Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-09-04
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

"A new model school in Germany.
which has been built at cost of $685.
900, contains large dining-room where
700 poor children can be fed in winter.
The Peabody Institute at Danvers,
Mass, the native place OF George Pea
body, was burned recently, the library
and collection of curiosities being saved.
1t was established and endowed by Mr..
Peabody, and will be rebuilt
Africa has now at work within her
borders 10 American, IL British and Il
Continental missionary societies There
are more than 700 ordained mission
aries, and more than 1000 native
preachers. 1t is estimated that there
are, both white and native, about 49,
900 communicates, and 100000 ad-
herents. Nashville Christian Advocate
The Waldensian Church, OF Italy,
which has recently celebrated its two
hundredth anniversary of the return OF
the exiled Vaudois, gives evidence OF
continued life and vigor. 1t reports a
roll of A churches 80 pastors, 81 evan
gelists, including colporteurs, 6 Bible
readers, 4,074 communicates and 469
catechumens.- Church at Home and
Abroad.
Nearly all the school-houses in Ger
many have connected with them gym
nasiums, work-rooms and libraries,
while many are provided with bath
rooms supplied with hot and cold show
er-baths. 1t is found that the chill
dren's freshness and enjoyment of study
are greatly promoted by occasional
showers. Another novelty of the new.
est school buildings are prison cells for
refractory pupils. ILLUSTRATED Ameri-
lean.
The religious statistics of Germany
show 90, 1863, ,S47 evangelicals, including
members of the Lutheran, Reformed
and United churches; 16, 7S5, 734 Roman
Catholics, 1875, 673 other Christians, in
cluding the Moravians, Baptists, Meth
odists and other Independent churches;
563, 172 Jews, and 11,27S ''unclassified. u
OF the 1868 Independent Christians,
CO. 600 are Baptists, of whom 20, 900 are
members of Baptist churches. Chris.
tian at Work.
There was never time when Chris
| tianity had so strong hold as at pres.
ont on the educated minds of the world
| There was never time when the Bible
was accepted as bringing revelation
from God to man by so many students Of
science as now accept it trustfully. One
of the many indications of progress in
this direction is found in the improved
Christian tone of our colleges in En-
gland and America. Sunday Schoo
Times.
For about ten years the Presby teriaI
church of England has provided for the
wants of its sons and daughters in Cam
bridge by weekly services, at which
most of the leading Presbyterian min
isters of Scotland, England and IRELAND
have, at one time or another, ofiiciated
and q few days since they took tn,
further step of laying the foundation
stone of new church. The stone wa
laid by Sir George Bruce, to whose ef
forts in enlisting sympathy and raising
money the cause there owes its ex
istence.
1t is not twenty years since th
Japanese began to reform their institu
tions, and during that time nothing ha
more clearly shown their adaptabilit
and intelligence than the progress whic
they have made in education. Out O
$40, ,920 children of school age in th
empire, $500, 1000 are enrolled in tn
mercial schools, schools of fine art an
of music, schools for the deaf, dumb an
blind, law courses in German, Frenc
and English, Libraries and museums, al
form part of y thorough and progressv
system.
II. b. Lamb, who has been engage
in missionary work in China for nun
Der of years, says the result of the labor
of the missionaries there is far frol
discouraging. There are about &C
Protestant Chinese converts in Peki
now. Ono-fourth of them are Presby
terians. English is taught in only on
school, as the Bible has been translate
into the Pekin dialect. The slow pros
ress made at first among the Chimes
has been more than counterbalanced /
the gratifying results during the la'
three years. He believes there are no
about 40, 900 Protestant and 100, 600 Catl
olic converts in the Chinese Empire.