Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-12-02
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

If we keep praise alive there will
be no lack of joy in the heart Rams
Horn.
The Buddhists of Japan issue forty
eight publications, most of which have
been established in recent years.
The royalty on Moody and Sankey's
"Gospel Hymns" it is said, amounts to
81, 10000 All of it has been devoted to
charitable purposes
DIR. George s. Burroughs, professor
Of biblical literature at Amhurst, has
accepted the presidency of Wabash col
lege, Indiana. He is q graduate of
Princeton, class of rs.
The twenty-ffth year of the Agri-
cultural College of Massachusetts has
opened with AZ men and young lady
student in the entering class, the total
enrolment being about 14O.
"A century ago no pagan nation was
more bitterly opposed to Christians
than Japan, which issued the following
prohibition: "As long as the sun shall
warm the earth, let no Christian be so
bold as to come to Japan; and let all
know that if he violate this command,
he shall pay for it with his head"
The latest statistics of the Young
Mems Christian association in the
United States shows 26S buildings
valued at $11 ,9O2, $50; S14 associations
with membership of 1,762, 05o There
are l2 associations for Germans, "a for
colored men, 90 for Italians, 400 college
associations and 81 railroad branches.
The lease of the land on which the
famous Church of the Strangers stands,
in New York city, expires in three
years. and its friends are already be-
ginning to get anxious about its re-
newal. AS the pastor, Rev. Charles f.
Deems is the special friend of the
Vanderbilts, the church will no doubt
be provided for.
Roanoke College, Va, will receive
the sum of S., 900 from the estate of Mr..
George X. Crockett, of Springfield,
Mass, to be applied to the general pur-
poses of the college. The sum of $1,000
has also been given by Mr.. A. E.
Watson, of Marlin, Tex, to found the
Watson-Wells scholarship for worthy
students in the college.
Besides their state college at Wake
Forest, the Baptists of North Carolina
control three female seminaries and
four fine academies, in which are forty
one instructors and nearly 700 pupils.
The Raleigh Baptists have determined
to establish female college of high
grade in the capital city, and have
raised over $4,000 to begin the good
work.
The living truths of God can no
more be routed from his word by in
vestigation and criticism than living
air and sunshine can be chased from a
room through open windows by work.
ing fan or bellows. The enemies of the
Bible are those who care more for its
binding than for its contents; those
whose parlor tables, rather than lives,
are adorned by its presence. Chicago
Interior.
There are Congregational churches
in all the states except Delaware, and
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The total of members in this country,
not including several thousands con-
verts in connection with missions of
the American board in foreign lands, is
more than half million. Massachu-
setts, where Congregationalists were
the first colonists, has larger proper
ton of the total than any other state,
10l 800; Connecticut comes second, with
SO, 154; New York third, with 45, $50;
Illinois fourth, with $3.50; Ohio fifth,
with 80, 9sl; and Michigan sixth, with
"a, ,5S2. Central Congregationalist.