The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-09


The Free Church of Scotland will build mis-
sionary college at Bombay, India.
The Scottish Free Church is about to es-
tablish mission at Tiberias on the lake of
Gennesaret
1t is better to preach large Gospel in a small
church than to preach a small Gospel in large
church.-The Good Way.
The Bible does not say, tWell DONE good and
successful servant but well done, good and
faithful servant Gordon.
The Prussian Bible Society. during its ten
years history, has distributed 1,283 254 Bibles
and 1928 597 New Testaments.
The last scaffoldings have been taken down
from the Cologne Cathedral All that remains
to be done is work on certain doors and windows.
The Boston Y. NJ G. Union is providing car
rage rides for invalids again this season. Last
year it made over 1000 people happy in this de-
hghtful way.
Moody and Sankey are announced to begin
work at Cincinnati in October, after which they
will proceed to Richmond and start campaign
at the South.
There has lately been published in London a
list of over 9, 600 Protestants who have become
Catholics since the commencement of the nine
teenth century
Eight Irish Presbyterians joined the st. Pat
rick Catholic Church at Montreal recently, max
ing 4O8 Protestant converts to Romanism In that
church since 1874.
The Mormons are getting out revised edition
of their Bible; at least the anti-polygamists of
that sect applying to it ''the higher criticism
to eliminate all its polygamous precepts.
The American Baptist Missionary Union has
IN the Asiatic and African fields, 83l stations 70
ordained American and 1872 ordained native min
isters 586 churches, and $3.50 communicates.
It is denied that Mr.. Sankey has entirely lost
his health and will have to retire permanently
from his evangelical labors. He only needs rest
before commencing labors with Mr. Moody in
this country pro baby In Cincinnati
On petition of the Palestine jews the Turk
ish government has annulled the sale to Russian
priests of that part of the Mount of Olives which
is understood to contain the graves of the
prophets Haggai, Zachariah and Malachi
Miss Louisa S. Baker has preached several
years for the North Congregational Church, at
Nantucket, Mass, to the great acceptance of
the colony, but has done SO without ordination,
and an effort is now being made to procure the
ecclesiastical legislation requisite for her ordna
ton.
The Sunday school Times thinks that one of
the most difficult of Sundayschool problems is
to interest boys Of fourteen or fifteen years on
the subject of personal religion. We believe
this to be true and this is another reason why
little children should be encouraged to come to
Christ and become members of His church.
The managers of the San Francisco Young
Womens Christian Association hope soon to be
able to establish a kitchen garden in connection
with their school, where little children from five
to ten years OF age may be taught how to make
beds, set table, wash dishes and other simple
household duties, with the exception of cooking.
Recently three notable deaths have occurred
among the Mormons at Salt Lake. Bishop L.
M. Hardy and Orion Il. Whitney died July 81
and VIM. w. Taylor. son of President j hn Tay-
Tor, Aug i. The latter was also Territorial
Councillor, and assessor and collector of Salt
Lake City, and president of Quorum of s even
ties
It has been decided that the eighth General
Conference of Professionalism known as the Evan
gelical Alliance, will hold its meeting in Copen-
hagen, beginning August 30. and closing Sep
tember7 The place of meeting was first fixed
at Stockholm, but the State church leaders were
opposed to such an exhibition of Christian unity
and charity in that country.
Mr.. Moody, speaking of his equable tempera-
ment and steady nerves. says: Il am never ex-
cited in my most exciting meetings I can
sleep like top within three minutes Of going
into meeting, and can be sound asleep three
minutes after leaving it If were to get into
state of nervous excitement should have been
dead long ago.
Not week in the year goes by that some
Christian missionary does not sail from some
American port on the Atlantic or Pacific sea-
board bound for some heather land Men and
women, married and single, are pushing out al
most daily with no other errand than to spread
the Gospel of Jesus Christ Never before have
Christian missions shown such abundant prom
Use.
What vision of the future rises up when one
reads these words from the Indian Witness: IA
most important political factor is about to be in
troduced into the Indian public life. There will
be million Protestant Christians in India in
less than two decades, and ten million within
the life-t time Of many now living These mil
lions win be more vigorously Indian than any
other class of the population, and will press
their demands IN a tone which is rarely heard in
our day.
Chester Cathedral is one Of those grand old
structures historically associated with Chris
tianity and with the history of the people, which
abound in England, and of which Englishmen
ore proud 1t is very old, and for $50 years
was one Of the richest in England. The old
building has just now benefited from the pious
hberality Of Mrs. Platt, of Staleybridge, who has
presented to the Dean and Chapter for beautiful
mosaics, depicting Moses David and Benjamin.
The mosaics are now being placed on the north
wall Of the cathedral by Italian workmen.
In recent gathering in the Jerusalem Cham
Der, at Westminster Abbey, it was stated, after
discussion Of s'The Teaching of the Apostles, ,
that the life Of self-sacrifce there described
needed only to be reproduced to give Christiani-
ty its ancient power. Never was q truer word
spoken in more appropriate place. Christian
self sacrifice bears the same fruit to-day as in
the apostles time.i The story of life of sacri
fee thrills all hearts. So far as the church fails
to inspire this readiness to do and die, she fails
TO do Christs work. To be comfortably placed is
not Christian ambition. To count all things
loss for the knowledge Of Christ is still the spirit
which wins the world
lions Herald refers to discourse recently
preached in the hearing of the editor from the
New Testament record as concerns Paul
There came viper out of the heat The
preachers subject taken from these words was
the special temptation Of the heated term It
was certainly an accommodation Of Scripture to
The thonett Of the hour; but very clear and
ant exposition Of the incident with which the
words are connected was given, and il required
but a little strain upon the legitimate force Of
the words to enable them to give special signif
icance to the serious lessons of the season.
Doubtless the viper that comes out Of the heat