The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-09-17
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE AND In.
CIDENT.

Christ is the river of forgetfulness, in
which by-gone guilt is DECENTRALIZATION
ertson.
Those that can look with dry and undis-
pleased eyes on another's sin, never truly
mourned for their oWn.-Bishop Hale.
He that seeketh forgetfulness of God in
this life will reap the reward of being forgot
ten by Him in the world to come.-Bishop
Seymour.
The best of men are unworthy to loose the
latchet ofChrist's shoes, yet the sinful woman
might do as she would with his sacred feet.
Desert may not touch his shoe-tie; love may
kiss his feet.
THE secular press" says General Booth of
the English Salvation Army, treats us
very considerably and fairly in England.
tile and scurrilOus."
Providence is like curious piece OF needle
work, made up of q thousand shreds, which
singly, we know not what to make of, but
put together in order they represent beau.
tiful history to the eye.-Flavel.
Out of suffering have emerged the strong
est souls; the most massive characters are
scanned with scars; martyrs have put on
their coronation robes glittering with fire,
and through their tears have the sorrowful
first seen the gates OF Heaven.
v,
lister, died at Norwich, Conn.,, recently at
the age of ninety-nine years. He began
preaching at fifteen, being one of Lorenzo
BOWS converts, and was later brass
founder and plumber, but preached on Sun
days without pay.
When 1 can bear opposition, calumny,
contempt, hatred and all manner OF ill-usage
as infinitely less than my deserts, | may pos
sibly be meek, but not before The religion
Of 10 e ~ no nf
God; therefore, whatever is mere nature, or
the effect of natural power, necessarily comes
short of it.-Rev. T. Adams.
When about to break up for the holidays,
Mr.. Spurgeon dismissed his young men with
a caution. Don't go counting. That is
not good for students. Come back, as some
one puts it, with your hearts and manners
uncracked. Walk in the fields like Isaac,
by ali means, and mediate, but don't lift
up your eyes for Rebecca, She will come
soon enough"
The Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
which is distinct from all other branches of
Presbyterianlsm, now publishes its figures
for the year, showing membership Of 10,
600, made up of :, 462 churches. These
churches are served, as lar as can be, by
1,503 ministers. The conversions number
$500 which is about four to church, or six
and a half TO each minister. The infant
baptisms number 1,743, which is at the rate
OF about three-quarters Of an infant to each.
The Rev. DIR. Sankey, of Rochester, who
has Just returned from the Presbyterian
Council in Belfast, SAYS: III believe the Pres
byterian Churches of England, Scotland, and
Ireland are tending toward ritualism very
rapidly. This is especially so in the Scottish
Churches, surprising as it may seem. Spurg-
con is doing more to reach the masses than
any dozen ministers in London. We met
him after service and were introduced to
him, and found him very genial and pleas
ant, and very much interested in American
affairs"
The monks of Chartreuse, the makers of
the famous liquor which bears that name,
fearing that they would share the fate of
other monastic esta blishments in France and
be disbanded by the Government, recently
purchased Herm, one OF the group of islands
in the English Channel, intending to make
it their home in case they were driven from
their ancientabode. They have been assured,
however, that they will not be disturbed, as
their industry is a valuable one, and now
they want to dispose of what has become a
useless possession.
1T is one of the evils icident to the free
use of the press in our time" says the Con-
gregationalist, that the widest circulation
is given to every possible form of error and
OF the doubts of sceptical scholars and the
conjectures and bold affirmations of irrelig-
ious scientists. Where is an eager desire on
the part of many to escape from the require
ments of an evangelical faith, and to catch
up every new notion or phase of doctrine
that may betoken advanced thought and
be suggestive of greater wisdom than has
been given to the fathers. These errors and
conceits are usually short-lived enough, and
need only be exposed by some thoughtful
scholar, who will take the trouble to do it;
but they dull the moral sense, and occupy
the minds of the careless, till another legion
are ready to take their place, to De expelled
in turn, perhaps, or to remain in permanent
possession"
A minister was pressed by member of
his congregation to visit a Roman Catholic
relative near death. The request was &C.
companied by statement that he was to be
introduced to the person as DIR. Soand-So,
and not in his ministerial capacity. It was
also stated that the person was in active
communion with the Roman Church. The
promise to go was hurriedly given. On re-
fiectien the minister decided he could not
90, as he was not TO be introduced as cler-
gyman, but by title, justly his, which
might indicate the medical profession. 81
can not be a party" he wrote 'te reserv-
servation of the truth as TO my profession in
order TO gain an access which would other
wise be denied. III 60, which / am willing
to do the person must know that l am a
Protestant clergyman.o WAS he wrong,
morbidly conscientious, or wholly right?"
asks the Christian Advocate. Consider we'll
before the judgment is made up"