The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-14
READING FOR THE SABBATH.
Religious Notes.

The London Times does not now, and never
did, print Sunday issue.
There are s., 900 colored Baptsts in Kentucky,
out of total African population of i72,OO0.
Letters to the San Francisco newspapers com
plain that the missionaries in Alaska are, in
many instances unprincipled adyenturers.
Baxter: When persecution and fear have shut
the doors, Christ can come in and stand in the
midst, and say unto his disciples, peace be unto
you.
The Union Signal calls Miss Cleveland, the
new mistress of the White House, "a Christian
worker, a w. G. Z. u. sister beloved, a noble
woman"
T. L. Cuyler: The best advertisement of a
work shop is frst-class work. The strongest at
traction to Christianity is well.made CHRISTIAN
character.
The Episcopal Church Missionary Society is
trying to raise 81, 000o 900 by system of five dol
Lar pledges from church members throughout
the country,
DR.. Fitzgerald, of the Nashville Christian Ad
vocate, who has good memory, genial spirit,
anu gift for story telling, says he heard
negro local preacher pray as follows: Hang
our jaws the hinges OF heaven, our tongues
on the root of salvation and we will mount the
milk-white horse of the gospel and sail away to
Galilee"
The Roman Catholics continue active in
heather missions The general OF the Capu-
1hins has issued to all the converts Of the order
. circular exhorting all the religious who feel
that they have the vocation for it to devote
themselves to the apostolate OF distant missions.
Similar circulars are being prepared by the
superiors of other religious orders.
Of the proposition to make Good Friday le
gal holiday, the Independent says 1.-THE mass
Of the people paying little heed to its ecclesiasti
cal character, the day would be devoted to ex-
cursions, ball matches, theater performances,
etc. use which would hardly be pleasing to the
devout Catholic or Episcopaian. Till the peo-
pie generally regard Good Friday as holy day,
it were better not to declare it holiday"
New York Letter in Philadelphia Record: In
clerical circles it is reported that Rev. Stephen
FL. Tying, jr. is about to start new church in
this city. The rumor is credited and is entirely
credible. Mr. Tying is in the prime of life, has
an intense liking for the pulpit, and possesses
host of friends. His escapades in the parish of
the Holy Trinity have about passed out of mem
DRY, and he can easily redeem any and all parts
of the past that still linger in any bodys remem
brance.
There is eaflet out which opens up new
phase OF the Sabbath question 1t is proposal
from the Hebrew side to adopt the Christian
Lords day as the universal Sabbath. The pam
phlet is headed '1900-The Transference Of the
Jewish Sabbath TO the National Day of Rest. ;"
The date prefxed is the time suggested for the
final settlement of the question, and the adop
ton of the above proposition is advocated on
both neral and humanitarian grounds. The
author, Luis Jackson, is himself a jew.
Western Christian Advocate: Some converts
fall away because they do not understand that
the religious life is something more than the
first flush of joy over pardoned sin, and some
thing different from that Duties are to be
done, and the duties are not always just what
we would choose. Ecstacy cannot abide for
ever. The disciples did for little while see the
Lord in his TRANSPORTED glory and the splendor
was almost more than they could bear; but they
10 fhn lava Of 1,f
again. We are yet in this world, and tempta
tons are to be met, and work is to be done Be
oR your guard
1t is question which has often been asked,
without bringing forth any satisfactory answer.
''Why is the King of the Belgians so interested
in Africa" What is the secret of this inter
estP 1t is said that some such question was
Gently put to the king himself. His answer
was. You know THAT God took away from me
my son, my only son, and then he laid Africa on
my heart | am not spending the revenue of
Belgium upon it. but my own private resources
ard have made arrangements that when L die
this civilizng and eyangeizing work in Africa
shall not he discontinued" 1t is said that the
King is spending at the rate of $S00,000 year on
Africa out of his private purse.
Reference has already been made to the fact
that movement was on foot in Scotland look
ing to the unicn of all the Presbyterian
Churches. AT meeting held a few days ago in
the city of Edinburg, at which were present
leading representatives OF the different churches,
the following resolution was adopted as the basis
of conference: This meeting recalls with sat
isfaction that many unions of divided Presby
terianism have already taken place in Scotland
and throughout the world believes the time has
come when the Presby churches should be
no longer separate and while recognizing that
there difficulties in the way of such general
union, believes these are not insuperab!e, and
that it is the duty of all Scotsmen earnestly to
consider whether some solution OF the difficulty
cannot be found without delay"
1t was no easy thing in early times to keep
congregations awake, and that others besides the
preachers themselves made efforts praiseworthy
enough in this direction is evidenced by the fact
that on the 18th of April. 1725 John Ridge be-
queathed to the parish Of Tyrsull, in Shropshire,
20 shillings year that poor man might be en-
ployed to 90 about during sermon, and keep the
people awake. a bequest by Richard Dewey, of
Farmcote, dated 1859, had in view the payment
OF shilling annually to poor man for the per
Torrance of the same duty in Clovery Church,
Shropshire. At Acton Church, in Cheshire,
about fifty years years ago. of the church
wardens or the apparitor used to go around the
church during the service, with long wand in
his hand and if any Of the congregation were
asleep they were instantly awoke by a tap on the
head.
In q recent lecture, which formed one of ses
ries now being delivered by Principal TulIoch, of
ST. Andrews, on Movements of Religious
Thought in the Nineteenth Century" the lectur
er took occasion to point out the relation of Car
lyles teaching to Christianity That relation
was negative and positive, or at least affinitive.
1t was negative in the following points: Itdenied
miracle; it denied the divine personality; it ex
hibited might--the great in intellect and charao
ter rather than the poor in spirit'as the d.
vine ideal On the other hand, Carlyles teach
ing was afinitive with Christianity on several
most important points-in his continual asser
ton Of a divine power behind all matter in his
representation OF man as the offspring of that
divine power or being: in his earnestness on be-
half of a moral law, or eternal distinction be
tween RICH and wrong, and in his belief, vague
though it may have been, in Immortality.
On the southwest coast of Scotland, in the
nsigtSorhood of Glasserton, the Ayr and Wig
ton Archaeological Association have discovered
what they believe to be one of the earliest homes
of Christianity in North Britain. In a cave
which in its day and in more recent times has af-
forded shelter to kelp burners and smugglers
they have, by careful digging and sitting, found
several important relics of early Christianity