The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-08-12
Religious Notes.

A little society which is doing great work in
the South is the 'Ice Mission" Its object is to
supply the sick poor with ice aud lemons.
Rev. DR.. Ashmore writes from China:
Things brighten in this eastern sky. never
knew a more hopeful time in Chinese missions"
Great is he who enjoys his earthenws-e as il
it were plate, and not less great is the man to
whom all his plate is no more than earthsnware.
Seneca.
The good opinion of honest men, friends to
freedom, and wel-wishers TO mankind, 10 the
only kind of reputation q wise man would ever
Observation-Disclosures.
In the province of Travancore, India. Chris
tianity has so far displaced heatnenism that one
man out OF every FIVE ranges himself among the
followers of Christ"
II there be a pleasure on earth which angels
cannot enjoy, and which they might almost
envy man the possession OF. it 10 the power of
reviewing distress. -LAeon.
Mans unhappiness. as I coustrue. comes OF
his greatness; it Is because there is an infinite
in him. which with all his cunning he cannot
bury under the ~hnite.-Carlyle.
If q man shall pretend TO Worship. to obey and
serve. yea. to love Christ. and suffer for him,
yet If he do not trust Christ by faith. all 10 q
provocation 10 Christ. aud all is Improbable to
the man.-Rev. Robert Trail.
The Sunday-school of the Brick Presbyterian
Church, in Rochester. n. Y, has voted to con-
tribute 81. 600 towards evaneelistic work in
Japan. A school which takes such interest in
missionary work will be likely to furnish some
missionaries by and by.
I'VE used. I" saws tina Christian Register. ITO
hear much of the Blue Presbyterisns,' but it is
getting as hard TO fnd a blue Presbyterian as il
Is 20 find q red-hot Methodist. We have no
doubt that they still exist; but. the denomina.
ton. IS . whole, is changing color.
The grandfather Of the late James Freeman
Clarke was the pastor OF the historic Kings
Chapel, in Boston. In 1765 The remodeled the
liturgy, and left the word ''obey" out Of the
marriage service. 1t has never been used In the
service of the Episcopal Church since.
The present Prime Minister Of the Sandwich
Islands 10 an earnest Christian. When he visit
ed Berlin. in connection with a commercial
treaty, 1t WAS his practice to attend Bible read
ings on Sunday nights. and he found it easy to
decline diplomatic invitations on the Lords day.
] T. Hsadley. in his Travels in Italy" says
that Byrons Italian teacher told him that Byron
always bad four books lying on his table, no
matter how many others came or went away.
His curiosity prompted him to look at them, and
he found they were the Bible. Shakespeare,
Machiaveili and Alferfs tragedies.
Last year in Bicester. England. .free teas
were given TO poor children "a plan Of benef-
teas are provided by the cooperation of persons
of all denominations The attendance at one is
reported at one hundred and forty. The tea
was preceded by a simple talk by a minister on
Christ's feeding of the five thousand.
1--WE have heard a great deal lately, says the
independent, about the hundreds Of young
men in our schools who are preparing to GO a.
missionaries. But somehow they do not ma
terialize 10 any overwhelming Numbers The
Baptist Missionary Union IL begging for FIVE
healthy. earnest able men to 60 to India and
Burmah. aud 1t cannot ind them. The Presby-
terians have the same tale to tell"
The largest Sunday-school in Chicago il con-
Quoted as one class. There are thirty-fve
baoored scholars In the class; it is divided into
OF hfty to one hundred members: eacn
section tsunder charge of an adult, who simply
Keeps orNer and does no teaching. The sections
are indica ted by blue banners having on them
White nun bers. The session Is just one hour.
Thirty mifnutes are devoted TO teaching by the
superintsnA6ent Mr.. c. B. Holmes, and the other
dirty mixxAles are spent 10 singing from . song
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