The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-27
Religious Notes.

1t is wisdom to think, and folly to sit with
out thinking.
He that is choice of his time will also be
choice of his company, and choice OF his
actions.-Paley.
Love" says Archbishop Leighton, lis
skillful in finding out the fairest construction
OF things doubtful"
Bishop Simpsons profile picture has been
taken, and will appear on the centennial
medal of Methodism.
Reflection is an angel which points out the
errors of the past and gives us courage to
avoid them in the future.
Faith is the blossom of the soul; it makes
the hope of future life bright reality, and
brings departed friends in speaking distance.
The noblest spirits are those which turn to
heaven, not in the hour OF sorrow, but in
that of joy. Like the lark, they wait for the
clouds TO disperse that they may soar up into
their native element
An English clergyman writes that there
are 1000 unemployed clergymen in the
Church of England, many OF whom are both
able and willing to work, but who cannot
find anything to do.
There are moments when our passions
speak and decide for US, and we seem to stand
by and wonder. They carry in them an in
spiration of crime that in one instant does
the work of long generalization.
Eliot
A native japanese newspaper says mission
aries are working hard in all parts of the
land, and making great ccnquests among the
population. 1t says Christianity is rapidly
supplanting Buddhism and will soon become
victorious.
The inhabitants of Rugby-Mr. Tom.
Hughes's Tennessee colony-have solved a
religious difficulty in a very practical man
n haVn h1lil q OH h. in
ing the Church of England people perform
a service in it, and in the evening the Dis
senters.
The Interior suggests that if the 100000
Presbyterians should add one penny saved
by the reduction of postage TO the widows
two mites taking it for granted that they
write on an average one letter day. it
would add very large sum to the Lords
treasury in year.
this world, as have found out; and if you
don brag little for yourself. depend on it
there is no person of your acquaintance who
will tell the world OF your merits, and take
the trouble off your hands. -Thackeray
(Hoggarty Diamond.)
Calm Soul of all things make it mine
To feel, amid the city's jar,
That there abdes peace of thine
Man did not make and cannot mari
The will 10 neither strive cry,
The power 10 feel with Others give!
Calm, calm me more! nor let me die
Before have begun TO live
Matthew Arnold.
1t is one thing to indulge in playful rest
and another to be devoted TO the pursuit of
pleasure and gayety of heart during the re-
action after hard labor, and quickeued by
satisfaction in the mplished duty of per-
fected result, is altogether compatible with
nay, even in some sort arises naturally out
Ola deep internal seriousness OF disposition.
John Ruskin.
The Rev. Newman Hall is universally
known in England as the author of the tract
Come to Jesus" Some time ago, it is re-
lated, he wrote reply to some of his critics,
and, having a good deal of 1.-THE old man
Adam" in his natural makeup, used some
pretty singing language therein. Before
publishing it he read it to his friend, the late
DR.. Binney, and then said; Now Doctor,
I'm going to print it in tract form, and
want you to suggest name for it," "Well,"
said the other, while you were reading some
of those hard hits at your enemineS, it &C.
Cured to me that you ought to call it Go to
the Devil, by the author of Come to Jesus"
Mr.. Hall saw the point, and didn't publish
the tract at all,
Austria is a singularly composite empire
In no modern community are religions and
nationalities so strangely commingled. Re-
Gently published figures show the total popu-
lation to be slightly under 100000. A lit
tie less than Ralf--some 10000, O0O--belong
to Hungary. Taking the various nationali-
ties separately. there are, in round num-
berS, 10000, 900 Germans, 100000 CZechs
and Moravians 6 100000 Magyars, 100000
Servo-Croats, 100000 Poles, 3,200,0 600 Ru-
thenians, 100000 Roumanians, 100000
| Savonians and 6S00O0 Italians. Arranged
in order according to their religious tenets
there are %, 753, 1863 Catholics, 3450 600 ortho-
dox Greeks, 100000 Protestants of the
Helvetia Confession, /, 45O, 900 Protestants of
the Augsburg Confession, and 1,640,0O0 Is
raelites.