The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-01
Religious Notes.
Sake Holm.

Religious Notes.
1t is never the opinions of others that displeases
u.s. but the pertinacity they display in obtruding
them upon us.-JOubert
The Presbyterian Church is establishing col
1ege at Denver. with a number of normal schools
IN the towns of Colorado.
If we recall the rare hours when we encoun-
tered the best persons, we then found ourselves.
and then first society seemed to exist,-Emer-
son.
There are 500 African Methodist societies in
North Carolina. They have since 1864 built 374
churches and have 32T ministers and 90, 000mem-
bers.
A bronze statue Of the martyr William Tyn-
dale who first translated the New Testament
from the Greek, the design of Mr.. Boehn has
been cast in London, and will be set up near
Charing Cross bridge
a colored pastor led his congregation to the
6iamond field, in Houston, Tex, where the boys
were playing base ball on Sunday, and there the
brethren and sisters knelt in prayer. They oc-
cupied all the bases, and thus effectually stopped
the game
The Rev. Edward Selkirk has retired from the
rectorship of Trinity P E. Church. Albany,
sitter holding it successfully for forty years. It
was his first, last and only charge, and he will
spend the remainder of hislife as rector emeritus
of the parish.
Bishop Bedell, of the Episcopal diocese of
Ohio, has been invited by the Archbishop of
Canterbury to preach the anniversary sermon in
st. PauiS Church, London, on the anniversary
meeting of the Society for the Propagation of
che Gospel in Foreign Lands. The anniversary
takes place on June Is.
Montreal has far better right to the title of
"City of Churches than Brooklyn. 1t not only
supports sixty French Catholic churches but
the French cathedral situated there is the largest
church building this continent 1t is built of
limestone and IL, 900 people have often been as
sembled under its roof
The Temple of Jerusalem, writes a special
4ofAl ~ heN atA11flf
by the combined efforts and contributions of
twelve American millionaires, two of whom have
already gone to Palestine to study on the spot
She most efficient means of putting into eXecu-
tion their gigantic and costly project
The Baptists of Georgia are raising an endow-
ment fund of 800 900 for Mercer University to
commemorate the centennial of their first organ
ization in that State at Kiokee, which will be
celebrated next October. The membership then
was LOCO Now it is 241, 1906 of whom 121, 563
are white and 1854 colored.
The Russian law has some pretty severe pen
alties for crimes against religion. Blasphemy
against God, or the Holy Virgin, or the holy
cross, or angels, or saints, or holy images is
punished by deprivation of all rights and hard
labor in Siberian mines from twelve to fifteen
years. A disrespectful word pronounced during
divine service is punished by Imprisonment for
from two to three years. Sacr1lege conIinltted in
any Christian church is met by deprivation of all
rights and hard labor in the mines from twelve
to fifteen wears.
A sight of Jesus cheers and comforts the de-
iected heart "Then were the disciples glad
when they saw the Lord" The heart of Andrew
was hghtened when he heard the ministry of
John, and when he brought his brother Simon to
Jesus, he too was made glad. With how light
bosom did the woman of Samaria go into the
city after her interview with Jesus, and call
Upon the people, Come man, etc. 1t
transforms the soul making it conscious of the
purpose of its immortality, shaking from off its
wings the dust of EARTH and stimulating them
with an impatient daring to rise into the unseen.
Rev Arthur Mursell.
The old Puritan customs in the family were
very rigorous: but oh, the sweetness and the
beauty of the households of the old Puritans
Men do not draw pictures of these things. They
do not draw pictures of the singing of hymns, of
the reading, with fearful eyes, sweet passages of
Scripture and of children listening, spell-bound,
Ground the knees of their parents, the very air
perfumed with wonder that bred imagination in
poetic minds. The freshness of God upon the
Sabbath day among the Puritans do not
paint The Puritan Sunday had great many
features in it that were rude and hard; but, in
the reaction, we are going as far the other way
Presbyterian
From the report of the American Baptist
Union, just published it is gathered that the
chief feld of labor is Burmah as it has been for
some years past The Telugu field, however, is
rapidly coming to the front The converts in
the latter place are within two thousand of
those in Bgrmah. Such is the rapidity of in
crease th2t it is confidently expected that in a
year or TWO Telugu will be ahead of Burmah.
The great difficulty in Burmah is the number of
languages and dialects which the missionaries
have to master. In Telugu there is no diversity
of speech In DuImah there 479 churches,
with a. 2l0 members. During the course of last
year ], 651 persons were baptized.
The Baptist Handbook for 1887 has just
been published Among the features of general
interest is a summary of statistics of Baptist
chui ches throughout the world. Since 1878, the
first year il which such a summary com
piled. there has been very marked progress.
There were in 1882 81 296 churches, as against
rs 505 in 1873: 19SSS ministers and missionaries,
as against 1853, and 2,S26, 582 members as
against 2,473,05S The returns from America
show p 600 churches and not fewer than 2, 49,,
500 members. The details for the British islands
show for the year 1883, 2,593 churches g. 1873
with sitting accommodation for ], 1873, 532. The
members aHount to 304 802. There arc 46 $50
SunAay-scE2o teachers, and 49, ISL scholars.
The pastors are ,93S. and the evangeSts reach
the figures 3505. Arranged under the four
tiaraties the membership is follows: Eng
llud. 2i3,4l4; Wales. q, 74S: Scotland, 10 096
iTclalid 5H. The handbook contains much
Useful information regarding the denomination,
and reveals a state Of things which is in high
degree healthful and progressive Among other
sbings it is stated that the 5000 900 needed for
he completion of the endowment of the Chi
ago Theological Seminary was raised in New
York.
Mozart's Grand-Niece.
New York Sun.