The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-31
Religious Notes.

Our Lord God doth like a printer who setteth
the letters backward; we see and feel we'll his
setting but we shall read the print yonder, in
the life to come Martin Luther.
The Rev. Arthur Sloan, who was recently
obliged to give up the rectorship Of Christ Epis-
eopal Church, Stratford, Conn, because of his
belief in ''faith-cures" will begin religious
work in New York city.
Let him who would envy John the pleasing
task of being support to the mother of Jesus
reflect on previous expression of our Lords:
whatsoever shall do the will of my Father
which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and
sister, and mother "-Krummacher
The departure of Elder Roberts from Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, for Mississippi. to attend the first
Mormon Conference ever held in the South, re-
calls the fact that there are now in the Southern
States over seventy elders hard at work among
the ignorant white trash" and their success is
said to be marvellous"
The American revivalists are now la3orine at
Croydon, near London. On May n they begin
three weeks mission on the Thames embank-
ment. The hall portable tabernacle, is to be
on the vacant ground near the Temple gardens.
At the Thames embankment the evangelistS
bring their labors to close for the present IN
Great Britain.
The Indian Witness says: THE report of the
London Missionary Society's work at Benares
DOR last year is characterized as usual, by ac-
counts of friendly contention with the profound
and cultivated ntellects of the highest Hindoo-
ism; and it is pleasant to read that the courtesy
and good will, which have almost entirely dis
placed the old spirit of hostility in educated ma
tives of the modern school, are nearly as well
manifested by the Sanskrit pundits."
A new mission ship Is now beng built in En-
gland for missionary work in Africa, chiefly on
Lake Nyassa. The funds to build the vessel
were left by Charles Jansen for whom it will be
named. She will be sixty-three feet long, with
beam of twelve feet six inches, will draw four
feet when unloaded, and five feet six inches with
cargo and ballast on board and will be dandy
rugged The different parts will be shipped
from England and put together in Africa.
DR.. Donald Macleod a Scotch clergyman, re-
Gently delivered a lecture on a singulariy I'M
promising subject. The title was announced to
be "The Sin of Chcapness" and the lecturer
proceeded to argue that the craving for cheap
ness and hunting after bargains is not only
." economically false but a cause of great suffer
sing to thousands Of men, women and children"
DR. Macleod endeavored to prove that cheap
ness chiefly procured by the cruel OPP
preston of seamstresses and other badly paid
work people.
The example long since set by the United
States and the more recent union movement
among the Methodists in Canada, have not, it
would seem, ken without their influence in
Australia. There Us unhappy divisions which
are Characteristic of English Methodism still
prevail. The union spirit, however, grows
stronger and stronger and according to our
latest news the Bible Christians of South Aus
tralia and Victoria have declared in favor of
family of churches.
The annual report of the Wesleyan Missionary
Society shows that the Wesleyan churches of
Great Britain have $50 members more than
they had in 1871. OF central or principal sta
,tions there are 3Sl; chapels and other preaching
places, 2654 missionaries, 800; paid agents,
cathechists etc, 74S; local preachers, Sabbath
school teachers, etc, 5,917; church members,
II, 904; on trial, 6,236; scholars, 79,646 The in
come for the year amounted to fl50,000. The
missionary energies of Wesleyanism has hitherto
been expended in India. 1t is now contemplated
to take a share of the work which is offered in
Central Africa along the line of the Congo.
Once year the Church Missionary Society
meets in Exeter Hall, London. Representing
the Established Church, it is always one of the
greatest religious reunions of the year. The
meeting was held on the first Tuesday in May.
The great hall was as usual, crowded to excess
The chair was filed by the Earl of Chichester
The report showed that the expenditures for the
year had been over f2OS, 900. and that the re
.eeipts had been less by f768. The difference had
been occasioned by the extension fund, but had
been met by the contingent fund, which latter
had still a balance of fl6,000 The meeting was
addressed by the Archbishop of York, who in the
course of his remarks made good humored
reference to Darwin. Darwin, he had been told
had written book which was antagonistic to
Christianity, but since its publication the income
of the Church Missionary Society had increased
by nearly 600, 600 year. This did not look like
decay
AL Une close Oh UHO MeVnOQlSb deuefdl Con
ference Bishop Simpson arose and in voice
clear and distinct though often tremulous, said
Brethren of the General Conference: At this
closing moment feel that | should give eX-
preston only to a very few words | regret that
have not been permitted to lninge more fire.
quently with the delegates, but | have been
pleased with what have seen. It has been my
privilege to see number Of General Conferences,
the first forty years ago in New York l have
seen the composition Of the body changing but
believe there has never assembled more cult
waited lot of delegates than these in the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church There are more youth
full members. and | am glad to see that they are
taking up the work. May the Lord be gracious
to them and make them ADLER than their
fathers. have been pleased with the deliber
ations of the conference. Very important
measures have been enacted and the church
will 90 forward to greater good l have no
words to express the gratitude of my heart for
the kindly utteranees and the courtesy of the
delegates. They are embalmed in my heart for
ever"
The mission which bears Dr. Iivingstone's
name, and which spends its energies in those re-
gions made known to the civilized world through
the good Doctors personal labors. is doing good
work in Central Africa The Rev. DR.. Laws,
who has spent nine years on the shores of Lake
Nyassa and who has been visiting Edinburgh,
gives very interesting account of the mission
and of his experiences in Central Africa. 1t APP
bears from his account that the plan upon which
the MISSIONS conducted is threefod- evangelical,
medical and industrial The medical mission
aries, he shows, have an immense advantage over
the purely evangelical teachings. The medicine
man" is Ike the key. He opens the door. Pro
gress would be slow but for him According to
DR. Laws account a practical and avowed knowl-
edge of medicine is absolutely necessary to sue
,cessful mission work among the African tribes
Theigporance Of the people is such that direct
teaching in the first instance is useless But the
medical man commands their respect They
listen to him, and they readily yield to his a1-
thority. Lake Nyassa, the Doctor says, covers
an area as large as Scotland. He has therefore
a large parish.
Bishop William Taylor.
San Francisco Chronicle
The Rev. William Taylor, who has lately
been consecrated Il bishop of the Methodist