The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-16
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

SCHOOL AND CHURCH.
-One-third OF the seven hundred stu.
dents at the university Of Leipsic are
Americans.
The Presbyterian church has in the
state of Pennsylvania l,1S6 Sabbath
schools, 1924 teachers, and 1920
scholars.
Since the establishment in 1902 Of
West Point military academy. 3.3s4
men have received diplomas from that
institution.
Just above Vienna. on the Danube,
is the convent and school Of Meik,
which has just celebrated its one thou
sandth anniversary.
The university Of Pennsylvania is
about to establish national school of
American history as one of the depart
ments of the institution.
The Cincinnati Enquirer estimates
that in the last fifty years over $780,
the African to love his ncighbor Us
himself.
Prof. Clement l.. Smith, the dean of
Harvard college. has resigned his Office,
and will give his attention entirely to
study and teaching. lie retains his
professorship Of Latin.
The Chinese spend 5000, ,OOO. 900 an
nually on their religious worship.
There is spiritual side to their re-
ligion, and spiritualism, pure and sim
pie, has existed in China for ages.
There are in the United States e.
$50. .24O Methodists, 4,292,29l Baptists.
1,229,912 Presbyterians, 1.0s6,0 ,04s Luth-
Grams. 4sO.176 Protestant Episcopal,
49l, ,9s5 Congregationalists.- -Zion's Her.
aid.
Lyman Abbott appears to be more
popular than any other preacher at the
Harvard college chapel services for
long time. He has officiated there for
fortnight. and there is q marked in
crease in attendance.
The trustees Of Dartmouth college
have made the biennial offer. open to
prize of $500 for the best essay on re-
ligious subject, the theme in the pres
ent instance being, The Right Oberv-
ance of the Sabbath"
Columbia college has Chinese stu
dent who rejoices in the name OF Yen.
lie is smart, clipper and learned. wears
fine clothes, in which he looks well,
and having plenty Of cash. snap and go
about him. is favorite with the boys
and sort of pig-tailed Adonis among
the society swells
The Salvation Army has opened
large room in Amsterdam. Holland. and
is doing much to relieve the distress of
that city On the second night the
building was opened for the purpose
over two hundred ontcasts were shell
tered. The king of Denmark has
given fifty krones to Maj. Wilson. of the
Salvation Army, to help the work of the
army in Denmark.
The American Bible society. which
has faithfully prosecuted its work of
placing copy of the Bible in every
home, is now about to undertake pro-
iect for supplying every child of suit
able age with one. To every little one
who can aid. the society says: IF you
give five cents we will make the gift
for you of Testament, or If you give
twenty cents. the gift Of Bible to
some child who has none" Such a
work will contribute in no slight de-
gree to the problem of evangelizing and
Christianizing our people.-Northwest-
ern Christian Advocate.
According to the Indian Witness
within the last eight years 30 Eu-
ropean and Canadian officers Of the
Salvation Army have come to India.
most of them having come within three
years. OF these 225 more than 20 more
of them having come within three years.
OF these 3aa5 more than 20 have died. 100
have left the army or returned to En-
gland broken in health, and about TO
still remain. There are some pitiful
stories of suffering and death caused by
the attempt of the army to support it's
officers on E5 year in addition to what
they can get from the people.
The term canon, as applied to sacred
Scripture, is traced back to a remote
antiquity. In Hebrew. Greek and Latin
the words. having the same origin,
signify literally q reed. straight rod,
a cane. a measure, rule. When used
as figure of speech they signify every
straight and perfect rule. In the times
of the apostles the term was applied to
model authors making rules in litera-
turc. These writer's for the church EN-
ployed it mean, sometimes, Christian
doctrine, the rule of our life; some.
| times, the Divine book, the rule of our
| faith; and also the rule, or the canon
for truth; and sometimes the catalogue
of the several books composing the rule.
The latter became, at length. its prin.
cipal religious meaning. - Hartford
Religious Herald.
In st. Petersburg there are $50
Protestants. OF these. $1,000 are Ger.
mans, half Of them Russian subjects
They are organized into fourteen con
gregations, served by thirty pastors
The church work among them receive.
no support from the state, the volun
tary contributions of each member
averaging about six or seven dollars an.
nually. One of these congregations is
building church costing Sa5O.0OO. The
same congregation has a gymnasium
which graduates its pupils into the uni
versity. Another congregation has alst
q gymnasium of it's own, one of the bes'
in Russia, expending about $4,000 a
year for this institution. The city mis-
sion work of the Protestants of the Rus
: sian capital is being energetically prose
cuted.-Boston Journal.
An Athletic Feat.
Il never felt myself foored but ono.
in my life" said the drummer. with tn,
air Of a man who thinks he has some
thing worth the telling. lit was dowl
in Maine" he continued, after waitin.
long enough to set curiosity on an edge
'I'd been living on railway sandwiche
for week, and just longed for /;
square meal. Well, we had to stop at
way station for a couple of hours, OF
account of hot box or something q
that sort, and one of the brakemen pu
me on to what he said was first-clas
restaurant. looked it up and ordere,
q steak. The steak came. but it was
disappointment. l sawed away on i
till my arms ached. 1t was out of tn,
question to chew the small bits tor,