The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-21
Religious Notes.

Religious Notes.
Five sick diet kitchens are maintained by the
City Mission of Philadelphia.
There are forty-one Congregational churches
in north Dakota, with mem bership of 93S.
If our religion ia not true we are bound to
change IL; il 1t is true, we are bound to propa-
gate it.
Harrington Evans Beloved! God meets
those who are in the way; Satan meets those
who out of it.
Although Dr. Charles s. Robnson's collection
of hymns was published scarcely year ago over
million copies are now In use.
A man has invented chair that can be ad-
1usted to 800 different positions. 1t is designed
for boy to sit in when he goes to church.
1t is estimated that there are 1900 converts
from Judaism in the Church of England, and
more than 100 ordained clergymen of the seed of
Abraham
The Supreme Court of Massachusetts, has
unanimously decided that cutting hair and shaw
ing boards are not works of either necessity
nor charity, and therefore are not permissible on
Sunday.
In speaking of the new theology so called.
the Rev. DR.. S. S. Mitchell, of Buffalo said
bright thing when he declared that, so far as it
is theology lis not new, and so far as it is new
it is not theology.
suggestion that each of the Young Mems
Christian Associations of the world should have
2 center of organized effort, is made by Mr. Geo
Williams of London, the originator of the asso-
citation idea.
Rabbi Zadoc-Kahn. of Paris, is of opinion
that Judaism as a religion Is on the wane Sooner
or later the Jews will merge with the populations
among which they dwell 'This admission"
said the grand rabbi of Paris. lis painful to me;
but the fact is undeniable.p
Bishop Ryle A vacillating walk, backward
ness to take a bold and decided line, readiness
TO conform to the world, hesitating witness for
Christ, a lingering tone for rellgion-an these
make up sure recipe for bringing blight upon
the garden of your soul
For some reason not easy to explain temper-
ance coffee-houses have not been as successful iu
this country as England. However, another
effort Is to be made soon to open places of this
kind in New York under the auspices of the
Church Temperance Association.
According to the Interior, tho total number of
scholars in the Presbyterian Sabbath schools of
this country is 707.55S, and the average attend
ance 4I4, 4O3, or little more than 67 per cent
Vi these the average number attending the
church services was last year, 200,77S. or AZ 3
per cent
General Booth, leader of the Salvation Army.
is now in this country One of the hymns
which he sings in his meetings begins in this
way:
We are soldiers of J. c.
And we sing and pray do we,
Till the day of jubilee
Halelujah!
Missionary work in Madagascar the past quar-
ter of century has made great progress In
1867 there were 90 congregations s. 255 church
members and 1862 adherents In 1869 they
had risen to 466 congregations. 10. $40 church
members and $4,000 adherents. In 1879 there
were !, l42 congregations. TO- l25 church mem
bers and 253. Isl adherents.
Chaplain McCabe has decided upon a new
plan for raising the million for missions"
which has been so nearly accomplished in the
last two years. There are to be 80 900 million
dollar leagues among the Methodist children,
each league to contain at least Ave members
with secretary and treasurer. who are to obtain
willing worker" cards from the chaplain, on
which they and their friends write the sum
pledged for the year.
The CoBgregationalist: The time :s at hand
again when ministers awayfrom home for me Sab
bath may well prsv to be delivered from north
east chambers and damp. chilly sheets. In fact
several cases have occurred already within our