The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-01-29
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL

RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL
A woman At North Danville. Va.
rave to the building Of local church
until her last dollar was expended. and
then, work having come to q stop, pres
ented the church fund with her horsf
and buggy.
The students of science in Indians
propose to form State Academy o.
Science, similar in its scope to the Amer.
lean Association for the Advancement o.
Science.-Indiandpo Manual.
A writer in the Church Eclectic OBJ
iects to s.the name of Protestant Epis-
copal'-which means (as our mission.
aries who have labored to translate II
into Chinese tell us) The contradictory
bishops church.
Many strange religions are being
introduced into California. among them
Hindoo Theosophy and Chinese Confu.
cianism. The growth OF Spiritualism
there is SO rapid as to challenge atten-
ton. A local paper, noting these facts.
saws it is about time for the Christian
churches to wake up.-Sun Fronciscc
Call
The total contributions of the forty
churches of the New York Presbytery,
with their 1863 communicates, the
past wear were $S4S, 442.71, of which
SS8, 149 was for home and $S5, ZAP fol
foreign missions, $442, OPS for congrega-
tional, and 1928 for miscellaneous
purposes.-N 7. Tribune.
If teachers wish to leave q notable
impress upon the schools in which they
are now working, we know of no way
more suitable than doing something to
improve the generally bleak and unat-
tractive appearance of school buildings
and school yards. Educational Weekly.
Religious ceremonies at Mecca this
year have been on . scale of unusual
magniicence. The silk covering for
the KAaba which the Sultan sent this
year has been valued at $75, 900, and
that sent by the Khedive for the same
purpose at $4,000. Both are black
MORE, richly embroidered in gold, and
20 large that each of them covers en-,
tirely the whole Kaaba.
Miss Mary /. Danforth, who has re
signed her position in the Winthrop
School, in Boston. had served there
forty-one continuous years. The Trans,
cript says: s.Many win remember pc.
cuniary assistance literally bestowed
from her limited means, whereby their
families have been aided that their chill.
dfen might be continued in school"
-'.In two particulars" says the Hor
card Crimson, Harvard may unques
tionably claim superiority over all other
colleges in America, in her library and
in her gymnasium. Yet, strange to say,
of no two things do Harvard men seem
less appreciative. The gymnasium and
library are both used by large numbel
Of men. but not BY as many men y
ought to use them"
There was something pathetic in The
talk of Rev. O. 7. Walker at meeting
Of Baptist clergymen in New Haven;
Conn, few days ago. His appeal was
for an cduoAted ministry. His own short
comings, he said, had made the neces.
sity Of thorough intellectual discipline
: apparent The time had changed since
his youth. He was raised in North
Stonington, where you can walk mile
after mile On stones without touching
the ground, and yet where they raise
good corn. In his day the farmers used
Wtelf time by the stars, for the days
were not long enough to finish work BY
the sun. Not having means, he had te
walk from Albany to Hamilton College
IA distance of 225 miles-and theu
walk back. His fight for an education
was long. hard. and only partially sue
cesEful.-HnTtord Post.