The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-07-29
Notes.

He'll 10 like to be full Of good wishes, but
heaven is full Of good works Guevara.
Last year 24S American Baptist minister
died. Their average age was sixty-nve years.
A $50, 900 mortgage on DR.. Persons Phila-
delphia church was recently cremated IN the
presence of the rejoicing members.
There Is q native light In every man. discov-
ering to him the first lines Of duty In the COM
mon notions of good and evl.-Rev. Gilman A.
Whitmore.
A host Of minds Of profoundest thought end
nothing in the disclosures of science to shake
their faith in the eternal verities OF reason and
religion George Ripley. =
To be forsvsr seeing when your boy yields to
q temptation, and never discovering when he re-
sists one, is the surest way to promote the
faults and discourage the v~irtues-Lyman Abb
bott
Christ IL the key to the history of the worle.
Not only does all barmonize with the mission OF
Christ; all 10 subordinate to ii. When L saw
this IL Was to me as wonderful and surprising as
the light which Paul saw on his way to Damas-
cua-Vor Muller.
The independent announces that the negotia-
tons for organic union that had been pending
between the Presbyterian. Reformed, and Pres-
byrerisu mission churches of Japan are con-
cluded and only await the certain approval or
the separate bodies, in November.
Fretting 10 an evidence Of weakness. Il shows
that you are not controlling yourself. While in
that condition you are not ft to control anybody
else. Don't fret. It is your Christian duty to
cultivate self-control and patience; and in so do
Ing you are not only obeyiDg God, but you are
also working for your own greatest happiness.
Central Methodist.
DThe Congregational Year Book for 1883 will
contain the following statistics: Churches, A.
404; church members. 457 ,584; Sunday-school
members, 55l, 69l; benevolent contributions for
the year 1857. s. 9S. Asa OF this amount,
e3l9. 4O4. was for foreign missions. 500, 237 for
sduestion, S122. $50 for church building, aud
s436.57 2 for home missions.
The late Rev. William Morley Punshon wrote
IN his journal In a time OF great bereavement:
Il erfsve. / wonder. but ] 10 not rebel. " =
I can but say under the stroke, 1t Is the Lord
Thy waves and Thy pillows are gone
over me-; but they are Thy waves. and L must
let them sweep, waiting till Thou shalt tell. In
the fullness Of q clearer vision, why they sweep
over me-"
Encouraging reports are received from
temperance work in China Several young men
of the Anelo-Chinese College at Shanghai have
united with those Of the Presbyterian mission
press In q temperance society which meets
monthly. This society advocates temperance.
purity OF life, 10 against opium. tobacco, and
other evils A number of societies have been
formed among boarding school girls.
The London Methodist Times says that Of 100
candidates for the Wesleyan ministry in Eng
land, examined by committees. ffty-fve we're
refused. OF the ffty-forr accepted, forty-thres
were for home work, ten for missions, and one
for Wales. All the approved were recommended
for training In the theological colleges. The
Times says: Quits as many have been accepted
IS We need. The committee are influenced by
the moral and mental esliber of the men,"
The reverence for the Sabbath in Scotland
sometimes takes q form one would hardly have
anticipated. An old Highlandman said 20 an
English tourist: They're a God-fearin set o.
folks here. deed they are, an III give We an in
stance OF. Last Sabbath. inst "a the kirk was
skail!n,, there was a drovcr chiel frae Dumfries
along the road, whistiin' and lookin' as happy as
IL it was II middle o Tn week. Wesl. sir. our
Isads Is . God-fearin' set o lads, ana they yokit
upon him an a'most killed him. '-LOndon
Chronicles.
Writing OF relic worship by ignorant people in
the italian churches. Augusta Lsrned says: In
explesble to the Ang1o-Saxau mind Is the wor-
chip Of such vsnerated OBJECTS. The other day
afrisnd told me that he happened to be IN .
small italian city. and on going into the church
saw some people kreeling near q glass case
which contained something peculiarly disgust
ing in the appearance On inauiring the nature
Of the relic he was told IL was the tail OF the ass
on which Jesus rode into Jerusalem
No more beautiful spectacle can be seen than
500 proud OF his mother and glad TO obey her.
not ashamed Of the tauats of ''apron strings.
because they unite him TO bis mostloving friend.
And no more sure prophecy OF evil 10 there than a
childs unkindness TO her whose love never fails.
II 10 not always boys who are unerateful. IL is
sometimes the daughters unkindoess that Is
sharper than the serpents tooth. A pretty miss
on the train pettishiy said TO her mother: Cons
on; you're always behiEd.S A venerable gentle
man passing stopped and said: Never behind
when you were siek, was shsf'
ATvere vel with most IL books that eouli engage
Their childhood pleased them AZ a riper age
lie man; sPpro.ins VIA; lad charmed tae boy.
And not with curses on bis art who stole