The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-09-11
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The Chinese Baptists of Oregon
have erected a church and support a
missionary in their native land.-San
Francisco Call.
A young Christian Cinnamon who is
earning twenty-five dollars month at
the Island of Tahiti devotes twenty dol
lars of it to the purchase of tracts and
leaflets for distribution among his
countrymen.
In q church near Chicago the mem
bers of the congregation have constant.
" before their eyes this motto. in.
scribed on one of the walls: II am
only one, but am one; | cannot dc
everything. but | can do something
what l can do 1 ought to do, and what
L ought to do, by the grace of God
will do Chicago Journal.
AT the Congregational Club of New
York DR.. Clapp said, among other
evils of the present, one was the build.
ing of too costly churches. Better
build fifty churches Tor the poor than
one 100000 temple. do not believe
the Lord cares whether church cost
$4,000 or S500.000, but do believe he
cares whether there is one church OIL
fifty churches.-N. Y. Times.
England has a population of 25,.
100000, and sends 5000 students to
her two great universities. Scotland
has population of 400, 200, and ha;
4,500 university students. Germany
has population of 10000 900 and ha:
22,500 in her universities. The New
England States have 4 population Of
4,1l0,000, and have 400 in their col
leges and universities. Chicago Her.
aid.
The Yale men are still of the opin.
ion that the greatest triumph of the
year achieved by their college was
when the champions of the blue cam G
in at New London four whole lengths
ahead of Harvard in the great boat,race.
We may expect next year that in both
colleges boating will be the study that
will engage the chief attention of the
students. What time they have left
they may condeScend to spend on Latin
and Greek and such comparatively use
less matter.-N Y. Examiner.
In 1881 the average income of male
teachers in Vermont was S7.44 a week.
while in 1884, under the influence of 8
benign and progressive civilization, il
has risen to $3.50. The female teachers
in 1881 were paid S4.21 a week, which
sum has been increased to S5.01 in
1884. 1t is also stated that the number
of schools and teacher has very con
siderab!y decreased within the peri od
"a statement that is not at all surpris-
ing. 1t is evident that New England
needs some reform in her educationa
policy at home, before claiming the
privilege of holding herself up as {
shining exemplar to the rest of the
country Current.
The London Tablet SAYS: The ordf
nary expenses of the Holy See may be
put down at about 10000 francs, anC
certain other expenses may bring the
total up to nearly 100000. Formerly
the Holy Father drew from the States o.
the Church an annual civil list .o
3,210,000 francs, which was employed
in the maintenance of his court. of the
Cardinals residing in Curia, of the per
sonnet of the Punciatures, the various
congregations, etc. That is the reason
why the Italian Government offered
Plus TX. the annual State income o.
5000, 900 francs. Since the seizure o.
the Papal States many other expenses
which formerly were met by other
means, have to be undertaken by the
Pope's civil list. Leo Kill, moreover
spends about 100000 francs in aim:
each year.