The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-03

be the DreaStplate OF tiny neart.
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The Episcopal Sunday.schools in Utah
contain over 500 children of Mormon par
entaPe.
The earliest day that Easter can fall on is
March 90. 1t fell on that day in 1918, and
will do so again in the year 1000.
There is 10 degree of merit so high as to
place man beyond the reach of temptation
or to prevent him from rising still higher
DIR. Follen.
"0ur regular pastors are tired out, phys
ically," says an exchange, which is intended
to explain why it is that 'evangelists'' are in
such great demand.
There are in Nebraska 147 Baptist churches,
which have among them only sixty-eight
houses OF worship, not enough by more than
than half to 90 around.
Someone in England has put tke Saliva
ton army into novel; This must be an
agreeable change for the army. Heretofore
the rule seems to have been TO put it into a
station-hOuse.
The Hindoos are complaining about the
poor quality of idols furnished them by the
Birmingham manufacturers. People who
would fOiSt an adulterated article of idol
upon their customers are utterly devoid of
all the finer and nobler attributes of man.
hood.
A new and highly important question is
discussed in the Catholic papers of England.
II is whether homeopathic globules are either
food or drink. If they are, they can not be
taken before holy communion. If they are
supp osed merely to dissolve in the saliva,
and become part of that, then it is argued
they can.
One is used to whitening scorn on the part
of maLy decorous pastors when theaters,
dancing and parties are referred to; but the
boiling heat OF denunciation was reached by
Baltimore preacher las: week when he
stigmatized recent charity ball as satanic,
and thanked God that no man appeared in a
low-necked dress.
yellow Hawk" ten years ago a painted
savage, is now the pastor of Congregational
church in Dakota, living on his own farm of
100 acres, under fence, well stocked, and in
good cultivation, with garden and flower
beds, his comfortable house and furniture
being as civilized as those of most white
settlers on the frontier.
The editor of the "Official Year Book" of
the Church of England has been at pains to
ascertain the amount of voluntary contribu-
tions during the year 1884 for church extern
sion in England and Wales, and he gives as
the result of his inquiry million and half
sterliDg-$7, 100000. Such a church can
hardly be said to be moribund.
'The evangelical hand" said Joseph Cook
last week, "has these five fngers-Congrega-
tionalists, Baptists, Methodlsts Presbyter-
ians, Episcopalians. We think in one way
on fundamental questions of theology. Let
us maintain evangelical unity. Let US have
no war between these fingers. They all close
toward one palm; and God grant that they
may clasp the world, and do so in unity"
The Young Mems Christian Association
has become an immense institution. Ac-
cording TO a report read at the twenty-first
anniversary of the Philadelphia branch,
there are IN this country more than 300
associations, with 10000 members and prop
erty worth 81, OOO, 900; $4,000 was collected
for their current work and $3.50, 900 received
in requests and subscriptions for buildings.