The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-15
READING FOR THE SABBATH.



municants
We go to the grave of a friend saying, "a
man is dead But angels throng about him
saying, "A man is born. T--Beecher.
Rev. DR.. Philip Schaf is to contribute to the
April number of the North American Review an
article the Development of Religious Lib
erty."
DIR. John H. Vincent has been appointed del
egate to the general conference of the Evan
gelical Alliance which opens Aug. 81 at Stock
holm, Sweden
But for Paul don't think there would have
been any theology-such as we have had.
Whether it would be loss or gain don't under
take to say.-Henry Ward Beecher.
Moody and Sankey, the evangelists are labor
ing in Stratford. Railway employees constitute
the bulk of their hearers At special address
to skeptics and atheists there were almost 600
present.
Rev. J. H. Brookes pastor of the Compton
avenue Presbyterian Church, at St Louis, has
been granted vacation of two months owing to
nervousness and insomnia, brought about by
Overwork.
All who reside in the same heaven can hold
Intercourse with each other; only the enjoy
ments of their intercourse depend upon the
affinity between the kinds of good in which they
are principled.
The Sunday-school Times notes that Prof.
Huxley, the English agnostic scientist, takes oc-
casion in his own magazine to say that the
'bosh' of orthodoxy is much less offensive to
him than the 'bosh' of heterodoxy.
Trinity Church, Boston, of which the Rev.
Phillips Brooks is the rector has laundry de-
psrtment. Its earnings last year were about
49, 800, of which 81, 600 was paid out as wages to
the women employed in the laundry.
A Swiss Christian is in the habit of travelling
through France distributing the Scriptures and
preaching against Romanism and infdelity. The
last year he sold 7, 713 Testaments, seventy
Bibles and donated 48 900 single gospels.
Al Dol IS T
left Mr.. Spurgeon large fortune. Judging by
the past it will be well used. When his congre-
cation gave him about 5000 he put it all ia his
benevolent work. Thus far he has shown the
world magnificent example of preferring 9th
ers' good to his own ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
The Christian Evangelist speaks of micro
scopic and telescope Christians. The first class
seem to devote themselves especially to detecting
the small faults of their brethren the latter have
their eyes fixed on the ''recomPense of reward.
The latter evidently walk by faith; the former,
by sight-of the sort that does not include in
sight
Gen Gordon, on leaving London for his re
sponsible post wrote Canon Wilberforce: 81
would rather have the prayers of that little com
pany gathered in your house to-day than | would
have the wealth of the Soudan placed at my dis
posal. Pray for me, that may have humility
and the guidance Of God, and that all spirit of
murmuring may be rebuked in me-"
OF the sin Of blasphemy against the Holy
pardonable simply because it shows such de
termined antagonism to God that the soul that
has gone such lengths in guilt will never peni-
tently ask for forgiveness. That soul has shut
and boltcd its door against the entrance of Gods
spirit. 1t has committed spiritual suicide"
The climate of tropical Africa is deadly to
white men. At four missions recently estan-
ished in that country more than twenty white
missionaries have died within the last five years,
and almost every month news comes of severe
illnesses; but during the whole of that time the
colored missionaries from this country have been
able to live and work there. Lord Shaftesbury
uses this fact to support the late Rev. Robert
Moffat's assertion that africans must go to
teach and save Africans"
A committee appointed at the last annual con
vention of the Protestant Episcopal Church is
making preparation for the celebration, on May
%, of the centennial anniversary of the establish
ment of an Episcopal diocese in Pennsylvania.
The exercises will be held in Christ Church,
Philadelphia, the first church of the denomina-
ton built in that city. Bishop Stevens will pre-
side, and many church dignitaries from all parts
of the country are expected to attend the servi-
ces, which will continue for several days
1t is told of DR.. Chalmers, who was rather
given to magnificent verbiage," that on one
casion, he being invited to address primitive
prayer meeting in remote Highland parish.
the parochial minister begged as personal favor
that the distinguished minister would speak
down to the intelligence of his flock and use
only the simplest words and sentences. Chal-
this easy and unstudied sentence: MY friends,
/ have been specially asked, in addressing you
tonight to avoid the technical nomenclature of
scholastic theology"
Loud complaint is being made because of the
monotony, dizziness and slovenliness which
conspicuous features of the services in the Prot
estant churches in France. An anonymous
writer in the Eglisi Libre makes some severe
structures on the present prevailing mode of wor-
ship in these churches. He calls for sermons
more directly eXpostory and practical. The
pastors follow method in choosing their texts.
One has a preference for the Old Testament and
another has a preference for the New. There is
also great want Of dellcacy in the portions of
Scripture selected for reading. Moody and San
key are needed in France if anywhere.
DR. Clough, Hindu missionary, occupied the
pulpit of the Rev. Dr. Elder, at the Baptist
Church of the Epiphany, yesterday morning.
In speaking OF his work among the Telegus he
said:
1.-THE Brahmins ridiculed me when 1 began
my labOrs among the 'jondogs, but l continued
to preach and with the assistance of native
preachers made six or seven hundred baptisms
year. When the great famine came. over one
quarter of the 5000. 600 inhabitants persisted
After the terrors of the famine had passed, the
natives turned TO me to be baptized put them
off, not wanting to take them Unfortunately,
but they pleaded with and brought in their
idols by the cart-load tc be destroyed One day
] baptized three hundred, and during that year
over ten thousand. ] know of no instance
where have reason to regret single baptism. =
1t appears that in these later years quite
new calamity has befallen the long suffering
people known as the Vaudois In French and
italian history the name often occurs in connec-
tions which touch our sympathy Latterly, it
seems. the villages in the High Alps, which are
peOpled by these poor people, are in danger of
being washed away, and the inhabitants are al
ready reduced to great distress They have been
largely dependent for support and encourage
meLt on the Protestant Committee of Lyons.
Some two years ago this committee sent ten
families to place called Trois Marabouts in
Algeria where in spite of bad seasons they
have done well. 1t is expected that in few
vanced for their emigration and settlement
The case of these poor people is one which ap-
peals to Christian sympathy the world over.