The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-10-30
scH9 81 AND CHURCH.

lKandd bilt University. at Mash
willie, To6n., has received a beQucsf
from Mrs. Kinser, of Memphis. Of
$40. 900 for its Biblical department.
Rev. DR.. Jessup. of Beyroot. re
ports that q NUMEROUS llody Of Mohanl-
inedahs III 4 Syrian city are reading the
Bible, have rejected the Koran and
profess belief in Christ.
Read to the congregation at least
the first line Of every hymn that is to
be. sQnk. There is no other test SO
severe as this in making sure that one
has the right place. IN y. Exauainer.
Church revenues have fallen of
very g1esfl5 il 9Engla1d. according to
London reports. A decrease OF over
$4,000 is reported in one case and
100000 in another, within the period
specified. .. or
-Four Cinnamon were lately bap-
TIED by the pastor of the First Presby.
terrain Church, Kansas City, Rev. DR..
T. Schley Schaff. They sought baptism
of their own accord and exhibited =
good understanding of the right and
the doctrines Of Christianity. 'ar
lin his address to the graduates OF
the Eastern female high school in Bal
timore Mayor Hodges said II believe
that You NAV make the nearest APP
proach to a happy. life by living ac-
cording to these rules have some
thing to love, something to do. and
something to believe.
-WitR I aaKAble valuation Of $780,
600, 900. Arkansas expended last year
9729, 1853 for the salaries OF teachers
and other current expenses Of its free
public schools. built more than twenty
new school houses at q cost of from
9S, 900 to ga, 900 each, and then had
o469. 8S7 left in the school fund.
e-ThaL endon Ragged School Union
Is doi1Ga fn5at work apnpng the poor
child3n a Loudon. last years re-
port shows that in the 2l5 Sunday
afternoon and evening schools con-
nected with the union, there was an
average attendance Of 42,S0l; in the
17S day and week night schools m
average Of S.538. sA
-Archdeacon Farrar made an ad-
dress before . Presbyterian body in
London not long ago, in which he said
II IN e'pinoeW ard convinced Ep' sco'
palm You 4fe siucere and CONVINCED
PfeS6ytefiaus. For my part, do not
believe that either the Episcopalian OF
the Presbyterian organization is essen
tial to church."
The Rrssident Of the province Of
West Prussia has issued an order inn.
posinge fihd on parents and guardians
Of school children for each day of the
latter's uninstifable absence from
school. II the fine Of ten pfennige Ia
one mark is not paid, imprisonment Of
from six hours to three days is the pun.
ishmeut. Employers Of children OF the
school exa dtring the hours of study
are subj6ctt 20 heavier penalties.
From mountain to sseaboard. from
! the Savannah to the Chattahoochee,
Georgia. is overrun with n multitude Of
| raw young men and immature young
| women who are blindly laboring to i'm
part knowledge to which they arr
/ strangers The average teacher pos
| sesses asmattering Of 'sspellin' readin'
'ritin'. 'rithmetie and jography"-foI
the rest be v ~ hnnhag pf hunbugs
To him thor6ugkneSs S an unknown
! word, In the language Of q member
| Of the Board Of Education OF . South
west Gecreie cQunty: Mos teacher
i po& ri q How. SCI they bdsts 81
I thrashin, rarnin' into their scholars. :
| Let HIM who doubts the accuracy d
the estimate here placed upon the aver
| age teacher investigate tor himself
l 4il0ntG Constitution.