The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-03-02
SCHOOL ANp cAuRolA.

"A Harvard senior has thirty hand.
kerchiefs with lace on the edges nailed
up conspieuously In his room, each the
souvenir OF distinct summer fllrta-
ton.
The very core Of healthy and hap
py d.scipleship Ia the willingness 70
deny self and TO lot tho Master have
his way. This principle runs through
the deepest. richest experiences Of the
consecrated believer. = Cnyler
Prof. Drummond and his co-labor-
ers have induced n band OF athletic
young Christian men to- devote them
selves TO work among tho tenement
houses OF London. The professor
thinks that this spectacle will do more
to inspire n belief In Christianity than
u whole library full Of books on dog
matte theology.
AT Hartford, one day recently. q
little child told his papa that he could
name the first five books Of the New
| Testament without looking at the
Bible. They were, he said: Matthew
Marx. Luke, John and Hatchet." and
then, thinking people looked queer. he
| hesitated and added; "Well. hatchet
or axe, it's about the same thing"
Two ex-presidents OF Yale are still
| living-Drs. Woolsey and Porter. OF
the two, DIR. Woolsey has the greater
power of recollecting the names and
faces of Yale graduates. His memory
Is wonderful. and he often hstonishes
an alumnus by recalling some trivial
detail of the past which had entirely
passed from the mind of the younger
| man.
In New York there Is one Metho-
dist Episcopal church to each 25,96l Of
population; in Chicago. one 10 each
16. 304; in st. Louis. one TO each 25, 900;
In Cincinnati. one to each 10, 500; In
San Francisco. one to each 17.50o; In
Cleveland. one to each Is. 1888; in Pitts
burgh and Allegheny, one TO each a.
575; In Milwaukee. one to each l6. 500;
in Detroit, one to each 8, ,750; In Indian
apolis, one TO each 5000. and In
Columbus. one to each 1866. --Pnbiie
Opinion
Il The Southern California AdUocdte
reports another magnificent donation
of lands To the University of Southern
California by Mr.. ID. Freeman, the
owner of the Centinella ranch neat
Los Angeles $500. 900 in all given e
found school of applied sciences
&lO0. 900 for building and apparatu:
and $500, 600 for endowment The
| buildings will be in the vicinity %
? Inglewood. the new and beautiful
town on the Ballona branch Of tn,
California Central
AT the recent Episcopal Missionary
!, Council In Philadelphia one of the
speakers said that he knew a wealth,
New York Episcopalian who paid $50
for an opera box. and who in churcl
on Sundays drops five cents into th'
aims basin. The ChristiGai at Work say
that this recalls the family who. afte
making trip that cost $500. and re
turning home because they eouldn'
take into the car with them their dog
for which they had been paying 60
day board at hotel. gave rs thei
united contribution f5 for foreign mis-
sions.
Plymouth Church. Minneapolis. !
enlarging several lines of its mission
ary work. In its Bethel Mission Their
: are two daily kindergarten school
with four teachers. day nursery an,
> dispensary. a sewing school. beside
i. the Sunday-school and evangelist
! services. The young men are about 4
3 establish new mission. including
Sunday-school and preaching service
Il reading room, coffee room and a
e industrial school for boys. The churc
+ attributes large share of the srppor
1 to the regular city mission. - Caristia
s Unioa