The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-27
OF General Interest.

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Eugene lowering. of Baltimore. has Of
Young Mems Christian Association at
Johns Hopkins University.
The constitution of the Society of Chris
tan Endeavor has been translated into
German, French, Tamil, Chinese, Japanese.
Zulu. Turkish and into various dialects of
southern India.
One of Archdeacon Farrar's daughters,
the wife of the head-master of a public
school. has been preaching. it is said, to
large audiences in a barn in a rural neigh
bOrhood in the south of England.
Rev. DR.. T. L. Flood, of Meadville, Pa,
editor OF The Chautauquan. was granted a
location at his own request, at the recent
session of the Erie Conference. of which he
has been a member for many years.
e A missionary asked q ~well-known Brah-
min in Calcutta whether he had ever read
the Bible: The man replied: II have read
the New Testament eighty-three times and
the Old Testament twenty-seven."
Benjamin TIllett. one of the two fore.
most leaders OF the London lockers. is a
devout Christian, and has the notices.
1.-THE Lord is my helper" II will trust and
not be afraid" hanging on his mantel-
piece.
The bishop of Tamaulipas, Mex, excom-
m~unicated eight hundred members of his
church because they had written him a
letter asking what had become of the sill
yer plate given q certain church by their
grandparents
Is it not a little singular that no one ever
speaks of DR.. Spurgeon; that Henry Ward
Beecher was never thus titled; and that it
is enough to say Phillips Brooks2 Is it
true that men may be too large for the
observation-disclosures Herald.
Mr.. Charles Wakely. speaking at the
ference, in Edinburgh, Scotland. stated
that at the present time that organization
is made up of II, 1000 juvenile temperance So
~cieties, and over 100000 abstaining men,
bers.
Mrs. Leavitt. the worlds temperance or
ganizer, has been visiting the Paris exhi-
bition. and was entertained at the Temper
ance Chalet. There was q large gathering
of temperance people representing differ
ent countries, and. in answer to questions.
Mrs. Leavitt detailed her round-the-world
experiences and Impressions.
The Rev. +. A. Noble, of Chicago. face
tiously reminded the recent National Con-
gregational Council that if it persisted in
going much further in the direction in
which it was headed. viz. toward central
i~zation, 1t would need to change its name
to The General Assembly of Approximate
Presbyterians."
The Christian Inquirer (Bapt.l saws: 'In
a Methodist conference last week one of
the speakers said: salvation without edu-
cation is q triumph of grace and not of
ignorance.' Ii might be wished that this
truth were more generally realized. Per-
haps men deficient in education would not
be so readily ordained.
Whitefield's Tabernacle, in Tottenham
Court Road is rapidly going TO ruin. The
doors are shut. George Whitefield himself
laid the foundation-stone in 1756, and
Augustus Toplady. the author of Rock of
Ages" is buried within its walls. 1t is
proposed to erect upon its site a"White-
field Memorial Church," . q ..Toplady
Halr' for mission and temperance work.
The cost will be about $780, 900.
First Church. Valparaiso. Ind, had the
parsonage p~rettily lone over for pastor X.
s. Martin. upon his arrival from conference,
and at every sunday service he has been