The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-22
Religious Notes.


Jewish Messenger: It is good for us to think
grace blessing is truly ours till we are
aware that God has blessed some one else
with it through
Mr.. Sankey. of Moody and Sankey fame, is
now on a tour of the Southern States In the
summer he will make a tour of the British Isles
under the auspices of some Church of England
congregations.
On two occasions the Warren.avenue Baptist
and Union Congregational churches of Boston
have sat together at the sacrament of the Lords
supper. This may be prelude to the general
breaking up of the close communion.
Father Taylor, OF Boston, asserts his claim to
criticism after hearing transcendenta! dis
course of Emerson, saying st would take
many sermons like that to convert human soul
as it would quarts of skinned milk to make
man drunk.
The committee revising tho translation of the
Hindu New Testament have been in fsession at
Nynee Ta and have nearly finished the final
revision of the gospels. This work is carried on
entirely at the expense of the British and For
eign Bible Society.
Stephen A Douglas. the youngest son of the
great Senator was among the recent converts
at Railroad Chapel, Chicago He Joined the
society at once, and rejoices at having already
been the means of converting penitent whom
he never saw before. The two sat beside one
another at Mr.. Douglass first communion.
Bishop Quintard has procured for the Uni
versity of the South a copy of the famous work
of Henry VIII against Luther. 1t was pub
lished in 1926. and secured from the Pope for
the King and his SUCCESSORS the title of defend
ers of the faith. - 1t Is probably the only copy
in the country.
At of the little mission chapels in the
Charlotte islands less than 100 blankets, val
ued at 81. 25 each. were contributed Sun
day by the native congregation toward the erec-
ton of a new church Measured by the meager
resources of these poor Christians, they fur
nished a magnificent example.
The grand total of British contributions to
missions for 1885, inc.uding dividends, rents
and interest, is s., e36.s7o, an advance Of SILL
contributions, $33, 440. 1t appears that the
Christian world raises over $l1 ,OOO 900 a yearfor
Protestant missions. while Romish foreign
missions received but ST., 325, $50, a little over
one-eighth of that sum.
Mr. Arlington, of Leeds, is reported to have
the welfare of the Amazoniaus and BraZllians
SO much at heart that he was offered f15,Oo0 to
start a mission to them. The gentleman has
interested himself greatly in missionary work in
central Africa, and now turns his attention to
the northern part of South America. He has
made this generous offer to the three great for
eign missionary boards of the London Baptist
and Free Church of Scotland societies.
The Richmond Advocate warns up in this
style over a subject that interests the members
of all churches: 1.-THE Methodist casseader was
alive in 1860 1--WE saw him) who thanked God his
religion cost him nothing. 1t always costs. The
free. The weazen spirit and shriveled soul of
this religious runt had wrinkled his face like a
raisn We thank God that race of stunted
Methodsts has well-ngh ceased. The grave
remains of the shilling a-quarter' sort. Death
will do the cause of God service when it cuts
down these saplesS stocks"
1.-THE fact" observes the United Presbyterian,
s'that men greatly in the minority in
many churches and in the church a body, is
being discussed, and chiefly with the purpose of
finding the reason. This is difficult, perhaps
impossible. The more emotional dispositions Of
women is urged as q probable explanation, and
the fact that, rule, they not much
tempted as men to a secular or skeptical life
The preachers, also, alleged to be response
BILE for it in some cases. for the reason that they
preach in so gushing and senmental a way that.
though the ladies like it. the men grow
tired Of it. But this involves much of a
the ladies' that it cannot be insist
ed on"
Pulpit Treasury: For ZOO years there ex-
listed but three versions of the Holy Scriptures.
To-day they may be read in $50 of the 5000
tongues that are poken In 1904 there were in
were in the hands of humankind ;60 000 900
copies of the sacred word. At the beginning of
our century the way of life could be studied by
one-fitth OF the earth's population, now it is
translated into languages that make it accessi-
BILE to plne-tenths of the inhabitants OF tho
world. Protestants occupy over 500 separate
fields In them they have more than 20, 600
mission stations, supplied with no less than 49,
BOO missionaries. Five hundred thousand
heather children attend Christian schools. One
million communicates are enrolled in congrega-
tons gathered from among the heather Two
million stated hearers are nominal adherents OF
peonle the world. 1875 900 600 are Protestant
=
Christians The in the habitable globe ID
computed at 50. GOO, 900 square miles; of these
|" 900 600 square miles under Greek and
.nish church dominion; 10000 900 square
miles under Mohammedan and pagan govern
nents; and IA. 000, 900 square miles under Prot
estant rule.
Rejoice, oh erieving heart,
The hours fly past;
With each some sorrow dies
With each some shadow flies,
Until at last,
The red dawn in the east
Bids weary night depart
And pain is past.
Proctor.
Christ leads me through darker rooms
Than He went through before:
He that into Gods kingdom comes
Must enter by this door.
Richard Baxter.
Beyond the smiling and the weeping
shall be soon:
Beyond the waking and the sleepinr
Beyond the sowing and the reapinr
shall be soon.
Love- rest. and home.
Ssvaat hot.a