Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-08-22
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

A new model school in Germany, which has been built at a cost of S925.- 900, contains large dining-room where TOO poor children can be fed in winter.
 The Peabody Institute at Danvers, Mass, the native place of George Pea body, was burned recently, the library and collection of curiosities being saved. It was established and endowed by MT. Peabody, and will be rebuilt
 Africa has now at work within heI borders 10 American. 12 British and 1S Continental missionary societies There are more than 700 ordained mission' aries, and more than 1000 native preachers. It is estimated that there are, both white and native, about 175,' 900 communicants, and 500, 900 ad' herents. Nashville Christian Advocate.
 The Waldensian Church, of Italy, which has recently celebrated it's two hundredth anniversary of the return oi the exiled Vaudois, gives evidence oi continued life and vigor. It reports g roll of A. churches, 8s pastors, a7 evan gelists, including colporteurs, 6 Bible readers, 4,0T4 communicants and 46s cateohumens.-Chur at Home and Abroad.
 Nearly all the school-houses in Ger many have connected with them gym nasiums, work-rooms and libraries, while many are provided with bath rooms supplied with hot and cold show er-baths. It is found that the chill dren's freshness and enjoyment of study are greatly promoted by occasional showers. Another novelty of the new est school buildings are prison cells for refractory pupils Ameri- ican.
 The religious statistics of Germany show 29, 369, SAY evangelioals, including members of the Lutheran, Reformed and United churches; 16, 7s5, 7S4 Roman Catholics, 125, ,673 other Christians, in- oluding the Moravians, Baptists, Meth odists and other independent churches; 56S, 172 Jews, and 11,27s ''unclassifled." " Of the 125, ,673 independent Christians, 60. 900 are Baptists, of whom 20, 99o are members of Baptist churches.-Chris- tiAn at Work.
 There was never @ time when Chris tianity had so strong hold as at pres- ent on the educated minds of the world. There was never a time when the Bible was accepted as bringing revelation from God to man by so many students of science as now accept 1t trustfully. One of the many indications of progress in this direction is found in the improved Christian tone of our colleges in En- gland and America. School Times.
 For about ten years the Presbyterian church of England has provided for the wants of its sons and daughters in Cam bridge by weekly services, at which most of the leading Presbyterian min isters of Scotland, England and Ireland have, at one time or another, off1ciated, and a few days since they took the further step of laying the foundation stone of a new church. The stone was laid by Sir George Bruce, to whose eff forts in enlisting sympathy and raising money the cause there owes it's ex- tstence.
 It Is not twenty years since the Japanese began to reform their institu- tions, and during that time nothing has more clearly shown their adaptability and intelligence than the progress which they have made in education. Out of G, TAO, 920 children of school age in the empire, 2,S00, 900 are enrolled in the public schools, while universities, com mercial schools, schools of fine art and of music, schools for the deaf, dumb and blind, law courses in German, French and English, libraries and museums, all form part of thorough and progressive system.
 , T. B. Lamb, who has been engaged in missionary work in China for a num- Der of years, says the result of the labors of the missionaries there is far from discouraging. There are about 800 Protestant Chinese converts in Pekin now. One-fourth of them are Presby- terians. English is taught in only one school, as the Bible has been translated into the Pekin dialect The slow prog ress made at first among the Chinese has been more than counterbalanced by the gratifying results during the last three years. He believes there are now about 40, 900 Protestant and 100, 900 Cath olic converts in the Chinese Empire.