Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-10-06
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.


The heart is the source of all true
sloquence. -Longinus.
Our prayers and Gods mercy ara
like two buckets in well, while one
ascends the OIL er descends Bishop
Hopkins.
There is nothing so small, but that
we may honor God by asking his guid'
ance of it, or insult Him by taking il
into our own hands, -Ruskin
When Benjamin Parsons was dying
he was visited by his friend Paxton
Hood, and in reply 10 the question:
'IIow are you to-day?" he replied MY
head is resting very sweetly on three
pillows-Infinite Power Infinite Wis
dom, Infinite Love"
AT a recent meeting of the Regents
of the State University at Wheeling,
w. Va, all except three of the vacan-
cies in the faculty were filed, Prof.
Ogden and President Turner are out
permanently. Nopresident was elected
and Vice-President Reynolds will fill
the place until June Only three OF
the old faculty were reinstated.
Some people are fond of making out
that future state is to be very like
this, only better, and that we are to
have back again what we have lost
here. don't agree to that We want
something better and different, no,
better and like. consider that for a
permanent life we want many new
powers, and trust the Almighty that
we shall have them--one of them is the
power to be unwearied by possession
and continuance. Jean Ingelow
Albion college, Mich, has had a
very prosperous year, it's attendance
having reached Q27. 1t graduated six
ty-seven from the several departments
last month, six of these receiving the
masters degree, which is not given in
course but on examination for post
graduate work. Within year the in
stitution has erected a fine gymnasium,
is completing chemical laboratory,
52xSS feet, and four stories in height.
Plans have been drawn for $4,000
library building, which will be COM
menced in September.
According to the census of Burmah,
only recently published, there are s.
SIS, O75 Buddhists, 16S,4 49 Nat-worship.
ers, III, SIT Hindus, 253,031 Mohamme.
dams, 100, 76s Christians, S,164 sikhs,
35l Jews, 90 Parsis, and 40 whose reli'
gion was not given. The Christian
churches are represented as follows
Church of England, 9,S12; Roman
Catholics, 2O,S Baptists, 70, 74s, Pres
byterians, 500; Wesleyans, 40; Metho
dists, 4f3; Lutherans, 234; Unitarians
s: Armenians, 1856; Greeks, 10; Chris
tians, sccts not returned, 800
"A bill of complaint has been filed
in the United States circuit court, Hart
ford, Ct, by the board of fellows Of
Yale university against State Treasurer
Marvin H. Sanger. in regard to the di
version of Connecticut's share of the
government fund for agricultural pur
poses from Yale university to Storr'
Agricultural college by the genera
assembly. 1t is claimed that this is il
violation of acts of congress and al
agreement entered into by Gov. Buck
ingham in 1862, between the STATE
of Connecticut and Yale.
According to the official statistic:
the total number of schools in the
whole German empire is 56, 563, pupils
Z, 925, GSS, teachers 1904 OBS, of whom 10,
$50 are women, The figures for Prussi;
are, schools 34,742, pupils, 4,9l6,416 anC
teachers 20, 767, S,4S4 being women. Ii
the entire empire the scholars are 1870
per cent. of the population; in Prussi;
1854, In Germany outside of Prussi;
there is one teacher to every 81 pupils
in Prussia one to every 10. These teach
ers receive from $3.50 to $500 a year
The annual cost of educating child j
in Prussia S7.14; throughout the rest o
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