Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1890-12-26
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL

I'm Soraiovo a young Mohamrncdan
woman has joined the Christian Church
to the alarm OF the Mohammedans.
--Thcrc are somo wicked people who
would bo less dangerous II they had no
good qualities. Rcchcfoucauld.
The being OF God Is tho guard OF
tho world; the sense OF God Is tho
foundation Of civil order; without this
there Is no tie upon the conscienccs OF
mon. .-Charnock.
Absolutely stationary In religion we
can not be- We must either advance
or roccdc. II Christians arc not grow
Ing in grace, they are certainly relaps'
ing. N. Y. Independent
1t Is only when the contemplated
life is taken up TO Gods right hand tha.
We can receive the full impression from
st. II Is at the distance OF Heaven that
the picture OF 4 saints life can best bo
seen. TWAS expedient 20 the Master
that bo should go away; and so 1t is also
with the servant Rev. ID. X. Auch,cr-
Ionic, OF Cralgdam.
We sadly need 30 be touched by tho
power OF great spiritual regeneration;
this common life Is piyoted upon two
great and radical errors from which we
can find no refuge except in the spirit OF
tho gospel OF Christ These aro that on
joyiucnt OF some kind Is the true end Of
life. and second. tho belief that pain
and suffering arc lifc's greatest ealami-
tios. And when We attompt to con-
struct theory OF llfo or plan OF So
cicty upon tho basis OF these mistakes,
we SEQ nothing but incxplicable changes
and dismay.
Tho University OF Michigan at Ann
Arbor, Mich. began it's hfiy-third year
under tho most nnsplcious circum-
stances. Its large list OF students was
greatly increased by the arrival of 200
or 800 more new students than last year.
The catalogue for iSs0-p0 showed reg
istry OF 2,l5s, but 1t Is estimated that
this years new students will raise the
total TO nearly $500, or more than Mt
any educational institution In the coun-
Try. The greatest increase Is shown in
tho law department. Tho number OF
students there last year was b8i Tie
list although incomplete, reaches 600,
and bids fair TO approach $50
-ChaS Mcdonald, president Of the
Union Bridge Company, has endowed
tho Rensselaer, Polytechnic Institute,
Troy. N. v, with a trust fund OF $1,000,
the interest OF which will be given to
the momber OF tho graduating class
presenting the most acceptable thesis on
nm original engineering design or In
vestigation. A new rule at the Rcns-
selaor Polytechnic Institute obligos
each member OF the three upper classes
TO prepare thesis during the summer
10 bo presented at the opening of tho
fall term. They must not bo less than
1.20O. 1000 or !, 500 words In length de-
ponding upon the class and must en-
brace the results of q personal inyesti-
;gation.
Tho centennial celebration OF the
founding OF tho West Alexander Pres
ibyterian Church, Pennsylvania occurred
:rocontly Over two thousand people
were present The location OF the church
Is the highest between tho Alleghcnies
and the Rocky Mountains, and the church
In its infancy had n severe struggle for
life. The settlement OF the neighbor-
hood was by tho Scotch-Irisb. and in
1900 tho first pastor, Rev. John Bryce,
was ordained. Rov. DR. J. McClusky
was for some years its pastor. In 1854
Rev. DIR. W. II. Lester became pastor
and has remained so eyor since. Under
his care tho church has largely increas.
cd in It's membership, which Is now about
threc hundred.