The Indianapolis journal., 1883-06-16
READING FOR THE SABBATH
DO to-day thy nearest duty.-Gmthe.

Be ashamed of nothing but sin.-John
Wesley.
The heaven-sent man is always successful.
Moody.
Florida is having twenty-six new Protest
ant Episcopal churches built
The more a man denies himself the more
shall he obtain from God.-Thomas a Kem-
pis.
One of the greatest blessings you can en-
joy is a tender, honest, and enlightened con-
science-Paseal.
Fuller says: HE that falls into sin is a
man; that greves at it may be saint; that
boasteth of it is devil"
The most successful composer of this gen.
Grafton is long and dull preacher when the
mercury is in the nineties.
The Washington statue of Martin Luther
has been ordered from the German foundry
and Will be counterpart of the Worms
statue.
A man should never be ashamed to own
he has been in the wrong which is bat say
ing, in other words, that he is wiser to-day
than he was yesterday.-Pope.
It is understood that Mr. d. L. Moody
Will conduct evangelical services in Boston
under the auspices of the Young Mems
Christian Association during the summer
months.
A Gardiner, Me-, man wills $1,000 to the
Methodist Church there on the condition
that it give up sociables. If the church peo-
pie do not want the money, it is to go to the
sick at the poor-house.
| The old slave market of Zanzibar, where
| formerly $1,000 slaves were sold annually.
has been transformed into mission premises,
under the charge of the Universities mis-
sion, started in 1859 at the suggestion Of DR..
Livingstone
The water of the holy we'll at Mecca has
been found, on analysis, to contain 579
grains OF solid matter to the gallon, and is
seven times worse than the sewage of Lon
don. This explains the prevalence of cholera
among pilgrims.
A church in Bavaria, accommodating a
thousand people has been almost entirely
built of papier-mache, which. can be supplied
at cost little above that of plaster. 1t can
be made to initiate the finest marble, as it
takes polish superior to slate,
The society of American ladies interested
in the welfare of the young women en-
ployed in the stores of Paris, is working in
conjunction with the McAll mission to open
a women's restaurant for them, in order to
Keep them from the immoral influences of
Parisian cafes.
Ex-Congressman the Rev. j. Hyatt Smith
very properly warns Sunday school children
against the "boneless fellow who pretends to
be Sunday-school teacher for the sole pur
pose of placing himself in social contact
with the pretty girls" The Reverend Smith
has probably been there himself.
Canon Farrar has been promoted from the
canonry to be- archdeacon of Westminster.
For the sake of those who are not familiar
with the gradations of rank in the Anglican
system, it may be stated that an archdeacon
is next in rank to bishop; and is, in virtue
of his Office, judge over an ecclesiastical court
which takes cognizance of minor ecclesiasti-
cal offenses.
A traveller through Merv oasis, garden
spot in the great desert of Sahara, discovered
seven Jewish families, who have been estab-
lished there for an unknown period of time,
and who have preserved intact the costume,
religion and language or their ancestors, who
were probably Chaldean. There are many
stories of isolated Jewish communities in
Central Asia.
The Church,nan has a neat way Of stating
a condition of affairs which is not peculiar to
the Protestant Episcopal Church: THE
Bishop of Illinois, in an admirable charge
made to the recent diocesan convention, ad-
ministered severe and just rebuke to that
little fraction of his clergy which has shown
that it looks upon ordination as only pre-
liminary to insubordination."
A prominent minister in Buffalo recently
said: "At least seven-eighths of the work
done, aside from the preparation and deliv-
cry of sermons, Is for those who are in no
way identified with the congregation except
as rare attendants" A young minister, set
short pastorate officiated at lis funerals, SO
of which have been OF people entirely outside
of his parish.
The Allgemeine Missions Zeitschrift a
very able German missionary magazine esti-
mates the total number of adherents to Prot
estant missions at 2,2S3, 700, namely: In
America, including Greenland and the West
Indies, with all Indian and Spanish missions
COS, 100; Africa, 577 800; Asia, 754, 900; south
seas, s264 600 By adherents are meant not
actual communicates, but those who have
become Unidentified with Protestant missions
Sir Richard Temple said lately: 81 have,
during my life in India, been the local gov
ernor of los, 900 of people in different
provinces Thousands of Europeans have
served under me, and l ought to know some-
thing of the value and character of men. l
have also been acquainted with the mission
ary stations throughout the length and
breadth of the country. l believe that
more talented, Jealous, and able body of men
than the missionaries does not exist in
India"
Western Christian Advocate "For some
months past DR.. J. S. Wood, pastor of Wes-
ley Chapel, New Albany, has been greatly
afflicted in his eyes, and has been under
treatment. Not recovering as he hoped and
feeling he could not do the work of the
church satisfactorily to himself, on Sunday,
June g. he asked to be releated from the
charge and some one put IN his place His
people utterly refused to consent to such
change, but appreciating his need of rest,
they granted him the privilege of freedom
from preaching and pastoral work until such
time as he may be restored to health"
The employment of lay preachers has for
some time past been very forcibly advocated
in some of the leading nonconformist jour
nails in England. The question came up for
discussion at the recent meeting of the Con-
gregational Union in London. The result
was the adoption of set of resolutions in the
main favorable to the employment of such
agency in certain circumstances and under
certain conditions. The resolutions have
been sent down for the approval of the
county associations II the employment of