The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-12-11
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.


universities arc tho natural CEN
tiers OF Intellectual movements. Car
dinal Newman
"A plumber in England has won tho
university extension prize for an essay
or English poetry.
The italian mission in Philadol-
phia now issues paper entitled ii
Roma, mostly printed in tho Italian
language.
Over 1000 children were refused adj
mission to tho public schools of Phila-
dclphia because OF tho lack OF accom-
mOdationS.
Tho total num- Dor of Congrega tional
churches and mission stations in En-
gland and Wales is 4.5S5, which provide
over LOCO, 900 sittings.
Tho Christian church (Disciplcs) in
Ohio has $50 congregations and a mem
bcrship or 54910. The church property
OF tho denomination is valued at 81, 500,
$50.
The higher education Of women is
strongly advocated in Australia. Tho
University of Melbourne not only re-
ceives female students, but admits
NAiN"A ~ WV oH'iO pllNiltRcS. uS bno
males, among which are the free schol-
arships.
The debt of the British Baptist
Missionary Society, which short time
ago amounted to go. 472. has boon re-
duced to 1890. 1t is suggested that tho
approaching centenary of tho society
should be celebrated by raising 600. 900
to be employed in foreign mission work
There are III. 516 children in tho
municipal or State schools Of Paris;
6l,2O4 in schools directed by religious
orders; ana 33, 900 in free lay schools
whcro religious instr uction is given
1t IS also stated that attendance at
municipal schools has increased by only
about 100 i'll tho last thrce years. Tho
annual expenditures for tho municipal
schools is 20. 800, 900 francs
Tho dean Of Christ Church, Oxford
lately talked very bluntly to some of
tho young aristocrats who are among
the students and have been going ;lsfast
pace. The following is Il specimen OF
his remarks: You consider that bo-
cause you arc tho sons of nobility YOU
are entitled TO extravaganza liberty, to
be distcndcd to vulgar license. You arc
laboring under dcluson from which
you may have very rudo awakening.
This college is not intended for such
wcll-born ounces as you"
Tho statistical exhibit, justissued OF
the Evangelical Association Ca German
Mcthodistic church shows that there arc
now ., DAB churches valued at s., O47. S53:
las, sos members, and 1887 itnerant
preachers. AS an indication OF the ef-
feet OF the troubles tho denomination
has been afflicted with tho past year.
there Is decrease OF nearly 4, 600 in tho
number returned as nowly converted,
and Of 1.S6l in the number returned as
newly received. There is also q de-
crease of noarly S5, 900 in tho collection
for the Missionary Society and 4 small
falling off in the othor collections
Zeal alone is not enough to equip o
minister for either the home or foreign
fold. Some havo hesitated about theo.
logical education lest the zeal should
not survive tho school term Time has
shown that our best and most Jealous
men come from the schools A call to
preach in almost all cases means n call
to prepare to preach. call to mission
airy work should be interpreted in tho
samo way. Some very successful mis-
sionaries came out OF our theological
seminaries, and it ought to DO under
stood that all future recruits should he
o.tiittcd intellectually as we'll as spirit
ually. -Northwcstcrn Christian Advo-
cato.