Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-10-02
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL

When we wear the yoke of Christ,
the heavier the load the easier it is to
travel-Ram's Horn.
There is no grander work in this
world than doing things that make peo'
pie think of Christ.-Ram's Horn.
Leland Stanford is reported to have
announced his intention of endowing
the university of the Pacific with $780,
600, 900 over and above its present ex'
penses.
The late P. T. Barnum, of Bridge
port, Conn, gave the First Baptist So
ciety the sum of S45, 900 for their church
edifice, in order that they might get
more eligible site, and the old structure
will be torn down and business block
put up in its place.
God Wills and things are; that is
divine omnipotence Things are, and
man wills them; that is human wisdom.
Things are, man wills them, and that,
too as God wills, when He wills, and be
Cause He wills; that is Christian philoso-
phy.-Mme. Elizabeth of France.
Mrs. Priscilla Scroggins, who is
living near Gainesville, Ca, has been a
consistent member of the Methodist
church for more than hundred years.
She was born in Pickens county, near
Andersonville, S. c., March g. 1779, and
Joined the church when only nine years
of age. She is one hundred and twelve
years old, and for more than twenty
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church in Georgia. Christian at Work
| 0-According to advanced summaries
of the Congregational statistics, there
are 4S29 churches, net gain OF l34
during the year; 4,619 ministers, de-
crease of 81; and 506,7 members an
increase of about $4,000. Of baptisms
there are 1854 of adults, and $3.50 OF
infants, the latter showing an increase
of over 1000, and the former decrease
of about 1900 The total of benevolent
contributions is S2,267 $50, indicating
q decrease of $130,651.
From inquiries which have been
made at Paris, it appears that last year
there were LORI foreign students there,
and this is represented as fair aver
age. The Germans amounted to only19,
while the Austrians numbered one less.
There were 154 British students, and
296 Russians and Poles. The Balkan
Peninsula sent the large contingent OF
| 315-Greeks, Turks, Roumanians, Ser
VANS and Bulgarians being included in
this category The schools of medicine
and law appropriated by far the great
err number, for while 729 attended the
former, 1872 attended the latter The
faculty of theology only had one for
eign student Pittsburgh Dispatch.
According to the will of the late
Nancy S. Howe, of Winchester, which
has been filed with the clerk of the
Middlesex Probate court at East Cam
bridge, the following requests have
been made: American Home Mission
airy Society, $4,000; American Congre-
gational Society, $4,000; Orthodox Con
gregational Church of Winchester,
Womens Board of Missions, and Wo-
mems Home Missionary Association,
So, 900 each; proposed public library, tc
be known as Symes Memorial Library,
81, 900. Her real estate is willed to the
town of Winchester for the erection Of
the proposed town house and public
library. The residue, after deducting
numerous requests to relatives, is
willed in equal parts to the American
Board of Foreign Missions, American
Bible Society, and Congregations
Union. Boston Transcript