The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-28
Religions Notes.


The Bahama islands, which have hitherto been
In the Catholic Diocese of Charleston, viii hence
forth be Ia the Diocese of New York.
In order to close the financial year without
debt che American Baptist Missionary Union
must receive $780, 600 previous to April To-
Rev DR.. Fitzgerald is to edit the Daily Chris
tian Advocate. to be published during the session
Of the general conference Of the Methodist Epis
copal Church South.
Living, thou dost not live
lie mercys spring run dry:
What Heaven has lent thee wilt thou freely give,
Dying, thou shalt not die!
The new chapel to be built in South Bethle
hem, Penn, by Mrs. Mary Packer Cummings.
in honor of her father the late Asa Packer, will
cost 5000, 600. The stone tower will be 40 feet
high.
Advance: We may we'll be distrustful of a
zeal which goes out only for the conversion of
men, and is unaccompanied by any thought or
prayer or loving method in behalf Of those who
are already in the brotherhood Of believers.
The will of George Rapp, who founded the
Harmonist Society CT Economy, is still subject
Of litigation in Pit.sburg. Since his death more
than hundred claimants have arisen in Wurt-
embure, Germany, and it looks as though the
qNeer little religious sect which he founded will
not get much of the $l7, 600, 900 which he left
The present Lord Mayor of London is a Meth
odist local preacher, and few Sabbaths ago he
preached in DR.. Joseph Parker's City Temple 10
crowded audience. At the close of the sermon
DR. Parker said that he regarded the presence Of
the Lord Mayor in the pulpit that morning as
of the brightest events in the history of that
church.
The oldest home missionary society in con-
nection with the Church of England is known as
the PASTORAL Aid Society. Its fiftieth year hay
ing been completed, its jubilee has just been held
IN Exeter Hall, London, under the presidency of
the Venerable Archdeacon Richardson 1t was
stated that the society had not paid less than
$1,000 900 in stpends for additional clergy and
lay helpers in destitute or i'll provided districts
It had again and again gone to the rescue Of pas
tors who were struggling with the crying wants
of crowded parishes and to the kindly aid which
It had been able to give many now fourishing
churches owed their existence.
Professor Sayce has found in Egypt, Chris
tian church among certain old quarres built in
the fourth century by monks. The architecture
and frescoes are extremely interesting to arch
Bologists Among the sepulchral ornaments
several crosses have been found exactly like the
crux ansata, or handled cross, which the old
gods OF Egypt carry in their hands, on the in
scriptions In one case the ringpart is wreath
with Maltese cross inside. The painted in
ecriptions here are in Greek, the scratched texts
arc in Coptic The crux ansata is considered to
represent life. or the generative powers of nat
ure, when found in the hieroglyphs.
Tho Salvation Army is completing arrange
meEts for holding in London, England, mon
Eter international religious convention. The
managers announce that they have secured FIVE
Of the largest halls Ia London for the accommo-
dation of the thousands expected to attend
The convention will open May 49, and will
last one week. The regular delegates, who will
be present to represent the armys religious
movement in the different foreign parts of the
world, will number $500 These delegates the
managers say, will include Hindus, negroes
Maoris and American Indians Passage for the
American delegates has already been secured
aboard the steamer Assyrian Monarch, which
will sail from New York about May Is. A great
review of the army is announced to be held in
Washington, D. O., March 81.
For the last fifteen years the members of the
Society of Friends have been engaged in q large
and growing mission work in Mexico. 1t has
been conducted mainly under the supervision Of
the Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends although
che principal missionary, Samuel Purdie, was
originally from New York. He now publishes a
mission paper in Matamoras, and has published
o valuable series of school books for Mexican
ehildren, which have been adopted in many gov
Drnment schools. Friends of the mission in this
country are now DESTROYS of putting it on more
permanent basis, and ask those interested TO con-
tribnte 20 permanent fund of $40 900, the inter-
ast0f which will enable Mr.. Purdie to go ON with
bis great educational work. Such contributions
may be sent 70 Mr.. Robert w. Lawrence, No.
lIS East One-hundred- and-sixteenth street, New
York. who viii forward them to their destina-
tion. A mission like this, which aims to edu-
cate the intellect as we'll as inculcate religion,
viii commend itself to many practical Ameri-
sans
The Congregational Year Book for 1886 shows
that there are Congregational churches in all the
States except Delaware, and in all the Terri
tories except Alaska The total number of
churches Is ALTO. and of church mem bers, 418
b6A The number of families is 235, TIT, and of
Sunday school scholars 510, 800. The benevolent
contributions for 1885 amounted to 81, 700, 235
and the home expenses were a. SCI, 73l. There
are 4O43 ordained ministers. of whom 2, 864 have
churches and !, 10 have no pastoral charge. OF
she eighty ministers who died last year, the old
buryDort Mass, who was nearly ninety six
years Of agc. The Congregationalists are strong
st in Massachusetts, and Connecticut and weak