The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-10
RELIGIOUS, INTELLIGENCE, AND
INCIDENT.


Not what we wish, but what we want
oh lot thy grace supply;
The good unasked in mercy grant;
The i'll, though asked deny.
Rev. Thomas z. Green has taken formal
leave of his Presbyterian congregation in
Chicago, to enter the Episcopal pulpit.
1t is stated that the church of England
numbers among Its clergy three great-grand-
sons of Charles Wesley the poet, brother OF
John.
1t is estimated that fully one-third of the
entire number of Unitarian churches in
America has been founded during the last
twenty years.
A religious paper observes wittily: "What
we need in these days is more action and
fewer resolutions. The acts of the apostles
have been handed down, but their reso-
lutions have not yet reached u.s."
The strong mans heaven consists of mind,
soul, character; it means virtue which has
taken root and fourished under the strong
blasts of temptation, and holiness which has
grown up through sacrifice and pain.-Rev.
Charles Dave.
An eccentric preacher named George
Mayer is going around, and on the roadside
rocks of many villages paints such sentences
as Prepare for Eternity" Repent and Be
ieve." He says he has thus preached 200
sermons Oh stones"
Pilgrimage in the Greek church would
seem to be conducted on sound CONNER
cial principles. Very Rev. Archpriest Hath
erly, who is about to make his third pilgrim
age to Jerusalem, offers to procure water
direct from the river Jordan at five shillings
per bottle payable IN advance.
''The Methodist Protestant Year book" for
1856 exhibits total of $50 ministers, 929
local preachers, 124, 63S membeas and 4,071
probationarS. There are 1,713 church edi-
fees and eos parsonages, and the total value
of the property is S., l4S,011. The :, 1865 Sun
day-schools of the denomination contain
50, 499 scholars.
Ollie, who has been a naughty boy, has
Just finished his evening prayer, when man.
ma says: "Are you not going to ask God to
forgive your" 80 yes, s'pose so. Please,
God, forgive me for being so bad boy, and
forgive my mamma, too, for being very
wicked Ia long breath while he tries 10 bring
some evidence of his assertion-then an in
spiration) for she killed fly, Lord, that you
made!"
The men of the Wallaston (Mass.) Congre-
gational Church are trying to recover from
the effects of their fair that closed on Thurs
day night. 1t was the regulation church
fair, with fancy work. cake, home made
candy, and lots of other things to eat, but
the work was all done by the men, who
waited on the tables, sold their handiwork,
think it has really cost them more than
that.
ST. Johns Protestant Episcopal church,
Cambridge, Mass. has devised a new way of
making debt apparent. A chart hangs up
on the walls of parish house, upon which
the lot recently purchased. about 1900
square feet, is represented divided into 1000
blocks, corresponding to the cost of the
property, $1,000. OF these blocks 1000 have
been crossed off because paid for, and Just
now 103 more have been crossed off by means
Of ladies' entertainment. Thus everybody
at a glance can see the progress that it is
making.
Amidst the constant upspringing of new
boy choirs says The Living Church, priests
need to beware of their one very possible
abuse. The boy choir adds to the becoming
appearance of divine worship, gives the
young set place and function in the church,
and does away with the musical self-display
of the quartet. But it should not be forgot
ten that it has also its besetting modes Of ir-
reverence, against which the piety and the
hrmness of the priest must be perpetually
on guard. Let him remember that no choir
can issue from choir-room which has been
the scene of confusion, boisterous merriment,
and mischief, in a reverent condition to sing
the solemn praise of God before His holy
altar.