The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-06
READING FOR THE SABBATH.
Religious Notes.

eth much; and he also doeth much who doeth
we'll
Chesterfeld: Honesty sometimes keeps a
man from becoming itch, and civility from being
witty.
The Centennial Conference of the Methodist
Church williopen in the First Methodist Church,
Baltimore, Dec. 9.
Special contributions will be in order during
December in the Presbyterian churches for mis-
sion work among the freedmen.
Emerson: There is no beautifer of complex
lon, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scat
ter joy and not pain around US.
Warm. sweet. tender eveL yet,
A present help is He;
Faith has still its Olivet,
Aud love It's Gahlee.
Ruskin: In all things throughout the world. the
men who look for the crooked will see the crooked.
and the men who look fer the straight will see
the straight.
DR.. Charles Hodge: 1t is conceded that moth
ing contraryito reason can be true, hut il is no
less important to remember that nothing con-
trary to our moral nature can be true.
II. Bushnell: Turning sunshine into night and
making misery gratis when we are not miserable,
is anything but Christian. though, alas some
very good people do sometimes make a merit of
A. Lincoln; I have beon driven many times to
my knees by the overwhelming conviction that
] had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom, and
that of all about me, seemed insufficient for that
day,
"A 1uulclOuS WIIe, says JODn huSkln, rs al
ways nipping off from her husbands moral ma
ture little twigs that are growing in wrong di-
%Fections, She keeps him in shape by continual
pruning"
The Rev, G. Lamb, the venerable president of
the Primitive Methodist Conference in England,
has been fifty six years in the ministry, and, in
stead Of seeking approximation, has Just ac-
cepted an invitation TO another station.
Arthur Helps: Always say a kind word if you
can, if only that it may come in, perhaps. with
Man nn1 mn M -npaa ~ rBful
mans 6arkened room like a beautiful freely,
whose happy circumstances he cannot but watch,
forgetting his many troubles.
Ruskin: Anything which makes religion its sec
Ond object makes religion no object. God will put
up with a great many things in the human heart,
but there is one thing He will not put up with
in it-a second place. He who offers God a sec
ond place offers Him 40 place.
Prof. W. NJ. Bryant, of st. Louis. in a very
able article in the Andover Review, on "Budd-
hism and Christianity" makes the pertinent re-
mark that 1--WE might as well take Millions Par
disc Lost as an historicald document for Christian
ity, as to accept The Lighto of Asia as an historic
NJ document for Buddhism
Samuel Johnson vote: ITO be of no church IS
dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are
distant, and which are animated by faith and
hopo, will glide by degrees out of the mind, ur-
less invigorated and rtimpressed by external or
dinances, by stated calls TO worship, and by the
s~alutary influence of example,"
Cnolerd mas TINS year cOnSloeraDIy affected
the annual pilgrimage to Lourdes. That it has
not affected the spirit which prompts to such
devout jonrneying is proved by the fact that the
pilgrims to Einsiedeln have been more numerous
than in any year since 1861. The shrine was
visited by as many as 10000 persons.
At the request OF Bishop Jenner, under whose
Jurisdiction he is, Father Hyacinthe is to assume
the title of vicar general of the Gallican Church.
a religious contemporary very properly. asks:
T. Dorso ~ Vpaorc ~ hoc NV ona oh anaI in
the Rue dArras, of which NJ. Lartigan is the
vicar. This is almost worse than a bishop with
out o diocese.
The Baptists of England are thoroughly in
earnest about missions. 1t has been resolved to
establish ten stations, 100 miles apart, above
Stanley Pool. and to SEND out twenty more mis-
sionaries to man them. To meet the large out
lay involved, some of the friends of the society
are increasing their subscriptions. Thus, MI.
e. N. Robinson, of Bristol, promises f5O0 and
his son f1OO a year for five years.
Public festivals. it appears, are on the increase
In Switzerland. In addition to over one thou
sand fairs there are annually some $50 summer
festivals-politieal. patriotic, musical, gym
nastic, etc. These festivals, it is claimed, inter
fere with religion, and as they are becoming
every year more numerous. and leading to in
temperance and dissipation generally, an eff
fort is being made to have them reduced in num-
Der.
The Waldensian School of Theology was
opened this year in October. 1t has reached its
thirteenth year, and during Its history has been
q source of great help TO the churches in Italy.
The theological school is i'll Florence. The open
ing services were attended by large numbers of
Che clergy and laity, many strangers being pres
cnt. The opening address was delivered by Prof.
Comba, who took for his subject the history of
the body. He looked at the name in the light of
Waldensian history. The session opened with
thirteen students.
United Presbyterian: 1t is reported that Mr..
Ira D. Sankey, Mr.. Moody's associate, has de-
eided to use a portion of the profits accruing
from the sale of Gospel Songs" in erecting and
furnishing a public library building in New Cas-
tie, Pa, MIR. Sankey's home. The profit from
the sale of the books has been very large, but
the evangelists have refused to apply a cent of it
to private ends. The fund is used to found or
maintain religious institutions, as the e~vangel-
lists may direct In New Castle, with it's large
manufacturing inteserts, there is great need of
such an institution as Mr.. Sankey proposes
founding.
The gospel is glad tidings of great JOY. 1t was
an outgush of song in a sad world-a burst of
sunshine after ages of darkness. Paganism to-
day is not iubilant, but gloomy and respondent
When. in a Christian land, any class of people
discard Christ. their songs die out because their
Joy has withered. Spirtualism has no ~exultant
songs, because it has no gladness in Jesus. 1t
may gather in the tented grove, under the in
BpiratlOn of waving trees, singing birds, verdant
fields, g%littering stars, and azure skies, but it
s~Onfesses that itcannot counterfeit the Christian
psalmody which rolls down the ages, lifting the
heart of the believer nearer 10 God.
. The Children's Bible Union was organized by
O in London. England. in 1879, with a
view of promoting among the young the system
attic daily reading of the Scr: ptures. 1t has pros
pered, and has been extending its work year by
year in all parts of the world. During the past
year special efforts have been made TO place in
the hand Of each child a copy Of the word of
God; and now thousands of our boys and girls
own the Bible, and many more are saving their
mouey to buy one. All who wish to join the
union should receive a card of membership with
the list of daily readings. The daily Bible read
ings for 1885 are selected with reference TO the
children. and the union wishes the cooperation
of Sunday schools, parents. and the Christian
workers Of,all denominations
The Enslish Preshytrrians have bad under