The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-08

Those that can look with dry and undisp! eased
eyes another's sin never truly mourned for
their own.-Bishop Hale.
Trials and sorrows do not make Gods love
grow weary Of US. He even loves US all the
more when we are in danger.
In all things throughout the world the men
who look for the crooked willsee tn ecrooked, ana
the men who look straight will see the straight
Character in a preacher is the very force in
the bow that launches the arrow. 1t is the
latent head behind the words that gives them
direction and the projeetile force.-Dr. L. NJ
Humphrey.
The Bishop of Durham said in recent ad-
dress that the drink bill of England last year
was greater than the entire income of the Church
of England Missionary Society during its history
Of eighty-four years.
Two Christian Chinese women who were sent
to this country from Canton by the PRESBYTERIAN
Board of Foreign Missions, to act as teachers in
the Chinese mission in San Francisco have not
been allowed to land, as they have not the
necessary papers required by law
At the recent Congress Of the Anglican Church,
held at Toronto Canada. strong objection was
taken to the public-sehool system. Archdeacon
Dixon took ground against unsectalian schools,
and contended that the Church of England
should have tt own schools just as the Roman
Catholic Church has.
The Supreme Court of Iowa has just decided
that reading the Bible in the common schools
does not make them places of worship, and con
sequently it is not contrary to the Constitution
of that State, which declares that no person
shall be compelled to attend any place of worship
or pay taxes for building repairing places of
worship"
The Boston Congregationalst says that Mr.,
Tyndalls lectures in this country in 1877 real
lied $13 900, which he refused to take from the
the country but left in the hands of trustees
for the benefit of American students who might
wish to prepare themselves abroad for original
research in physics. AS but few satisfactory
haciT cod
to about $50, GOO
The Herald and Presbyter mourns that there
is a growing laxity in some Presby terrain cOngre
cations in the study of the Shorter Catechism.
This is greatly to be deplored, and shows want
of appreciation of its value. There is nothing
that helps the parents more in the building of
character in their children correct knowl-
edge of the Catechism, even when committed to
memory by child before the language is fully
understood will prove Of great value in maturer
years"
There are altogether in this country Sc differ
ent Lutheran synods, embracing four larger or
CARNATIONS. The synodical conference with
1874 pastors, 1853 congregations and 265, POP
communicates, represents the extreme cOnserva-
tive side of the church; the general synod North,
with $40 pastors, sol congregations and l29, 164
communicates represents the liberal branch; the
general council, with I'll pastors, 1873 cengre-
cations and 200, 500 communicates, occupying
middle ground, but daily becoming more and
more conservative and the general synod South
with 108 pastors, 1S7 congregations and IA, 1876
Communicates, inclining partly to the general
synod North, and partly to the general synod
South
The Moravians, at Bethlehem, Pa, have been
doing worthy and grateful work in setting up
memorial stone over the grave of the sanity
Juliana Nitschmann. She was the wife of
Bishop John NtseAmann, an ecclesiastc of
high standing among his brethren, who came to
this country in 1749 to take charge of the
American province of the Unitas Fratum. She
was the founder of the Choir of Single Sisters"
and after her marriage she was first of the six
teen cody women set apart as deaconesses by
the Moravians in I745. She was buried at
Bethlehem, where she died, Feb "A, 175l The
old grave-stone had been displaced and lost but
the spot was we'll known, and, strange to say,
while the ceremony of placing the new memorial
was in progress the original was found
Few persons realize in full measure the in
hHence of their words in molding the opinions
of others. The constant repetition of certain
set phrases will sometimes raise a struggling
cause TO general acceptance when in reality it is
wholly undeserving of such consideration
There is, however, another aspect Of this sub
ject which is too often overlooked We refer to
the reaction of words, either for good or evil,
upon the individual speaking. "a FOOLS mouth
is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of
his soul" An unchartabe utterance creates an
atmosphere within the soul which is the exact
counterpart of itself On the other hand gener-
Gus speech begets an inward nobility; favors
secret growth in Whatsoever is lovely and of
good report" The Chstian, desiring above
everything else to attain holiness of character,
cannot afford to disregard the kind of speech
habitually employed. His inner life will be
unconsciously affected thereby Harsh words
tend to strengthen evil tempers, while the chart
table tend to confirm the soul in charity