The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-20
Religions Notes.

Far happier are the dead methinks, than they
Who look for death and fear it every day.
-Cowper
The threads our hands in blindness spin
No selfdetermined plan weaves in;
The shuttle of the unseen powers
Works out pattern not as
Whittier.
Thou that bewailest thy lot with such bitter cry
Must have higher sense of worthiness than I;
Far beyond my deserts have been the blessings sent
And should be ashamed it were not content.
Wisdom of the Brahmin.
LEstrange: Rather than impute our mis-
carriage to our own corruption, we do not stick
to arraign Providence itself
There is no recorded instance of witticsm of
any kind in the preaching of the Lord and his
disciples They seemed to think that their mes
sages to the people were serious
Cowper: How happy it is to believe with q
steadfast assurance that our petitions are heard
even while we making them; and how de-
ightful to meet the proof of it in the effectual
and actual grant of them.
In the Homiletic Review, DR.. George E. Pente
cost, among other things, says: 1.-THE pastor who
is not aggressively evangelistic in his spirit and
methods, will not have a church worth much in
the work of evangelizing city"
On Oct 13, 17l8, Stephen Hickes was ap-
pointed to the Rectory Of Blisland, in Cornwall
He was succeeded in April, $780, by William
Pye, who was in turn succeeded in February
1884. by Francis Woolcock Pye, who is still lv-
ing.
A gentleman, generous in his contributions for
church purposes but not regular in mis- attend
anco upon public worship, was described by q
clergyman being mot exactly pillar of the
church. but kind of flying buttress supporting
It from the outside"
Some interesting tombs have been discovered
on the western slope of the hill at Jerusalem
above Jeremahs grotto, near the Rims of q
ehurcn rn ,"h is probably the Sne erected by the
Empress Eudocia in AGO A. D., on the supposed
place of the martyrdom of Stephen.
Charles Reade: Not a day passes over the
earth but men and women of no note do great
Deeds, speak great words, and suffer noble sor
rows. Of these obscure heroes, philosophers and
martyrs the goeater part will never be known till
that hour when many that were great shall be
small, and the small great.
The best missionary work done in Egypt has
been accomplished by Presbyterans. In Cairo,
the headquarters of the mission, they own $685.
600 worth of property In that city there is a
theological seminary for training native pastors,
who go out to aid the ordained missionaries
and who have the care of some fifty-four sta
tons
In a recent address on Mrs. Spurgeon and her
work, the Rev. DR.. Armitage stated that, though
. great sufferer and confined to her room the
most of her married life she had, during the
past six years. conducted society by which
about 90 600 helpful volumes, besides clothing,
had been distributed to deserving pastors in
straltened circumstances throughout Great Brit
ain.
Mr.. Moncure D. Conway was not quite pleased
with the results of his examination of the prac-
tical phases of the religions of India. He found
among the people no conception of the ideals set
forth in their sacred books The Indian Witness
wonders why he did not study Christianity,
which, it says, is fairly established there
and is free from the disabilities which he be-
means.
Richmond Advocate: When our Lords fol-
lowing, increased beyond measure by the loaves
and fishes, and swollen by foolish expectations
OF temporal kingdom grew to proportions in
consistent with His spiritual designs, He speed
lily reduced the throng by the severity OF the
doctrine He taught From that time many of
His disciples went back and walked no more
with Him."
A clergyman has sent the following letter to
ehe editor of the Church Almanac: MAY ask
the favor of having my name and address omit
ted in all places in your Almanac ] ask this to
prevent dealers of all sorts addressing me their
circulars. samples. etc, either TO my house
where board, or to the postofice. 1t annoys
the women to have to leave their kitchen or
couch to answer the postman, who has a liver
pad circular. or the canvasser, who has an ency-
ciopadia. Those I wish to hear from have my
address
WEE DAVID TO FACE GoLIAH INGERsoLL
Boston Evening Record.
A little Western prodigy, of religious turn
OF mind, aged three years, has given forth the
following moral lecture in the shape of story:
"Once there were two colts. One of them be-
Icnged to a man who had God. and the other
one belonged to man VINO didn't have any God.
One OF them looked over the fence and didn't
have anything to eat His man didn't have any
God. The other colt eat lots and lots Of grass