Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-02-10
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL

The aggregate value of the church
and parsonage property OF the M. &
church is sll5, sos.
The Episcopal church in the United
States has ~ bishops, 1866 ministers
and $40, $50 church members.
The Universities of Oxford and Cam
bridge are together worth about $751;
1000, and the University Of Leipsic
about $50, OOO, 900.
"A costly church edifce is the new
Mormon temple at Salt Lake, Utah. II
has been forty years building, and its
cost will be 81, 500, 900. 1t will be open
cd April G, 1885,
The respect of evildoers is more to
be coveted than their praise. The latter
is won at the expense of the former, by
liberal policy, that means at 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 If we have them;
impossible if we love them. Austin
True zeal does not call down fire
from heaven to consume those who
oppose MS; 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. United Presbyterian.
There is forsaking sin that is un
sound. man may let one sin go, 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 forsabes sin, as sin, for
sakcs all sin. Meade.
The freedmen's aid and southern
education society of the Methodist Epis'
copal church. received for the year end
ing June So 1892, SS67, ISL, and expend-
cd 1868, Gl3 There was balance in the
treasury of S4,137. OF the expenditures
$40, 7S9 was for the support of schools
among colored people, and 500, 331 for
the support of schools among white
people. IN. Y. Independent.
Many young men might begin a
habit that would last lifetime If they
would set themselves about it, persist
emily refusing to do more than their
strength can legitimately endure, at
the same time tightening their work
by cheerful spirit and an habitual de-
termination not to fret. The man who
never gets ratified" is the man who
gains time and saves waste of strength.
Young Mems Era.
The Presbyterian 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
one church having six presbyteries
seventy three churches and ,00S com
municants. Able and discreet men are
coming forward from among the ma
tives to be leaders in the churches. i
we are not greatly mistaken Japan vii
soon be the arsenal for the spiritua
conquest of Asia.-Chicago Interior.
An immense dining-hall for stu
dents, to be known as the Mensa AGA
demica, was opened in Vienna recent
ly. In it 1000 students can dine to
gether The intent of the institution
is to enable students to eat together a
minimum cost, instead of being com
PEELED, by reason OF their small means
to obtain their meals in cheap and low
resorts. The privileges of the Mems;
Academica are restricted to rcgula
subscribers, and the rates are for din
ner alone, So, 80 month; for breakfas
and dinner, 60. %, and for breakfast
dinner and supper, S475 month.