The Brookhaven leader., 1889-08-01
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

The Spanish Evangelistic Mission
is $. id to be doing a grand work in that
country.
MONDAY services ''for busy men"
are held daily in one of the bank build
ings in tho heart of Omaha Christian
| at Work.
AT no time in the history OF this
country did true Christian manhood
weigh more, and a merely nominal
church membership less, than now in
the estimate of the business world.
The American Seamen's Friend So
ciety received tho past year S27, ,S33 and
disbursed $3L97l. Its missionaries
have laborcd in many lands, and its
libraries have been accessible to more
than $50, 900 men.
ADuring a visit OF Bishop Thoburu
TO .hc Methodist press-rooms, in
Madras, India, the employees presented
| him with beautiful address written in
| five languages, in all of which that
Office does more or less work.
The Friends have forty missionaries
in Japan. Moro than $40, 600 were
contributed for this work by English
Friends last year. There are stations
in Constau.inople. Roumania, on Mount
Lebanon, Roumela and Madagascar.
Three stations are in Zululand, two in
India and one in China
-Thibet is the only known country
on earth not open to missions. 1t has
IN area of 100 600 square miles, about
as large as the United States east OF
the Mississippi river The greatest
length from east to west is 1,500 miles,
and the population is estimated at
5000. 900. 1t is the stronghold OF
Buddhism. Missionary Review.
Forty years ago d.. Morrison was
addressing in locked inner room two
or three Chinese who listened in peril
OF their lives; now there are in China
some 80 O00 converts. ''Doyou think,
asked tho captain of the ship which
took him ou., chat you can make an
impression on the 100, 00), 900 Chfnese?'
"No," he answered. but God can"
At tho seventy-ffth anniversary Of
the Baptist Missionary Union, lately
celebrated in Boston, 6,000 people sat
down to a banquet spread in the Massa-
chusetts Charitable Mechanics Asso-
cation building, and 5000 listened to
speeches by the Reys. Edward Judson
and Il. S. Macarthur, of this city, and
the Rev. 2. S. Henson, of Chicago
This was undoubtedly the largest meet
ing OF its kind ever held.
Many efforts were early made for
the education of the Indians, and one
Of the chief purposes of the foundation
OF the William and Mary College in
Virginia i'll 1893 was to provide for the
education of the red race. At present
q system of common schools exists in
the Indian Territory, and schools are
conducted on about all tho Indian res
crvations, while at the schools at iamp-
ton, Va, and Carlisle, Pa, arc largely
devoted to Indian education.
Few educational enterprises have
yielded larger results for the amount
invested than the Egypt Exploration
Fund. Expending annually since 1885
between 81. 600 and $4,000 it has dis
covered or disclosed the following IL
teresting sites; Pittrom Qhe treasure
city Of Exodus i, ~, Goshen Tahpan-
hes Che Daphne of the Greeks), the
city Of Onias, Loan, Am, Naukratts,
and, latest Of all, Bubastis Ohe Pi-Bo-
se.ti Of the Scriptures). These discovo-
ries have been conducted in a thorough
ly scientific manner and have yielded
rich results regarding the sciences, arts,
ana industries OF past ages, the early
sources Of Greek history, and particlar-
ly Biblical aud secular history. The
ChautauQuan.