The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-01-31
RELIGIOUS INrELLIGESoE AND INCL
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growing unpopular.
Governor Cleveland attends the South
Presbyterian Church, Albany.
81 want to pass away gently while preach
ing" saws Mr.. Barnes. the Kentucky evan
gelist.
st. Paul, Mimi, has just organized its
fourth Congregational Church, and Mime.
apolis its sixth.
when man goes wrong" ssys New
York preacher, 'put yoke on his neck and
run him back to mis- mother
1t Is estimated that fully thirty Methodist
| Churches have been built in Northern
Michigan within the las. conference year.
Part of the religion of the Hindoos is to
be kind to animals. They carry this into
such practical operation that they erect hos
pitfalls for sick and homeless brutes.
An anecdote is told OF an old woman,
who, when her pastor said to her, Heaven
has not deserted you in your old age" re-
piled, "No, sir; I have very great appe-
tite still"
Church at Hartford, Conn, will occur this
year, and "Qusrter Millenial Committee"
has been appointed to prepare for = proper
1 OOoS- NtAnSO u AAAO ONChs-
81 advise you TO go 70 church with more
regularity. said doctor TO one of his pa
tientF. "Why, sir7" asked the bewildered
patient. Because sound sleep ia the most
complete restorative known for your mals-
dy."
Rev. Rsymundo Gonzalez, Cath
Ollie priest of Guatemala, who was publicly
married, published a pamphlet defending
his action, and argued strongly in favor of
the abolition of celibacy among priests of
the Roman Catholic faith.
| The ex-Rev. Mr.. Min, who became an
sgnostic and then took to the stage, is said
70 be meeting with large success in the
West. His voice is good and his personal
magnetism is great. His costumes are
costly and magnificent, and his enumeration
is exceptionally distinct.
BENEVOLENT persons who want TO bestow
on needy Church Sunnay-school IL
brary, 3 communion service, and q set of
pulpit furniture are reminded that the
Presbyterian Church at ZAca.ecas, Mexico,
is suffering for the want of these things
The Z2cstecss Presbyterisns are said to be
prospering in spiritual way, although
they have not made great success in the
matter of finances.
At the recent meeting of the American
Board. New York City, when men of
wealth were pledging their thouands
TO meet the increasing needs OF the
| board, a venerable man rose in the sud-
ence and ssid che had no money to give,
and so he couldn't double on that; and he
had no more children to give. for he had
already given them all; but he would prom
Use to double his prayers"
a prominen: Methodist minister, who
has been much vexed by the brethren who
claim to live lives OF sihless perfection.
says that ''there is nobody who can stir up
so many church rows, or keep them boiling
90 long, as the brother or sister who claims
to have received the second blessing and
to be living the higher life" Many who
have been annoyed by the Pharissism of
IL csc brethren can cordially endorse this.
a story 10 told of a king who promised a
tyoung preacher rich living if he would
preach an extemporate sermon On text
that he would find on his desk after he en-
tered the pulpit The preacher informed
His Majesty that he would do the best he
could, and, finding blank sheet of paper
on the desk, he took it up and said: ''My
friends, there is nothing here; from nothing
God created the universe" He then
preached an eloquent sermon on the crea-
ton, and won the living.
William Booth, the General of the Sal
walton Army in England, receives and dis
burses, with absolute control, $3.50 600 q
year. He owns or rents In his name $50
buildings used for religious meetings, d.
reefs the work OF $4,000 exhorters, and
publishes paper, the War Cry, which CIR
culates $50, copies month. He is we'll
educated, very winning as q speaker, clear
headed, and arbitrary in management, and,
according to general opinion, an honest
zealot.-Chicago Tribune.
"The Q1akers' wss the subject of an es-
say, the esssyist being q moderate sized boy
at popular boarding school Omitting all
such references to George Fox or William
Penn AS are customary in essays on Qua.
kers, this esssyist plunged into the thick of
the subject By saying that the Quakers new
er quarrel, mover get into q fight, never
claw each other, and never law back"
He added, spa is q Quaker, but l don't
think ma is" There Is no record of this
essay having received prize.
A Scotch evangelist named John Currie,
has been preaching with great success on the
Pacific coast. He uses very plain language,
and makes no secret of the fact that he ia
not an deliberately educated man Speak
ing ut West Oakland, he said he would far
rather be as ignorant as he is, with clear
understanding of the Gospel, and firm be-
lief in it, than 10 have the best education in
America, coupled with spirit of infdelity
He said that most of the Americans he has
met who speak in snseling way of the
Gospel are those who have studied it but
lightly, and who know little about it. d
ali the fools Mr.. Currie has IN ct in his life
he says the worst are the educated fools.
In this Christian land ancestors are laid
to rest in graveyards and their spirits sre
supposed 20 keep quiet, ever when the
grsveyards are torn up to make room for
stores or railroads. In China it is different
The spirits of ancestors are supposed TO be
in a continual state of worry and disturb
snce. In order to quiet them, sacrifices
must be offered AID religious services kept
up with great diligence and at vast expense
The Rev. d.. Yates, an eminent missionary
and Oriental scholar, Gays that for these
purposes the Chinese spend $l54, 1852. 600 q
year. Nearly all of this goes into the
hands of their e,clesiasties, who thus have
hesvy interest in keeping alive the trsdi-
tions of the fathers.
Some time ago an appeal was made to
the friends of missions for money to buy q
saw mill to be sent to Alaska. It was 20