The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-18
RELIGIOUS ANo EDUCATIONAL.

The Southern Presbyterian church
now has three colored presbyteries.
The Lutheran church has 2,TOo
parochial schools under her control.
The Reformed church in the United
States (German) reports 1,55G congrega-
tions and 2O3, ,s52 members.
The record of Christ has held the
worlds faith, because it answered the
worlds soul.-Phillips Brooks.
Don't Deny It.-There isn't man
on earth who doesn't condemn in others
faults that he has himself.-kam's
Horn.
When you send your prayers be sure
to direct them to the care of the Re-
deemer, and then they will never mis-
arry.-Henry.
What we want is the single eye
that we may see what our work is, the
humility to accept it, however lowly,
the faith to do it for Cod the persever-
ance to go on till death. Mcleod
Faith at most but makes hero,
but love makes saint; faith can butput
us above the world, but love brings us
under Gods throne; faith can but make
us sober but love makes us happy
John Henry, Cardinal Newman.
The statistics of the Lutheran
churches for the year 1890 have just
been published, according to which the
commandments of that denomination
number 1,158,215, this being an in
crease of 67, 1877 over the figures of last
year.
The New York physicians testify
that seventy-fve per cent. of the throat
diseases of that city among children are
due to ill-ventilated schoolrooms This
is a pretty heavy school tax, and is
worth figuring up in all large American
cities.-Boston Globe.
Our entire lives should be worship.
There should be nothing in our acts,
within our homes, at our places of busi-
ness, in our pleasures that is
not consistant with the attitude
of soul aware of the pres
ence of God and speaking to him by the
action of the hands and the impulse of
the heart not less than by the utterance
of the lips. The life of Jesus was life
of worship from its beginning to its
end. So may the life of every disciple
be.-National Baptist.
The new Baptist Handbook" just
published, shows that the Baptists have
in the United Kingdom 2S02 churches
and S,6S1 chapels. In the latter there
is accommodation for 1929, 526 persons.
There are 49,, S92 scholars in the Bap-
f;ct YIDuonhAN1c or,I faoohnrc
There are 1874 ministers in the charge,
and 1900 local preachers. Several
large churches, like Mr.. Surgeons, do
not give return of membership.
President Gates announces that
800, 900 has been given to Amherst col
lege, by friend, who is unwilling to
have his name known, the same to go
into the general fund. The only condi-
tion is that $3.50, 900 additional shall be
raised for the college, either for general
or special funds. The will of the late
Mr.. Newton, of Worcester, establishes
a Greek chair endowed with fifty or six
ty thousand dollars. It expected that
a fine building will soon be erected for
a physical laboratory.
"A reform in the payment of lecture
fees has been inaugurated by the Uni
versity of Pesth. Heretofore, through
out Germany and Austria, a student
paid according to the number of courses
for which he subscribed. Now each
and every student at Pesth pays thirty
forins semester, and for this sum he
can attend whatever courses he may Sc
lect. These fees are paid to the pro-
fessors according to a fixed system, and
those professors who have heretofore
had a large income from this source,
have received an increase of salary.