The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-26
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Religious Notes.

Religious Notes.
| Fenelon: The realization of Gods presence
4 IS the one sovereign remedy against tenn ptation.
| Bishop Taylor is now route for the United
/ States. 1t is stated that ne will not reach New
| York before May l.
| When belief wakes uncertain, practice too be-
| comes unsound AT all times man who will
| do faithfully, needs to believe firmly
| In the training -school of the American board
at kioto, Japan, there are now $50 students,
sixty-four of whom are in the theological de-
partment.
A proposition has been made to commemo-
rate the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of
the conversion of John Wesley, which, he re-
lates in his journal occurred May a. 173S
| Mrs, Harriet Beecher Stowe takes more
interest in the ministerial work of her son, the
Rev. Charles Stowe, of Hartford. than in any
thing else in the world. She never fails to hear
his Sunday morning sermon
Flchte: Show what thou truly lowest, show
me what thou seekest with thy whole heart, and
thou hast thereby shown me thy life. This love
is the root and central part of thy being. What
thou lowest is that thou Invest.
A daughter of Rev. DR.. A. T. Pierson, of
Philadelphia author of '.Ths Crisis of Missions.
was recently married to Rev F. s. Curtis. Mr..
and Mrs Curtis Sail for Osaka, Japan. mis-
sionaries of the Presbyterian Board. this month.
M. Renan has undertaken to write for q lead
ing French periodical on the regns of David
and Solomon in which the writer will continue
his story of the people of Israel from the point
to which the volume just published brings the
reader.
In life some men are born at tine bottom Of the
ladder, to work their way up. Others born
at the top, to work their way down. The man
on the way up experiences his greatest danger
when he reaches the middle and meets the other
on the way down.
very successful pastor says he knows soma
ministers who are 80 busy trying to drive the
sheep in at one door, that they do not observe
how fast they slipping out OF the other
door" Even so. and this may help to answer
the question, What becomes of the converts2
NJ. Renan recently said to friend: II some
times think that from the depths of he'll shall
manage to win the relenting favor of God,
provided that am allowed to talk to HIM
in French Therefore, trust that French will
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The following is the seating capacity Of the
eight largest churches of Europe St. Peter.
St. Paul Rome. IS. 600: s. Sophia. Constant G
nople. %, 600; Notre Dame, Paris. $1,000;
Florence Cathedral, 10000; Pisa Cathedral,
$4,000; ST. Mark, Venice. 1000.
Rev. E. r. Fulkerson, who is now teaching in
the Toxic Anglo-Japanese college in Aoyama,
writes to lions Herald that FALL the students in
the dormitories, except two or three, have been
preach just as soon as they arc converted. Nor
are their efforts in vain. They returned re-
Gently and reported about 200 hearers and
twenty conversions in single afternoon"
Lewistown Journal: A number of divines tell
in the current Morning Star why they are Free
Baptists. One of them is Prof. John Fullonton,
ID. D.. of Lewiston. He says he is Free Bap-
tist in the first place. because his mother was;
secondly, because he thinks the doctrine is
est right. and thought when he was a boy;
again, because his college president advised him
to stay in the denomination, and, moreover, be-
cause he likes the Free Baptist folks.
Methodist Recorder Prosperity is more dan
gerous to the soul than adversely. Contempt
and want" says Wesley, ''are easy to be borne;
Temptations and Affections try the Christians
faith, humble his spirit. make him feel his de-
pendence and lead him to God for support
but prosperity and honor tend to lift one MP in
his own estimation. divert his thoughts from
God, and center his affections on the world.
Hartford Religious Herald: One of our re-
lielous exchanges boasts of a certain church
possessing a lady who saves the congregation
where she worships $4,000 year. woman
of wealth and of high social culture and position.
she makes it her rule and the fashion to dress
for church in plain and inexpensive a man.
ner as to throw the whole social influence Of the
congregation against extravaganza in dress. IL
modern churches and replace it with the wor-
ship of God, she has n mission greater than that
of Kimball or of Moody and Sankey.
The Herald and Presbyter has the following:
1.-THE editor of Philadelphia religious news
paper thus writes in his paper: Il work
almost we'll in the cars in my study. For
instance, between Philadelphia and Lancaster
/ wrote the editorial on "OIr Boards" which
appeared in last weeks paper.' This reminds
us of the minister who highly compliment
ed on his sermon, and handed IS for his services.
ought to hear one of my $40 sermons So the
readers of our contemporary would like to read
an editorial written by its editor at his leisure
in his sanctum.n
Hampshire Journals One of the native preach
ers of Canton is wholly paralyzed in his legs.
arms and hands. except the partial use of one
thumb and forefnger. Nevertheless. he is car
ried to chapel and breaches either sitting or
lying on his back, and many have thus received
the saving truth of the gospel from his lips He
had very parallel in the late Horace
Bushnell, pastor of Congregational Church In
the suburbs of Cincinnati. and also an indefati-
gable city missionary He became nearly blind
years before his DEATH but still kept at work:
One day he tumbled into open cellar. and
famed both legs, but still stunned about with
the aid of canes. He continued his iAbors until
his death. when past eighty
Dean of Peterborough: II there is . disease
in our modern theology and our modern philos-
ophy of life more conspicuous than another, 1t
is its indifference TO sin. We lull il with an
odynes.s We call 10 anything bur sin. We
form our schemes Of social Improvement and
material progress without any conviction Of