The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-09-19

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de prominentest man in Detroit.
RELIGIOUS INTELLIaENCE AND mol
DsNr.
Fatness is q sign OF social and religious dis
tinction in China. All Chinese gods are
enormously corpulent.
There aIe ministers who will never be able
to hold large congregation until they be-
come chsplains to the penitentiary.
The report that the Pilgrim Fathers first
fell on their knees and then on the abort.
gines is credited to Bishoh Williams, of Con-
necticut.
The Scotch get more Sabbath into Sunday
than any other people on the fsce Of the
earth. They can make the children fairly
cry with dread Of the day.
When Rev. Robert Collyer preached at
Ilkley, England, this summer, he was able
to point 70 the churchyard gates as the work
of his own hand when he was toiler at the
forge.
Our religion is not worth much if it is like
that of the storekeeper who said, "I've just
been converted, so when you want milk on
Sunday you must come round to the bsck
door"
Brother Jesper, of Richmond, doesn't dare
10 tell bis people that the bad place is warm,
because some of the rheumsties of his con.
gregation would want 70 start down with the
first frost.
A great many Christians ere Ike the col.
ored gentleman who said he had boon walk.
ing sin the broad and narrow path for
twenty years" and never found it 8 hard
road to travel.
Writing on the present use of English in
Eng and, Bishop Coxs remarks that "Tbe
Revised New Testament is a melancholy
specimen of what can be tolerated among
scholars Of the very highest sttsInments."
The Evangelist tastefully remarks" How
10 Attain the Life Beyond is the title of a
ffty-cent book. We don't want TO disturb
the authors right monopoly of the book,
but as he failed to mention toe toy-pistol and
the early apple, We think he did not exhaust
the subject"
DR.. Newman hall argues against the pew
renting system, on Gospel and on economic
grounds, and comes TO the conclusion tbs. it
is not reasonable, not equitable, not expedi.
ent, and beyond all question unscrptural.
If for no other reason than that il makes i'm
proper distinctions in the house of God, he
argues that it ought to be abandoned.
The number of Roman Cs,holic Christians
in India is set down as 96S,05S or little
over one-half Of the whole. Indeed, strict
scrutiny is said to have brought out the total
OF native Protestant Christians as only lit
tie over 10000 Bat this number shows the
very satisfactory increase of SO per cent. in
ten years, as in 1871 the total was only 31S,-
sos.
To be good because it's good TO be good ia
the highest kind If religion, and to be good
because the world viii find you cut if yoa
are naughty ia the lowest kind, if it is any
kiI d at all 1t was Mr.. Locker who twanged
the principle string In human hearts when
be. said
Many ere afraid OF God.
And mole Of Mrs. Grundy,
In Aubonne, Switzerland, two Of the Sal
walton Army warriors have been fined $40
each for selling the hymns issued by tue
Army. This seems not only an abridgemelt
OF religious liberty, but very high price TO
charge for hymns. Yet, if the hymns were
as bad as rome of the strocious metrical CON-
positions sung and sold by the Army in our
cities, probably the Swiss felt justifedin put
ting prohibitory tariff on them.
Tie Presbyterians of Jacksonville, Ill,
were supposed to have done good thing
when they built stately hozse of worship
wi lofty fpire. But they made q mistake
in building to q greater height than the fire.
men of jacksonville could reach with their
streams Of water, and they made another
mistake in iDsuring for only $25, 900 build
ing On which the loss by conhsgration is
row $50 COO There are rich men in the
congregation who may feel disposed 10 give
lift 20 the collection which will be needed to
make up the shortage on insurance.
The Christian Instructor, which is the or.
IS Nha al -. AL
Presbyterian Church, contains c0nspicu-
Gus advertisement of an organ. The insiru-
ment thus brought TO the notice of the anti
organ United Presbyterians is particularly
noted for the "thundering tones which are
said TO he produced from its sub-bass. AS
LAUNDERING tones" are not considered essen
tial, or even desirable, for ordinary home use,
it must be that the noise making apparatus
which brings them forth is adapted for max
ing q Joy ful sound in the sanctuary, and for
obeying the Scriptural command to praise
the Lord with the organ. About half OF the
editorial and literary columns Of the Christian
Instructor are taken up with efforts to show
that the use Of instrumental music in the
praise Of God ia wrong.
No church makes up its annual statistics
mere carefully than the Presbyterian. The
figures showing the condition of affairs for
this year, and comparing with the previous
years are now Issued. The official organs of
the denomination speak in terms Of mild sat-
isfsction concerning he progress indicated
by the figures. Yet these figures chow that
In comparison with tre advances made by
the power OF Satan, the Presbyterian Church
is hardly holding its own. The whole num-
Der Of church members is given as 600, 725
which ia eco more than the number 70.
Qet ha uI.01a ~ &c a
ditiors by conversion from the outside world
is %. $3.50. As there are 3 $50 churches, this
Is about five converts for each church. To
! keep these $50 churches going has required
an expenditure of$7,l40000 This covers
pa tors salaries, and the running expenses,
such sc fuel, sections wages, and mortgage
IL terest, and averages about 81 $50 for each
church.