The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-22
READING FOR THE SABBATH.
Religious Notes.

tions in the United States. There are now
1881 associations in the world
An old colored woman, upon being immersed
IN Palatka, Fla, last Sunday. exclaimed
''Bress de Lord dis am five times Use been
baptized"
Christians sometimes complain of clouds. and
having to walk through darkness when really it
is but their own shadow. Face the light and
90 forward, and the shadows will fall behind
you
Jesus Christ preached in a very simple, truth
tul andimpressive way, and with so much power
shat his enemies said, never man spake like
ehis man." and yet there is proof that he ever
made his congregations laugh.
The Moravan missionary ship Harmony, with
three missionaries, recently sailed on the one
hundred and sixteenth annual voyage from
London to Labrador which the societys ships
have made, since ITO, to that bleak and isolated
coast.
There was a net gain in the number of com
muncants of the Presbyterian Church in the
past year of D. 1893 This is a most unusual in
crease The net gain for the previous five years
was as follows: $780, 1885, 1881, ., 730; 1882, TO-,
727; 1888 1867; 1854, 10, 24z
The Catholic population of British America is
nearly 1000, 600. The total number of priests is
2052; of bishop, "a; and of archbishops, 5;
churches 1856 besides 367 chapeis and missions.
In the province Of Halifax alone there are about
10000 French-speaking Catholics.
T. Edwards Prayer is as much the instinct
of nay nature Christian it is duty en-
Joined by the command of God. 1t is my Ian
guage of worship as man; of dependence as q
creature; Of submission as a subject; of confes-
sion a sinner of thankfuness a recipient
of mercies; of supp!ication as needy being.
DIR. Guthrie Give me these links: First,
Sense Of need second, desire to get; third be-
lief that though He withhold for awhile, he
loves to be asked; and fourth, belief that asking
will obtain-give me these links, and the chain
will reach from earth to heaven, bringing all
heaven down to me- or bearing me up into
heaven.
An interesting discovery has lately been made
ut Sldon. Some natives who were eXcaVating
Tor stone, after penetrating through the alluvial
soil, dug through deposit of blown sand six
meters in depth, below which they found a
stratum of earth containing flint Implements
fragments of coarse red pottery, and other
objects, among which a clay whistle may be
noted
Mr. Surgeons recent confession of the preva-
lence of skoptcism among evangelical non-con-
formlst clergymen was induced, thinks the
London Inquirer, by the fact that of the
ministers brought up in the pastors College"
have recently become Untarians and it is no
doubt perfectly true, it continues that many
dissenting ministers, especially in the Congrega
nonallst denomination, are saturated through
and through with unbelief in the doctrines of
eternal punishment, the atonen t, ETC., as
The missionaries are beginning to let the truth
out about each other. Brother Sloan, Baptist
says that in the city of Mexico, containing $50
600 people, there are probably 1000 evangelical
Christians. Then he continues: eve hold that
no denomination has right to map out a coun-
try and pre- empt it by simply placing one or two
men in it. | know of an important city in Mex
Ico thus held by the Methodists. A native
preacher there has an audience Of four persons,
after the labor of several years; and yet have
been told by these brethren that it wouid be
act of discourtesy for Baptists to open mission
IN that city"
The Nineteenth Century: Has this religion
OF yours grown SO valetudinarian that it can no
longer take the robust exercise of out-of-door
LIZA th@ c you mus sneter IL from lie Keen east
winds of science, and the daily uphill trudge of
business, and the glow and hustle of healthy
amusement that you must deny 1t all the vigOr
and movement Of every day life, and only take
it out for a little very gentle exercise once or
twice on Sundays? Well, wrap it up then; keep
1t warml It's in ''parlous state" truly and. if
the worst should happen, heaven send us a good,
serviceable, sound winded, work aday religion
to take its place.
In spite of all that Mr. Stanley says in praise
of the climate of the Congo valley it has proved
very hard on the missionaries. The Baptlsts
have suffered very severely. 1t was only recently
that attention was called TO two excellent men
whom that denomination had sent out to fill
places made vacant by death. Mr. A. Cove and
Mr. w f. C0ttingham were both ordained clergy
men, and it was hoped that they might be able for
d time at least, to endure the climate. They had
scarcely had time, however, to begin their work
when both were cut down. They died within a
day or two of each other These facts do not
promise well for the new free state.
Some little excitement has been created by the
announcement that the Roman Church, by advice
of the Pope, is about to take more active part
than hitherto in general politics. 1t is said that
the cardinals were much surprised when they
heard the Pope say that the moment had come
for permitting the Intervention Of Catholics at
political elections. The utterance was sudden
and unexpected Pope Leo, 1t appears. cut the
matter short by the words: ''We will talk of
this very soon" The general opinion is that the
Holy Father is much exercised over the comm g
elections in France and the probable fate Of the
Concordat. An encyclical the subject is
looked for at an early day.
Free St Georges Church, Edinburgh, an out
come of old ST. Georges parish, has since its
organization at the disruption, 1912, been re-
garded as the model Presbyterian church of the
world. In every way 1t is the most influential
individual congregation in the British lies. 1t
raises more money than any other individual
congregation and is equaled by none for Chris
tian enterprise and activity. 1t has the largest
staff of office bearers of any church III the world
forty elders and fortytwo deacons. The
Joint board of elders and deacons consists of
The church was founded by DR.. Candlish. Its
present pastor is DR. Alexander White.
zone of the most fourishing and vigorous
missions in Africa says Rev. T. j. Comber,
missionary under the Baptist society of England,
Els the Basic mission at Accra More than one
hundred years ago i'll the middle of the eight
zenith century, eleven Moravian missionaries
went forth to establish a mission at Accra. Ig-
norant of the conditions of life there, one by one
they died and were all buried there. Fifty years
ago a second effort was made, and nine brethren
went forth, and again, one after another, they
Laid down their lives, only one out of the nine
being spared. Duty, however kept the church
1t the work and we find that that mission
ranks as one of the finest in Africa. They have
now thirty two European missionaries, with
twenty-five ladies: ten stations, with sixty out
stations fifty native evangelists and teachers,
over 1000 communicates. and nearly 5000
children are being taught"
The stated clerk of the General Assembly
gives the following summary of the Presbyterian