The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-19


anticipate sorrowsf 'tis like those
That die for fear Of death.
Sir j. Denham.
The London Baptist Is quoted as saying that
Mr. Spurgeouss sermons are more in demand
among the English ritualistic clergy than those
OF any other preacher.
1t will take just i08 years to christianize India
as England is christianized if the past century's
rate of progress is maintained. So says Rev. Ct.
ID. Rouse, of the Calcutta Baptist mission.
There are 200 Protestant churches in NADIA
gascar, 700 of which have been built within the
last fourteen years. The churches self sup
porting, and the communicates number SO, 600.
To one who has been long in city pent,
tTis very sweet to look into the fair
And open face of heaven, to breathe prayer
Full in the smile of the blue armament
Rev. g. A. Bonde, of the Eorthw Indiana
Conference, has been selected by DIR. Thoburn to
go to Singapore. in the South India Conference.
He will soon sail, accompanied by his wife, for
his new field of labor.
Rev. John Alabaster was the subject of some
very cordial expressions of confidence and good
will from the Trinity iChicago4 quarterly con-
ference at ats last meeting. His pulpit and pas
toral qualities have won for him very warm
place in the hearts of Trinity people.
Since the decision of the Presbytery Of An
gusta, by which DR.. Woodrow, as charged by
Dr. Adams. was pronounced not guilty, by
vote of ID to g. there a renewal of the conntro-
yersy in the Southern Presby terrain Church,
which is likely to go on with growing virulence.
Rev. John Dowdeu, D. D., bishop elect of Ed
inburgh, Scotland, is an Irishman. He was born
Ia Cork in 1910, and graduated from Trinity Col
lege. Dublin. in 1861. He went to Scotland as
theological professor. and upon the establish
ment of divinity school there, was made prin-
cipal. His best known work, Annotated Scot
fish Communion Office" appeared two years ago.
Last year he received appointments as Donellan
lecturer in the University of Dublin.
Christian Leader: 1t is fact which possesses
interest for Universaiists that the arguments,
pro and con. used by their orthodox brethren on
the subject of the new heresy, future probation,
are yeritable two-edged sword. On the one
side they show concusively that there is no
valid ground on which the door of opportunity
can be supposed to be closed at death On the
other, they make 1t clear that if the door stands
open for some, the probability is that it is not
shut against any.
Nashville Advocate: AS in an army, so in the
church, power means responsibility Obedience
to rghtfu authority is the law of it's life and the
condition of its success. Pure individualism,
the dream of amiable visionaries is contrary to
human nature and to the expressed law of God
Ii has a special charm for some minds, and
tinge of it lends attraction to a few mon and
women of genius but as principle OF action
human society could not survive its practical
operation for a single day.
DR.. Monin, a French physician, has collected
some out-ofthe-way facts On iutemperance In
Athens Scion doomed the drunken Archon to
death In Sparta Lycurgus caused the vines to
be pulled up At Mytllene Pittacus doubled the
punishment of those who committed offenses
when under the influence Of liquor. In repub-
lican Rome no one under thirty was allowed to
drink wine. In Russia anyone found drunk on
the public highway is made to sweep the streets
In Sweden drunkards are isolated, and their
whole food prepared with spirits, until they are
so disguised with alcohol that they refuse to eat
In a pamphlet recently issued by Rev Dr.
Seah Merrill, United States consul at Jerusa-
lem. he controverts the generally accepted
theory that the place of the crucifxion and bur-
ial of our Lord is marked by the shrine of the
present Holy Sepucher For some years past"
he says, "there has been growing conviction
that the hill in which Jeremiah's Grotto is shown
situated a little to the northeast Of the Damas
Gus gate satisfied the conditions to the site of
Calvary better than any other spot in or around
Jerusalem. Indeed. a large number of compe-
tent scholars have already accepted this hill as
Golgotha.'
The two churches in Charleston-St Michaels
and st. Philip's-which have been rnined by the
earthquake both possess great historic interest
The tower of St Michaels was the chief or only
beacon in the period of the Revolution and was
painted black when the assailing British fleet
was anticipated. in order to prevent their use of
1t as a guide to the harbor. Black against a
blue sky was less certain landmark than white
Close beside the church is the tomb of John c.
Calhoun. Both St Michaels and ST. Philips were
frequent marks of federal gunners during the
war. St Philips was founded in I'LL, though
not used until 1928. Its tower was 200 feet in
height