The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-19

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tered. the successful, but to the One that also
stood alone; and 10 Him., 10 His extremity, he
finds himself aud his salvation.
The Micah Anniversary.
The Indiana auxiliary OF the McAll mission
held a reunion meeting on the occasion of its
third anniversary last night at the First Baptist
Church. DIR. Jeffsry, who presided. recalled
the opposition the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation received from the church organizations
when it was first started in this city. W
ought to sustain organizations" he said "God
Is not tied up to any ono Of them. The power
OF the church is not in organization alone The
power Of the Baptist Church is not in its theo-
ries respecting baptism. The power of the Pres
byterian Church is not in its system OF elders.
And yet have no respect for these religious
tramps who will own no home, but
60 from door to door, demonstrating the free
dom Of the gospel by asking abundantly
and never giving anything themselves. And
yet the clerical idea has been carried altogether
too far. Why. 1t is not long since a man would
not be permitted to pronounce . benediction un-
less he had been regularly ordained by the lay
ing on of handa cannot see Why . man who
Ses 80 pa >ObA1 Nv ~ - NNe
lar minister. Now this Young Mems Christian
Association is an organization raised up by God
outside the church. and We all acknowledge it
is fulfilling a wonderful mission.
W are hero tonight to celebrate the ami
versary OF another peculiar work. commenced,
however. by a clergyman OF the Church of Eng
land. This man has done q great work, not be-
cause he belonged to that church, but because
he had the spirit OF Christ. France has been
cursed for ages with Romanism. and it has
ripsned into infdeliry. The French are to-day
n terrible demonstration Of what q nation Is
without God. There have been serious efforts
to reclaim France, but the reason ttst Prot.
estantism has not succeeded there is that it has
had so little Of the spirit Of Christ.
and it has been supported by the
state, instead of by voluntary contributions.
The consequence is the French say If this is
the best Christianity can do. wa don't want it,
They have no real spiritual support. The
average Frenchman has come to feel that there
is no God. man is an animal, and. as there is no
hereafter. his sole object is to crafty his selfish
ness and lusts. When / was in Paris. q few
years ago. q Frencbman said to me, nobody
goes to church. but tho women. I was
shortly afterward IN the magnificent Notre
Dame, and saw there only a few priests.
They looked utterly oepraved and disgusting.
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some bows there to intone for them. When
they took a rest the boys would commence and
go through the same stuff, and whom the boys
rested the priests started in again. On another
occasion l saw q party Of priests playing ball in
the Garden OF the Tuileries on Sunday. Mr.. Nc
All and his wife were passing a liquor resort in
Paris, and some mon came out and said: Now,
II you have any gospel that can save Us. bring
il TO us, for we are ready to hear That was q
call from Christ. 1t determined his life-work,
and has grown into the wonderful movement
that has spread from town to town, and village
to village, until men have been converted every
where. Sometimes they 20 back into the
churches. but when they do, IL is with a new
TO multitudes, and this mighty movement will
regsrerate France
The Rev, w. A. Patton then spoke on the
subject. why Should American Christians
FOR, the first because it 10 Christs cause. "Was
it not the spirit OF Christ said he, that led
Mr.. McAn TO 60 to Parish Was IL not the
voice OF Christ that spoke to him from the
depths of her vice1 And again when a man said
to him: You think we are a nation of infdels.
We are not infdels. We have an imposed
religion, but we will not submit to it il anyone
will como here and teach as better. We are
longing to hear There was the voice of Christ.
There was the Macedonian cry. This is the
way the WORK Is opening to us in
France, and we have every reason to
give to it our hearts. our labor and our dollars.
/ was handed, a few DAYS since, a letter from a
young Frenchmau to Mrs. Ripley. He was con-
verted in one of the McAn missions. he came
over TO Brazil, in this State, and was q common
miner, and worked among his brethren, preach
ing Christ, and many Of them were converted
there and are now working for the cause. He
is now doing the sans thing among the miners
in Washington county, Pennsylvania. Dear
sister in Christ he writes in his broken way. L
do but little for tho Master, but then l have
great Joy Ia doing it, for I have around me
in this State people whom l am telling Of the
Savior In conclusion he says: Il want to
continue IN the mission, so please find one
dollar in here This last remark shows
the young mans feeling toward the work. An
other reason is the great need OF France for the
gospel of Christ. France. of all enlightened ma
tions, now needs the truth the most. We are
erecting a monument there which shall stand
forever. for its foundation is laid upon the
Rock of Ages. It holds aloft the light Of eter-
nal truth from on high. We are erecting it
slowly, silently, without the sound of chisels,
and yet il will reach to heaven itself and stand
through all eternity"
DR.. NJ. l.. Haines next spoke upon "The Work
Among the Communistic Element in France"
In the course Of his remarks he said,
If he were asked to convince q man who doubted
the gospel of Christ being the divine truth, he
would show him its effects. y relative of his
had settled in the Fiji islands in the days of
cannibalism. and wrote home that it Was q
common sight to see men going about the village
with human limbs, which they cooked IN great
ovens and ate. Since the arrival Of the
Wesleyan missionaries all this has been
changed. A thousand church spires can now
be seen where the ovens used TO be, and the
people are rapidly advancing In the light and
knowledge of the truth. As to France. with its
irreligion and vices, nothing could conquer il
but the love aud grace OF Christ.
The Rev. Dr.. j. s. Jenckes then made q few
remarks on 1.-THE Work in the Medical De-
partment," in which he brought out the aptness
of mission work among the sick, when men felt
helpless and inclined to faith" aud showed the
good done bv the hospitals established by the
McAall mission. After that Dr.. Rondthaler
read some lines of greeting to the In
diana Auxiliary from DR.. Bradley,
formerly of this city, in which he expressed his
earnest sympathy with the work. DIR. Rond-
thaler told Of the work the Indiana
branch was doing in Paris. He said
it had undertaken to keep open
q ball where the gospel was preached
every day, in the he heart Of all that wicked.
ness, to sinners. The work this year would
cost $500. The auxiliary had already paid $500
and had $50 in the treasury. The remaining
SO must be made MP before Jan. 1. He then
made a strong appeal for dollars" saying that
each one paid the entire expense Of one meet
ing in the Sale Indiana" or Indiana Hall,
with which amount Of good anyone ought to be
satisfied. throughout the evening there was
some excellent singing by choir aud ~soloisss.
The Grent Picture Exhibited.
Rev. Oscar c. McCulloch WAS called to New
York late Saturday by the death of a relative,