The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-25


Thus far the Methodist Church South has
raised 1857, l5S in centenary donations
The large and elegant buildings of the Union
Theological Seminary on Park avenue, in New
York city, has been completed at a cost of $725,-
900, and they are now occupied.
There are in Lisbon, Portugal seven native
Protestant congregations, one Presbyterian two
independent and four Episcopal In Oporto
there are three, one Methodist and two Episco
pal
Hawaii. with about $1,000 population, reports
POI schools with about 5000 pupils. Three
fourths of these attended public schools. More
than half the children of the nation were receiv-
ing instruction in the English language.
Bishop Wordsworth, of the Church of England,
diocese of Scotland, has lately announced to his
clergy that he despairs of a union between the
Established Church of Scotland, the "Auld
Kirk and the Episcopal Church in that land.
1t is very important for the preacher to be H.
teresting, but it is more important for him to be
true to the gospel. 1t is fatal mistake to aim
at being interesting, as though that were the su-
preme end of the gospel ministry. Aim to save
souls.
Rev. VIM. A. Holiday, of the Presbytery of
Newton, has been elected to the presidency of
Bidde University Charlotte, n. c., the only
college maintainedin the South for the education
of colored men by the Northern Presbyterians
Rev D. A. Payne, the senior bishop of the
African Methodist Episcopal Church. has nearly
ready for the publishers a volume on the
'ChristiaB Home" He has invited Rev. DIR. r.
S. Rust, to write the introduction, and he has
consented to do so.
No more touching compliment could be paid
than that of the child who had overheard a con
Versation at the table on the qualities of wife
AS he stopped over to kiss his mother he re-
marked, Mamma, wher get big I'm going to
marry lady just 'xactly like you"
God has special care of the aged When the
grasshOpper is burden, and the windows are
l. l.. - dc
If they have grown old in religion he sends his
angels to await their translation 1t is good to
jOin with the angels in ministries of kindness
To those who are praying and hoping for re
Fival, the Spectator Melbourne, says Bright
Sowing holy lives; earnest and persevering
prayer, in which the burdens of other hearts are
made our own, and borne to God steady, un-
Wearied work, in which do not give up heart
because marked success is not at once seen-let
our service to God and man be of this type. then
the Lord viii continually add to the church such
as are being saved"
,r Russia is threatened with a religious revolu-
ton. The White Gar has fol- many generations
been recognized as the religious we'll as the
political head of the state. In the autonomy Of
Russia he is the Pope of popes as well as the
King of kings. A sect of dissenters has sprung
AIp. They have their thousands of adherents
throughout the empire. They are not Nihilists,
and they do not seek to subvert the existing
government They simply discard the religious
religious supremacy of the Gar
The Catholic Mirror, of Baltimore. claims
that there are 8 1000 COO of Roman Catholics in
AIMS country, but adds to this that, considering
sthe emigration to this country from papal popu-
cations and their descendants, the purchases of
Louisiana and of Mexican territory, there should
be at least 20 900 900 of Catholics in this land
THE Mirror makes the following confession: st
Is our opinion that vast deal of unmeaning
stuff has been talked about the progress of the
Catholic Church. both in England and America
1T is true there are 1000, GOO Catholics in Eng
land and s, 200, 900 in America Nine tenths of
those in in the former country and three fourths
in the latter are of Irish blood