul of Victor Emmanuel
last month the music consisted of new
piece composed by Terziani, sung without
accompaniment. The choir numbered $50,
and comprised ninety tenors and BASES,
sixty.two contraltos and sopranos, boys from
various Academies, and twenty-eight Pro-
fessors of music, mostly attached to the diff
ferent basilicas and Churches of Rome.
Bishop Coke, of the Protestant Episcopal
diocese of Western New York, has written
letter in which he warns his people
against taking any religious paper published
outside Of the diocese. This cuts off sll the
Episcopal papers but one or two, and all but
one or two of other denominations But the
Bishop does not recognize any as religious
sheets unless published by his own denomi-
ton.
A few evenings since, Mt q revival meet
ing, an invitation was given for all those
who desired an interest in the prayers of the
Church to 20 forward and kneel around the
altar, whereupon little boy in the con-
gregation arose and was about to go forward
when he was deferred by his father, who,
knowing that the youth was not old enough
to realize what he was about, would not ac-
cede to his going. After Church was dis
missed the boy was Intercepted as to why
he wanted to go to the anxious seat, and re-
piled: "Why the preacher said that all that
was vsccinated should go forwardp That
settled it.-Ashland Press.
The Rev. Richard II. Cain is a colored
man, and he is Bishop in the African
Methodist Episcopal Church. His field of
labor comprises Texas and Louisiana. He
and his wife we're travelling on Texas rail-
av,l Il a. h. a. 81 49,
frst-class car. This seemed TO them but
reasonable, as they had paid frst-class fare
The conductor rudely ordered them into the
other car, which was a combination of bag
gage car and smoker. For this indignity
the Bishop has instituted suit against the
railroad company, fixing damages at $20,-
600. The Christian Recorder, which is the
organ of the African Church, saws that this
is an insult offered to the whole Church, and |
that if need be every member of that COM
munion should come to Bishop Gains help |
IN order to carry the case up to the highest
Cocrt and secure justice.
A singular accident befel Scotch clergy. |
man while preaching in a nonconformist
chapel recently. He had vigorous style |
and showed himself zealously fervent in |
driving home to his interested hearers
the solemn words and moral of his
text. Hands and eyes were both brought
into play in enforcing the "winged
words" of the portly preacher,
and now and again he would lean his whole
weight on the reading-stand, gazing intent
IL into the faces of his auditors to deepen |
the impression of his counsels. While he
was once thus gazing the audience were
startled by seeing the reading-stsnd topple |
over the platform, followed headlong by the !
energetic preacher himself. Many rushed
to his assistance, but, although the fall was
one of about seven feet, the minister quickly
his footing and at once returned
to his place at the restored resding-stand.
Before resuming the awkwardly interrupted
discourse, however. the preacher remarked,
with quaint ''pawkiness" which the con-
gregation seemei to appreciate, that "those
who leaned upon the Master would be
better sustained than he had been while |
leaning upon the reading-stand of His
servant"