The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-20
Relieious Notes


promised $40, 600 to the Wesleyan University
What is the first instance of deadheadsm men
toned in the Sacred Writ2 The time that Joseph
was passed into the pit.
The colored brother in a Virginia church just hit
the nail on the head when he prayed at the close
of the white preachers sermons Lord oless dc
brudder to whom we hab listened so patiently.
Methodist Recorder Many Christians are
strangely unhappy because they seek their hap
piness apart from the happiness of those about
them; they are too self-eentered, too selfcon
scious, too self seeking.
1t is already rumored that Professor Mitchell,
of st. Andrews, VIII be the next moderator OF
the General Assembly Of the Church of Scot
land and that Principal David Brown, of Aber-
doom, will be similarly honoTed by the Free
Church.
Bishop William Taylor has received letter
from President Arthur to the chiefs of the
countries, through which he will pass on his
journey across Africa, to be used by him as a
passport and fraternal greeting to the rulers Of
the various tribes
The Free Christian Church in Italy has sent
the Rev. Luigi Angelina to this country to raise
money for church building, and Dr. Howard
Crosby will take charge of any contributions
which the friends of the churchless Protestants
of Italy may wish to give
Bishop Tnorold says ''When we open our
Bibles, quite as much as when we fall on our
knees we place ourselves in Gods immediate
presence, and We should read His word both
in the sense of listening to His voice and with
the object of discovering His will"
The men who make their mark on the age are
those who know it, and sympathize with its life.
A professor in theological seminary confessed
that for half century he had read moro Latin
than English, He failed to impress his students,
for he was obsolete, even while facing them.
The complaint of certain editors that ministers
are 'intermedlling, when they expose immoral
tiles among public men. reminds one of the reply
n IN Of VII
for reading theatrical show-hill: sit is the
minister's business to know what the devil is att"
The Mehodsts have appointed an officer with
new title who is to combine the writing of
denominational items with the duties of secre-
tary. Mrs. w. A. Ingham, of Cleveland, is the
LADY who has been appointed Journalistic sec
rotary" of the Women's Home Missionary So
ciety.
Martin Luther said: I strive to preach rs
simply as possible do not try to suit the taste
of the princes, of the learned and of the
students amongst my hearers, but to be easily
understood by the working classes by peasants
and children Of twelve and thirteen, and by
servant girls.
The past has It's uses but it is no place for a
man TO live in. The apostle of Burmah, Adon-
IRAN Judson, was old man when he died, full
of good works. But his wife, Fanny Forester"
thirty years his junior, said: HE was the
Youngest man ever knew" He kent himself
young by his faith in God and his hope for man.
Prayer is the burden of a sigh,
The echo of a tear,
An upward CHANGING of the eye,
When none but God is near.
PRAYER is message from the dust
Wherein the humble bows
Faith tells us God is always just,
And harkens to our
That the possibility of disestablishment ulti
mately becoming fact is taking hold of the pub
lie mind of England is finding confirmation
every day and in many diverse ways. A few
days ago, at luncheon held in connection with
Che conservation Of Christ Church, st Leonard's-
On theSea, Mr. Goschen referring to disestab
hshment, which, of course, most churchmen
deprecate, said that "disestablishment would
not do half the mischief which some people i'm
agined"
Central Christian Advocate: Men of the
world business men, who have pecuniary and
social interests at stake, are bound not only by
that commercial honor which is willing to pay
for what its gets but by the highest regard for
their most dearly priced interests, to give with
wise hberality for the support of the gospel
since it is the most efficient safeguard of the
common welfare Not as gratuity or charity
but as a debt for untold benefits they have re
ceiyed and are enjoying.
A few days ago, while some excavations were
being made at the parish church Of Woodnes-
borough near Sandwich two ancient affairs were
discovered. They are supposed to have been
closed in and put out of view in the time of
Cromwell The church is of Norman origin.
1t stands upon site which has long been sacred
In the history of the British isles On the ground
on which the church is built was formerly the
ihfine or temple Of Wooden The parish takes
its name from the pagan divinity
Liverpool is one Of the youngest of the English
iioceses, 1t is only four years old. Under
Bishop Ryle, who was consecrated in 1880, the
affairs of the diocese have prOspered greatly. It
covers a populous region, and Bishop Ryle has
found ample scope for his energy and activity.
Liverpool, however, is without cathedral. and
the want of such an edfce is found to detract
somewhat from the dignity of the bishoprc.
The friends OF the church in Liverpool have re-
solved to supply the want and arrangements
have been made to erect building worthy of
The purpose and of the great commercial center.
Application, it is understood; will be made in the
next session of Parliament for an act to make
The necessary provision