The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-27
Religious Notes.

The Mohammedans of Bombay have estab-
hshed a school for girls in that city.
Christian Intelligencer: The Sunday will dis
appear unless preserved by the Protestant
churches.
The Reformed Church of America received
past official year.
Emerson: When man lives with his God his
voice shall be as sweet as the 1nurmur of the
brooks and the rustic of the corn.
The number of candidates for the ministry in
the Southern Presbyterian Church has in
creased from IA in 1881 to 247 in 1885,
Earth's crammed with heaven,
And every common bush afre with God.
Mrs. Browning.
The Independent says: s'The telegraph the
telephone and monograph are rs great miracles
against the background of past centuries the
birth OF Isaac or the resurrection Of Christ
Divine providences are dark, but the divine
promises light And the very pillows that
swell, and foam and surge around you shall but
Cplift and cast your soul more entirely upon the
Rock that is higher than you.
Kingsley: Let US keep our scorn for our own
weaknesses, our blame for our own sins, certain
that we shall gain more instruction. though not
amusement, by hunting out the good which is in
any thing than by hunting out the evil.
Each hour has its appointed sound;
All life it set with rhythmic times;
The notes escape earth's narrow bound,
But God is ringing out the chimes.
Helen Hunt jackson.
good many people will be surprised to know
that the Latter-day Saints have considerable
representation in Massachusetts. At their con-
ference at Fall River, recently, ten churches
were represented, and there were 200 delegates.
The Indian Witness has wonderful reports,
through Rev. Mr.. Bailey, a Methodist mission
airy, of the baptism within a fortnight of 453
persons, including entire villages of the Tharus,
an aboriginal tribe of the Gonds in central India
Signor Galvazzi, in his lectures in Rome on
the encyclical of Leo XIII, stated that on the
spot where he Stood by orders of Popes PaullV
and Plus Nv four martyrs for the truth had per-
ished but that he could now preach the gospel
without fear.
Spurgeon said In one of his recent sermons
IF God told me to go out to the cemetery and
wave my pocket handkerchief over the graves Of
the dead and make them live, / would do it and
they would live, for God would give me the
power If He gave me the command"
During the last three years the numbe- of
corps of the Salvation Arm; mas increased
from 800 to l,552, the nuTioer OF officers from
766 to 3, COZ, the number of services from 6 226
week to 2o,oUU; WD.ie during the last four years
buildings costing considerably quarter of
million Of money have been built or pur-
chased.
The Southern Preshy terrain Board has twenty
two principal mission stations and 1913 out sta
ti0ns at which 6fty-four missionaries from this
country are laboring assisted by forty-five ma
tive helpera Connected with their churches
are l6l6 communicates. 234 of whom We're
added last year, 721 scholars in their Sunday
schools. and 626 10 the day schools.
in speaking of the progress of the church in
India, Church Bells says: "A striking-though
some fancy IL a small-token of religious i'm
provement is the establishment at Bombay of
Mrs. Radbabai as q bookseller and stationer.
This is the first time that a respectable Hndoo
widow has ventured to carry business in her
own name since the laws of Mana were written,
three thousand years ago."
A floating kirk for the Island of Arran is the
latest novelty, the Duke of Hamilton having
strictly adhered his resolution not TO allow any
United Presbyterians place of worship on the
island. The modern ark is to be moored in Lam
lash bay, one of the suggest anchoraees on the
Scottish coast, and the members of the congre-
cation will be pulled on board from the shore in
n all boats when the ships bell rings at the
masthead.
1t seems too horrible for belief, and yet it is
true that cart goes about the streets of Pc
king, China to gather up the bodies of dead chill
dren. missionary now in this country told US
few days since that he has often seen that cart
half full of dead bodies of little children. He
also told us thai not far from his house, Tartar
father in anger killed son; and that he was not
even arrested. Such is heathsn China. THE
Clark places Of the earth are full Of the habits-