The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-08
MINOR MENTION.

A DEACON in a Pennsylvania town is trying
new method of snatching sinners According to
the deacons opinion, certain young men and
maidens of his church do not attend prayer
meeting for the glory of God, but for the love of
each other they do their counting, he thinks,
while services are in progress and though they
sing and even lead in prayer with great vigor,
they are animated more by profane than holy
motives. In fact, he objects to their singing as
too loud under the circumstances, and as calcu-
lated to disturb those devout souls who are &C
customed to drone through hymn and
prayer Therefore, as the young people
will not be saved according to
the sedate manner which the deacon thinks
proper, he has resolved to snatch Them not out
of the burning, but out of the church, and to
that end has procured their arrest on charge of
disturbing the meetings AS a consequence
there is great sensation in religious and social
circles of the place. If the young folks should
retaliate by procuring the arrest of all the
preachers and professors who preach and pray
too long and too loud the empty churches could
soon be rented for skating Kinks
THE cheap display of sentiment INDUCED in by
Mr.. Cleveland in taking the oath of Office upon
the bible which his mother gave him when
boy seems to have fallen rather fiat upon all but
few confding and susceptible and likewise for
getful souls. BY these the incident was regard
ed as pleasing indication of reverence for good
things, which was the effect the actor evidently
desired to produce on the community at large.
There is nothing especially praiseworthy in the
fact that tenderly reveres his mothers
memory the vilest of creatures may do as much
and continue, alas, to be vile. If Mr. Cleveland
expected to gain credit for any quality out of the
common by this parade of affection he misjudged
the great audience Of the American people, which
| is remarkably quick to detect false note AS
for any other possible significance of the act it
| cannot be forgotten that whatever excellence of
| character Mr.. Cleveland may possess, it is too
late for him to pose before the country in
| pious and moral role. Had he been more sue
cessful in living up to the precepts of the treas
ured gift from his mother mis- sentimental per-
| Torrance might have been more effective.
AT an evangelist revival meeting at Chicago,
on Thursday night, the following proceedings
were recorded
+" There are some souls Jesus can't save, he
shouted, at the beginning of his evening address.
Then suddenly lowering his voice. ''Now, Mr..
-, you're queer preacher"I hear somebody
! say when you was preaching Tuesday night
| didn't you say Christ is mighty to saver
| Mighty! Yes, Yes! More than that-hes ready
| to save! Ready! Yes, yes! Ready! Ready!
READY!! Thank God! Glory, HalIelujah!
Ready and willing! Yes, willing! He stands at
the door and knocks, tapping his hand sharply
on the readngdesk. And so on, with many
wild dashes across the platform and much saw
| ing of the air."
The ear-marks are plain enough to reveal to
all Indianapolis the name of the man in charge.
THE agitation and distress experienced by
white parents who fear that their offspring NAV
suffer contamination from the presence of negro
children in the public schools, will be as nothing
compared with the indignation to be expected
from California parents in consequence of the
Supreme Court decision in regard to Chinese
The Supreme Court Of the State decides that
Chinese children must be admitted to the public
schools, and now the cry that the heather
must go" will be louder than ever
THE pastors Of number of churches in the
East have discontinued the custom of reading
notices of various kinds from the pulpit, but in
stead have a large bulletin board on which the
the notices are written, placed in conspicuous
place. This method of advertising is a great re-
lief to the preachers and quite satisfactory to the
congregations.
| Now that Charles Egbert Craddock turns out
to DO woman, people will be asking among