The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-09
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE AND
INCIDENT.

twenty-five Baptist churches have been
organized in Nebraska during the past year.
Nothing is so strong as gentleness; nothing
so gentle as real strength.-St. Francis de
Sales.
Blessed be God, not only begin praying
when kneel down, but do not leave of
praying when raise up.-T. Adams.
A Cedar Falls little girl closed her PRAYER,
the other night, by murmuring: And, God,
bless the flowers that bloom in the spring,
ira la"
1t is related of popular clergyman that
he startled dull prayer-meeting, recently,
by announcing that he didn't propose TO
act as umpire for sleeping match"
My God, do not fear
To yield myself to Thee;
However strange Thy will appear.
1t must be good for me
Rev. George Wade Robinson.
The Methodist church south has elected
the following additional bishops: Rev. Drs.
w. W. Duncan, of South Carolina; G.. b.
Galloway, of Mississippi; Eugene r Hend-
rix, of st. Louis, and Joseph Stanton Key,
of Georgia,
The next general assembly of the Presby-
terrain church will contain about $50 COM
missioners, reduction of about 100 mainly
distributed as follows: New York, %;
diana, s; Iowa. II; total 81.
Paul Cook, president of the French Metho-
dist conference, and who has taken aleading
part in the spread of Methodism in that
country, is dead. He was the originator of
French Sunday schools, and was at first the
victim of much persecution.
The board of publication of the PresDy-
terrain church reports that its receipts from
the sale of its periodicals last year were $685.
062. 20 and it makes the very remarkable
statement that the unpaid bills given up as
hopeless for the entire year amounted to
s.. 4O1.
The Jewish Reformer announces that the
next conference of American rabbis will be
held at Cincinnati on Monday, the 2sth of
June, in the temple Bene Teshurien, and in
vites all American rabbis who favor the
cause of reform and progress within the pale
of Judaism to attend.
Bishop W. II. Miles, of the colored Metho-
dist Episcopal church in America, weighs
800 pounds, wears a suit which cost him
from 81 to 81, carries pair of old-times red
leather saddle pockets, and is worth $40, 600
in money and city property. He is self
made; but he is made.
The communicating of mans self to his
friends works two contrary effects; for it re-
doubleth joys and cutteth grlefs in half; for
there is no man that imparteth his Joys to
his friends, but he enjoys the more; and no
man that imparteth his grief to his friends,
but he grieveth the less.-Bacon.
The Rev. A. J. Scott has been asked to
resign his pastorste of the First COngrega-
tional Church of Evanston, Ill. The charges
against him generally are neglect of pastoral
duties and lack of interest in church work.
Specifically he is charged with riding a
tricycle. and smoking cigars in the public
streets.
Philadelphia has sixty-seven Baptist
churches and seventeen missions. The total
church membership is 10 95S There are
eigbty-three Biole schools, with officers and
teachers. 1908, and scholars % 973 There
are in the city $50 Sunday schools, with all
attendance of lS6,S35 scholars and over
10000 teachers.
The bible commands thai servants shall be
treated with love and kindness, more than
200 times. The poor and the needy are lie.
ferred to more than $50 times, while the
word erich" appears only 81 times. On the
other hand. widows and orphans are spoken
of-compassionately, of course-mOre than
100 times, the expressions right and lust
ice' appear 600 times, and "love" and
'mercy" 800.
The archbishop of Philadelphia has pub
lished in his diocese the decisions on the
recent plenary council, OF Baltimore, in re-
gard TO the sale OF liquors on Sunday, and
announced that all Roman Catholics under
his Jurisdiction must either abstain from
selling intoxicants on Sunday or leave the
church. Should they disregard this injunc-
ton the priest will refuse 10 grant them alb.
solution, and thus deprive them of the sacra-
mentS.
The Springfield Union tells good story of
the Rev. DIR. Osgood, who forty years ago
was pastor of the First Church in that city.
One evening at the prayer meeting IN the
little chapel, as he was praying he made a
gesture and knocked off small lamp that
stood on the pulpit He opened his eyes and
looked over, and seeing that the lamp was
not broken, remarked: "Well, it was good
glass. any way" and then, closing his eyes,
won't on with his prayer where he had LETT
of.
ALL AROUND THE HOUSE.