The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-20
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL,

make profession of Christianity. 1t is
said that one-tenth of their income is
readily contributed by this people to
the support of the Christian religion.
Ben Adhem had a golden coin one day,
Which he put out at interest with jew:
Year after year awaiting him it lay
Until the doubled coin two pieces grew,
ANA these two, four; SO on till people said,
How rich Ben Adhem is, and bowed the
servile head.
Ben Selim had golden coin one day,
Nv, Whlcn TO stranger asking aims he gave,
Who went rejoicing on his unknown way.
Ben Selim died too poor to own a grave;
But when his soul reached heaven, angels
with pride
Showed him the wealth to which his coin
had multiplied.
The Ultramontane party in the Ger
man Parliament object to the ringing
OF church bells by the local civil author
tiles. They are offended by the ringing
OF the bells on the anniversary of the
battle of Sedan. Of course they do not
regret that the Germans won that bat
tie, but complain that Professionals boast
of it as triumph over the Roman
Church. A bill has passed the Lower
House, providing that it shall not be
lawful for the civil authorities to use
the bells except to give alarm in cases
of fire, flood and the other public
calamities.
The Baptist Year Book exhibits the
strength of that denomination by the
following figures: In the United States
and Territories there are ], 095 associa-
lions, "a, 794 churches, Is, 401 ministers
and 2,133,044 members; baptisms re-
ported for the past year, 79, 1912
less than the number for 1878. There
was gain of twenty associations, 295
churches, 447 ministers and 5000
members. Three hundred and fifteen
associations failed TO send in their sta
tistical reports. The number of Bap-
lists in the Northern States and Terri
tories, as reported, is sos, 427; in the
Southern States, 1,537,614 Of those
in the South 890,739 are white and
1861 are colored.
The symmetry of the grounds of
Smith College, at Northampton, Mass,
is somewhat marred by small white
house standing next to the college. 1t
is owned by surly individual, who has
refused all offers of purchase, and has
expressed his firm determination to
remain where he is. The college
gymnasium has accordingly been
built as near as possible to the
parlor windows, and the side adjoining
them has been divided up into six small
rooms. In these have been placed the
pianos, on which all the practicing of
the two hundred or so students is done.
1t is confidently expected that the ene-
my will surrender next summer, when
the windows will be open and the six
pianos assiduously wrestled with from
morn till dewy eve" Northampton
(MaSs.) Letter to the Yale Record.
American Professionals have fur
nished the Turkish Empire four excel
lent colleges Robert College at Con-
stantinople, the Syrian College ut
Beirut, the Central Turkey College at
Aintab and the American College at
Harput-two of which are Independent
of missionary control, but all of which
cooperate with the missions and re-
ceive missionary cooperation. Dur
ing ten years fifty-nine students have
been graduated from the college at
Beirut, of whom four are engaged at
the college, ten are practicing medi-
cine where good doctors are needed,
two are druggists, eleven are studying
medicine and eighteen are missionary
teachers, preachers, translators, etc.
Forty-six have been graduated from
the medical department and five from
the pharmaceutical department, and
are helping to build up the reputation
of the college in distant parts of the
empire.
The "salvation army" queer as
it is in its makeup and methods, is
now recognized in England as an evan
gelical agency of considerable power.
Its leader is named Booth. He has
been at work for fourteen years, al
though in comparatively obscure way
until two or three years ago. He is
nervous, earnest and bold. He has
none of the gifts or graces of the style
of oratory which is admired in refined
circles; but is powerful speaker in his
rough way when he has an audience of
working people in sympathy with him.
His followers are managed in military
fashion. There are one hundred and
twenty-five corps, with station for
each, and one hundred and eighty Off
GERS. They endeavored to preach the
Christianity of the Bible, and to be in
harmony with all Gospel Christians,
while they make no organic union with
any. Booth respects all the sects. He
issues his orders to his officers, and ex-
poets implicit obedience, which he gen
orally gets. His book of orders and
regulations is a volume of more than
one hundred pages, going into detail as
to everything the officers and members
of the salvation army are expected to
do. The Hallelujah Lasses' are con-
sidered fully the equal of any of the
male forces in efficiency. Among the
factory people and the golfers in the
coal mining districts the labors of the
Army have been most successfully
put forth. An official gazette called
the War Cry is issued more or less
regularly. 1t bristles with martial ex-
pressions, and is full of the notion of
marching on the devil and annihilating
his forces With all that is queer and
odd in Booth and his co-workers, he
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