Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-10-30
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.


-Uniyorsities are tho natural CEN
tiers of intellectual NOV ements. Car
dinal Newman
"A plumber in England has won tina
university extension prize for an essay
on English poetry.
The Italian mission in Philadel'
phia now issues paper entitled IL
Roma, mostly printed in tho Italian
language.
Over 1900 children were refused adj
mission to tho public schools of Phila-
delphia because of the lack of accom-
modations.
The total number of Congrega tional
churches and mission stations in En-
gland and Wales is 1856, which provide
over 600, 900 sttings.
The Christian church (Disciples) in
Ohio has 4S0 congregations and mem
bership of 54,970. The church property
of the denomination is valued at 81, $780,,
| $50.
The higher education of women is
strongly advocated in Australia. The
University of Melbourne not only re-
ceives. female students, bpt admits
them TO the same privileges as the
males, among which are the free schol-
arships.
The debt of the British Baptist
Missionary Society, which a short time
ago amounted to e., Az, has been re-
duced to G296 1t is suggested that the
approaching centenary of the society
should be celebrated by raising 910O, 900
to be employed in foreign mission work.
There are 147, SIG children in the
municipal or State schools of Paris;
81, 294 in schools directed by religious
orders; ana 33, 900 in free lay schools
where religious instr uction is given,
1t is also stated that attendance at
municipal schools has increased by only
about 700 in the last three years. The
annual expenditures for the municipal
schools is 20, 500, 900 francs.
The dean of Christ Church, Oxford,
lately talked very bluntly to some OF
the young aristocrats who are among
the students and have been going Il fast
pace. The following is a specimen Of
his remarks: "You consider that be-
cause you are the sons of nobility you
are entitled to eXtravagant liberty, to
be distended to vulgar license. You are
laboring under delusion from which
you may have very rude awakening
This college is not intended for such
well-born ounces as you"
The stats tical exhibit, justissued, Of
the Evangelical Association Ia German
Methodistic church shows that there are
now 2,043 churches valued at IS, OH, S53
las, sos members, and 1887 itinerant
preachers, AS an indication of the eff
feet of the troubles tho denomination
has been afflicted with the past year
there is decrease of nearly 4, 900 in thu
number returnedsa as newly converted
and of 1861 in the number returned a
newly received There is also a de
crease of nearly S., 600 in the collection
for the Missionary Society and small
falling off in the other collections.
Zeal alone is not enough to equip
minister for either the home or foreigl
field. Some have hesitated about thee
logical education lost the zeal shoul
not survive the school term. Time ha
shown that our best and most zealou
men come from the schools. A call t
preach in almost all cases means a cal
to prepare to preach A call to mission
airy work should be interpreted in tt
same way. Some very successful mis-
sionaries came out of our theological
seminaries, and it ought to be under
stood that all future recruits should b
QUILTED Intellectually as we'll as spirit
ually. Northwestern Christian Advt
cate