Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1890-09-12
arLlo,ous AND EDUCATIONAL.


What Heaven Wills. can never be
withstood.
Ono Of the brightest students a,
Cambridge is blind.
-one Of the hardest things for man
70 do Is TO own up that he Is ss mean as
God says he is.-Ram's Horn.
-Hc who would be credited with real
faith must have such works as will
rightly illustrate It. His assertion will
20 for nothing without this
The board OF trustees OF the new
Chicago University has boon organised
with L. Nelson Blake as president, and
number OF other prominent Chicago
business mon as members.
Tho graduating class OF Bryn Mawi
have given 800 rs n nucleus for an oduca'
tional loan fund to help needy students.
1t Is hoped that this fund will be suffi-
cieutly increased TO DO put in use by
next fall.
True repentance consists in the
heart being broken for sin and broken
from sin. Some often repent yet never
reform; they resemble man travelling
o dangerous path who frequently stops
and starts, but never turns back
Tho estimate OF the number OF
Christians In Ceylon is from to 10 per
cent of the total population, as follows:
Total population. 1900, 900; Romanists.
220. 900; Anglicans, $4,000; Presbyter-
ians, 1000; Wesleyans, 81, 900; Baptists,
5000. Total OF Christians, 200, 900.
There has been very remarkable
increase In the number OF Catholic
churchs In this country in the last ten
years. A recent issue OF the Catholic Mir
ror states that the dedication Of newly
erected churches Is an event OF weekly
occurrence in the archdiocese Of Balti'
more, and that the same activity is OBJ
seryabla in other Catholic dioceses.
Y. Independents
Nothing in the world is so destruc-
tive OF the true educa tionsl spirit as for
school officials 10 cease being appointed
upon grounds OF illness as instructors and
to obtain their places by political pre-
ferment At the very mon0nt such ap-
pointments are made either In the
teaching or supervisory departmental. at
that moment dry-rot attacks the whole
educational system Of the State.-Bal-
timore Herald.
The number Of students in the Uni
versity OF Greifswald this summer
semester Is 9oa, being the largest num-
Der ever on its books. OF these s2l are
students OF medicine, a74 OF theology,
9s Of philosophy and 95 OF law, while %
are allowed to attend particular lectures
without having matriculated In any fac
ulty. At Erlangen the number OF stu
dents is i,0l2, being the first time 1t has
exceeded 1000. The theological faculty
used TO be the most numerously attend
cd. but this year medicine heads the
list At Marburg there are zoos stu
dents. this being also the first time the
number OF 1000 has been exceeded.
There are 200 students in the medical
faculty.
"A very practical memorial has been
erected to Adohiram Judson, the first
American foreign missionary. Mr.. Jud'
son was for forty years missionary.
and during that time he introduced
Christianity into Burmah, translated
the entire Scriptures into the burmese
tongue. and established mission which
has long been regarded as model insti.
tuition. The church to hit memory, To-
Gated Mt an eligible site In New York.
will cost when completed about $500, 900.
and the seats will. be perpetually FREQ.
Connected with 1t are u number Of asso-
Citations which carry on their mission
work among the poor Of the tenement
house district. Such memorial Is in
flnitely more worthy OF faithful SER
want OF the Master than tho loftiest
shaft that man could rear.