The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-04-20

like cobwebs on o INTERCHANGEABLE
ing instead OF Illuminating. A certain lady
once borrowed q commentary. On return
ing 1t she said: "It is very interesting, but
/ think the bible throws much light
on il"
81. Eernerd searched nature to find an
emblem of the cross in its two-fold respect
/ CT helpfulness and burdensomenaes. 81
seem, qUoth he, ito find a shadow of it
in the wngs OF bird which are indeed
berne by the creature, and yet support her
fight to'Tard heaven"
A supe rfcial reading Of the bible is as
injurious as is hearty eating of ones
meals-dyspepsia results in both cases. As
physical dyspepsia eructates gas, go does
tho spiritual dyspepsia belch forth folly.
It's better to be mighty in the script
| ures" than eloquent about them.
There Is suggestive old saw 10 the
effect that every one complains of his
memory, but nobody OF his judgment.
Short plstorates are in fashion nova
days. When the late Ward Beecher was
delivering his lectures on preaching at
Yale college, he was asked to explain this
fact. Largely. think, the divine mercy
toward the parish, was the quick reply.
That there are advantages in long pas.
torate goes without the saying. lie: a
pastor stay as long as he is useful and
aggressive and holds the church and adj
vances the kingdom of God A large and
varied and tactful minister may do this for
many Years. But the average congrega-
ton takes the measure of the average
pastor very soon. The voice, the manner.
the way of looking at ant dividing truth.
are knows. The effect is discounted.
Then It's time to move on. Tho conpre-
cation is relieved and is inspired by a new
pulpiteer and the departed pastor finds
novelty and exhileration in new field, is
freshened and frightened, too.
regard the historical evidence of the
resurrection as standing on far wider
basis than the historical evidence of anv
single miracle in the New Testament.-Dr.
Carpenter.
The fact which Easter celebrates proves
not perhaps the Deity, but certainly the
divine authority of Jesus as a teacher seat
with 4 supreme and God-attested mission.
Joseph Cook.
Thousands and tens of thousands have
gone through the evidence which attests
tho resurrection of Christ, piece by piece,
as carefully rs ever a judge summed up
In the most important cause. l have nv
self done it many times over, not to per
suade others, but to satisfy myself. l have
been used foS many years TO study the
history of other times. and to examine
and weigh the eviderce of those who have
written about them; and / know of no
fact IN the history of mankind which is
proved by better md filter evidence of
every kind.-Dr. Arpold Of Rugby.
To be witness to this great event was
held-as the election of Matthias informs
us-to be the special function of the
apostolic office. From the first it was to
this browning miracle of Christianity that
Its teachers made appeal.-W Hanna.
a gentleman of culture, when dying in
the prime of life and surrounded by COM
forts, said: death! l zee no death at
my bedside 'Tis life 1 see. Christ's
resurrection secures my resurrection. -
lItltiana N. Taylor.
With this resurrection assured our
Christian dead are in good hands. We
have the absolute assurance that death
does not end all, but only begins ALL
Gerok Htrtenstimmer.
What good would have been done had
Gideon, Jepthah and Samson, after risk
ing life for the deliverance of Israel. been
defeated and slain? None So with
Christ His resurrection is his honor and
glory and our salvation and coronation
AtenJurger Bibet.
According to the Cincinnati Medical
Journal the current issue Of the .Sei-i-Klv1i.
a medical journal of Japan, contains sew
eral tables showing the number and age of
the inhabitants of the empire, together
with the number of houses at the close of
1890 There are 40,500.0OO people in
Japan occupying about 100000 houses.
In l89Othere 320, al marriages and 109,0S
divorces. South Dakota is nowhere.
But the noteworthy feature in the
Japanese census is the large number of
persons who have attained the age of
100 years and upward. At the close
OF 1890 there were eighty-one persons
100 years old, forty-six of l01. twenty-six
of l02. seven of l03. six of 104, one of los.
seven OF l06 and three of 10Y. The total
number whose vital innings had reached
three figures was III. and the united ages
OF this century colony aggregated
l6,937 years. In further proof
of the longevity of the Jap.
anese, there were living al the end of 1890
no less than IL ,245 between the ages of
ninety ana nlnety-nlne. most Stupend-
Gus collection indeed is this of old indi-
viduals
'Twould be interesting to know how
many OF them answer 10 Shakspeare's por-
trait of decrepitude in his famous passage
on the seven ages, and are sans teeth, sans
eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
Emile Carlen writes lin "Rosea pa Tis-
telon," vol. IL, .. 179) that when a newly
married couple left the house where the
ceremony wac performed it was long
established custom in the Swedish prov
inces lying along the Gulf of Bohus, TO
throw q cat, together with a bread-cake. /
out through tho door in order to concili- /
ate domestic happiness.
Who can explain the significance of the
cat so symbolized in post nuptial rites?
The Rev. B. Fay Wills, whose success in
evangeIistic work in Cincinnati was so re-
markable, would do we'll to come further !
west. Here are fields equally as needy !
and promising. We say to him IN the /
words OF Horace Greeley, $50 west, young
man."
A distinguished preacher refers to some /
OF the difficulties attendant upon prayers. /
Can you keep your mind ten minutes on
one supplication? Few can. While you
are praying your store comes in, your
z. ae.t.