The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-28
MINOR MENTION.
New Yorl

THE Herald and Presbyter, of Cincinnati,
punctures two puff-bas at once in its issue of
yesterday, sSamr Jones and Rev. DIR. Joyce, the
latter the 'evangelistsr sponsor and agent during
his Queen City engagement The Herald says:
'As to the greatness Of the Jones movement. as
compared with other revivals, we nap-o1ily say
BY their fruits shall We know them. The
churches Of this city have not received the large
accessions which many hoped for. DIR. Joyce
says: am of the opinion that you can't move a
great city by individual church work. If had
held revival in my church alone its influence
would not have been felt seven squares from my
church. but under the influence of the great
Music Hall revival I have had 125 additions to
my church alone, and all the pastors report a
corresponding increase in their membership
To this statement Of Dr.. Joyce NE Herald re-
plies:
report corresponding increase. One or two of
the churches have received good additions. Sew
eral, Wesley Chapel, for instance, were revived
before Mr.. Jones came. Others the Cummins-
vile Presbyterian Church. for instance, held
their own services during the Jones meetings.
A majority of the Presbyterian churches. how
ever, have received no unusually large acces-
sions We have hesitated to make this state
ment, hoping that some fruits might appear
later to justify the extravagar. assertions wide
ly circulated 10 regard to the work in our city;
but they have not appeared. Indeed many if
not majority of our churches, have received
fewer members this year than during the CORE
spending period last year. We publish from
week to week the number received into the
churches Comparison of reports from the city
and suburbs for three months. Dec. Is, to March
Is. this year and last shows that only about
half as many persons have been received during
A. AZ
the corresponding period year ago."
There are fewer things more certain than that
there is very small percentage of permanent
good resulting from such panjandrum as the
Jones meetings. If preachers would take the
trouble to consider the facts they would come
to much such conclusion as the Herald and
Presbyter.
THE crusade against the use of birds and
feathers as bonnet trimmings now being waged
in Eastern cities by those humane persons whose
time is heavy on their hands has slightly ride
ulous phase. The friends of the birds grow
tearfully eloquent over the inhumanity to the
''songsters of the forest" and convey the inn
preston TO the unsophisticated that no feathers
are used as decorations that do not come from
probably four-ffths of the wings, and breasts,
and downy trimmings seen on feminine head
gear are taken from that useful creature, the
barn-yard fowl, or from game BIRDS and dyed to
suit the taste. Until the philanthropists bring
the killing of the toothsome chicken or the duck
to an end they cannot hope to do away with the
sinful use of feathers.
CHAPLAIN MmBURN has been praying before
the House that 'God might forbid the rich and
prosperous from attempting to import and repro
duce on our new soil the pomps and shows, the
folly and fashions the luxury and pride of other
chimes, lest the giant anarchy, blind through ig
norance and rage, like sightless Samson, goaded
to madness by oppression, should put forth his
hairy strength and celebrate his self-murder in
the ruin of his oppressors, till chaos should come
again" The Chaplain's literary style has be-
come impaired by his associations He should
avoid listening to Congressmen's speeches. and
should shun the Record, lest the time may come
when his language will be unintelligible to the
Deity.
THE Philadelphia Methodists have, in confer
ence. resolved against camp-meetings, funerals
and unnecessary journeys on the Sabbath, and
urge the duty upon the membership of refrain
ing from reading or supporting Sunday newspa-
pers. These good brethren are taking some
what higher ground than Ono Of Galilee, who
once went upon . Sabbath-day's journey that.