The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-04-18

pleasant man to meet, and a splendid hand at
| getting up games, amateur theatricals and such
/ things"
/ Obadiah of Fifth-ave. Ito Mrs. Obadiah y
/ "Aren't you going TO church this morning, my
dear" Mrs Ono, I'm compelled to stay at
home. Parker says the footman is sick. Fancy
how it would look driving to church without a
footman on the box" Mr.. O.-:'Why don't
you take stage" Mrs. O.-"BecauSe think
it is downright wicked that the staaes are per-
mitted to run on Sunday"
Several of the great benevolent and mission
airy organizations appear TO be in straits, and
are calling strenuously upon the churches for
prompt and liberal gifts to enable them to close
their financial year without debt. This is the
case with the presbyterian foreign missionary
board; with the baptist missionary union,
which needed TO receive $4,000 between
March l and April Is in order to come out
square, and with the home missionary society,
which makes an appeal for help.
People who question the productiveness of
mission work will be edited by a comparison
of the statistics of the congregational churches
IN Massachusetts in 1886 with the mission
churches in Japan in 1887 The 535 congrega-
tional churches in that state in 1886 received
1888 members on confession of faith, an aver
age of about seven 20 each church, and an in
crease OF less than per cent on q membership
OF 96,4l2. The POI protestant churches in ia.
pan received in 1887 SOFA members, an average
OF over - per cent. on membership at the
beginning OF the year Of 1855.
IL is announced that the translation of the
bible into the japanese language has been
completed. This work, which has been in
progress since 1873, has been accomplished by
two committees appointed by the leading bible
societies. The first consisted of the Rev. S. Il.
Brown, D. d., the Rev. y. c. Green, d. d.. and
DIR. j. G. Hepburn. This committee having
performed the task Of translating the New
Testament, about 1881 n new committee con.
sisting of DR.. Hepburn, the Rev. q. f. Yer.
beck, ID. d., and the Rev. =. X. Tyson, who
resigned about yeor ago, was appointed to
complete the translation of the New Tesla
ment.
There's pious and ignorant farmer In vir.
GINA who used TO do little extra work at
preaching, but he hasn't for several years now.
On the occasion Of his last appearance he Sc
locted for the bible reading Jobs description
OF the war-horSe IN which occurs the passago
lie saith among the trumpeei.., hal hal and he
smcllcth the battle afar of" The good man
read along with increasing fcrvor and empha.
sis until he came 10 this, and then he rolled
the sentence forth Gle saith among the
trumpets, lfnyl hayl and" But he never
got any further than that, for the people, for.
getting the anctity OF the place. Uttered, and
then went into such laugh that the meeting
broke up In disorder, and tho farmer quit the
pulpit forever.
The religious papers have printed the cor.
rcspondcnce which has taken place between the
conference committees appointed by the north.
crn aud the southern presbyterian churches 10
consider n basis of union, and the rapid APP
proach Of the moctingo OF the assemblies OF these
two great bodics-whoh takes place In May.
lends interest and importance 90 this core.
spondencc. The four points Of difference be.
tween the two churches were; As 10 doctrine
rs to the ecelesinstcnl position OF the benevolent
agencies (boards) of the church; M 10 political
delivemnees, aud ~ 90 the status OF colorcd
church members and churches. The first
three OF these are practically removed
Tho northern committee has satisfied the
southern that the northern church fully and
heartily accepts the standards OF belief aud
that the church boards" are NJ much under
the control of the general assembly ~ II they
were called committees" As 20 the deliver
ances Of the northern church upon slavery and
the war the southern committee seems 10 be
content 20 let the matter rest at last. The
fourth question Is still on open one. There ia q
general agreement In the South upon the advis.
ability of separate churches and separate pres
byteries for the colorcd people. This being tho
ease, u seems 10 be- on indispensable requisite
Of union that the northern church should not
Insist that the colorcd people shall belong 90
churches partly or mainly composed OF whites,
or the colored churches 10 prcshyteries partly
or mainly composed Of churches whose NON.
beers are all white.