The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-22
READING FOR THE SABBATH
Raligious Notes.

The pay of the Archbishop of Paris has
just been cut down from $4,000 to $4,000.
The Bishop of London has $4,000 and two
palaces
The new Lord Mayor OF London declines
to take out his state carriage and liveries
on Sunday, because it would give work to
his servants, and he wishes to give them
day of rest
The Rev Phillips Brooks introduced Pere
Hyacinthe to his first Boston audience last
week, saying "He has made his impression
upon our whole age and upon the entire
Christian world"
a movement is on foot at Rochester, N.
Y, to substitute English for the time hon
ored Hebrew in the ritual of the Jewish
Church. This proposed innovation, 1T is
said. is the first of the kind ever attempted.
The Rev. Hyacnt he Loyson told his Bos-
ton hearers on Monday that when with Cath
oiics he abstains from meat on Fridays out of
respect to their feelings, but that he has no
personal ScrupleS of conscience on the sub
ject
The Rev--F. \. Douglas, Tor many wears
the secretary of the American Foreign Bible
Society, has accepted a call to the Baptist
Church in Middletown, N. j., near Long
Branch. 1t is one of the Oldest Baptist
churches in the country, having been organ
lied in 1888
Chaplain McCabe has succeeded in gaining
pledges for the payment OF the entire debt of
Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church,
Washington, ID. G., and now calls upon the
subscribers to send their money by the first
day Of the new year. There are 1,400 sub
scrbers OF So each among them.
Bishop Gilmour of the Cleveland diocese,
is negotiating for the purchase of valuable
lot on Euclid avenue Cleveland, for the
erection OF large Catholic theological col
lege. Such an institution mas long been his
dream, and he has been shaping the finances
Of his diocese with that end in view.
No more than Bishop Colenso did DIR.
Moffat end his missionary work the possessor
Of any considerable fortune. Colensos will,
As already stated, was proved at 1927, 600. DR..
MoHat's was proved at $18 500. 1t is be-
ieved that the most of Colensos small for
tune was derived from the sale of his cele-
Orated arithmetic.
1t has not been hundred years since all of
Christian England gave only $65, 900 for for
sign missionary purposes And it was not a
great while before that that the declaration
was made that it would not be long till a
Westinghouse would hold all the Methodists,
but now the Methodists OF England alone
give 81, 900, 900 in single year to send the
gospel to the heather.
Francois Lenornant, the French archaolo-
'ist lad, aged fOrty-eight years. He was
as decipherer of cuneifOrm in
- S. The Manual of the Ancient
4 of the East" which he published in
OIL ion with r. Chellavier, is a standard
Ch .dium in regard to antiquarian re-
80 o1' I'm Egypt, Assyria and Ph@nicia.
: al 9artol said: "You know what Abe
20 said to Dr. Bellows, who went to
am t7speak in favor of the appointment of
DR.. Hammond as Surgeon-general? Abe lis
ened to him for half an hour, and then,
when DIR. Bellows was done, said with a
mile: Well. 1 appointed DR.. Hammond
sine days ago; but | do like to listen to your
ratory'" DR.. Bellows was fascinating
alker.
Mr.. B. J. Warner, of Brooklyn, N Y, is
!recting beautiful structure in New York
,ity, in memory of the Hon. William E.
Dodge 1t is to have large temperance halls
'eading-rOoms, coffee-room and offices, with
The intention OF having place where the
1outh OF the neighborhood will find friend
" and pleasant resort without going to the
aloon 1t is expected that the building will
,ost 100000
He who hath led will lead
All though the wilderness;
He who hath fed viii feed;
lie who hath blessed will bless
He who hath heard thy cry
Win never close His ear;
He who hath marked thy faintest sigh
VIII not forget Thy tear.
He lOveth always. faiieth never.
So rest on Hin, to-day foreverl
F II. Bavcrgal.
We picture death as coming to destroy; let
rs rather picture Christ as coming to save
We think of death as ending; let us rather
hink of life as Defining and that more
.bandantly. We think of losing; let us
think of gaining. We think Of parting; let
Is thi1k OF meetlhg' we thlnk OF going
away; ieI US think OF arriving And as the
Volce OF death Whispers on must 90 from
sarth' let US near the voice OF Christ saying,
You are ont coming TO me."-Norman
VI Leod'
Among the recent calls to the bar in the
Middle Temple, London, are two names well
known in clerical circles-Dr Griffiths and
DR.. r. Wallace. Until lately Dr. Grifit tbs
VAS popular clergyman at Black heath, near
London. and Dr. Wallace some years ago was