The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1871-01-18
FROM TIE NORTHERN STATES.

Many Colleges, or Fsw.-Presideut Anderson of
Rochester University, has written letter to Pres
ident H. L. Wayand, of Franklin College Indiana.
Of which the following is the substance
lst. good college makes Its own patronage. in
any community as pOpulOus aud as rich, as Indiana
% If Christian men wish Christian education
for their sons, and for the young in the church
e. which they love, they N st endOw colleges Just
as they build meeting houses, and for the same
general end. The State cannot and ought not ton
the principle OF liberty Of conScencel to do the
w0Ik of dtstiacttce religious education.
3fd. Organized as We are on the local system into
States, the Christian men in each State will and
must work together in a general way for the pro
pagatiOn of religion aud religious education within
their own boundaries
4th. College education, as it exists and must be
carried on IN our country, cannot be provided for
by gathering together the pupils of great cOun-
Try into few large centres. In my judgment, the
distinctive college training OF young men, from the
age Of l6 TO 2l cannot be provided for in the best
way. IN colleges as large as Y ale and Harvard. L
think that no one organization can, Ia the best
manner, care for, mould, shape, and influence more
than tSO hundred young men. The best part Of
education Is secured by personal contact of the pu
pll with few earnest, able. and learned men,
Hence when body of Christians, in a State as
large, rich, and pOpuOuS, as Indiana, reaches the
numbers and wealth of the Baptists 10 your
adopted State, they ought TO found. endow, cher
iSh and I'll with students college that shall have
the means of giving to their and daughters as
good an education as they are able to receive
Christians and the Heathsn-Dr. Holland puts
the case Of the Chinese in America in the follow
ing keen and peculiar manner, in the last number
Of Scri5ner's Monthly:
The heather Chinese" does up shoes in Mas
sachusetts and linen in New Jersey to the great
griei and scandal OF St. CriSpin in the former state
and ST. Patrick in the latter What shall be done
about Il? He Is clean man. and we cannot indiet
him as a nuisance He is an industrious man. and
we cannot prosecute him for vagrancy He does
his work faithfully and well and we cannot dis
charge him. He Is sober and orderly and We can
not ret him into the lookup. lie minds his own
business and It does not seem the gentea thing to
kick him. More than ALL he is ingenious, aud we
need him. 1t really seems to be one OF the IN
hardest cases to manage that has fallen into salnt
is hands since the land OF the free and the home
OF the brave was discovered. When heather
gets to be cleaner, more industrious more faithful,
more eontented. more courteous, inOtfensive and
ingenious than saint We should like to know
what free and highly civilized Christian people
are gong to do with him.
Spiritualism.-Dr. William A. Hammond, the
eminent surgeon, has written treatise on the
- " Physics aud Physiology of SpiritualSw, which
he regards as mixture Of deuSiOn, disease and
impOStuTe.
The ,I0riSb Messenger does not take kindly the
efforts that are made for the conversion Of the
JcWS IL says, in the United States, there are
$50 goo Jews, 65, 600 of whom are in New York
city and there are also more than $4,000 600 Of
50 called Christians, and then asks " Is not the
country broad enough to contain handful of poor
unoeicving Jews?' Surely it Is. The efforts Of
the Evangelical Aliance" are not designed to
abridge the liberty Of any but rather to enlarge it,
by seeking to secure to all men, GendleS and Jews
alike. the blessings which only faith in Christ can
confer.
Mechanics and Clergymsn.-The compensation of
a skilled mechanic, according to the report OF com
missioner Wells, averages about 81 per day, which
for 3l3 working days amounts 10 81 ,252 year
The average salary Of a clergyman, after he has
devoted seven or eight years Of preparatory study,
Is 500.