The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-22
Religious Notes.

''Faith-cures" will be treated in the December
Century by the Rev. NJ. Schaufler,
In Iceland the men and women both have voice
and vote in all congregational matters
The American government has asked the
German and Spanish governments to protect
American missionaries in the Carolines
Rev. Dr. w A Spencer, just now appointed
pastor of Clark-Street Church. Chicago, was
elected assistant corresponding secretary Of the
Methodist Church Extension Board by the gen.
eral committee last week.
Nearly every evening in the Allahabad bazaar
may be seen two blind Christians reading from a
Hindustanee New Testament printed in raised
letters, to large audiences of Hindus aud Mo
hammedans who marvel at the strange sight.
Dean Stanley: Throughout the entire word
of God we are taught the sacred duty of being
happy Be happy, cheerful, rejoiceful as we
csn, we cannot go beyond the spirit of the Cos
pei, though we may go beyond the requirements
of Calvin and Pascal.
The state of feeling which characterizes a
revival is simply an interest in religious things
Christians then feel strongly, and because they
do thus feel, they pray and work for the saliva
tion of sinners. Deep and earnest feeling is at
che bottom of all effective Christian effort
When the king of the Maories, in New Yea.
land, was in England, he promised to work for
temperance reform among his people, He seems
to have kept his promise, for it is now announced
that more than IL, 200 of his subjects have be-
come teetatalers, and wear the clue ribbon"
A missionary to the Sandwich Islands says,
with much point, that going back to ancient
Aeathenism is not the danger TO which the
Hawaiians Of to day are exposed; the danger
rather being that they will drop into modern
heathenism, and become what the slums Of our
cities are-permanently sensual, vicious and
criminal"
God makes crosses of great variety; he makes
some of iron and lead. that look as if they must
crush; some of straw that seem so light, and yet
sre no less difficult to carry; some he makes Of
precious stones and gold, that dazzle the eye,
and excite the envy of spectators, but in reality
are as well able to cruelty as those which are so
much dreaded.
The days of persecution are not vet passed.
ever in our own land. The young Hebrew gem
tleman who was converted and baptized by the
Rev. Jacob Freshman in the Hebrew Christian
Church, in New York, on last Sunday evening.
was dismissed in anger by his Jewish employer
rs soon as his change of fsith became known
His steps have been logged ever since by former
friends who are now his bitterest enemies.
Bishop William Taylor writes letter from
Africa to a friend, In which be says: Il have
had no touch of African fever that / am aware
Of. but / have suffered here from the want of
fruit, as do every spring in the United States.
between the time Of exhausting the old crop and
the bringing in of the new Fruit ought to be
plentiful here at all times but it is not Guilt
waited to any great extent, and scarcely at all IN
land whore have been for months. So, from
indigestion and constipation mot at all peculiar
30 my African experiencel and the wear and
tear of mind and muscle to which / have been
subjected for SO many months, have become a
mere skeleton of what you saw me, having lost
hfty-one pounds of my former self. Still can
fulfill the proverb: "A poor dog for long chase
expect to start Lext week on tramp of one
hundred and thirty miles. and soon TO retrace
my steps one hundred and thirty miles. / be-
heye it is conceded that am the best walker
IN our crowd; generally lead but have lot of
good men who follow and keep up In this
country every body who makes any pretsnsions