The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-09
Religions Notes.

Those who always love have not the leisure to
complain and be unhappy.-Joubert
The three essentials to human happiness are,
something to love, something to do, and some
thing TO hope for.
1t is of no concern TO Christianity what you
and / think of it. but it is an immense concern
to ourselves.-Presiden emit X. ID. Hitchcock.
The voice OF conscience is so delicate that il IL
easy TO stihs It, but il is also clear that it is
impossible to mistake it.-Mme. de Stael.
The hardest OF all church debts to get rid of is
the spiritual mortgage held by some powerful
predeeessor.-Syracuse Christian Advocate.
Twenty years ago the gospel was not allowed
10 enter Spain; now there are between 10 900
aud 1900 adherents or the evangelical
churches.
You viii find that the mere resolve not to be
useless, and the honest desire to help other peo-
pie, will. in the Quickest and delicatest ways,
improve yourself = Ruskln.
The centenary Of Alexander Campbell,
founder OF the Christian" Church, will be OBJ
served by spacal services in all the churches of
that denomination Sept 16.
The true Christian is like the sun, which pur-
sues its Doiseless track and everywhere leaves
the erect of his beams in blessing upon the
world around him.-Luther.
Il is thu purpose of the Fres Church of Scot
land, bsfore the year 1893, the fftieth anniver-
sary OF the disruption, TO pay the entire indebt-
edness on its churches. Four years ago the in
eooscuAcss "dS S4,Ot0,VVV.
We never know through what divine mys-
teries Of compensation the great Father OF the
universe may be carrying out his sublime plan;
but the words, "God is love- ought to contain
TO every doubling soul the solution of all things
Mrs MULCH.
IL is said that the very house in which Tom
Paine wrote The Age of Rea SON. is now the
property of good Methodist class leader and
that the press on which THE Age of Reason
was printed is now in Geneva, and is used for
nothing but to print Bibles.
A London preacher placardsd the city with
notices that he would preach in Spurgeon q
Tabernacle on the subject: ",-;-:-Ei-"
There was a large congregation, TO whom he an
nounced the text: ''Stand thou still awhile .
and then said that his subject was ''The Pauses
OF Life
To be incapable of temptation is the privilege
of involuntary creatures; man, or an angel,
darrs not desire it So long he feels who it
Is that has made him capable of such danger,
who has given him q will, he is safe; for his life
IL n PRAYER that he may not be left TO his own
guidance. ID. Maurice
Fifty years ago seven shoemakers in a shop in
the eity az Hamburg said, by the grace of Goo
we will helm to seni the gospel TO dc s.:suts
fellow men. In twenty five years thew mad a.
tsbiish-d " selssu2porting churches. had gath
cred ont 10 0n0 converts had distributed 400 00O
Bibles onf : lOg 600 tracts. and had carrisi the
rospsi % -. Do. 600 Of the race IL would only
take loo o. sEch men to carry the gospel 70 the
whole world in twenty-iv years.
When the inhabitants of Mentons desired e
visit from the Prince OF Savoy they made way
for him over the mountains. Hills were tun-
neled and valleys bridged, that the beloved soy
sreien might receive the welcome OF his sub
iects III we would really welcome the Lord Js-
sus We must N axe o road for Him oy abssing
eur pride, elevA ting our thoughts, renewing our