The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-01
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

There are 257 religious denomina-
tions in England.
"A school is to be opened in Japan
BY Mrs. Tel LON, highly educated
japanese lady of Tokyo, where she will
teach the native women Of her own
rank
Russia permits the free importa-
ton of the Bible sprinted in other Ian
guages than Russian. But no Russian
Bible can circulate unless printed by the
state church.
Prof. Harold M. Fowler of the ven
cradle Phillips Exeter academy has ac-
cepted the chair of Greek in the univer-
sity of Texas at nearly twice the salary
he Is now receiving.
Nearly 500 villages have been visited
during the last year by the thirty-eight
missionaries Of the Church of England
Temperance society. Over $4,000 cases
were visited at their homes, and nearly
20, 900 prisoners were met on their dis
charge from jail
The queen of Prussia is devoutlv
religious and devotes much of her time
and money to church extension. She
has been the chief worker for the erec-
ton of half dozen churches in Berlin,
and obtained permission from the sui
tan of Turkey to build Protestant
church in Jerusalem.
In 1870 the proportion of certified
women teachers was As in every 100;
to-day it is S. Similarly, the number
OF women assistants has rison from 80
to II per 100. In 1870 there were 1878
girls and $3.50 boy teachers. There are
now 21,771 girls and only $3.50 boys
learning the art of teaching.
1T has bsen decided by the French
minister of public instruction to pre-
serve oas museum Jeanne Darc's
home in Domremi, and to illustrate in
It her history. 1t will contain models
Of the statues erected to her memory,
copies of paintings showing scenes in
her life, and sketches of the picture of
her in the Pantheon.
The introduction Of bells into
churches is usually ascribed to Saint
Paulinus, bishop of Nola in Campania
(40O A. d.. Their use in churches and
monasteries soon spread through chris
tendon. They were introduced into
France about $50, and Benedict, abbot
of Wearmouth. brought one from Italy
into England about $50.
The new Grace Street church, Phil
adelphia, had it's origin in the gift of
ffty-seven cents for a new church made
on cher deathbed by little girl six
years old. She had been refused adj
mission to the Sunday-school because it
was too large to receive her. From
that day she began to save her money
to build larger church.
When the church Of Scotland pc
titioned Lord Palmerston to appoint
day of fasting and prayer SO that the
cholera might depart from ''their
midst" he told them instead to get
down on their knees and scrub their
floors and let in Gods light and air,
and keep everything clean. They
voted, however. to resent his advice as
blasphemous and insulting. That was
thirty years ago. and such advice takes
better now.
-Pessimism. like the cholera. comes
to us from the east, and is not less
deadly. 1t creeps into our poetry, per-
vades our philosophy and riots in our
fiction. A world without God is neces-
sarily q world without hope. One can
not postulate progress except there be
given the power to work out the re-
suits prophesied. Nothing can save
atheism from despair, and nothing turn
despair aside from anarchy. where
there is no vision the people perish
n. Y. Evangelist.