The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-24
Religious Notes.

That all men would be towards if they dare,
B Some men have had the courage to declare.
-Crabbe
Ruskin Do not think it wasted time to submit
yourself to any influence which may bring upon
you any noble feeling
Bishop Glossbrenner, of the United Brethren
Church, who has been quite i'll, is slowly i'm
proving, although he is yet very weak.
Swift We should never wed an opinion for
better or for worse. What we take upon good
grounds we should lay down upon better.
DR.. Joseph Parker: There is nothing in Christ
TO prevent man having "a hundre d-fold more
in the present life" but much in the present life
to hinder man from having Christ.
A pastor in Detroit has on the wall of his
study in large, but not too conspicuous. letters,
for the benefit of his visitors, this scriptural
benediction: ''The Lord bless thy goings ont. y
But beauty seen is never lost,
Gods colors all are fast;
The glory of this sunset heaven
Into my soul has passed.
Whittier.
milestone and the human heart
Arc driven round
If they have nothing else to grind.
They must themselves be ground.
-Longfellow
The woods shall wear their robes Of praise.
The south wind softly sigh
And sweet calm days in golden haze
Melt down the amber sky.
w hitter
Levi D. johnson, NJ D., who went to Africa
with Bishop Taylor's first expedition, is now in
the United States. He belonged to the Society
of Friends, and has lately joined the Methodist
Episcopal Church
The late Bishop Gilbert Haven was, in his
youth. salesman in Boston carpet house. and
among his associates were eX-Sheriff Clark and
Dir. e. ID. Jordan, who have now erected cost
ly monument to his memory.
The Chinese government has very promptly
paid SIC, 900 TO the Canada Presbyterian mission
in Formosa for property destroyed In the Franco
Chinese war. The mission now has thirty eight
stations, with 1878 converts. all the result of
fourteen years labor.
Rev. Richard Salter Storrs, D. D., LII. D., has
been pastor of the Church of the Pilgrims
Brooklyn, for forty years. He is a cold stat
uesque man, with a highly cultured intellect
and has pleased for two-score years the most ex-
acting congregation on Brooklyn Heights
The position of first assistant to Dr. Dix ia
Old Trinity Church has been accepted by the
Rev. Henry A Adams, S. T. B., canon of All
Saints Cathedral Albany, and he will enter upon
his new duties Nov. l. Dr. Douglas, whose res
ienation dated from Oct. 1, will spend some time
abroad for medical treatment
Professor Aggasiz: l will frankly tell you
that my experience in prolonged scientific inves-
LEGATIONS convinces me that belief in Coda
God who is behind and within the chaos of van
ishing points of human knowledge--adds won
derful stimulus to the man who attempts 10
penetrate into the regions of the unknown.
Presby terian: Would it not be well for
parents in general not to trust blindly to the
mere system of public school, or of any school
instructions Would IL not be wise to make care
ful inspection as 10 the general views and prn-
ciples Of the teachers who are constantly expos
ing their peculiar characteristics and habits of
thought as examples to the little fock}
1t may not DO known to all our readers that
the Methodist Episcopal Church was formed and
named some years before the Protestant Episco-
pal Church as O separate organization was cro-