The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-05-13
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL

The Presbyterians have over one
hundred colored ministers. two hum
dred churches and eleven thousand
communicates in South Carolina.
The average Sunday plate collec-
ton in Rev. Newman Halls Church.
London, is $175; and in Rev. c. ID.
Spurgeon's congregation, in the great
Tabernacle, $34s.
Corn never grew from corn and
wheat from wheat more legitimateiy
than the sowing of cards in your house
hold will produce harvest OF gam
blers. Jones Sermons.
The demand for manual training
has been so far developed in New
York that stock company, with
capital of $5O.00O, has been organized
to supply that kind of instruction. The
proposed school is to be for both boys
and girls.-M T. Times.
In one Pennsylvania county school
teachers receive $3.50 per month. and
are compelled to change their boarding
places every week. At the end OF a
year of ''boarding round" in this way
educational ideas must be thoroughly
disseminated through the community.
-Philadel lphia Press.
The sons of the late William 81.
Vanderbilt have given $3.50, 900 to the
College of Physicians and Surgeons in
| New York to build and endow build
| ing to be used exclusively for clinics.
| The building will cost $150,000. 1t will
be known as the Vanderbilt clinic, in
| honor of their father.-N Y Tribune.
| The Bishop of Oxford sent to the
church wardens in his diocese circular
of inquiries, among which was: sDoes
your officiating clergyman preach the
Gospel, and is his conversation and
carriage consistent herewith" The
church warden of Wellington replied:
HE breaches the Gospel but does not
keep carriage"
Peter Wilson, of Spring Mills, Pa,
who died recently, was said to be the
Oldest Sunday-Ischool superintendent in
the world. So long ago as in 1928 he
assisted in organizing the Sabbath
school of which he was superintendent
at the time of his death.
Rev. C. Eel. Spurgeon: Did you
ever feel the joy of winning soul for
Christi If so, you will need no better
argument for attempting to spread the
knowledge of Els name to every Great
ure. / tell you there is no Joy out OF
Heaven which excels 1.-THE grasp oi
the hand of one who says: 'By your
means I was turned from darkness to
light
The alumni of Trinity College,
Hartford. having raised 500, 900 towards
$30,00 gymnasium, Mr.. Junius S.
Morgan, the London banker has mott.
fed the New York house of which his
son, Mr.. j. Pierpont Morgan, is the
head, to pay the balance needed, and
also to advance enough for an annex
which can be used in winter, making
the total gift at least $4,000. Mr.. Nor.
gan is a native of Hartford, where be
fore going to London, he was an honor.
ed merchant, and heretofore he has
been generously liberal to Trinity Col
lege and to other institutions and pub
lie objects in that Hartford Post
One of the most remarkable change.
in the recent educational life of Germany
is the rapid increase of theological
students in the universities. The fol.
lowing figures speak for themselves
This year there are 2,55S men studying
theology in the Prussian universise!
alone Of these 726 are at Berlin, 58s
at Halle, 800 at Griefswalden, 240 a
Konigsburg, 225 at Cottingen, 159 a
Breslau, 159 at Marburg, 98 at BonI
and "a at Kiel. Last year at these uni
versities the entire number. was 1922
in 1884, 1926; in 1928, 1890, and il
1872 only 1894. Thus four years hav'
: witnessed an increase of l ,159, or 3d.
! Der cent