The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-06
Religious Notes.

Inc musical service IN the GdbnOllC
st Dresden is celebrated all over Europe.
Out of the population of Puritan New
England the Roman Catholic Church claims
100000
The two Episcopal weekly journals, the
Churchman and the Guardian, have been
consolidated under the name of the Church
man.
Rev. William Arthur Poole, A. NJ, mis-
sionary of the Church of England in India,
has been appointed missionary bishop in
Japan.
The Rev. Samuel Wesley, of Winchester,
was among the number allowed to retire for
the present from active work at the late ses-
sion of the British Wesleyan conference.
A statue of Daniel Rowlands has lately
been unveiled at Langeitho, Wales. He
was the founder of the Calvinistic Methodist
Church, which is now the most numerous
sect in the principality.
The convocation of Canterbury has post
poned till 1883 the consideration of the Re
formed Spanish Church." which Bishop Ri
ley helped to organize in Spain, and which
asks for the conservation of its bishop-eiect.
A young Danish count, Charles de Moltke,
while travelling through India became so i'm
pressed with the value of missionary work
in the Santhal country that he resolved to
devote himself to the service, and has re-
ceiYed an appointment therein.
LUG 4dsl NEWS tlOIl ILS lLlflllSSkOuld
sion in South Africa is that the whole OF the
New Testament has been translated into the
language of the Chinyanja, and that the sec
tcns OF the steam launch of the London
Missionary Society have arrived at the head
of Lake Nyassa.
Rev. Finley D. Newhouse, son of Rev, J.
E. Newhouse, of the Northwest Indiana Con-
ference, and an alumnus of Asbury Unlver-
sty, has gone to South America to engage
in missionary work under the auspices of
Rev. William Taylor. He is stationed at
Conception, Chill.
The property belonging to the Princeton
Theological Seminary has grown greatly in the
last quarter of century. Its trustees report
that investments made for its financial sup
port now amount to 1,015, 69595; the real
estate and buildings are valued at 1914, 900.
Total 81, 39S $3.50
Reformed Catholics of Newark, N. J., who
are under the religious guidance of the Rev.
Mr.. Dekin, are to have new edihce, a
wealthy Newark lady having promised to
build one for them at cost of about $50.
Among the communicates are ninety who
were formerly Roman Catholics.
The general conference of the Evangelical
Association consists of nine ex otficio mem
bers ADD eighty-seven elected by the annual
conferences OF these, three are bishops,
one publishing agent, four editors, one cor
responding secretary, fifty-eight presiding
SiOCiS anu IWCAGJ -Alil4O piCSOhClS'
The records of the ten lost tribes of Israel
are now about to be searched for in the Hill
of Tara, Ireland, company having been or
ganized in England to search there for the
deeds given to the prophet jeremiah when he
bought Palestine, The work is delayed by
the arrest of the manager of the Tara Trust
Company for debt
The McAll mission is to establish meet
ing in Calais, France, where, until a short
time ago, no Protestant preachers voice had
been heard for 200 years. The first attempt
to introduce the new Paris Flower Mission
TO its work in the hospitals has ended by the
flowers being taken away from the patients
because they were distributed by Protest
ants.
The last Convention Journal of the Eps-
eopal Church gives the following as pew-rent
receipts of some of the leading churches in
the diocese of Philadelphia: Holy Trinity,
81, 252; st. Marks, $13, 1917; ST. James's,
$l2,9 IL; St Stephens's, 81, 6437S; St.
Luke's $10778.55 st. Matthias, So 1888 95;
St. Luke's, Germantown, s., 084.59; Incarna-
ton, 7,290.39; St. Peters So, 500 Epiphany,
$500; making an aggregate from these ten
highest in the list of SOB 457,95
Bishop Henry C. Potter is as accomplished
a Christian gentleman as it has been our for
tune to know. He is devout, but not ascetc;
eloquent, but not superficial; dignified, but
not austere; gentleman, but not a coxcomb,
churchly, but not affected He is from prin-
eiple, for the sake of his influence, total
abstainer. The writer heard him before the
Congregational Union, and in catholicity,
grace. ease, and sparkling humor, he places
the speech made by DR.. Potter among the
best which he has heard.
Encouraging news of the success of the
evangelistic work continues To be received
from Germany DIR. Ziemann who had made
short visit to England, has now returned
and is aboring in Westphalia with much sue
lzs., 81,
ahead, and most of the meetings being filled
TO overlooking. In Westphala most of the
churches have been closed against evangelis-
tic work, but DR.. Zlemann finds no difficulty
in securing places in which to speak, and
audiences to listen to him.
The Southwestern Advocate says: THE
many friends of Rev. DIR. H. R. ReYels will
be paired to learn that IN consequence of his
failing health and that of his family, he has
had to resign the presidency of Alcorn Uni
yersity, at Rodney, Miss. This, he says, he
ought to have done two years ago. In a per-
sonal note he says: I shall move my family
10 Holly Springs, Miss, just as socn as my
wi:e's health will allow 1t is not age that
affects the Doctor but overwork in the edu-
catonal interest of our people"
Protestants know very little about what is
happening in the Catholic fold. ] am told
that there exist priests in New York who are
forbidden to preach by high authorities, even
the Cardinal who hold, in spite of him, spe-
cial authority from the Pope to go and preach
where there is an opening There are priests
in New York whose favorite associations are
with the Protestants, and there are Protest
ants who like priests society, and they chat
fer on everything worldly but not point
about religion, except for controversy and
badinage.
w. C. Advocate: You hope your new pas
Tor is Sunday-school man. He hopes that
you are. You are anxious that he shall lead
prayer meeting in an interesting manner
He is DESTROYS that you may be faithful at
PENDANT, ready to do what you may be able
10 aid in making the service profitable. You
wish that he may attract the young people