Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-01-12
SCHOOL AND CHURCH

--Sin Is never at stay; IL we do noe'
retreat from it we shall advance in Il {
and the further we go on the more no
have to come back.
The very core OF healthy and han
py discipleship is the willingness To
deny self and to let the Master have
his way. This principle runs through
the deepest, richest experiences Of the
consecrated believer.-Cayler.
The Christian faith is . grand
cathedral with divinely pictured win
dows. Standing without. You see mo-
glory. nor can possibly imagine any;
standing within. every ray of hight 70.
veals harmony Of unspcakablo SPLEEN
dor.-HaUthorne.
PROT Drummond. the bright young
Scotchman who has been making .
visit to some of the leading American
colleges says that to him their most
remarkable feature is ''their Christian
tone" Their general atmosphere. no
says is Christian. 'They arc religious
institutions"
Prof Drummond and his co-labor-
ers have induced . band of athletic
young Christian men to devote them
selves to work among the tenement
houses of London. The professor
thinks that this spectacle will do moro
to inspire . belief in Christianity than
whole library full of books on dog
matte theology. e
AT Hartford. one day recently. .
little child told his papa that he could
name the first five books of the New
Testament without looking at tho
Bible. They were. he said: Matthew.
Mark. Luke. John and Hatchet." and
then. thinking people looked queer. no
hesitated and added: '.Well. Ratchet
or axe. it's about the same thing"
Two ex-presidents of Yale are still
living-Drs. Woolsey and Porter. OF
the two. DR.. Woolsey has tho greater
power of recollecting the names and
faces Of Yale graduates His memory
is wonderful. and he often astOnishes
an alumnus by recalling some trivial
detail of the past which had entirely
passed from the mind of the younger
man.
One prize Of 500 and one Of $500
are offered by the Congregational Sum
day-School and Publishing Society.
Boston. for the first and second best
MSS. suitable for Sunday school books.
either of fiction. biography or history.
These prizes ought to set good many
pens to work. Competition is open
until May Is. 1888 Full particulars
may be obtained by addressing the
society.-Pu6lic Opinion.
In New York there is one Metho-
dist Episcopal church to each 25.961 Of
in Chicago. one to each
16, S04; in St. Louis. one to each Is. 900;
in Cincinnati. one to each 10. 500; In
San Francisco. one to each 1850; in
Cleveland. one to each Is, 888; in Pitts
burgh and Allegheny. one to each T.
SIS; in Milwaukee. one to each l6. 500;
in Detroit, one to each 8. $50; in Indian
apolis, one to each 5000. and in
one to each 6, 366.-Pxhic
Opinion.
The Southern California Advocate
reports another magnificent donation
Of lands to the University of Southern
California by Mr.. u. Freeman. tho
owner Of the Centinella ranch near
Los Angeles-e6OO. 600 in all given to
|ound q school of applied sciences.
800. 900 for building and apparatus
md $500. 600 for endowment. The
buildings will be in the vicinity Of
InglewOod. the new and beautiful
own on the Ballona branch of tho
California Central.
AT the recent Episcopal Missionary
;ouncil in Philadelphia one Of tho
peakers said that he knew n wealthy
Jew York Episcopalian who paid $500
or an opera box. and who in church
n Sundays drops five cents into the
Inns basin. The Christian at Work says
hat this recalls the family who, after
making trip that cost $500. and re.
urning home because they couldn't
axe into the car with them their dog.
'r which they had been paying $6a
ay board at hotel, gave as their
nited contribution 8 for foreign mis-
ions.
Plymouth Church. Minneapolis. il
several lines of its mission
~ work. In its Bethel Mission there
re two daily kindergarten schools
it'll four teachers. day nursery and
dispensary. . sewing school, besides
10 Sunday-school and cvangelistie
'rvices. The young men are about to
Itablish . new mission. including .
undsy-school and preaching service.
aiding room. . coffee room and an
dustrial school for boys. The church
tributes large share Of the support
} the regular city mission. Chsistian
nton.
Didn't Live in Detroit.
Some If the sheri6s in this State arc