The Indianapolis journal., 1884-11-15

Sunday-sehool Times: The things that would
drag us down to earth are the things which, by
Gods grace, may be made means of lifting us
heavenward. The difficulties which hardest
to overcome are those which lift us highest
when overcome.
The following named persons have been re
Gently sent out into Bishop Tayler's work in
India and South America: Miss Mary F. Lee,
Arthur w. PrantZ. Bombay, India; Miss s. B.
Mcneil, Allahabad, India. DIR. Summers, one Of
Bishop Iaylor's lieutenants, sailed on Oct. 20 for
England, en- route to Africa.
The beauty of the Church of England service
is very generally admitted. 1t is Just gener-
ally admitted that the comfort of the service is
marred, to a certain extent at least, and espe
cially to strangers, BY the inconEenient arrange
ment of the prayer book. What is called
1.-THE Church of England Continuous Church
Service Book is new form of the prayer
book, in which the prayers, eantieles etc, for
the year arranged in their appointed order.
The book is found to be great convenience, and
is coming into general use
The Archbishop of York thinks that India is
in a sngularly combustible condition. 1t is like
a mine charged. The fuse is there, and it has
only to be lighted. Any day the light may be
applied. The one paramount duty OF England
is to ChTistanize India The time is opportune,
according to the testimony of all those who are
best acquainted with the country. The Arch
bishop as sound enough as to the duty of Eng
land in the premises, but it is by no means eef-
tain that Christianized India will be more
patient of English rule than India as it is.
Spurgeon: We may live to see men calling
themselves Christians and differing in single
item from Mohammedans; ia fact, even there
now there are religionists among us who are not
near the truth as the followers of the false
prophet. Oak has given place to willow; every
body has grown limp. Out of the generality of
hmpness has came an admiration of it, man
cannot speak plain word without being accused
of bitterness, and if he denounces error he is
narrow minded. for all must Join the Universal
Admiration Company, or be placed under ban
and be howled down.
The following vessels spe owned by missionary
societies: The John Williams, in the South
seas; the Ellen Gowan and Mary, for New
Guinea; the Good News and the steel lifeboat
Morning Star, on Lake Tanganyika, all of the
London Missionary Society; the Dayspring, for
New Hebrides, of the Free Church of Scotland;
the Henry Wright of the Church Missionary So
eiety; Illala, on Lake Nyassa the John Brown,
for the Mendi Mission of the United Brethren;
the Morning Star, of the American Board, for
the Pacific seas and Micronesia. and the Allen
Gardiner. recently built for the use of the South
American Missionary Society.
The bishopric Of Jerusalem is now vacant. 1t
is the privilege of the Germans this time to ap-
hshed custom the bishop must be ordained in
England. This rule the Germans are anxious to
have abrogated The English manifest no will
ingness to encourage such an innovation 1t
which the Anglican establishment is. naturally
enough, not little proud In order to meet the
difficulty it has been suggested that there should
be a new bishoprc appointed for Bethlehem,
Germany taking possession of the one and Eng
land of the other An English contemporary
suggests a simpler way out of the dificulty-the
discontinuance of the bisboprie of Jerusalem.
What is the meaning of bishop without a see4
A somewhat singular scene was witnessed
few days ago, IN Westminster Abbey, on the oc-
easiOn of the festival of Edward the COOfAsSor
Some 800 Roman Catholics, who had been wor-
Shipping in a church in the ighborhood, headed
by the Bishop of Emmons, marched into West
minister Abbey, proceeded to King Edwards
tomb and knelt around it in prayer. Such
sight had not been witnessed in the venerable
building since before the reformation. The Incl
dent has given rise to considerable gossip, and
on the authority of the Guardian we have it that
such scenes might have been more frequently
witnessed but for the vigilance of those who
have had the abbey in charge. Dean Stanley
and his predecessors, we are told, fearful lest
such liberty might be taken, always had the alb
hey closed on the festival of the Confessor