St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-02-25
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL

The aggregate value Of the church
and parsonage property Of the NJ. e
church is sll5, 7ss.6 Cos
The Episcopal church in the United
States has - bishops, 1866 ministers
and 5i9, $50 church members
The Universities of Oxford and Cam,
bridge are together worth about SIS.
600, 900. and the University Of Lcipsie
about sc, 00O. OOo.
"A costly church edifice is the new
Mormon temple at Salt Lake, Utah. II
has been forty years building, and its
cost will be s.. 200, Oc0. 1t will be open.
ed April 9, 1898.
The respect of evildoers Is more to
be coveted than their praise. The latter
is won at the expense of the former, by
q ''libera" policy. that means 1t the
very best a compromise with evil
Behold the miseries that attend our
riches; gained with toll. kept with fear.
enjoyed with danger, lost with grief
IT'S hard to be saved il we have them;
impossible If we love them.-Austin.
True zeal does not call down fire
from heaven to consume those who
oppose us: it is rather like the light OF
the sun which blesses everything it
touches. 1t does not light the fagots at
the martyrs stake, but it gives light
and life and joy to all who come under
its influence Presbyterian.
There is q forsaking sin that Is nm.
sound. A man may let one sin 60. to
hold another faster; as man that goes
to sea would willingly save all his
goods; but if the storm arises. that he
can not, then he throws some overheard
to tighten the vessel, and saves the rest
But he that forsakcs sin. Is sin, for.
salcs all sin.-Meade.
The frcedmen's aid and southern
education society of the Methodist Epis-
copal church received for tho year end
ing June so. 1892, ss67. Isl, and expend-
cd ss63,Gl& There was balance in the
treasury of 81. 49,. OF the expenditures
s2lO, 7SS was for the support OF schools
among colorcd people, and eos, SSl for
the support of schools among white
Y. Independent
Many young men might begin q
I'D Olt lsss4l "VulNI ldSk u AllClltu ~ tssCy
would set themselves about it, persist
entity refusing to do more than their
strength can legitimately endure. at
the same time tightening their work
by q cheerful spirit and an habitual de-
not to fret The man who
never gets ratified" is the man who
gains time and saves waste of strength
Young Mems Era
The Iresby terrain church in Japan
Is not divided. as here and elsewhere.
into half dozen factions with one pol
ity and many creeds In Japan it is
onc church having six presbyteries.
churches and 10, 90S COM
Able and discree. men are
coming forward from among the ma
tives to be leaders in the churches II
We arc not greatly mistaken Japan will
soon be the arsenal for the spiritual
conquest of Asia.-Chicago Interior.
An immense dining-hail for stu
dents. to be known as the Mensa Aca-
lemica, was opened in Vienna recent
Is. In it 1000 students can dine to-
-ether. The intent of the institution
S to enable students to eat together at
/ minimum cost, instead of being COM
,elled, by reason of their small means.
% obtain their meals in cheap and low
escorts The privileges Of the Mensa
Academica are restricted to regular
and the rates arc for din.
Ter alone, sa,5O month; for breakfast
md dinner, sS.25, and for breakfast,
timer and supper, $i.!5 month.