The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-14
Religious Notes.

There are more churches and chapels In Lon
don than in the whole of Italy.
John A. Wilson: Religion is mans dispo-
sition toward his spiritual surrounding.
The Churchman pronounces the costumes Of
society bellies in New York as "insolent indie
cency."
The German Lutheran congregation Of Gruene-
berg, Australia, insists that the sermon shall be
at least one hour long.
An additional missionary is asked from the
Irish Presbyterian Church for the city of Da-
mascus, whore mission work is quite prosperous
Why should we
Anticipate sorrows tbs like those
That die for fear of death.
sir ;. Dsnham.
passionate of the Memorial Presbyterian Church
in New York, in order to devote himself to lit
erary work.
Il is very difficult to bring up children to be
serious and useful Christians where the church
has fan drills broom drills, "chocolatiere
waiter drills etc.
Lord Selborne's retirement from public life
from desire to spend his remaining years in
close personal communion with God
Still waits kind Nature to impart
Her choicest gifts to such gain
An entrance to her loving heart
Through the sharp discipline of pain.
Whittier.
According to The Ch1rchman the contribu-
tons of the English Church during the last
twenty-five years, excluding those for purely
parochial and some other objects, will reach
$400, 900, 600.
One watch set right will do to set many by; on
the other hand, one that goes wrong may be the
means Of misleading whole neighborhoOd; and
the same may be said of the example we each
set to those around us.
AS an outcome of the late evangelical mission
Of Rev. DIR. Somerville in Constantinople an
effort is being made to raise Ell, 900 to erect an
evangelical hall in that city, to be used as a
center of Christian work.
At Lisbon, in Portugal, there is Presbyterian
church with substantial church building in a
good ste 1t has Portuguese school in connec-
ton with it, it has prayer-meeting. evangelist
ic meetings, and is doing good work.
Bishop Cheney, who for twenty-six years has
borne the burden of the care of his parish of
Christ Church, Chicago, ILL.,. has lately been re-
lieved largely by the accession to the Reformed
Episcopal Church of the Rev. William Tracy.
A class of fifteen young Jewesses, graduates
of the Normal College, are about to commence
the study of Hebrew with one of the best teach
ers in the country, with a view to becoming in
structors in that language among the Israelites
of New York.
Nuryan Sheshadri, the famous Free Church
missionary in India. baptized lately, twenty five
well supported by the Free Church of Scotland,
but he encourages his friends by his labors and
by the fruits of the same.
1t has been mentioned already in these columns
that the Baptsts had singularly prosperous
mission at Telugu, in India In connection
with that mission there is q church and congre-
cation at Ongolc, said to consist of Il, 632 mem
bers This is not only the largest Baptist church,
but the largest church in the world.
1t is believed that Joseph N. Ross of Berlin,
n. j., possesses not only the Oldest Bible In New
Jersey. but one of the Oldest if not the Oldest
In the United States. 1t Ia divided into verses,
and contains ritual, catechism, hymns, music.
wood-cuts of Bible scenes, the ten tribes. apos-
Ties maps, etc. II has also family record,
with the names OF William and Edward Cough,
l760
Martin Luther: REST in the Lord, and wait
patiently for Him" In Hebrew Be silent to
God and let Him mold thee to the right shape.
Whoever can earnestly, from the heart, humble
himself before God and acquiesce In His chast-