The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-04-18
RELIGIOUS INrELLlGENCE AND INCL
DENT,

There are 136 distinct hells in the Japan
eie theology.
A beautiful Catholic Cathedral is to be
erected in Vancouver, w. T.
The Catholics of Spain number Is, 600, 600
and have 10000 magnificent churches.
Mice can live anywhere comfortably ex-
cept in Church. They fatten very slowly
in Church. This proves that they can't
live on religion any more than minister
can. Must have something to eat.
A London clergyman is said to have told
his congregation that there was still many
one who, while engaged in singing sp.
parently with all his nesrt the lines:
Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were an Offering far too small,
was diligently engaged with one hand in
his pocket scraling the edge Of a three
penny piece to make sure it was not four
penny piece.
A Brooklyn Church has offered preacher
Q salary of $4,000 and two menths' va
cation every year. he regards 1t as "call
to preach the gospel" Most anybody else
would accept such an offer, but would call
it by its right name, % soft snap"
The New England Fast Day has long
been falling into disiavor among religious
people owing TO the worldly way in which
it has been celebrated. The quarrel between
the ministers of Massachusetts, and Gov.
Butler, has made the institution of the day
more dis:ssteful than before. The Baptist
ministers of Boston and vicinity say by a
large SHORTY that they will have nothing
more to do with Fast Day. and that they
think il ought to be abolished.
During the last three months tAe increase
| in the money contributed in England in be-
half of the Salvation Army has been at the
rate of nearly S100.O00 year. The Army
has now become O great financial en- CINE as
we'll rs religious one. Much sport has
been made of Gen. b ,oth's banking, and
many have predicted crash. But at the
receYt snnlversary meeting in London the
General was very CHEEKY in bis view of TIE
future of the Army, and took lightly TIE
fault finding of the critics.
The Rev. Washington GLADDEN. has been
installed over Congregational Church in
Columbus, Ohio, without q dissenting vote
in the council, although his declaration OF
theological views contained the following:
Il am not satisfied with any theory Of
| Christ's atoning work. What forms the
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] DO not know. The mysteries OF the future
do not try to fatbom. I only know that
as il is i'll with the wicked in this world and
in ell worlds, go it is we'll with the right
eous in this world and in all worlds; and
am content to wait fJr the knowledge OF
how well it is with them till that Shadow
come who keeps the keys of all the creed ="
However, Mr.. GLADDEN. read the Nicene
o.ooI a, 6 Ia faith
An ardent spirituslist asked Milwaukee
Sentinel reporter if he would like to be
convinced, beyond the shadow of doubt,
that his religion was the true one. al know
that you heard the late Ole Bull play his
violin great many timef,' he said. "You
would recognize his style, his peculisrities
of mastery over his instrument, wherever
you found them, wouldn't your What
would you say if you saw a fiddle and bow
unaided by mortal hands, going through
with precisely the motions that they did
when Ole Bull played with them, and re
producing his music without shade of de-
teiorizstion?" He took the journalist to a
room where small company was gather
ed by invitation. He showed a violin which
had been used, as he assured them, by the
dead Norwegian artist. 1t was a genuine
Cremona, seventy years old, time-worn and
season-stsinsd, and "quite gbostly in its as
sociations." After the spirit of Ole Bull
had announced itself by raps, the NANTES
tstion took place. The violin was raised,
the bow crossed its strings, and the "Car-
nivAl of Venice" was played. Nothing in
the well remembered performance was lack
ing, The delightful merits and marring
mannerisms alike were accurately repro
duced. There was Ole Bull in everysquesk
and movement. But the narrator conscier-
tiously adds that man held the fiddle and
bow. He was violinist, and had for a great
many years acted as BUNS agent. But the
exhibitor explained that this was merely 8
passive medium, controlled wholly By the
dead musician, and the manifestation was
just as convincing, TO any fair-minded per
son, as though no mortal hand had touched
the instrument.