Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-11-28
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

Mr.. j. j. Hill has given q half mil,
lion of dollars to establish Catholic
theological seminary in st, Paul, Minn.
-Yales academic and scientific fresh
men classes will aggregate nearly 4OG
members. Princeton will open with
over 800 men.
There are 51O11 Baptists in Ohio,
with 63S churches. Last year the de-
nomination in the State contributed for
missions $43, ,6O1.27-an average of 76
cents per member.
--Coleridge characterizes certain re-
1igionists as beginning by loving their
party better than their church-that
they go on to love their church better
than their God, and end by loving them
selves best Of all.
Man is first startled by sin; then 1t
becomes pleasing, then easy, then de-
lightful, then frequent, then habitual,
then confirmed. The man is impeni-
tent, then obstinate, then he is damned.
Jeremy Taylor. /
--Sixty-seven seniors and ninety-two
Juniors at Yale University elect Old
Testament literature, two lessons a
week, for next year, the Old Testament
being the only textbook Oriental
history, with special reference to the
Bible, will be required study in the
freshman class. Prof w. r. Harper
will teach these classes.
The religious statistics of Germany
show 29,369,S47 evangelicals, including
members of the Lutheran, Reformed and
United Churches; 16,7S5,7 1884 Roman
Catholics, 1868 other Christians, in
cluding the Moravians, Baptists, Meth
odists and other independent churches
663, 172 Jews, and 11,27S "unclassifed
OF the 1868 Independent Christians,
co. 900 are Baptists, of whom 20, 900 are
members of the Baptist churches.
Wesley was once engaged in an i'm
portant conference with his leading as
sociates. They wanted satisfactory
definition of faith. No one could fur
nish it, Wesley said: "Let us call II
Mrs. NJ" naming woman of strong
sense and deep piety; "sho can tell vi
just what faith is in phrase that {
child can grasp" The woman was call
ed in. "When asked what faith Is sht
replied: "It is taking God at his word.
THAT will do" exclaimed Wesley. Ant
that will indeed do for all of us.
In Grosspeisten in Eastern Prussia
is teacher whose father and forefathers
ever since the year 1880, have been act
ing as teachers in the village. Son hai
followed father, so that in 1880 the fam
lily Bettihn was able to celebrate its 250tl
anniversary. All Bettihns have cele
brated the fiftieth anniversary in office
and, what is more, every one of then
has celebrated his golden wedding Tht
present cantor, julius Bettihn, who ha
been teacher in that village since 1S41
is at present sixty-eight years old, an(
remarkably active and physically strong
Were a man able to write in sever
languages, could he daily converse will
all the sweets of the liberal sciences t,
which the most accomplished make pre-
tensions; were he to entertain himsel
with all ancient and modern history
and could he feast continually on th
curiosities which the different branche
of learning may discover to him, all thi
would not afford the ravishing satisfac
tion which he might find in relieving
the distresses of poor, miserabl
neighbor, nor would it bear any CON
parison with the heartfelt delight whic
he might have by doing service to tn
kingdom of our great Saviour in tn
world. Cotton Mather.