The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-10
SUNDAY NOTES AND CHURCH
CHIMES,

SUNDAY NOTES AND CHURCH
CHIMES.
The Holy Scriptures are published
in $50 languages or dialects.
DR.. Benson is the ninety-second
archbishop of Canterbury to sit in the
chair of the great Augustine.
Infant baptism increased in the
Southern Methodist Episcopal church
from II, 739 in 1866 to 27,5O5 in 1882.
Americans who have seen Pope Leo
XIII. say that there is quite striking
personal likeness between his Holiness
and William NJ. EYertS.
Rev. DR.. Talmage says that prayer
will not pay the preachers salary. He
says the hand must go down into the
pocket to make the prayer effective
1t were better to have no opinion
of God at all than such an opinion as
is unworthy of Him for the one is
unbelief, the other is cOntumely. -
Bacon.
Bishop Whipple administered the
right of confirmation to 247 Indians
during the recent visit to the Chippe,
wa Mission, where there are now
eight churches.
A Troy minister announces that he
has lost all confidence in hell" after
trying to climb barbed wire fence
in the dark, he arrived at the conclu-
sion that no such place could amount
to much.
The Episcopal church in Mexico
N oh 70
the downfall of MAMMALIAN, now has
twenty-seven congregations, eight
clergymen, a bishop and 500 Sunday
school children,
Mr.. Beecher says: at is not what
we take up, but what we give up that
makes us rich" Any man may buy
securities, but to make money out of
them one must be careful to give
them up at the right moment Bos-
ton Transcript.
Matthew Arnold insists that in re-
vising the Old Testament beauty and
power shall not be destroyed, even to
obtain a more correct rendering, and
that even where the meaning is not
at all clear, the charm and music of
the old words shall remain.
OF the Bible, the Rev. M. j. Savage
says it " is the most complete and fin
ished religious biography in the world,
giving us the experiences, the weak
nesses and the tliumphs in the relig-
ious experience of a race, and, being
this, must long remain a guide and
inspiration to humanity.
Rev. DR.. J. NJ. Buckley says that
the salvation army is destined to be
ephemeral. Unless its methods are
changed it will be out of sight very
soon. But he does not believe it is
promise orthodox religion with its
questionable methods and doubtful
influences.
The new census of India reports
SO, 937 ,450 Hindoos, 50,121,5 85 Mo-
hammedans, 9.426,51l native worship
ers, 3,41S,884 Buddhists and 1862, 534
Christians in that country. OF the
Christians over one-half are Catho-
lies. There are. besides these, several
millions of minor divisions of ORR
entail religious beliefs.
Seven young ministers of the late
Methodist Episcopal conference
promised to abstain from tobacco.
They gave their word also that they
were not in debt so as to embarraSs
themselves. A "voice" in the con-
ference wanted to know if %hey were
in debt so as to embarrass anybody
else. Point well taken.
The pastor of church in Yonkers,
New York, recently received lady
100 years old on probation. Too
much caution cannot be exercised
when a century old lady has an
nounced an intention to reform. The
giddy thing may be off to fancy ball
in three minutes after she solemnly
promised to restrain herself.
ayes, brethren" said preacher
from his pulpit, you are the passen-
gers on train speeding it's straight
and narrow way to glory and l am
the conductor of that train, thank the
Lord" you run her first-class, l
should say" remarked stranger
looking over the congregation, from
the number of sleepers you're haul
ing"
When Parson Jones was asked by
one of his parishioners if he didn't
think some broad ideas interjected
into his sermons would be more in
consonance with the spirit of the
times than his customary pulpit ut
terances, the good man replied: "Quite
likely; but, pray, how can one put
broad ideas into narrow minds? Ser
mons must be adapted to the capacity
of the congregation, you know"
The pastor had some plain, homely
words for his people last Sunday on
the sin of tattling, says the Lowell
Courier. He warned his hearers
against talking about their neighbors,
against picking flaws in their friends
and acquaintance and against com.
menting on each others faults and
imperfections After church one lady
remarked: "For goodness gracious
sake, what would he have us talk
about ?" "Sure enough, cried
another, while several others joined
in the chorus of "The idea y
Not long since smart seven-year-
old son of one of the preachers, after
service was over and the family had
returned home from church, said
Papa, do you ever look at me while
you are preaching?' The father
thinking he was little hurt by neg,
iect, said: Certainly, my son; l often
look at you and think of you when
am preaching" But to-day did you
notice me at ALL" Eyes L did, son
several times said the father. "Well
papa, did you see me wink at you two
or three times? 2" mo, my son. What
did you wink at me for when | was
preaching? 81 winked at you, papa
to get you to stop. Y GU were spinning
it tooilong."
Don't read books and papers which
suggest thoughts you would not
utter. They stain the soul; they
burn the heart. Can you thrust your
hand into SCOT and bring it out white
and clean? Can you SINCE your
clothes and not have the smell of fire
on your garments? Beware of books
which are suggestive of evil, though
they be clothed in the purple and
gold of fine language. Don't watch
for evil intentions in those around
you. Hold every man honest until
proved otherwise. Thus believing in
others you will draw out of them
their best, for men, ordinarily, are the
best to those who believe in them
Also keep your heart young by faith
in your felloWmen-
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