The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-04
READING FOR THE SABBATH.
Religious Notes.

DIR. G. d. Watsons home address for the
summer is Mountain Lake Park. Garrett
county, Nd
The Pope is not Only writing q book, but he
VIII pay for the printing of It, and take LOCO
copies tor his own edification.
Rev. Charles L. Thompson, one of the editors
OF the Interior. is to supply the pulpit of Rev.
DR. Talmago during his European tour.
The Christian population of Madras, in the
ten years from 1871 to 1881. found to have
increased l65, $50, and still the work continues
to be encouraging
The Church of England Missionary Society
raises ''c. million for missions" It's ordinary
income was last year 1891 065 besides its special
receipts of $l66, GAO, making total Of ST. 49, 105
The four hundredth anniversary of the birth
Of Ulrich Won Hutton, the friend of Luther, will
occur or April q, 1888 The Germans are
already beginning TO make preparations for the
occasion.
The German missionaries in Borneo report
little progress and many difficulties, but the
Rotterdam Missionary Society, in East Java, has
had much encouragement. They now have
1900 church members.
''Don't you think" said Mrs Keeper, ''that
when Adam realized the vastness of the world
into which he had been ushered. he must have
had great deal on his mind" well, re-
sponded Mrs Blunt. from the photographs
have seen of him. | should say that whatever he
did have on must have been on his mind"
If we may trust the calculation Of a German
theological review, the total number OF Catholic
missionaries is at present 500 thus divided:
Capuchins l, 900; Franciscans, 1000 Oblates.
300; priests of the foreign missions, 700; Jesuits,
$500: Lazarists, 200: DOminicans, 300 the re-
mainder of various congregations or seculars.
Death is very different from what many people
think it is | saw beautiful angel wandering
up and down the earth He touched the poor,
and they became rich He touched the sorrow
&r1t ovoA 4ba:,. hano fvritb iAu
said WHO is this beautiful being wandering
up and down the earth" They told me his name
was Death.
New York has sixty four Catholic Churches,
Chicago fifty five Brooklyn fortysix, Phi!adel-
phia forty-five st. Louis forty-three Boston
thirty eight Cincinnati thirty six New Orleans
twenty nine, Baltimore twenty eight Cleveland
twenty five, San Francisco and Louisville
twenty-one EACH Detroit eighteen, Buffalo and
Albany thirteen.
One question discussed at the late missionary
conference at Osaka. Japan, was whether it is
better that missionaries should be sent out mar
yied or single. Not only was the sentiment de-
cidedly in favor of their being married, but sta
tistcs from one society showed that the term of
service for single men was five years shorter
than that of the married.
The London Spectator says that if the revised
Bible is to be permitted "to be read in the
churches, it should be so allowed only with
clear declaration that it is no authoritative and
final revision, but may itself hereafter be
vised again. 1t may be long before it is practical
bic to renew such labor. but it would be mis-
fortune if the work We're to be steraotyped TO"
all generations"
A correspondent of the Christian Recorder
favors the organic union of the African Methodist
Episcopal and the African Methodist Episcopal
Zion churches. There is no reason why these
churches should not come together that is not
grounded in lack of the spirit of Christ The
writer referred to suggests as name for the
united societies that of the United African
Methodist Episcopal Church.
The Christian Instructor says: THE meeting
Of the late assembly developed the fact that the
principle of general prohibition has taken strong
hold OF the United Presbyterian Church 1t is
now recognized as the only means of success
fully putting down the appalling liquor traffic.
and the position that it is the next great ques-
ton that will force itself the attention of the
American people is rapidly gaining ground"
There was once good woman who was we'll
known among her circle for her simple faith,
and her great calmness in the midst of many
trials Another woman living at a distance,
hearing of her. said II must 60 and see that
woman and learn the secret of her strong, happy
life" She went, and accosting the woman.
said 'Are you the woman with the great faith?'
mo" replied she; Il am not the woman with
the great faith, but am the woman with the
little faith in the great God
A Roman servant, knowing that his master
self in his masters garments that he might be
taken for him. He taken. and put to death
in his stead; in memory of which, his master
caused his statue in brass to be erected as a
monument of gratitude for the poor servants
fidelity and affection. What monument then
should Christians erect for Jesus Christ, who,
when we lay condemned to eternal death de-
scended from heaven and died to effect our sal
vation2
The general synod of the Lutheran church. in
session at Harrisburg, decided to undertake
mission among the Hebrews in Chicago, to be
under the supervision of the Board of Home
Missions The appointments of the several
synods are to remain as formerly, except that al
increase of one fourth is to be made for church
extension. 1t was also resolved to establish a
college and seminary at Guntoor, India for the
education of a native ministry. Rev Mr. Stoll
was appointed statistical secretary. Omaha was
selected as the next place of meeting.
1.-THE language of worship" says the Christian
Register, to those representations people
who fear to address words of prayer to the deity
of their conception sis not the language of
definition; it is language which overleaps
definition it is the language of communion,
trust, thanksgiving, aspiration. Are these senti-
ments to remain dumb within u.s. and find no
common expression in the unity Of our fellowship?
Silent prayer may answer for the individual, but
the chief value of language in public worship is
that our aspirations may become ineligible and
communicable to each other"
Confcssing Christ Before Men.