The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-28
Religious Notes.


Religious Notes.
Attorney general Garland is Methodist.
Old Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church, Phil
sa6elphia, was recently sold to the keystone Bat
terry for So 000 and will hereafter be used as an
sarmory.
The genuine Christian does not depend upon
fair weather for pleasure. He enjoys the sun
shine as we'll as other men do, but he is also
happy In the storm.
There are now only five bishops of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church South living Bishops
bMcTyeire Nashville Keener, New Orleans;
Wilson. Baltimore; CRANBERRY St Louis Har-
grove. Atlanta
The oldest Dutch Reformed church ii exist
ence is said to be in London near the Bank of
England 1t was built il 1913 by the Earl of
Hereford and Essex, and is of stone, pointed
Gothic IN architecture.
Frederick w. Faber The colored sunsets and
starry heaven, the beautiful mountains, and the
shining seas the fragrant woods and the painted
flowers, they not half so beautiful az soul
that is serving Jesus out of love, in the wear
and tear of common unpoetic life.
The students OF Martin Lolita Mission Insti-
tute have organized themselves into choir, and
go about to the different villages in the vicinity
of Frankfort, Germany, singing, praying and
preaching The zeal of this little company at
tracts large audiences of from 200 to 500 people,
and their words have wonderful effect; already
many have been convinced Of their sins and
have been converted.
In the United States there are 900 organized
Universalist churches and societies, and QUO
Sunday-schools they have 766 church edifces,
and about 700 ministers. About 40, 600 families
are members of the denomination. and their
church property is valued at 81 ,000, 000 The
doctrines were first preached by John Murray, in
1910, and the first church was organized at
Gloucester, Mass, in 1779
Western Christian Advocate: Rev. Dr. A.
Marine, of Indianapolis, Ind, reports most
gracious revival in CentraEavenue charge. To
date seventy have been converted, and sixty
three have united with the church. There is
bright future for that chaege. Recently mum.
Der of influential families have united with it,
and the people hope in the near future to build
a new and elegant church edifce
On the 28th of April next the veteran philan-
fhropist, the Earl of Shaftesbury, will have
reached his eighty fourth birthday. A ladies'
committee has been formed for the purpose of
collecting and Offering on the occasion sum of
money to his Lordship, to be applied by him at
his discretion in relieving the distress of the
jews In Palestine, and especially In assisting
them to emigrate. 1t is hoped that Syrian
colonization fund.- will be raised to aid in this
work.
Hebrew Standard: Nature forgives no sin,
no error. She let's off the offender for fifty
years, sometimes, but she catches him at last,
and infiiets the punishment Just where, just how
he feels it most Save up for old age, but save
more than money; save health, save honor, save
knowledge, save the recollection OF good deeds,
and innocent pleasures, save pure thoughts, save
friends, save love. Save rich stores of that kind
of wealth which time cannot diminish, nor death
take away.
At missionary meeting, in Edinburg, few
days ago the Rev. John Fordyce, of Simla. India,
gave most encouraging account of the zenana
in that country The experiment was first
made by two or three families in Calcutta,
some thirty years ago. At the commencement
faff RI hp roof on and
was much prejudice against it. Gradually, how
ever, it recommended itself, and now, in Cal
cutta alone, there were not fewer than 1000
Zenanas open to the missionaries and the ex-
ample set by Calcutta was being initiated all over
India.
In Plevna. Turkish young lady having read
the New Testament, determined to be Chris
tian, and united with the Orthodox" (Bulgarian)
Church But when priest came to instruct
her. she met him with the Testament and de-
clined to be instructed from any other source,
and the priest retired discounted She is care
fully kept from access to our people, for she is
quite prize, being an heiress. Her mother is
moving heaven and earth" to get her back to
Mohammendanism, and the Orthodox" are
guarding her both from that and the Protestants.
Her case is watched with great interest.
Westminster Teacher: There is a class of
very highly refined people in these modern days
who tell us that neither hope of heaven nor fear
of hell should influence US in our life on the
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right, and shun evil because it is wrong. Paul
was not so transcendental. He was influenced
by the realities of the after-world. Of course
the great motive was the constraining love of
Christ but he 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 to be judged. We are
in danger in these days of losing the mighty
influence as motive of llfe of 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.
The Jewish World devotes three columns of
its pages to the Soudan, the wild and desolate
region which has lately come into such promi-
nence We are reminded that the Soudan is a
Bible land. The Jews, in the time of their
bondage, worked at the quarries at Syene, the
modern Assouan Of the first Nile cataract. The
Soudan, it is claimed, is the Kush of the ancient
Hebrew times, the Ethiopia of the ordinary
Bible translation. The Jews and the Soudanese
were old-tme enemies. More than five and
twenty centuries ago the streets of Jerusalem
rang beneath the tread of the wild tribes from
the Southern country" and if their be, as is
not improbable, Jew among the 90 600 troops
who will shortly cross swords with the Arabs of
the Soudan, he may boast that 2, 500 years ago
his ancestors under Asa King of Judah, chased
The dark-sknned horses, pell-nlell, from the land
they had invaded, under Zerah, the Kushite, or
Ethiopian.
Christian Union.
One Of the great mistakes which people are
constantly making is overlooking small oppor
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