The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-05-23
RELIGIOUS INrELLIGENCE AND mol
DENT

The l. ondon Missionary Society owns five
mission ships.
There are IS 100000 Catholics In Spain
and 10000 magnificent churches.
A Jewish annual named Purim, the first
attempt of the kind, has appeared in Lon
don.
A new Catholic monthly magazine en-.
ii led Merry England las been started in
London.
"Shall he wear silk hstP" was the sub.
ject of a lecture recently delivered by the
Rev. Emory j. Haynes, d. D., of Brooklyn
to the young people.
Many of the Jews in Germany are in
favor of transferring their Sabbath to tie
Christian Sunday, the present style being
very inconvenient for business purposes.
Rev. Mr.. Prout, editor of Virgins
City, Montana, religious paper says: "Eiit
ing paper is like trying to swing very
large cat In very email garnet without
hurting the garrett"
The Bsptists in the State of Connecticu
have purchased large tract of land o,
Crescent Beach, about seven miles west o.
New London, and will there establish de.
4
81 like to hear that young clergym
preach" remarked a country girl of n city
clergyman, who stood in the rural pulpit
and put on airs. HE just stands up there
and tells everything he knows
In the New England Conference of the
Acknowledgements Church there is only OF
minister who receives rs high salary q.
81 600. There are only five who receive
more .han 81 900 each. The average salary
is about $500.
The Lutheran says: keep out the roguei
and hypocrites from the Church" II
would strike an average man, looking on
| from the outside, that these are the very
persons who should be brought into the
Church and made better men.
During the past yesr scores of Societies OF
Christian Endesvor for young people have
been established in various parts of the
country, and it Is proposed to hold the Sec
ond annual conftrer ce of these societies in
the Second Parish Church, Portland, Me-,
on June Z.
The Christian Advocate declares that q
Church donation party is in most cases q
tsrdy substitute for an overdue salary. Il
might have added that in majority OF
lnsLanccs tn6y are Regarded as an lntoler'
able nuisance by the clergymen on whom
they are inflicted.
The fact is now brought to light that tne
lady who wrote the famous "Widow Bedoit
Papers" had other gifts besides those OF
mere humor. She wrote number of ex-
ceedingly beautiful hymns. Her name was
Mss. Whitcher, and che was the wife of an
Episcopal clergyman. She died about
thirty years ago.
An inmate Of the penitentisry approached
the warden while the latter was waking
around the grounds and said: MAY have
few words with you, sir2 Thanks. OF
what denomination is the man who preached
here last Sunday2" "Presbyterisn." swell,
I'm Methodist, and am firm in the faith.
My father always taught me to hold up for
my religion, and I'd like for you to get an
other preacher. l have full confidence in
the one who preached last Sunday, but you
know how a man Is about his Church sf.
fairs" "You were put in here for stealing
horse, were you not7" ayes, cir" "Well, l
guets you'll have TO put up with the Pres
byterisn while longer. When you serve
out your term you can go back to your faith. u
Arkansas Traveller.