Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-04-14
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL


For to him that is joined to all the
living there is no hope. Solomon.
of the one hundred instructors in
the Chicago university, seven are ex'
presidents of colleges
1t is thought that Rev. VIM. j,
Tucker, d. d., one of the Andover pro-
fessors, may yet accept the presidency
of Dartmouth college, which was prof
fcrrcd him some months ago and de.
clincd at that time
John Rockefeller has recently do
mated to the Des Moines, Ia, college
S25, 600 toward making fund of 500, 600
for additional endowment, the whole
to be raised by January, 1894. This
makes total of over S4O,O 900 that Mr..
Rockefeller has donated to this college.
Rev. j. Travers Lewis, Bishop of
Ontario, has been elected Metropoli.
tan Bishop of the Church of England
in Canada. lie is native of County
Cork, Ireland, and siXty-eigEt years of
age. His election to the bishopric OF
Ontario took place in 1861.
Fifty thousand American girls now
hold college degrees. What other eoun-
try of this globe can boast so many ed
ucated and enlightened women? Had
the saying of Voltaire that Christianity
would not survive the nineteenth cen
fury proved true prophecy, America
could not thus eXult in the high stand.
| ard of its Womanhood
in 1851 there were in India 81 ,092
native Protestant Christians, and in
1861 there were in Burmah SO, 500, while
in 1890 the numbers respectively were
$50. 6G1 and So, 1872, The communicates
in India in 1851 numbered 14,GGl, while
in 1890 the figure was 1872, 722. In wealth,
in social position, and in official and
professional influence, the native Chris
tians arc pushing out the Brahmins
"A former Methodist minister, now
clergyman in the Established church
of England, says that there is "a large
and cvcc-incrcasing number of Non
conformists who seek ordination at the
hands of English bishops" and he
suggests the formation of an eX-non'
conformist association to furnish in.
formation to candidates" and to dc
general missionary work among non
conformists
There are three possible calls to
every minister-the call of God, the
call of his own nature, and the call OF
needy men, May not one almost say
that no man has right to think him
self minister who does not hear all
three vocations blending into one, and
marking out his path to walk in past
all doubt? And these three come tC
perfect union in the soul of him who
hears the Father call one of his chill
dren to serve the rest in those great
necessity which belong to them all. -
Phillips Brooks.
During the last quarter of col
portage for 1892, 1913 colporters of the
American Tract society labored in thir
ty-three states and Canada. Their com
bined time equaled 165 months of labor
They circulated by sale and grant 33,
427 volumes of Christian literature: ad
dressed l, 5G4 meetings; found 8, 557 fam
lilies destitute of all books except the
Bible. They visited 4,Sl0 Roman Cath
Ole families; found 9.46l Protestan
families who rarely ever attend evan
gelical preaching; visited total of AZ,
243 families, in most of which they en-
gagged the persons in religious CONVEX
sation or prayer, -Christian at Work.
Bishop Potter, who is one of tn,
busiest men in New York, gives jus
one hour in the morning to receiving
callers at the see house in Lafayette
place, and the levee of that hour is con
Quoted in the most busincss-like man
ner Imaginable. Whoever calls finds
himself instantly impressed with the
necessity of expressing his needs witt
brevity. The bishop is cordial to some
courteous to all, but as business-like a
a railway president, attentive, absor
bent non-committal and prompt A
the end of the hour the door of tn
bishops room is closed and that featar,
of the days business is at an end