The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-18

1t is said that Is 900 copies of printed SER
mons are gratuitously distributed every
week in Berlin and few other German
cities.
Priests and religious teachers have been
expelled from 1876 schools in Paris during the
last three years, and 1913 Christian free schools
have been maintained.
The Missouri Seminary (Lutheran) has Just
graduated thirty ministers, for whom there
were on file eighty-two applications for as
many vacant congregations.
The sweetest bird builds near the ground,
The lOvllest flower springs low;
And we must stoop for happiness
II we its worth would know.-Swain
Lord Penzance, dean of the Court OF
Arches has sentenced the Rev. Mr.. Mackon-
ochie, the well-known ritualist, to depriva-
ton of his ecclesiastical preferment, with
costs.
After the clergyman had united a happy
pair, not long ago, an awful silence ensued
which was broken by an impatient youth
exclaiming: Don't be so unspeakably
happy"
The little island of Atafu, in the South
seas, is said to be the only purely Christian
country in the world. Every adult on the
island is a member of the church on confess
sion of faith.
There were more than 10000 baptisms in
connection with the baptist Foreign Mission
work during the last missionary year OF
these 1870 were in Sweden and 2075 in the
Telugu Mission.
Dr. Robert Moffat father-in-l law of the late
DR.. Livingstone, the celebrated African trav-
eler, and who was himself for many years
one of the most famous of South African mis-
sionaries, is dead
A bright little girl in the First Presbyte-
rian Saba th-school at Hudson, n Y. upon
being asked what sort of spirit that of the
Pharisee was, replied: 1T was doing a good
thing and then feeling big over it,"
Rev. DR.. Happier, of Canton, writes that
the reports at the late meeting of the Synod
OF China at Shanghai, showed an increase of
members of the Presbyterian churches of
nearly 100 per cent. in the last five years.
The Rev. DIR. Robert Laird Collier has &C.
oepted a call to the Free Christian Church in
Kentish Town, London, England. His ten
dency to itinerate seems to have increased
since he left the Methodist Episcopal Church.
The number of theological students in the
Congregational seminaries is now fifty-two
less than IL was five years ago, while of the
whole number, 275, A were never connected
with any college, and So others never grad
uated
1t is announced that upward of IT'S stu
dents have already entered their names for
the fall term at the Methodist seminary at
Montpelier, VT. President Beeman has Just
secured another gift OF 500, 900 for the in
stitution.
The New York Observer in a full column,
seconds the proposal coming from Spain, that
the 40Oth anniversary OF the discovery of
America by Christopher Columbus, be cee-
brated in concert by the civilized nations of
the earth.
The first celebration connected with the
forthcoming Luther quadricentennial ami
Versary, was held at Erfurt, Germany last
week, to commemorate the entrance OF the
raff into hat al H.
armed knights.
The Baptist Weekly gives the vacant
churches wholesome bit of advice when it
says: IF church wants to secure a new
pastor, it can scarcely take a surer course to
drive off desirable men than by maligning
the pastor who has left them"
Canon Knox-Little recently took part in
an open-air mission meeting held by Wesley
ans at Chestwood, England probably the
first time" says the London Echo, that any
member of the Ritualist party has actively
taken part in Dissenting service"
Does Southern Methodism propose to claim
Mark Twain? Bishop McIyeire, in a recent
article in the Nashville Advocate, pleading
that the country places shall be cared for,
in sight of Bear Greek Hill, Tenn. 1t pays
to have strong preachers in such places"
The opening lecture of w Robertson
Smith in Cambridge University. as professor
of Arabic broke a Non-conformst silence in
that institution of two hundred and twenty
one years. Nothing of the kind has been suf-
cred before since the act of uniformity
expelled dissenters from the universities
ST. Giles Cathedral Edinburgh, having
been restored in part by the muni6cence of
Dr. Robert Chambers, lately deceased, was
re-opened a few weeks ago. This is the
church where John Knox preached, and
where Jennie Geddes flung her stool at the
head of the dean. DR. Chambers left $780,
600 by his will to complete the work of res
toration.
DR.. John Hall, speaking recently, thus
eulogized Professionalism" He was dealing
with the assertion that Professionalism is a
failure" How" asks the Doctor, 'ican
that be failure which in A. d. 1900 did not
exist and in 1888 controls populations to the
extent of 40S, 600, 600, while its rivals, the
Roman and Greek churches, combined, con-
troll 2S0,000,000?
Christian at Work The Sum- which pre-
sumaby shines for all, casts weird light in
deed when it publishes paragraph from a
contemporary that all the justices of the
United States Supreme Court, except Judge
Strong are infdels. Chief-justice Waite is
an Epscopalian, Justice Fields is true-blue
Presbyterian, Justice Bradley is an elder IN
the Reformed Church, Justice Gray is Chan
ming Unitarian, and Justice Batchford is a
through andthrough Episcopalia We are
not advised as to the remaining five, but If
the Sun is as accurate concerning these as
the other judges there isn't an inhdel OH the