Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-08-14
NUMBER 45.
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

There is joy in Heaven over one
sinner that repenteth," no matter
whether he has any money in the bank
or not. RAMS Horn.
Florida has 1878 Sunday-schools,
II, sos teachers and "a, 4O5 scholars,
showing an increase over 1890 of 500
schools, 5,5S5 teachers and 35.901 schol-
ars.
Asia, the cradle of the human race,
has 102 Young Mems Christian associa-
tons Darkest Africa has 10, and
Oceanica, comprising the islands of the
sea, has 16.
God is the only being who has time
enough, but prudent man, who knows
how to seize occasion, can commonly
make shift to find as much as he
needs.-Lowell.
The University of Upsala, in Swe-
den, during the present term has an at
tendance of 1,65s. OF these 254 are in
the theological department, 74O in the
philosophical 44S in the law, and 2s1 in
the medical.
If there be one thing on earth
which is truly admirable, it is to see
Gods wisdom blessing an inferiority of
natural powers when they have been
honestly, truly and zealously cultivat-
ed.-Dr. Arnold
Before Christianity entered India,
lepers were treated with shocking hui
manity. Many of them were buried
alive. The English rulers have put
stop to this custom, and for fourteen
years there has been a special Christian
mission to the 1876, 900 lepers in India.
The total property valuation of the
Catholic church in the United States in
1850 was S9,256, 72S; in 1860 it was $780,
TIA, 119; in 1870 it was $50, 2S5,565. That
is to say, the aggregate wealth of the
Catholic church increased about 10 per
cent. from 1850 to 1860, and about 1913
per cent. from 1860 to 1S70.--N. O.
Times-Democrat.
Mrs. Gen. Custer is one of the few
emi-professional women in New York
who can hold the interest of school
full of boys. In her talks on frontier
life to these restless audiences, who
must be interested before they will con-
sent to be instructed, she begins with
some true Indian stories, bristling with
tomahawks feathers and scalps, and
presently has the listeners spellbound
AS science can not determine origin,
so it can not determine destiny; as it
presents a sectional view of creation,
SO it gives only a sectional view of ev-
erything in creation. 1t is not only
sectional view in time, but in scope and
reach. Everything rises out of its
domain, and disappears from its view
in that larger world which is about it; a
crystal and a man are equally inexplic-
able within it's necessarily limited range
of vision.-Rev. T. Munger, ID. ID.
The baccalaureate degree was con-
ferred by President Taylor recently at
PoughlSeepsie, upon thirty-six young
women who graduated at Vassar; and
the second degree in art on Louise s.
Pagan, Myra Reynolds and Ellen G.
| Semple. The baccalaureate degree in
music was conferred on one person, o
diploma in the school of painting was
given to one person, and the diploma of
the school of music to three persons.
After the comforting of the degrees
President Taylor announced the receipt
of the John Guy Vassar requests; also
that the board of trustees had accepted
the offer of Mr.. Frederick II. Thompson
to build library at his own expense
and present it to the college.