Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-02-01
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL

North Carolina has 10000 acres of
swamp land to sell for the benefit of hor
education fund.
Within the last four years Florida
has increased her school expenditures
from $132, 400 to $40, 296.
The kindergarten schools of San
Francisco, under the patronage of Mrs.
Leland Stanford, now number twenty,
with 5000 children.
1t is stated in tho Russian papers
that new professorships in the Japanese,
Corean and lIindustani languages have
been founded at the University of st.
Petersburg.
Religion is life, philosophy Is
thought; religion looks up, friendship
looks in. We need both thought and
life, and we need that the two shall be
in harmony.-James Freeman Clarke.
Missionaries among the Jews in all
the countries of Continental Europe re-
port an increasing interest in Christi
anity among that people. They are af-
fected by the movement inaugurated by
Mr.. Rabinowitz, of Kircheneff, Russia.
Ono hundred and nine thousand
orphans have been supported and edu-
Gated at Mr.. George Muller's famous or
phanago at Bristol, England. Five
large houses, capable of afrording homes
for 1850 orphans have been built. and
siXty-siX schools are now maintained
Spirit of Missions.
"A bequest made to the county of Nor
gan, Georgia. years ago for the educa-
tion of orphan children in that county,
hnc rrrp 10 nd hn tnIi Iinn
have been able to expend only $7OO out
of an income of S2,74O in the education
of children. The fund has outgrown
the orphans, and what to do with it is q
puzzle.
About $4,000 has boon spent the
past year by the American Seaman's
Friend Society in missionary work, pub
lications. loan libraries, and other aids.
Altogether 9,221 new libraries have been
given out to vessels; over 10000 have
been reshipped, making 100000 books
which have been put within reach of
about $50, 900 men.
why, you don't take tho Bible
just as it reads, do you?" said man to
clergyman, who was talking with him
on the subject of religion. Certainly"
lcplitu Oio SltlB man, llOW Nouiu you
take it, If not as it reads? Would you
take it as it doesn't read?" That hits
the point exactly. Read the Bible in
this respect as you do any other book
and take the meaning of it's words and
accept it.
IA strange coincidence noted by the
Kansas City (Mo.) Star is that ION the
day Clement Morgan, colored youth
from st. Louis, won the Roylston prize
and was chosen class orator of Harvard
College, and the first colored boy was ad-
mitted to the manual training school of
Washington University, the Missouri
act making it crime for a eolored child
to attend any white public school went
into effect"
The American Bible Society reports
that Bible distribution was so per cent.
larger last year in South America than
during any preceding year. The num-
Der of Bibles, New Testaments or parts
disposed of was 81, ,S62. During the past
ten years 264,542 copies have been cir
culated, of which 30, 4S4 belong to the
first half of the decade and 174, 05S to the
last half. These figures are exclusive
of the work of the Valparaiso (Chili) BIZ
BILE Society, which sold during the past
year 4,563 copies and during its exist
ence of twenty-eight years has distribut-
ed 81, At copies in the republic of Chilli.