The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-17

and Chicago are proverbial for the 'loud.
ness of their female styles Let them
keep their undesirable pre-eminence.
The late George Peabody's munifceni
Gift of & 100000 to provide lodging houses
for the poor Of London has now grown,
by good management on the part of the
trustees, to total of S5,1I7,23O. while the
land and buildings under the care OF the
trus. are valued at S6,l69.225 more. Up
to the close of last year there had been
5,07l dwellings furnished by this fund TO
the citizen and laboring poor of London.
What inconsistent mortals we arel At
a celebrated sanitarium last Sunday q
company of over one hundred of the in
mates were grouped in the parlor singing
sacred hymns. Among the rest they sang
that old favorite, 81 would not live Away,
l ask not TO stay" Yet at that moment
every one of the singers was paying Sl7
week Tor the precise purpose OF staying as
long SIS possible. Was that hymn sung
IN Pickwickian sense!
lie that hath tasted of the bitterness Of
sin will fear to commit il, and he who
hath felt the sweetness of mercy will fear
to offend it.-Chdrn0ck.
lie who wants to be led Of God will be
sure to find God ready 10 lead him. But
he who is led of God must 60 as God leads
He must not choose his own way and then
expect God to 90 with him.-AnOn.
The word of God will stand thousand
readings, aud he who has gone over ID
most frequently is tie surest TO find new
wonder liberalization.
"Berkley's Theory" has been called a
soul without body. Combs constitu-
ton OF man" has been called body with
out a soul. Combine the two then, and
you have a soul in body.-CGrlOs MGrfy1l.
The unity of the universe as one system
is our argument IN proof of one mind
regulating it.-Idc Httter.
The latest form of evolution asserts that
God made the original types, but that
they print themselves without external
aid-sre self-producing. But does this
newspaper print itself?-Joseph Cook.
/ MOhaumcdanism recognizes but one
side of Gods character, viz: His SOW
! ereignty. 1t teaches fate-"hxed fate. -
! 10000 Thoughts.
Orthodoxy is my doxy.-Dictun1 of an
/ EngltSh Bishop.
! A rotten pillar in the temple is infinite
! ly more damaging TO it than the sharpest
arrow shot against the walls from with
! out.-HatcbinSOp
One of the colporteurs Of the American
Tract Society laboring in the Indian ter
| ritory says he found many "persuasions,"
/ come Of which he never heard OF before
| and which viii probably be equally novel
to our readers. Among them be men.
: tons the Godites, the Soul-sleepers, the
/ Holiness Churchites and many persons
claiming to be absolutely sanctified and
! siniess. Our experience with a number
! of these sinless folks has taught us that
they are dangerous people to lend money
! to, and that when they are IN ones house
tits wise precaution to lock up the
! spoons.
The Rev. c. Meyer, Lutheran minis
ter OF Herndon, Kas., has distributed
nearly $40, 0O0 of seed wheat among the I'm
poverished Lutherans on the Kansas
frontier. This is practical Christianity.
The American Sunday-schOol union is
doing a good work, especially in the West,
SouthW est and South. At the sixty
seventh anniversary Of the society in May
the years results were thus summarized:
One thousand eight hundred and twenty
new schools organized, with 1865 teachers
and 1920 scholars; 7.137 other schools
aided; 1861 bibles distributed; 1890
families visited for prayer and srousing
interest; 5000 proiessed conversions and
$50 new churches organized from the sun
dsy-schools of the union. 'Tis a good
record. The union deserves and should
have the support of all Christians.