The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-06-20
Religious Notes and Personals.

Mrs Hastings, missionary in Ceylon, is a
sister of President Cleveland.
4 catholic lady in New York has Just given
$4,000 10 the American catholic university.
The Canada Presbyterian is publishing DUFF
field Osborne's "The Spell of Ashtaroth" as
serial.
The resignation of the Rev. S. B. Halliday as
pastoral helper in Plymouth church has been
accepted.
THE Kings Daughters" now number 10000
in the United States. The society is TO have a
monthly paper.
A whole village in Brazil has accepted the
gospel through the instrumentality of young
business man, who invited missionary to that
place
The pope has issued an encyclical on slavery,
urging the abandonment of slave-dealing in
Egypt, the Soudan and Zanzibar, and praising
Dom Pedro for abolishing slavery in Brazil.
Thirty thousand rupees have been promised
by American Young Mems Christian Associa-
tions toward establishing a Young Mems Chris
ton Association in each university town i'll
India.
The Chicago Ne,rS, in a curious and valuable
article on 'The Cost of Making Converts"
shows that the average cost of converting the
average Chicagoan to some form OF Christian
ity is 1884,, 235.
London has eight homes for poor working
only 81 week. and room not over 81 more.
They said TO be well managed and literally
supported by charitable people.
The San Francisco theological seminary ex-
presses its gratitude TO Mr.. w. :. Ladd, of
Portland, Ore, for his magnificent gift of
$4,000, and is endeavoring to make up another
$4,000 by contributions to the Pacific coast.
The total cost of the Sandwich Islands mis-
siOns for the fifty years from 1890 TO 1870 was
= IlurIpO he IT two
the commerce of the United States with the
Islands amounted to over 100000. The net
profits on this equalled the entire years cost
of the missions.
The American Sunday-school union organ
lied last year 1,5O2 schools, with 6,326 teachers
Las, having 151,055 members. Schools (pre-
viously reported) aided 3,715, having 213,9SS
members. Bibles distributed, 6,56S; teStaments
1882; families visited, 81 900.
Queen Margaret college, Glasgow. is the only
woman's college in Scotland. The college
buildings. which cost 10000, were purchased
by Mrs. Elder, widow of the well-knOwn Clyde
ship-builder. but will not be absolutely con-
veyed to the trustees of the college till the en-
dOwment fund reaches 100000.
At meeting held in Philadelphia last Sun
day the Jewish publication society was organ
lied. Ii has for its object the publishing of
works on the religion, literature and history of
the Jews and the fostering of original work by
American scholars on these subjects. John III.
Schif has offered to give 5000 to Heilprin
endowment fund in memory of the late Michael
Heilprin providing $4,000 were raised in one
year, this fund to be used in furthering the
work OF the new society.
The Rev. J. NJ Buckley d. D., in accepting
the editorial charge of the Christian Adrocate
for the third term, thus defines the sphere of a
religious paper: "To produce paper which
will make its readers better Christians more
useful citizens, which will lead all to associate
the most vigorous exercises of the intellect and
the purest emotions of the heart-and not the
dreams of the cloister, the twaddle of the nurs-
cry or the frenzy OF the mob-with true religion
is our highest ambition"
Ohio shows its desire for Office and its ability
to furnish officials aStruly in religious gather
ing as in national politics. The Cincinnati con-
ference ministerial delegation (of four men,
bers) TO the recent general conference received
the following honors. Charles II. Payne, ID. d.,
elected secretary of the educational society:
A. B. Leonard, ID. D., secretary of the mission,
airy society; j. Ii. Bayliss, editor of the Western
Christian AdrOcdte, and |. w. Joyce, ID. d., a
bishop.
SIN invectve, in taking wit, in smartness of
repartee, in beautiful phrasing, in scurrilOus
abuse of what men hold sacred, in blasphemy
if there is any blasphemy, in insult to the Holt
est instincts of human nature, in recklessness
of assertion and denial in purposed disregard
of that progress which marks both history and
revelation, in show of logic and want of it, in
brilliant antithesis and inconsequence, Col. In
gersoll equals, if he does not surpass, any other
living man."-Ltdependen
''The schools and the religious denominations
are charged with the duty of maintaining the
rectitude of the public conscience, and the
time has come in the affairs OF the nation
when each religious body should use its legis-
lative gatherings for afirmations which carry
weight in the intelligent political, social and
spiritual welfare of the people," so says the
ChWchmdn in an editorial condemning the
presbyterian centennial as too much given to
denominational glorifcation.
Referring to the recent great methodist and
baptist gatherings, the Examiner says: ''The
art of packing the convention with a majority
of delegates favorable to given result, of MAX
ing slate, of suppressing opposing sentiment,
of riding, rough-shod, over everything and
everybody in the way of foregone conclusion,
is not more fully understood by any political
machine than by some clerical manipulators.
In fact, if things go on in some present direc-
tons, it will soon be necessary for the politi-
clans TO 60 to school to religious assemblages
and learn how to do really fine work in their
own profession.