The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-30
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE AND
INCIDENT.

Mr.. w. T. RUSSELL Scotch gentleman
formerly resident in Calcutta, has given
$50 600 recently for Christian education OF
| women in India.
| Thlrty-five years ago the possession of
| bible was prohibited in Italy. Now bible
depots are established in every italian city,
and copies are freely bought by the people.
| Old "Uncle Jake" of Corning, Kan, is
| man of considerable religious sentiment and
| practical faith. every night" he says, 81
get down on my knees and say my prayer,
and don't care - who sees me-"
The Bible writes hope over the darkest
fields of life. Man, above all things needs
| hope and the Bible is the charter of hope,
| the message of the God of Revelation, who
alone is the God of hope.-Canon Westcott,
| ID. ID.
The Interior SAYS that 50-cent bible judic-
| iously distributed will beat half a dozen
| policemen in preventing crime, and that an
evangelical Sabbath school or church in
destitute portion of city will prevent more
crime than half its police.
| The most extraordinary incident of alb
sentmindedness is told of clergyman, who
forgot what he was about in the middle of a
| prayer and sat down. In a moment he arose
| and pointing to the amazed congregation,
said: "0h by the way, amen"
The ruling passion strong in death was
Enthusiastically illustrated on the occasion
| of clergyman's prayer for a dying toll.
| keeper The poor man had not many hours
| to live, and the clergyman was in the mid
| die of his prayer. stop moment" inter
rupted the tollman; ~ think l hear a
| wagon"
No knowledge, however vast; no matter,
however Scriptural; no creed, however
| primitive and orthodox; no style, however
| faultless; no manner, however graceful,
| can avail without the force of the preach
ar1c rho afo a1o
tions, prayers, going along with his SER
mon.-Prof. Blunt.
A clergyman who preached in small
town back of Newburgh, Orange county, in
formed reporter Of The Kingston Freeman
| that the only way he can get congregation
| to the weekly prayer-service of his church is
to announce the Sunday preceding the ser
| vice that after the prayer-meeting, Thurs
day evening, arrangements will be made for
| festival"
The religion OF some people is constrained;
they are like people who use the cold bath,
| not for pleasure, but necessity and their
health; they go in with reluctance, and are
| glad when they get out; but religion TO
true believer is like water to a fish; 1t is his
| element; seemingly his native element; he
| lives in it, and he could not live out of it,
Rev. John Newton.
DO you know said prominent st.
| Paul divine the other day, what makes the
| reputation of minister? 1t is Lot his SER
mons, but the way in which he builds up a
| church. Whenever man has large con-
| gregatiOns he becomes known Now, as a
rule, this is done by leg work. l mean that
| the majority OF ministers who build up
church do it by personal solicitation. There
| are very few men whose sermons will attract
and hold people.-St. Paul Globe.
John Ruskin, being asked the other day
for aid in paying off church debt. replied
| by letter thus: 81 am sorrowfully amused
| at your appeal to me, of all the people in
the world, the precisely least likely to give
| you a farthirg. My first word to all men
and boys who care to hear me is: Don't
| get into debt. Starve, and go to heaven;
but don't borrow. Try first begging. 1
| don't mind, if it's really needful, stealing.
But don't buy things you can't pay for
| And of all manner of debtors, pious people
building churches they can't pay for are the
| most detestable nonsense TO me. Can't you
| preach and pray behind the hedges, or in a
sandplt, or in a coal hole first?"
A clergyman in Scotland, who had APP
| pointed day for the cateChisiDg of some of
his congregation, happened to receive an in
| vitation to dinner for the same day, and,
having forgotten his previous engagement,
| he accepted it. Just as he was mounting his
| gig to depart he perceived the first of his
| class entering the garden and the remainder
| coming over the hill, and at once became
| aware of the mistake he had made. Here
was fix. But the ministers ready wit soon
| came to his assistance. "What have We
come for, John?n he asked, addressing the
| first conner. son dee We no remember, sir,
| We babe us come to be catecheesedP ooh,
aye weel, no to keepye going further, John,
| was it a horned coo or a hummel coo that
| Noah took into the arkP' "Deed, sir, |
Gamma tell" "Weel, turn back and ask the
| ither folk the same question, and if they
Gamma answer it bid them go home and lind
| oot."
| at reception to Rev. DR.. Seward, in New
| Britain, Conn, recently, "reminiscences were
/ in order. Twas said that DR.. Seward in
sisted, when appointed pastor, in 1885, that
| he should not be called upon for more than
| two public services each Sunday: that one
| member OF the church shortly afterward
| prayed that the pastor would receive grace
| 10 preach in the morning aud afternoon,
| and, ii his strength held out. be might con-
| tinue in the evening" DR.. Seward told of
receiving bushel of turnips once for marry
| ing a couple. and some years later the bride
| groom appeared and passed out a SO bill,
| saying that This wife had turned out so well
| that he felt justified in the expenditure"
| A man once came into church late. and
| started. with soueaky boots, to walk the
whole length of a side gallery, when an ex-
| change pas or stopped suddenly IN his
| prayer, opened his eyes, and, pointing
long finger at the disturber, said: You sit
down right where you are" He then re.
| sumed his prayer.
Three Men Killed by an Explosion.