Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-08-26
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The City Mission in Sydney, Au'
stralia, reports for its twenty-sixth
year an income of e2, 900. Nine mis-
siounries and two Bible women have
been maintained; 1,SO5 meetings held;
8O,356 families visited 1,495 cases of
destitutes relieved; LOB total absti-
nence pledges taken, and 795 persons
induced to attend church.
Among the facts brought out at the
recent New York state Sunday sch DOL
convention was one to the effect that
along the Erie canal for many miles,
where there Is considerable population,
there was absolute spiritual drought,
there having been no religious services
of any kind within the year. Many
abandoned churches were seen.
No less than Is Protestant societies
are at work In Spain, occupying 115
houses or rooms as chapels and school
buildings. The American Board has 8
missionaries and 3S native helpers, 10
churches with $40 members, and GOA
pupils in schools. The American Bap-
fists in Spain and France together have
10 missionaries and ID churches, with a
membership of 900
Mrs Sarah A. Havemeyer proposes
to give to the New York Church Exten-
sion and Missionary society, out of the
fund of 5000, 900 left at her disposal by
the will of the late Hector C. Have
meyer, the sum of $50, 600, on condition
that it be invested in permanent fund,
to be known as the Hector c. Have
meyer memorial fund, the income arts
ing from it to be devoted.to the uses of
the society.
-Seventy-five million dollars is con-
tributed yearly in the United States to
the sustenance of the church, $31, 900, 900
more being given for purposes purely
religious Within the century now
drawing to close $50, 900, 600 copies of
the Bible have been printed in 226 diff
ferent languages. Fifty years ago
there were 500 missionary stations in
foreign parts; there are now 5,765.
Fifty years ago there were 659 ordained
missionaries; to-day there are 5000
such servants of the Lord. Then there
were but 1865 other laborers and help
ers abroad; now there are SO, $50
Philadelphia Times.
In a paper read by Rev. H. A.
Soames before the Bromley Natural
lists society on the scientific measure
ment of children, he says he finds such
measurements as he describes, taken
every term, good guide as to whether
his pupils may be pressed with work or
not. eff the increase is regular and the
weight fair, according to the height,
do not fear to press them; but if, on the
other hand, the weight Is low, or if the
height increases and not the weight, or
if the increase in height is too rapid,
think 1t a very fair excuse for laziness,
and take great care that too much work
is not expected from them"
In connection with the lengthening
Of the university of Pennsylvania S
course of medicine to four years, a
movement is now on foot to establish a
chair of anatomy. as fitting memorial
to the late Or. Joseph Leidy, for thirty
nine years a teacher of anatomy at the
university. Contributions to this fund
will count directly in the general en-
aowment fund of $3.50, 900 for the medi-
cal department, which, according to
the terms of DR.. Peppers recent sub
scription of $50, 900, must be secured
before June l, 1892. A Leidy memorial
museum will also be founded, $50, 600
being needed for the purpose.
|. The Salvation Army has been in ex-
| lSISuCS JuSb ClllA CSSh JSdIS' Ills tC-
count of it is clipped from an exchange:
1t had it's origin in sensational way in
the English town of Whitby, in the
rough coal-mining district of Yorkshire,
where Gen. Booth, at that time Rev.
William Booth, was doing humble mis-
sion work. England was then in arms,
expecting to jump into the R usso-Turk-
ish war. 1t occurred to Booth that he
might attract a crowd by issuing dec,
laration of war himself, so he prepared
one forthwith, sprinkled it plentifully
with hallelujahs, and posted two thou
sand copieis of it about town. The de
vice ticlxled the British sense Of humor
there was ''red-hot, rousing meet
ing" to quote Gen. Booth, the peni-
tent fell down in heaps" and the Sal
vation Army sprang into life full grown