The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-10-04
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Tho Springfield (Mass.) Rcp"ot'oa"
..,,s IN trustees of colleges to mann
ts;r their standard Of scholarship Oy
s;.hholdinp degrees where they nave
not been earned. .,c,r.
rroro the new catalogue OF Middle
| -, College II appears that OF the
= Sia sr.auates since the beginning Oh
the century, 500 have become m'n'
of the gospel.-N. I. 11am'" ....s,
Rev. c. c. McCabe. D. D.; oe3.es
known as Chaplain McCaoe. wnv 1 .hs
! been for more than niteen yv"' T.
employ of the Methodist CnuIcn "a
tension Board. was chosen ny inc n lrs'
General Conference one Of .nH
sionary Secretaries Of the onuron. :.
/ Joseph Cook prophesies q sch'sm IN
the Congregational Church. ne a.v s;eS
the sect into two classes, one ot VIM.
..takes Plymouth Rock as . co .s.
stoue." and the other "conslsts OF 'n"
who fioat in the tides which Ilso a.S
; fall in the marshes about riy"o"'-
Rock.-Boston Post.
In the Friends annual meeting ~
Newport. recently, one OF the young
members of the association protesteo
.r,;nst the custom of men and women
: sitting apart. but nothing was Done
!. toward abolishing it, although the SEM
/; timent of the meeting is said to nave
: been strongly against separation
: N. Y. Herald.
!. 1T il almost impossible to exhaust
d the lodging accommodations IN Jeruss-
N lem. There are four or five convenI;'
n besides several hotels, in the city which
o solicit patronage. One OF these con-
g vents is accredited with having com
Portable lodging room for ,Ooo trav nnc
IN ers, and with being able to house o'ooo
he people on pinch.
at Rev. DIR. Van Horne, OF the firs'
~ Reformed Church of Philadelphia, re-
id Gently preached strong sermon aga'ns
ep the practice of cremation. which ne
rls conteuded is contrary to the HOLY
lat Scriptures and the universal practice e, o
to Gods people in ancient times, lh'
his burning of the dead, he affirmca' IS
ne heathenish practice. and misuse OF 1n'
,us temple of the soul.-f''tadetp"'o nee
3w ord. a.
ct, Reformed Church expressed great COZ
bic Germ, in its last annual report. ~ VI
ed. paucity Of students for the m'nis.r.
the The number of students. wnetncr VI
10 | der the care VI thO boStN -
/ Of smaller than for several years. ana u
;er- earnest Recommendation is made TN
for Young men qualified for the servit
rly should be specially invited and urge
t, by the churches to give themselves
ant the work of the ministry. -Erchang
ded "A missionary of the American ou
OF day School Union gives sad pictn
,ar- of spiritual restitution in one OF u Y
ken counties of Kentucky: LAST month,
the writes. II visited l02 families in =
will Comfy. in which were 1868 children. mo
, be than half of whom had no Bible or les
g rs ment. In % families that visited ca
i to secutively (having SO children), the
the were only four Bibles and ssmaii y
the lament. A young woman OF sixte
dis years was asked, DO you read yt
Bible p She replied. Il never saw
rios Bible when were you at church
ntcd Never An old man said ne I
rear. not seen Bible in nine years. 81
used him mine, and to each family 81
ding books. papers, ETC., as l had. org
were Ted 1--we Union schools in the montl
Inc IN. Y. Examiner.