Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-03-24
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

-Cnlcngo university are puOilshlng
daily. This makes six college dailies.
If there is joy in Heaven over one
sinner that repenteth, the one who will
not repent rohs Heaven of just that
much. Rams Horn.
lie who ransoms slave ought to
have his service. Christ having bought
us, what right have we to keep back
that which is his?-Tomplc.
No action, whether foul or fair,
Is ever DONE but It leaves somewhere
A record written by fingers ghostly,
AS n blessing or n curse, and mostly
in the greater weakness or greater strength
or the acts which follow it--till at length
The wrongs OF ages are redrcsscd,
And the justice Of q cd made manifest
--Longfellow,
Edwin f. Scarlcs to whom the
Mark Hopkins millions were left, has
promised to erect for Bowdoin college
the finest and best equipped building
for the study of the sciences that can
be had in the co untry. He placed no
limit on the cost, but wants the best
appointed building that money can pro-
vide.
"A steady increase In the number of
Roman Catholic clergy in England is
shown by the statistics in the new
Catholic directory for 1898. They now
number in England and Scotland 1850,
in Ireland there arc 3,050. A consider
able number of foreign priests, chiefly
members of religious orders, are, how
ever, included in the Anglo Roman
clergy.
bishop Mans, of the Roman Catholic
church in Covington, Ky, has caused to
be announced in the churches in that
city that hereafter one of the Roman
Catholic parochial schools will be free
to pupils. The cost of the school has
been made up by private contributions
1t is said that All effort will be made to
put all tho parochial schools on the
same footing,
believe in God; trust God by obcdi-
encc to the uttermost; trust Him for a
way when there is no way, for light
when there is no light, for all things
| when you have nothing, for JOY when
there is only sorrow, for life when you
nre in the midst of death; thus you will
find at last that faith is not only right.
cousness, but life and JOY and peace. -
Theodore 7. Munger.
| DR. Parker of the London City
Temple, not long ago held a service for
the unemployed, and invited each OF
his hearers into the vcstry after service
and presented him with n small sum OF
money One of the recipients with
cynical candor, SAID to some one rs he
came away: I've not done days work
for scven-and-twenty years and | don't
mean to!"
Tho University of Edinburgh has
taken a rather remarkable step for q
conservative institution. 1t has de-
cided to grant diplomas in five special
ties, viz, ophthalmology, mental dis
ease, laryngology with aural and nasal
surgery, medical jurisprudence, mid
wifcry and gynccology, These, as we
understand, will be conferred on regu-
lar medical graduates who have taken
the five years course, and who subse-
qucntly take a years course In the
special study for which they wish to
qualify.-N. Y. Medical Record.
Mr.. Webb, late United States con
sui at Manila, who became q convert tc
Islamism and recently threw up his
post to engage in the work of making
all Americans Mohammcdans, Is report
ed to have been successful beyond al
expectation in procuring large sums o
money for his mission. Before he ever
entered lIydcrabad 10000 rupees were
promised there for his work, and nov
that he is there it is expected the en-
thusnsm Of the wealthy Mohammc
dams of the city will easily double tina
sum. In bombay over 10000 rupee
were subscribed, and the Mohamme
dams of Calcutta and Rangoon have fur
nished about 10000 rupees. 1t is no
stated when Mr.. Webb will open hi
crusade here.-N. y. Sun.