The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-12
Religious Notes.

Rev. DR.. George Warrington declines the
Episcopal bishopric of Nebraska.
There are 1926 Friends in New England, a
decrease of thirty three in the last year
Five hundred preachers of the Pan-Presby
Eerian Council visited the Giants Causeway Sat
urday.
Bishop J. M Walden and wife celebrated their
silver wedding July in their pleasant home in
Covington.
Rev Edward Everett Hale, the distinguished
New England author, has written an open let
ter telling why he will vote for Blaine.
So nigh is grandeur to our DUST
So nigh is God to man,
When duty whispers low, Thou mus"
The soul replies, Il can.
If there's any one man living that the world
has less use for than the professional politician
or the conscienceless editor that man is the SEN
sational preacher. The Convent
The new Wilson-avenue Presbyterian Church,
Cleveland, o., costing $40, 900, is gift of D. P.
Eells, brother of Rev. DR. Eells, of Lane Semi
nary, Cincinnati to the congregation.
Rev. E.. G. Curtis, d. D., has resigned his po-
sition as general agent of the Syracuse Univers-
ity, and has accepted the presidency of the
Highland Park Association, near New York city.
A patriotic union prayer meeting. at o'clock
every Fourth OF July morning Is one OF the
most popular institutions in Ludlow, KY, and it
is we'll attended by young and old 1t is a beau
tiful and appropriate custom
The action Of the last NJ E. General Confer
ence, in putting its colored members IN the
South into separate conferences excites unfavor
able comment from outsiders. A good many in
that church don't like it very well either
The railways which pass through Iowa are
issuing orders that the lockers in the dining and
buffet cars which hold bourbon and other spiritu-
Gus liquors must be kept locked while trains are
within the limits of that State, after July A
New England Congregationalists are organ
mo wi
meet for an afternoon, discuss practical, timely
topics in an informal way, eat lunch, have lots
of good fellowship and dispense, eager to come
back to the next meeting.
Rev Washington GLADDEN., the eloquent Con-
gregationalist of Columbus, o., will not vote
for Blaine, and writes letter TO the New York
Independent to tell why not Rev. James Free
man Clarke, the Boston preacher and writer, has
letter In the same paper to the same purport.
The Roman Catholic Bishop Wigger is trying
to elevate the moral tone of his church He re-
fused recently, to allow funeral in his church
because the parties violated the law of the State
by selling liquor on Sunday. He is not a prohi-
bitionist nor total abstainer, but believes IN
good morals and decency.
Said GRIM positive, Dr. johnson: ''Sir,
woman preaching is like dog standing on its
hind legs; the thing is not well done, but the
wonder is that the thing can be done at ALL"
Times have greatly changed since then. Take
the women teachers and preachers out of the
the loss would be irreparable.
Bismarck, writing to his wife, says IT can
not understand how anybody, who reflects on
his own SELF and yet knows nothing, nor wants
to know anything Of God can bear to live on in
contempt and dizziness. donot know how / have
borne If formerly. If, at present, should have
to live as did then, without God, without you
and the children, should indeed not see why
should not cast off this life as soiled garment"
@ H. Surgeons fftieth birthday celebration
reminded Labouchere, the wicked editor of
London Truth to say: 'Spurgeon lives in the
midst Of luxury, with his bees, fruits flowers
pictures and all the other elegancies of refined
1ife,n and compliments him on being able, from
this pleasant vantage ground, to contemplate the
predestination to eternal torments Of the great
majority of the human race with tolerable
equanimity.
Says that noble woman, Ellice Hopkins, whose
Christian work for the churchless workingmen
of England is one Of the recent triumphs of
home mission work "Only be sure of your duty
and there must be an infinite store of force in
God, which you can lay hold of to do it with, as
an engineer lays hold of force in nature, and
drives his engine through the granite bases of an
Alp # you are sure it is Gods will, you should
do it, then, can't must be lie on the lips that
repeat, believe in the Holy Ghost''
WJudge Hilton, administrator for Alexander T.
Stewart, deceased has Joined with Mrs Stewart
to furnish and present to Bishop Littlejohn, Of
the Episcopal Church,a an elegant residence. The
house is furnished luxuriouSly. Mahogany
wainscoting. ebony ceilings, inlaid with mother
of pearl, silk portieres, with threads of gold,
Daghestan rugs. are among the appointments of
this truly elegant home and this truly royal
present. The bishops diocese comprises Long
Island, and the home is Economically situated on
the island.
Rev T. De. Witt Talmage who, by the way,
was made d. d. by the Tennessee
University last week, says of Brooklyn
Christians 1--WE want the burden to be
soft, if we are to sit in it; the work
easy If we are to perform it; the sphere brilliant
If we are to move in it; the religious service
short, if we are to survive it On the way to
heaven rock us, fan us, sing us to sleep, dandle
us on the tips Of your fingers, hand us out of
this dusty world toward heaven on kid gloves
and under a silkeH sunshade. Let the martyrs,
who waded the flood and breasted the fire get
ont of the way while this colony of tender-footed
+ Brooklyn Christians come up to get their
crownlp
The late Bishop Simpson, addressing class OF
young ministers in New England conference,
some years ago, warned them that if they did
not faithfully work and study, they would not
keep their present place in the affection and APP
probation Of the church 1.-THE church. said
the eloquent and witty bishop, invests in
young preachers as men invest in corner lots.
not for what they are worth, but for what they
will be worth So don't let the petting you get
now deceive now. Why, you know how it is in
the family when little Johnny, just out Of short
dresses puts together his first long sentence. II
may not be very lucid nor very grammatical, but
the family crowd around in delight, and they pat
rim on the head. But added the good bishop,