St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-11-08
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

There IL . Friends Mission st Ram
sallah. in Palestine. ten miles north q
Jerusalem. TJs ~
There arc moro than afty Congrega'
| tional churches in Southern California
Many Of them have over ono hundred
Tho natives Of Anaes ssious tn.
Niger used to worship the animal called
the iguana; now they eat it The mis-
sionaries have brought about the
change.
According to tla recent census Of
Switzerland. tho Republic contained l..
700. 900 Protestents. 1,sOQ 900 Catholics
800 Jews. and 10. 700 adherents Of Nc
religion.
DIR. William Lomax. Of Indiana,
has given his entire estate. amount
ing 70 over 500. 900. to the Indi-
ana Medical College. Of Indianapolis.
the only condition being the payment
Of small annuity to the donor and hia
wife during their lives and the reserv&
tion Of their homes 10 them.
Africa has now within her borders
10 American. IL british and Is Cont.
mental missionary societies. There are
moro Nan zoe. eedained missionaries
and more tha181oo native prescherA
Il b 6timated that there ars. both
white and native, about 15A 900 COM
muuicants and e., 900 adhereutA
Clark University vill next year be-
giHa course In the history and princi-
plSt Of educatioa. consisting Of lectures
and conferences, courses Of reading,
ote. 1t 10 designed for those who wish
TO qualify themselves to fill chairs Of
pedagogics in colleges and normal
schools. And for superintendents and
principals
The tea,hers' guild in London has
over four thousand memberA 1t pro-
poses to ask Parliament to pass . stat
ute for the registration Of teachers that
shall require ~ . condition Of registrar
tion. after three years. satisfactory evil
dencs Of knowledge Of the history.
theory and practice Of education. and
like evidence OF practical efficiency and
Ono OF tho most significant signs o.
the educational times il the disappear
ance Of the elderly college presidcnt
Young men are pressing forward. and
the older gentlemen arc very content ts
step aside for some moro easy going
place. The truth il. the presidency Of
. college Is largely place for the az.
srcise Of business shrewdnesA Tho
young men may be less venerable. bat
they make things rush Chicago News
The Missionary Review says: mo
mission in the world. perhaps, can
show . more notable record than that
Of the Canadian Presbyterian church in
China. At the end Of sixteen years
work. and with . small stan Of labor
ers, it reports 1850 baptized members.
two native past0rs. sixty-fOur elders
uixty deacons, and thirty-seven native
preachers. 1t maintains two mission
houses. afty chapels. girls school.
and training college. Tho credit Of
these results is due. under God, to DR..
one Of those remarkable men
Who are born missionaries.
"A successful Baptist pastor found
Il necessary, because Of falling heslth.
10 20 into secular businessL I'm taking
The position Of lsyman he would beg
Ill correspondents to do him the favor
of emitting the title of reverend In his
lddres&" The Christian Inquirer says
II this request: There IL . Straight
forward manliness about this thing that
we like. While We do not think all
non who 60 out Of the active duties Of
life should abandon tho
entirely. We feel sure that
'ome ARP soemployed that . ministerial
to their names 10 simply
ludicrOuA"