The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-05
Religious Notes.

among his descendants home is paradise.-Hare.
The Rue Rennequin mission station, in Paris,
under the superintendent of Rev. VIM. Gibson,
has been closed for want of funds
The London Missionary Society has two
ships that sail between its stations in New
Guinea, two in Africa, and one in the South
Seas.
The Prussian Bible society has existed since
1913, comprises of 16S branches, and distributed
last year 65, l25 Bibles and $4,000 New Tesla
ments.
Parlor Sunday-schools are the latest means
nsed for reaching those of the upper classes of
London society who are not regular church at
tondants
Berlin has a church-choir union, organized
last October, with membership of 1000 pastors
and organists, whose primary object it is to fur
Their liturgcal worship.
In 1874 the total contributions for foreign mis-
ssons in the Methodist Church, South, amounted
TO $751; 600 In 1882 the church paid $186, 272 82-a
noble advance in one decade.
Moody and Sanlzey concluded their two weeks
mission at Stepney, England, on Dec %. Thou
sands of people have been converted, and
much lower class has been reached than hereto
fore.
The Bible used at the 25Oth anniversary of the
First Congregational Church. in Hartford, Conn,
was the one used by Rev. Thomas Hooker, the
first pastor, and was the Genevan edition, pub
lished thirty years before King James's version.
Rev. DR.. D. G. Watson has become associate
editor of the Christian Witness and Advocate of
Bible Holiness, but will continue his evangelistic
work. All of DIR. Watson's books will be pub
ished at the Witness Office, SO Broomfield street,
Boston.
Chicago has novelty in the way of gospel
ship called the Glad Tidings. 1t is in the com
mand of Captain Burby, his wife, son, and two
daughters 1t makes trips through the Northern
lakes and religious services are conducted by
the family
Tho MiIxvo,,laa Sao+;ra1 ,a,,,s,l,c. tGTla
leaving of tracts at the door where disease and
filth have admission, where ambition is smoth-
cred in foul smells, will make no converts. The
missionary has no chance until the sanitarian has
done his work"
The Canada PRESBYTERIAN Church is the largest
Protestant body in the Dominion. but its legiti
mate and rapid growth is interfered with at
many points by vacant pulpits. These are suf-
fered to multiply and continue unduly, to the
great damage of churches.
Free seats seem to be popular in Massachu-
sets The Episcopaians have 12S churches or
chapels; the seats in more than half of them are
free. OF twenty-five churches in Boston
thirteen of them are free; and of nine new ones
organized during the past year in the State
eight are free.
If any man among you seem to be religious
and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his
own heart, this mans religion is vain. Pure re-
ligion, and undefled before God and the Father,
is this,-to visit the fatherless and widows in
their affection, and to keep himself unspotted
from the world.-St James
Mr.. Surgeons Pastors College, supported
mainly by gifts from his own church, has educa-
ted 667 men, of whom 557 remained earnest
workers, These men have baptized 53,O 900 be-
levers, and the churches under their care have
present membership of 90, 900 persons. The an
nual income of the college is $1,000.
Pastor Jordan writes that in Hane, Germany,
eleven years ago, nothing was known of Sun
day schools. lady began one and another fol
11r.-1 Nav AlOrn ea1, II. ~
schools Half the teachers are young men
theological students-and many of them were
themselves scholars of the Sunday school.
A Roman Catholic organ says that forty-two
years ago John Quincy Adams delivered
ton at the laying OF cornerstone of an observa-
tory, near Cincinnati In his address the ''old
man eloquent" expressed his hope that the cross
should never loom on those heights. The observa-
tory is now the property Of the Passionate Faith
ers of the Cross.
In Mr.. Surgeons fund of illustrative stories
is one of a who used to say to his wife:
Mary, go to church and pray for us both" But
the man dreamed one night that when he andhis
wife got to the gate of heaven Peter said, MARY,
go in for both" He awoke and made up his mind
that it was time for him to become a Christian
on his own account.
The Bishop of Huron offers the first prefer
ment vacant in his diocese to the Rev. Dr. Will
son. curate of the cathedral, Kingston, Canada,
as evidence of his lordships sympathy under the
circumstances IN which the reverend gentleman
is placed. The latter was forced to leave his
church in consequence of having taken an active
part in the Salvation Army meetings.
The last time the minister called on them he
remarked: Il didn't see you at prayer-meeting,
Spouse, ''the night was stormy and the roads so
muddy that concluded not to go to meeting"
But the Lord was there" interposed the minis
ter with some severity. Il know; but the Lord
didn't have to wade through the mud to get
there"
From the following summary it appears that
Philadelphia is Presbyterian strong hold Con
nected with the General Assembly there are in
that city eighty-three churches and 81, TAI com
1nunicants Add other Presbyterian churches
, not connected with the General Assembly and
the total for 1883 is III churches and AZ TAI
communicates. This large proportion for one
church to enroll out of population of SAC, 98s.
The corresponding secretaries of the various
benevolent societies of the United Presbyterian
Church held meeting on Dec. IL, and prepared
a circular calling the attention of the church to
the enlarged demands of the work and the great
deficiency in the receipts. They say ''seven
months of the year have passed, and not one
Mission Board has received from the churches
more than one-fourth the appropriations made to
it by the General Assembly"
The famous Whitefeld who was genuine
revivalist and also Christian was on one oc-
casion passing along the street of city when he
was saluted by wretched sot in the gutter:
mer NO" was the reply why, I'm one err
yer converts, Misr Whitefeld." WELL" was
the replw you look as though you light be
one of my converts If the Lord had converted
you you wouldn't have been there"
Mrs Maria H. Wood who has two sons en-
gagged in the South American Mission one of
Them, the Bev T. B. Wood, being superin-
tendent, has recently completed the payment of
$3.50 toward the building of new church in
Uruguay. This sum accumulated by
series of thoughtful self denials. This is added
to the regular practice for forty years of
giving 5000 each year to the parent society and
for twelve years 81 each year to the Woman's
Society.
Norristown Herald A Methodist preacher in
New York recently asked his congregation:
when shall Christians love one anothery7 This
is about as hard a cOnnnd1nm rs could be nro-