The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-07-09
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

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There are 500 public schools in New
York City.
Chinese school children 60 to school
at six a. M. breakfast at ten q. m..,
lunch at one and finish school at four
4, p. m.
The Presbyterian mission.in Mexico
has purchased for its use one of tho
principal Roman Catholic churches in
Zacatecas.
"A new Methodist university is to DO
built in the town of BARLEY. Neb..
where Rev. Allen BARLEY, = nephew Of
Ex-Governor BARLEY. has given real es-
tate to the value Of $4,000 for that
/ purpose.
The British and Foreign sBible So
c,ety was organized in March, 1904.
From that time to March 81. 1885. is
issued 81, 779, 62S Bibles, -. SO6, 165 New
Testaments, and of portions Of the
! Scriptures 22,111.118. making nearly
los, OOO, 600 copies of the Word of God.
Rev. j. H. Cason. of Graham. Tex.
said: II am thinking Of going North
to beg some money to aid in building
two churches in Texas. What would you
adviser" We advise him to take with
him enough to pay his expenses back
Richmond Religious Herald.
"A well-known minister was sent
South from New Jersey q few years ago
to labor among the col0red people.
They received him with many demon
STATIONS of Joy, and ut the first meeting
which he held one colOred preacher
prayed for him with great earnestness.
thus: ''Oh, Lord! Dress dis yer dear
brudder what's come down from de MORT
to preach de gospil to us. 'No;nt him wild
the kerosine lie of salvation, and set him
on fire. IN. y. Tribune.
The Society for the Propagation Of
the Gospel among Landlords is in active
operation in London, and advertising
in the metropolitan press for the sup
port of 1.-The Christian public" All
previous efforts having proved of no
avail in inducing land owners to restore
/ 10 the public those values which the
natural necessities of the public give to
the land, and which values are COM
monty known as ground rents, this So
ciety has been formed for the purpose
of appealing to the landlords conscience
by means Of gospel truth.
The present fact is that even the
most enthusiastic friends of universal
education are coming to see and to adj
NIT that culture and character are two
distinct things, and that for the moral
lever must be found which no ordinary
school routine can supply. Most
thoughtful and earnest men are free to
admit that only IN the solemn sanctions
of religion-in the great doctrines of q
God and a future life-can these be
found Chicago Standard.
Colonel David B. Sickles. formerly
the representative of the United States
in Siam, has lately received from Bang
kok personal letter which says: '.His
Majesty is so well pleased with the re-
suits of the system of the public educa-
ton for males which was established
few years ago at your suggestion that
he has decided to establish school in
this city for the instruction of the native
women, and it is probable that a promi-
nent missionary lady will be placed at
the head of the Institution. IN. Y.
Mail.
During a recent service in church
at Manitoba an Indian brave concluded
to have q smoke, and began filling his
pipe. He then tried to light it, but,
owing to the poor quality of his matches.
failed. The divine, seeing the state Of
affairs, came down from the pulpit and
struck parlor match. The Indians,
who had never before seen a parlor
match, were greatly terrified, and
thought they were about to be massa-
cred, but matters were finally explained
to them. and after the pipe was lit the
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