The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-24
RELIGIOUS INxELLIaENoE AND IN.
CIDENT.

Disappointment is not in the vocabulary
of faith. Expectation is not faith. and our
expectations are often disappointed.
Mans love nscends
TO finer and diviner ends
Than mans mere thought e'er comprehends.
Sidney Lanier.
Thou makest full confession; and CLEAN
"a OF the dawn on some DARK forest cast,
seems on thy lifted forehead 10 increase
La Diyina Comedia.
he lie pious man woo, contemplating all
things with serene and quiet soul, conceiv-
eth Alright of God aud worshippeth him in
his mind.-Epicurus.
II we practice goodness, but for the cake
Of its own intrinsic excellence but for the
rake Of gaining tome advantage by IL, We
may be GINNING, but We are not good
Cicero.
London contains the Oldest Dutch Re-
formed church ia the world. 1t is built near
the Bank OF England and was built in 12i3
by the Earl of Hereford and Essex. The ma
terial is etone and the style Gothic.
The Christisn Advocate says: "a reason
able estimate justifies the opinion that more
than 40 600 persons have profess ed CONVEX
sion during the Iast three months and Joined,
or ore intending TO JON, the Methodist Epis-
copai church"
He that has something to 10 hes less temp
tation to doubt than the man who has moth
ing else to DO but TO doubt. Heresles in the
Christian church come never from the faith
fUl pastor. never from the intense evangelist;
bat always from the gentleman st ease, who
take no actual part in our holy war.-Spur-
geon.
In the United States there are 900 organ
lied Universalist churches and societies, and
they have about 766 churches and 700 min
listers. About 10000 families are members of
the denomination. and their church prop
erfy is valued at $1,000, 600. The doctrines
were first preached by John Murry in 1770,
and the first church was organized at Glou-
cesser, Mass, In 1770.
DR.. Briggs, professor in the Union Theo-
logical Seminary. sfirms that presbyterian.
ism is not finality. 1t is steppingstone
10 something higher aud grander yet to
cone." The something higher and grander,
as we truly believe, is the historic church,
from which Presbyterianism IL a departure.
1t is not yet to come" IL has come, snd il il
MANIPULATING Church.
The Catholic Review speaSs OF the rapid
breaking up CT PToiestantism. just IS sor,e
Protestants speak OF the breaking up CT
UDitsrianism. Bat the only breaking up
that we know OF is the breaking up OF the ice,
accompanied by a fructifying freshet OF new
interest. II q few Old rotten dams are carried
away. we shali not object to breaking pot
this kind.-Christian Register.
From an old publication OF the records OF
1910 ncerning the Methodist denomination
in the United States. il appears that in that
yeer there were Ia 500 chcrcs members in
cluoirg 81, 724 colored people. OF these lat
ter. the Philadelphia conference furnished
the largest pumber-10. ia; and the South
Cerolina conference the next largest, s,202.
The Philadelphia conference also had the
largest number OF white members-22. 975;
an d the Baltimore the next is SCI. There
vss an increase Of membership, over the
yeer 1900 of IL 27. Bishop Albany was in
Office then. The presiding elder Of ths Bos-
ton district was George Pickering, and OF the
New London district. Elijah Hadding. To
show how the Methodist church has gained
since 1910. We NAV add that the total MEM
beIship now Is 4, 600 COO. Their authorized
preaching number. 1900.