The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-16
READING FOR THE SABBATH.


The American Board of Foreign Missions
were the first to send missionaries to Turkey.
Religion is not thing of noise and spasm, but
OF silent self sacrifce and quiet growth.-James
Splitting.
To judge of the real Importance of an individ-
ual one must think of the effect his death would
produce.-Levis.
DR.. John Hall: would rather have a church
of five and twenty members than a crowd of
twenty times that number
Bishop Doane, of Albany, encourages prayer
for the dead but only for the faithful dead, who,
he thinks, are mot yet made perfect"
Several of the religious papers are advocating
a change IN the time of holding the week of
prayer from the first week in January to that
preceding Easter Sunday.
The "Stundists" of Russia, a sect much like
the Baptists receive their name from the fact
that each member promises to spend one hour"
every day in the study of Scriptures.
The Rev. DIR. William r. Williams, of Trinity
Baptist Church, New York city, is nearly eighty
years of age, and has been pastor of that church
hfty-two years. He fills the pulpit nearly every
Sunday.
Self distrust is the cause of most of our fail
ures. In the assurance of strength there is
strength, and they the weakest, however
strong, who have no faith in themselves or their
powers.-Boree.
In 1883 thirty nine Baptist ministers died in
the British Islands; twelve were eighty years
old, and eleven were seventy or more. The death
of but one young minister is recorded, and he in
the Congo mission
Love is flame that burns even in the midst
OF the great deep. MANY waters cannot quench
His love, neither the floods drown it. " 1t
triunphs over all 1t never faieth either in
time or eternity.-J. Wesley.
One of the most religious cities in the country
is that old headquarters of American aristocracy,
Richmond, Va. 1t has ffty-three evangelical
churches and %, 162 communicates more than
One-thlrd of the DODulatiOn of the CITY.
There are now in London large funds for
preaching special sermons in commemoration
of the Spanish Arnada's destruction, of Queen
Ehzabeths enthronement, of Charles Is death,
OF Charles lis restoration, and of the Gunpow-
der Plot.
A statement has been put forth on behalf of
the Arundelsquare Congregational Church. of
London showing that of the 1874 members who
joined this church as the result of Mr.. Moody's
mission, eleven years ago 40 are to-day known
to be in good standing.
A Chinese joss-house, or sacred temple, is to
be erected in Denver, Col. There are two war
ring factions of Ceestials in that city, and it is
believed that the temple will have peaceful in
huence over them. According to the creed of
the church, all who attend must be friends
Rev. A, Atwood in the Christian Standards
Love has its own signs, that cannot be misun-
derstood. Such is nature God made it. If
Christ has changed a mans heart if love rules
within him. you will hear and feel it in his
Acolored preacher denouncng purgltory said
Oats all nonsense Spose l fall out a fourth
story window, kin | stop fur to fix my har at the
third storyi No. you bet Use gwine to keep right
on to de bottom. When sinners start on de deth
trip deres no halfway house about it,; dey go
clar through to hell, shuar."
Cardinal Mannings temperance work among
the poorer class of Irish at Westminster has
met with such satisfactory results that he has
issued an order for the establishment of branch
Of the Total Abstinence Los of in
every Catholic school, the manager of each
school to be president and total abstainer.
Utica Herald: Not long since Lily, little girl
of five years, after saying her evening prayers
began to indulge in original petition Of her
own. She was aware that she had not been
particularly good on certain day, and her even
ing prayers were thus supplemented: Il pray
the Lord to make Lily good little girl, and if at
first you don't succeed, try try again."
Many think themselves to be truly God-fearing
when they call this world valley of tears. But
l believe they would be more so if they called it
a happy valley God is more pleased with those
who think everything is right in the world than
with those who think nothing right. With so
many thousand joys, is it not black ingrahtude
to call the world place Of sorrow and tormentl
Richter.
The Sunday observance question is gaining
ground rapidly in Germany. Since Jan. l, 200
centres of population have been reported de-
claring in favor of an entire cessation of bust
ness on the Sabbath. In Berlin alone $4,000
tradesmen have petitioned for the abolition of
work on that day, and the Empress of Germany
has expressed her sympathy with the movement
by giving 100000. toward its support
The unanimous sentiment of the religious
press condemns the recent scene in the Madison
avenue Congregational Church between the
"Newmanites' and the "Ranneyites, andis well
expressed by the Christian Union, which says
',All the injuries which Mr.. Ingersoll with his
rhetoric, and Herbert Spencer with his logic, in
fiict upon Christian faith are insignificant in
parison with those inflicted uponit by one church
quarrel, in which pride gets the better of piety
and passion of love"
Chinese" Gordon, as is well known, is a man
of profound religious convictions, and studies
the Bible with an enthusiasm that is usually
supposed to belong to the theologian more than
to the soldier A curious proof of this, accord
ing to the Whitehall Review, was afforded during
one of his visits to England when he Taid sew
eral visits to Kew, and made eager inquiries of
all the officials at the gardens, from Sir Joseph
Hooker downward, as to whether they could
give him any information of any kind which
would enable him satisfactorily to determine the
exact botanical nature and characteristics of the
Tree of Life
1t is long since Tennyson proved himself help
full to the preachers by furnishing them with
choice poetic expressions to polish off para
graph or to give point and finish to a climax. He
is now to be made more useful. Mr.. Paxton
Hood, of Falcon. square Chapel London the
well known author and preacher, has resolved to
take his texts for his Sunday evening discourses
from the works of the poets. He began, two
Sundays ago, by a discourse on 1.-THE Gospel as
taught in the Poetry of Tennyson." The expert
ment is of doubtful value but Mr.. Hood in a
crowded part of the great city, evidently feels
that something out of the usual must be done to
bring the people within the hearing of the truth.
Protestant and Catholic Churches.
New York sun.
The angry and indecent disputes that have
lately taken place in DR.. Newman's church are
not unprecedented. Similar scenes have been
enacted in many Protestant churches before