Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-06-26
NUMBER 3S.
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.
The reported profits of the Metho.
dist Book Concern last year were $l4O,-

The reported profits of the Metho.
dist Book Concern last year were $14O,-
900.
-"Tis mercy to have that taken
from us that takes from God-Ven-
ming.
Though the word and the spirit do
the main work, yet suffering so unbolta
the door of the heart, that the word
bath easier entrance. e.-Baxter.
There are now SO6 Congregational
churches in the state of Connecticut,
indicating gain of four during the
past year. The total membership is
57,037, of whom 39,091 are females.
The city of Lincoln, Neb., has, or is
building six colleges or universities,
each well endowed. Seven new build
ings, each to cost not less than $4,000,
are to be erected the coming summer.
SO the spiritual world becomes
slowly natural; and, what is of all but
equal moment, the natural world be-
comes slowly spiritual Nature is not
mere mirage or emblem of the spir-
ituaL 1t is working model of the
spiritual. Henry Drummond.
Henry c. Lea, of Philadelphia, who
has become very wealthy publishing
books for physicians, has given $50, 600
of his wealth for the erection of build
ing for sanitary and hygienic instruc-
ton as an annex to the university of
Pennsylvania long felt want.
There are thirty-one missionaries
from America laboring in China in con.
nection with the China Inland Mission.
OF these twenty-three are from Onta
rio, Canada, two from New York, two
from Illinois, one each from Massa.
chusetts, Rhode Island Ohio and Ne
braska
The American Board of Foreign
Missions since its organization has sent
to the foreign field 2,O26 missionaries.
The record of the society work abroad
shows 446 churches which have count
ed a membership of 110,449 persons.
Last year az new missionaries were
sent out, and "a new churches built
Emperor William ii. sent this de-
spatch to Prot. Max Muller, of Oxford,
after the Oxford-C Cam bridge boat race:
"Actuated by the interest and sympa-
thy of many years, send late, but none !.
the less cordially, my congratulations
for your victory in the boat race
WILLIAM, Emperor and King"
The Methodist Year Book for 1891
gives the total membership of the Meth
odist Episcopal church as 2,2S3, 154 an
increase of 46,69l over last year. It's
Sunday schools number 2,264, $50 MEM
bers, gain over last year of AZ, 1874
The several branches of Methodism in
the United States include 4, $50, 300 COM
municants, with 31765 ministers and
54, III churches.
AT the present moment the Saliva
ton army has no less than 0, $40 regular
officers 13, 600 voluntary officers, 80 train
ing homes, with 400 cadets, and 1854
corps scattered over 80 different coun-
tries. In England alone it has 1,377
corps, and has held some 10000 OPEN
air meetings This represents part of
It's religious work. Beside this 1t has
In social work 80 rescue homes, s shell
ters, food depots and many other
agencies for good. 1t began in the Ia
bors of single friendloss dissenting
without name, without fame,
without rank, without influence, with
out eloquence; man poor and penni-
less, in weak health, burdened with
delicate children and disowned by his
own connection 1t now numbers multi
tudes of earnest evangelists.