Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 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 100, 600 members.
"A rural Maine parson says he can't
preach very we'll if he looks out and
sees teams standing exposed in a 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 125 with British qualifications,
of whom ~ are ladies.
The first Malagasy who ever learned
the alphabet died January, 1888, at the
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. Visionary 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
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 g. 1889" On tho
outer case is handsome monogram with
SD J. B."
Russia is organizing system OF
technical schools of a 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 bailiifs. -Education.
Here is short sermon by woman,
though not preached from pulpit 1t
is a good one, and is pretty sure to hit
rl,a4
may be your age and circumstances:
"The best thing to give to your enemy
is forgiveness; to an opponent, toll
erance; to friend, your heart; to your
child, good example; TO your father,
Difference; TO your mother, conduct that
will make her proud of you; 10 your
self. respect; to all men, charity. In
terror.
The medical library OF the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania is growing very
rapidly, and in several directions IL is
becoming the most complete in Ameri-
ca. The two principal donors to tho
library have been DIR. Alfred Stille, who
presented splendid collection OF books,
numbering 5000 bound volumes and
1000 unbound volumes and pamphlets,
and DIR. William Pepper. provost of the
who more recently gave the
greater portion Of his own medical
library. Fifteen thousand dollars in
money has also been received, and
Of it expended in the erection
of the new library building, while the
other half is to be retained as the
nucleus Of an endowment fund for the
purchase of books and medical journals.