The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-07
Religious Notes.

Seneca: Enjoy present pleasures in such
way as not to injure future ones
WORDSWORTH Wisdom is ofttimes nearer
when we stoop than when we soar.
One of the most difficult undertakings in the
world for a minister in the pulpit is to scoid to
edifcation.
Charles Hodge: The doctrines of grace hum
bic man without degrading Kim, and exdlt him
without initiating him.
Mrs Kavanaugh. in compliance with the Bsh-
ops request, has given his library entire to the
Kentucky Wesleyan College.
Herbert: He that cannot forgive others breaks
the bridge over which he must pass himself; for
every man has need to be forgiven.
The Brooklyn Temple will soon be turned into
a skating rink, and DR. Justin r. Fulton will
start on lecturng tour through the United
States.
Faber: No soul was ever lost because it's fresh
beginning broke down; but thousands of souls
have been lost because they would not make
fresh beginnings
Quarles: Give not thy tongue too great lib
erty, lest ittake thee prisoner. word unspoken
is, like the sword in the scabbard, thine; if
vented, thy sword is in anothers hand.
Christian Register: Jacobs old dream was
not an unreasonable one. His angels did not
hy to heaven; they went patiently up each
round of the ladder, and they began at the bot
tom.
Mr. c. B. Wright, of Philadelphia, has placed
securities amounting to $40. 600 endowment
for the Annie Wright Seminary for young la
dies. at Tacoma, w. t.. which was erected last
fall by Bishop Paddock A similar institution is
also projected for young men. and will also re-
ceive an endowment of $50. 600 from Wright.
The Rev. George Fl. Griffin for many years
pastor of the Plymouth Congregational Church,
Milford, Conn, has been elected secretary for
New England of the American Sunday school
Union, to succeed the late Nelson Kingsbury,
and has accepted the position. He will enter
upon his duties at the beginning of next month.
Edward Thomson The world cannot bury
Christ. The earth is not deep enough for His
tomb. the clouds are not wide enough for His
winding sheet. He ascends into the heavens,
but the heavens cannot contain Him. He still
lives in the church, which burns unconsumed
with His love; in the truth that reflects His i'm
age in the hearts which burn as He talks with
them by the way.
''There are great many Christians who are
very conceited over the fact" remarked Mr.
Beecher, in the course of his Friday night talk
at Plymouth Church. 1T sticks out all over
them. I remember that woman once came to
my sister and said, Mrs. Stowe, presume you
have heard of me. and if you have you know
that am an eminent Christian, to which she
responded / never heard of you'Vand that
ended that conversation"
Few men have deserved better at the hands of
Christian men and women than David Brainerd.
No man was ever more thoroughly imbued with
the missionary spirit 1t was fitting that mon
ument should be erected to his memory and no
better site could have been selected than that
which has been chosen-the site of his log cabin
In Pennsylvania The English religious papers
have all taken notice of the monument and paid
fitting tributes to Brainerd.
There is a curious Russian fable which relates
how that all the virtues were once invited to an
entertainments In the course of the evening
the host noticed two beautiful ladies who APP
peared TO be unacquainted one with the other
Tya iVa,x iYafp0 f1.0fn Io-
Observation-Disclosures NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
They were delighted to make one another's ac-
quaintance, having never met before The
satire contained in this fable is striking, but not
of universal application Earthly benevolence
has met with gratitude, although too rarely.
The Presbyterian churches in Australia have
for the last thirty six years carried on mission
work in the New Hebrides, and have done so at
great expense and at a large sacrifice Of human
life. The annexation of the islands by France
has naturally therefore, created great indignation
among the Presbyterians The Moderator of the
Presbyterian Church of Victoria has telegraphed
to the moderators of the different Presbyterian
churches in Scotland and Ireland. protesting
against the French annexation, aud asking them
10 lend the weight of their influence in inducing
the government to take proper action in the
premises.
The Presbyterian: Said a very old man. "Some
folks are always complaining about the weather,
but / am very thankful when | wake up in the
morning and find any weather at ALL" We may
smile at the simplicity of the old man. bat still
his language indicates spirit that contributes
much to calm and peaceful life. 1t is better and
wiser to cultivate that spirit than to be always
complaining of things as we are Be thankful
for such mercies as you have, and if God sees it
will be for your good and His glory. He will give
you many more At least, do not make yourself
and others unhappy by your ingratitude and
complaints.
There are some persons who think it much
easier to bury a sin than to repent of it. But it
is a very hard thing to hide sin. 1t is like
hiding seed or root in the ground. 1t draws
strength in its concealment and finally pushing
up through the soil, brings forth fruit, thirty
sixty, and hundred fold. Sin is not dead
enough to be safely buried 1t is like snolder-
ing flame. 1t is like poisonous seed; it will
work ruin in its concealment, and finally break
out into open ungodliness. and destroy on every
hand. A sin needs to be dragged out of its hid
ing place and extrpated Hiding it only gives
IL q fresh hold. Whose covereth his sins shall
not prosper, but he that confesseth and for
saketh them shall have mercy"
Scotland has long been famous for presenting a
strangely contradictory spectacle in regard to
ecclesiastical matters. With great uniformity
of belief, there has for many years been an al
most unparalleled state of division. Caivinistic
IN creed and Presbyterian in government the
original church of John Knox has been torn into
fragments. For the best part of the last half
century there have been in Scotland three
branches of the Presbyterian Church--the
Church OF the Establishment, the United Pres
byterian Church and the P-ee Church. The two
latter are non indorsed, and are therefore op
posed to establishment Latterly movement
has been set on foot aiming at the union of these
bodies. 1t is doubtful, however, if union can be
effected without dseseablishment
Since the days Of the first Lord Chatham prob
ably no public man in Great Britain has been so
afflicted with govt as the Rev Charles H. Spur
geon According to all accounts it amounts to
nm almost continuous torture. 1t is wonderful
how such man, suffering as he does, manages
TO preside with such success over an institution
like the Metropolitan Tabernaele Mr. Spur,
eeons only interval Of comfort it would seem.
Is during his brief winter sojourn at Mentone
"A sympathetic friend in Germany has Just sent
she reverend gentleman peculiar prescription
Hc recommends him to keep in his room pair
Of turtle doves or two young pigeons: and he
encourages him to hope for the happiest results
in some parts of South Germany it appears it