The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-01-24
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE AND INCL
DENT.

The Bible has been introduced in the
kindergarten schools of Chicago.
Bishop Ireland, of st. Paul, Mimi, has
forbidden saloon keeping among the Roman
Catholics in his Diocese.
The Japanese believe that the first man
was not Adam, but Hu-Sing, who made his
wife of clay and baked her forty days.
A Vassar College miss reads the prayer
book responses thus: GAS it was in the be-
ginning. is now, and ever shall be, world
without men. All, mel
Rev. Rsimundo G nzslez. of Gnt
mala, is the second priese OF CentrslA n
lea who has been communicated by
ecclesiastical superiors for marrying.
Beecher has looked over several SundA,
school libraries and it is his candid opin-
ion that eighteen books out of every twen-
ty are too boshy for any intelligent child to
read.
81 only lament your absence from relig-
ious observsnces; do net complain OF it"
said Cardinal Newman, speaking of the
nom attendance upon the services of the
Church. "But, perhaps, when one is busy
with his farm and another with his ner-
chandise, and, therefore, can not come, the
vacant aisles are filed with invisible angels
and the discouraged pastor may, with the
eve of faith, be conscious of their presence
and see the waving of the skirts Of those
whose faces see God"
The Jewish Messenger rebukes some Of
Its coreligionists in the following paragraph,
saving: That several families OF Jewish
birth celebrated Christmas by having iliu-
minated trees at their homes and the usual
concomitarts of q social festivity, is not to
be deplored so much as the fact that these
people claim to be liberal and unsectarian,
and affect to despite ceremonies and festiv-
tiles that have Jewish origin and meaning
If they would only be consistent we would
not notice what extravagsnces they commi
in the attempt to initiate their neishsors.
The Jewish Advocate thinks that "the
observance OF the Sabbath is q matter sbou,
which among Jews as among Christians there
, is the widest divergence of opinion and
practice. One class, regarding the day q
one of rest, devote it TO pursuits which re
lax the tension of body and mind and tone
up the entire system. Another class engage
in religious service with the same energy
which they display on other days in secula
; pursuits. Still another class spend the day
in solemn seclusion, in reading seriou
books, in devotion and reflection on relig
1 ious subjects. And in each case there is
1 conscientious belief that the particular lin
Q taken is the duty of the particular individ
ual."
A few days before Christmas q Baptis
| minister in Poughkecpsie, n. Y, was aske,
u = to resign, some of fhe most serious charge
4 against him being that 'once while riding IL
: street car he sharply rebuked two me
= who were smoking cigars; that be woret
flannel shirt at q watering place; that he ps
his food in his mouth with his knife instea'
: of his fork; that he was seen sitting on
It sofa with his wife, both eating from tn
l. same banana" His general influence, it
8 admitted, has always been beneficial. 81
u has large family, and 10 the unexpecte
! injustice of his parishioners his only repl
s was in the pathetic closing of his Christms
: Eve sermon. 'For all your kindness" b
said, "God knows / sm grateful. How you
's action will affect my future 1 know not.
l. go out not knowing whittier &c. to wor
or to suffering, but do not go away fror
his care who has taughht me to pray, Civ
us this day our daily bread God help yo
God help me for see not one step befol
=. me. Farewell"