Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-03-06
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

"A son of President Dwight, of Yale,
Is said to know more Latin and Greek
than his father.
The Women's Foreign Missionary
Society of the Methodist Episcopal
church has over 10000 members.
"A rural Maine parson says he can't
preach very we'll if he looks out and
sees teams standing exposed in hard
storm.
Methodist institutions have re-
ceived since February half million of
dollars in donations through the efforts
of Bishop Warren.
I'm 1860 there were IA medical mis-
sionaries in the foreign field. There
are now 1875 with British qualifications,
of whom 10 are ladies.
The first Malagasy who ever learned
the alphabet died January, 1888, at tho
age of seventy-two. He had lived to
see $4,000 of his countrymen taught to
read, and over 10000 profess their faith
in Christ.-Missionary Review.
Two thousand one hundred and
twenty-nine converts were received into
the churches of the American Congrega-
tional Board in Japan during the year
ending April 30 Forty-three of the
forty-nine churches are self-supporting.
Miss Lillian A. Honeywell, A. NJ,
who is twenty-five years old, and has
served as professor of mathematics in
Hedden College, Knox County, ILL.,, for
the past three years, is said to be the
youngest college professor in America
occupying an important position.
During the summer Robert j. Bur-
dette has been serving as pastor to a
Baptist church in Philadelphia. At tho
close of his work they gave him gold
watch inscribed: 'Presented to Robert
J. Burdette by his Baptist friends at
Merton square as token of gratitude
and esteem, October 6, 1885," On the
outer case is handsome monogram with
"R. j. B."
Russia is organizing system OF
technical schools of very complete
form. The schools are of three classes,
lower and middle technical, and upper,
or, as they are called, trade schools.
The first consists of three divisions, for
mechanics, chemists and builders re-
spectively. The second class is in
tended for assistant engineers and
architects, foremen builders and agri
cultural bailiffs. Education
Here is short sermon by woman,
though not preached from pulpit. II
is good one, and is pretty sure to hi
your own case somewhere, whatever
may be your age and circumstances
"The best thing to give to your enemy
is forgiveness; to an opponent, tol
erance; to friend, your heart; to youl
child, good example; to your father
Difference; to your mother, conduct tha
will make her proud of you; to your
self, respect; to all men, charity. In
terror.
The medical library of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania is growing yer.
rapidly, and in several directions it i
becoming the most complete in Ameri
ca, The two principal donors to tn
library have been DIR. Alfred Stille, VIII
presented asplendid collection of books
numbering 5000 bound volumes an
5000 unbound volumes and pamphlets
and Dr. William Pepper, provost of tn
university, who more recently gave tn
greater portion of his own medica
library. Fifteen thousand dollars i
money has also been received, an
one-half of it expended in the erectio
of the new library building, while tn
other half is to be retained as tn
nucleus of an endowment fund for tn
purchase of books and medical journals