The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-26
Religious Notes.

Rev. Thomas Harrison. the evangelist, is
slowly recovering from his illness.
Phillips Brooks's and DR.. Cuyler's churches
gave lately 81, 400 and 1900. respectively, for
missions.
Mrs Girling. the leader of the Shakers in
England, is dead. Her sect are very destitute
at present.
For years the English Church Missionary So
cisty has had mission stations at Fort McPher-
son and La Pierre House, bordering on north
eastern Alaska.
A Protestant church is projected in Tunis,
Africa, where there are from $50 to 200 Chris
tians. A beautiful site has been donated for
this purpose by the hey.
It has been suggested hat the 18th of October
next be observed throughout the Protestant
world as "Tyndale Day." this being the 350th
year since his martyrdom.
There are at least 300 Cinnamon In Chicago
of whom TOP were enrolled last year as Sunday
school scholars. About twenty Cinnamon are
members of churches in Chicago.
Out of the 1872. 444 words composing the re-
vised Bible 72l 672 are the same as found in the
received edition, issued in 1911. Only per
cent-70 772-have been changed; Is, SOB have
been excluded.
OF %, $40 families visited in Virginia by the
agent of the American Bible Society, 8, TAO were
found without copy of the Bible In their homes
In Maine 1t was found that OF 30, OO4 families,
IA 653 attended no church; that 15 253 children
attended no Sabbath-school, and that 1862
Protestant families were without the Bible.
The Friends have always taken a deep interest
in Madagascar. On the island they have 1873 ma :
tive teachers and 1O4 congregations. They have
1856 children in schools at the capital. and H. 600
in schools in the country. They have printed
from 400, 600 to 500.000 works in the native Ian
guage. During the last year they expended
$4,000 for mission purposes in Madagascar
alone
The Sundayschool Times. which cannot be ac-
cused of prejudice under the circumstances, has
this to say of gospel hymns: 1T sounds comical
to hear an ordinary congregation of welldreesed
comfortable-looking people singing Jesus. my
cross have taken, all to leave, and follow Theep
Think of a woman with silk gown on, and a
stuffed bird on her hat standing up and singing:
Naked. poor, despised forsaken, Thou from
hence my all shall be-.
Indiana Advocates The Sabbath is Gods or
dinance in behalf of toiers In every department
of human life. Whether days labor consist
of SIX, or eight, or ten, or twelve hours, is a
secondary question, as compared with the ques
ton of life being period of uuending toll. Mus
cles and morals alike demand day CT rest and
| if the toiling millions would combine to enact
that every employer shall relax his grip one day
in seven, that would be step in the right direc-
ton. We ask no legislation to enforce the sane
tity of the Sabbath-that Is not within the prov
name of justice and humanity. that there shall
be an enforced day of rest for all workers. at
least one day in seven.
New York Advocate: The secular papers an
nounce that George 0. Barnes, the queer evan
celist from Kentucky. says that he has travelled
around the world with his wife, son and two
daughters entirely on faith; had no plan when he
set out but to preach, no invitations, promises,
no acquaintance, even, in the countries ne visit
ed. We don't doubt it, but what does it proves
Barnes is quite good speaker; his eccentrici-
ties draw; his family can sing decently. All sorts
of wanderers without any regular means of SUD-
port travel on 'fath." There is no more abused
word in the English language than this word
faith" Barnes is small Lorenzo Dow, with
out the sound practical sense and stability of
doctrine which characterized that extraord nary
man.