The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-30

lngS. Dlsorderly characters were attracted
by the singing who DISTRACTED the sidewalks
and insulted passers-by.
Rev, DR.. Withrow, of the Park-street
Church, Boston, where Adirondack Muir
ray used to preach, was the only orator of
note in the Congregational pulpit who full
hlled the expectations of the Saratoga con-
yention by appearing there.
1t is not sixty years since the first Christian
missionary visited Madagascar; now there are
10000 protesting Christians out OF popula-
ton of 2 5000 During the last ten years
the native Christians have contributed ST.
100 600 for the spread Of the gospel among
their heather brethren.
In 1929 the first Catholic church was built
in Philadelphia. There are now in that city
magnificent cathedral, besides forty-four
churches, tftt-three chapels, two COLLEGES
twelve converts, twenty-five academies,
thtrty-siX parochial schools, and fourteen
hospitals and asylums. In the whole arch
diocese there are 253 priests and Catholic
population of 100000.
At a recent Southern camp-meeting the
eloquent divine said: 1.-THE wheels OF the
righteous shrek and groan as they toll up
the hill of salvation and over the ruts of
temptation and the bridge OF damnation
aud have to scrowdge pretty lively to get up
at all; but the sinner, with creased wheels
and flying colors slips down to tarnaton like
a dose OF oil, with rip and whiz and
raises no dust whatever"
Boston Christian Leader: "Said the venera-
Bile and venerated DR. Peabody at the Unita-
rian festival: The two theologies that | am
inclined to recognize now are that which
POUNDS its dogmas on the idea of inhexible
law, aud that which feels that it has entire
belief and faith in the infinite love of God
A broad, scientific sound religious platform.
If we had church of all who can heartily
fAfr, Tlor H. h.
both numerous and influential host?"
Cyrus writes that: There is a reasona-
Bile prospect that an Irishman, Rev. Thomas
McCnllagh will be chosen the president
of the next English conference to be held in
Hull, end of July. He had a large second
vote in 1882, and for length and value of SER
vices deserves the honor. Some young men
are putting forward the name of DR.. Moulton;
Mr.. McCullagh entered the ministry in 1915
DR.. Moulton not till 1885, he can afford to
wait year or two; he is pretty sure of the
presidency in due time"
There is in our day marvellous idolatry of
talent. 1t is a strange and grievous thing to
see how men bow down before genius and
success Let us draw the distinction sharp
and firm between these two things goodness
is one thing, talent is another. When once
the idolatry of talent enters the church, then
farewell to spirituality; when men ask their
teachers, not for that which will make them
more humble and Godlike but for the excite
ment of an intellectual banquet then fare
well to Christian progress.-F. W. Robertson.
President Robinson, of Brown University
in his baccalaureate sermon, treats ably the
special dangers of our times, when 1.-THE in
quisitive and self-contident are pushing for
ward revolution i'll religions that threatens
a devastation which the movers of it can
never repair" He describes the dangers to
be apprehended as fixed habit of doubt, the
temptation to an unnatural divorce of NOR
ality and religion, and the springing into
activity of all the principles of our nature
which work endless mischief when unchecked
by the restraints of religion.
No words can express how much the world
owes to sorrow. Most of the Psalms were
born in a wilderness; most of the Epistles
were written in prison, The greatest
thoughts CT the greatest thinkers have all
passed through fire. The greatest poets have
Learned in suffering what they taught in
song" In bonds, Bunyan lived the allegory
that he afterward indited, and we may thank
Bedford Jail for the "Pilgrim's Progress. ;"
Take comfort, afflicted Christian! When
God is about to make pre-eninent use of
man he puts him in the fre.-National Bap-
fist.
During the past twenty years II, 900, 600 of
Bibles, or Bible-portions, in fifteen Ian
guages, have been sold or given at the Crystal
Palace Bible-stand. One very fruitful branch
of the work has been the distribution of
Scriptures in Flemish, Dutch and French by
book-post to 1916 towns and villages in Bel
GUM. Of course, priestly opposition has
arisen. The peasants of Zele, in Flanders,
were threatened by their cure with noe
turna satanic visitation on account of the
bad books" in their possession, and assem-
bled one night. we'll armed, to receive the
foe. To while away their tedious watch, they
examined the books, and, becoming greatly
interested, read them through the night.
Their good report spread through Zele, every
copy not seized by the cure was eagerly
read, and application made for fresh sup
ply.
If there is disease in our modern theolo-
gy and our modern philosophy of life more
conspicuous than anotherit is its Indifference
to sin We lull it with anodynes. We call
it any thing but sin. We form our schemes
of social improvement and material progress
without any conviction of this eep plague
spot OF our nature. We hide it from our
selves until it breaks out in some scandalous
form. and startles MS with its intensity. We
will drill men into morality; we will repress
crime by education, we will empty our jails
by philantrhepic legislation; but the sin that
dwelleth in US is too strong for human rene
dies, too rampant for the social reformer's
pruning hook Far truer is the noveist's
sentiment, when he put into the mouth of
one of mis- characters the awful but grand
words, How gladly would endure the tor
ments of hell if thereby | might escape from
my sin!''-Dean of Peterborough.