The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-16
Religious Notes.


hurches for the ladies of the congregation to
resent button-hole bcquets to the ushers in the
hurches.
The Channel Islands are the most completely
Methodist population in the world Out of less
han 80, 600 inhabitants, the Methodist chapels
supply slttiEgs for $4,000
An undenominational Chinese Sunday schoo
znion has been organized in New Y ork city. Of
The A. 600 Chinese in New York and Brooklyn,
Jnly about 700 are now receiving religious in
Etruction.
George Eliot 1t is good to be unselfsh and
generous; but don't carry that too far 1t will
aot do to give yourself to be melted down for the
benefit of the tallow trade; you must know
where to find yourself.
The Rev. Jacob Freshman, Hebrew Christian
minister in New York city, is about purchasing
building to be used as a Hebrew Christian
Church Five thousand dollars are necessary to
secure the building and he has already received
Ner 81 600.
At the annual meeting of the Park street
Congregational Church, Boston, Mass, DR.. j.
l.. Withroy, pastor it was reported that during
Ehe past year fifty three members were
added and $50, 200 was contributed to objects of
beneyolenee.
Rev. Phillips Brooks is about to visit England
Rgaln, where he has made a great reputation as
q preacher during his former visits He is to
preach at the Cambridge University on June a.
and the occasion has already become matter of
interest He is worthy representative of
American churchmen.
The friends of the venerable Rev. DR.. George
Osborn, the oldest living expresident of the
Wesleyan conference, having been elected i'll
1863 and 1884, have determined to present
aim handsome testimonial al the close of the
present Methodist year. on the occasion OF his
retirement from the chair of theology at Rich
nend.
Faber There are souls in the world who have
he gift of finding JOY everywhere, and Of leav
ing it behind th.m when they go. Joy gushes
rom under their fingers, like jets of light.
Their influence is an inevitable gladdening of
de heart. 1t seems as if a shadow of Gods own
lft had passed upon them. They give light
without meaning 10 shine These bright hearts
nave great work to do for God.
The Primitive Methodists have in London and
rs suburbs Al ministers, 1888 local preachers, 303
hass- leaders, LOG chapeis and preaching rooms,
with sitting accommodation for &c, 270; 80 Sunday
schools Ii ,319 teachers, r. 29 Sunday scholars.
3481 Band of Hope members, and 6, 29S mem
bers in society. During the year ending with
Lady Day they had held 3 40 open-air meetings.
The Primitives are not the largest of the Metho-
dist bodies in England, but they not the
least active Zeal, to a certain extent, compen-
Eates for numbers.
The Baptists of late years have shown very
remarkable appreciation of the missionary
Bpensibility which rests upon the Christian
Church. In all foreign fields they are now found
work 1t is we'll known that their iabors have
been snguarly blessed in Burmah, and that in
the Burmese towns there were large Christian
congregations under Baptist control One of
cur latest items of news from Rangoon is that
the Baptists are building a new church in that
city. When completed it will be the finest place
of worship in Burmah.
BY way of encouraging more general cult
walton of religious knowledge the ngregational
Onion of England and Wales have organized a
nNfa mil. A fkn = H.
experiment it appears that 5l2 persons have sub
mitted themselves for examination. OF these
A6 have been examined in Scripture history,
lxty in Christian evidences and 206 in ecclesias-
heal pollty The number of essays sent in
amounted to twenty-nine The maximum number
Of marks is 200 Honors are attached to lS0
Prizes are given to all whose marks exceed $50.
Certificates are given to all who attain to sixty
NIX marks.
President Barrios, whose ambitious efforts
o enlarge his political power in South
America brought his life to a sudden
md, was a great friend of Protestant missions
Having failed to persuade the Church. of
England to send missionaries to Guatemala. he
visited New York in 1888, and at his suggestion
The Presbyterian Board of Missions sent Rev. j.
9. Hill with him to Guatemala. The President
Eelcomed Mr.. Hill heartily, and paid his travel
me- expenses, about $500, out of his own pocket
Later he secured coniscated Catholic church
Tor the use of the mission at nominal price,
mission fashionable among the Guatemalans.
A monument has just been erected to the late
DR.. Moffat the African missionary, in his native
village of Ormiston, East Lothian. The unveil-
ing was done by Sir William Muir, principal of
the University of Ednburg, who spoke of
Moffat as the pioneer of Christianity and of civ
1ization in South Africa At banquet held in
the village schoo-room later in the day very
touching speech was made in reply to the toast
10 Moffats memory by one OF his sons the Rev.
John Moffat. Speaking of his fathers influence
for good he said that when he was leaving
South Africa the natives gathered around him
N sorrow and exclaimed that when he was gone
there would be no longer any to stand be.
tween them and the white man These fears
had been too fully realized. His fathers grand
est monument was still to be seen in South
African the hundreds who were walking in
the light of the truth.
There is a class of very highly refined people
IN these modern days who tell US that neither
hope of heaven Tor fear of hell should influence
MS in cur life on earth. but that we should do
right because it is right and shun evil because
it is wrong Paul was not so transcen-
dental He was influenced by the reali
ties of the afterworld. OF course, the great
motive was she constraining love of Christ,
but he was not ashamed to say that he
lived right always because he knew he would
be raised up from the grave, to stand before
Christs judgment seat, there 10 be judged We
are in danger in these days of losing the mighty
influence, as motive or life. or the powers OF
the world to come. We like to talk about
heaven and its blesSedness, but we should first
make sure that we are going there, and We
should never forget that there is another place
which has no blessedness
Considerable doubt has always existed as to
the spot where rested the ashes of John Foxe
the author Of the we'll known and at one time
much read Book of Martyrs II has now been
discovered that his body was inferred ON the
south side of the chancel of. ST Giles's Church.
Crippegate, London, of which church and
parish he was for some time vicar
Sab which had been OVERLAND has been
found on the western wall OF said church
bearing the following inscription: John
Foxe, the most faithful martyroiogist of the
Church of England, the most sagaclous inyasti
gator of historical antiquity, the most valiant
defender of the evangelical truth. wondross
worker of miracles, who presented the Marian
martyrs. like phdnixes, alive from their ashes
Chiefly to fulfil every duty of flial affection,