Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-10-13
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

learned more in one day than formerly, |
with equal application, in a whole
month.-Adam Clarke.
To see the hand of God in oil things |
and events, and calmly to leave the re-
suits with Him, this is the glory of
Christianity.-S. II. Calhoun.
In the first twelve weeks of uni
versity extension work under direction
of the Chicago university $4,000 people
were present in the courses given.
The San Francisco NJ. L. preachers,
anticipating the annexation of Hawaii
and rush of immigrants to the
islands, appointed committee to see
the, planting of the Methodist church
there.
That eccentric preacher, Rev. DR..
Wilde, of Toronto, in his sermon re-
Gently declared that the time is coming
when no man can tell lie, and the
power of performing miracles will
come back.
The summary of Baptist church
statistics in the state Of New York
shows a present membership of 1885,
2l2; of these, o,430 were baptized dur
ing the year. The number of churches
is 800, the same as last year.
in 1890 the property Of the Roman
Catholic church in the United States
was placed at $11S, 3S6,516 The metho-
dists hold the largest total-namely;
$3.50, 01S, 070, while the Episcopalians are
reported to be the richest in proportion
to their membership.
Preliminary steps have been taken
to establish in Chicago great medical
school which shall rival the best Euro
pean institutions, 1t is proposed to
combine several Of the best schools al
ready existing in the city and make
them department of the University OF
Chicago.
The university Of Dorpat, in the
German Baltic provinces, Is beginning
to feel the effects of the determination
OF the authorities to Russianize it.
Again the number of students has de-
creased. The present term shows an
enrolment Of /, 1885, compared with l, 6s2
of tho preceding semester.
! AS long as we refuse warm, loving
sympathy with Christ's missionary pur-
pose and hold aloof from earnest &C.
operation with him in missionary en-.
terprise we shall have poor, dwarfed
spiritual life, and be faithful to
the greatest work that God has put
| into human hands.-Rev. George Will
son.
| William Gillies, of New York city,
known by many and supposed to be
very poor, died suddenly while stand
ing in line at the paying tcller's win
dow of the East Ri,er bank. II was
subsequently found that he had left a
fortune OF from $3.50, 600 to $500, 000 the
bulk Of which is to be divided equal.
between the Howard Mission and Home
for Little Wanderers and the American
Missionary association.
A friend is never lost. An ocean
may separate friends but they are
none the less truly friends for being OF
opposite sides of an ocean. Nor is
death more of divider than an ocean
Friends separated by death are friends
rs truly as they were when they sat
side by side, or face to face, here in tho
flesh. Friends united in Christ arc
friends eternally.-S. S. Times.
A bill has just been passed ant
signed by the governor of Missouri
giving TIE boards of education in cities
of one thousand and under five thou
sand inhabitants the power to appro
pirate $3.50 annually for the mainte
nance of a public school library. Thi'
i law is an outcome Of n long felt wan
in that state, and will be the means, NJ
doubt, Of establishing valuable libra
ries in many of the smaller towns.