Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-01-19
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

There are about 2sO,OOO words in
the English language.
A new association called University
Harriers has been organized at Prince
ton. Cross country runs are held every
Saturday.
I'm the Encyclopedia Britannica
there are 10000 words that have never
been formally entered and defined in
any dictionary.
AS we hold candle to the flame,
until it is fully lighted, so we must hold
ourselves to Christ and His Word by
meditation, -Bengel,
Paris university has the greatest en-
rollment of any institution of learning
in the world. 1t has 9,215 students,
Vienna has 6,22O and Berlin g. scr.
Two men please God-who serves
Him with all his heart because he
knows Him, who seeks Him with all
his heart because he knows him not -
Ivan Panin.
The chair of ecclesiastical history
and church government in the United
Presbyterian Theological seminary at
Allegheny, Pa, will be filled by Dr.
John A. Wilson, of Wooster, o.
The authorities in Finland will not
have active members of the salvation
army in their midst, 1t is declared
illegal for the salvationists to wear
their uniform or make money collec-
tions.
1t is thought to me awful and
beautiful, that of the daily prayer and
of the myriads of fellow-men uttering
it, in care and in sickness, in doubt and
in poverty, in health and in wealth. -
Thaclleray.
The Chebras Bias Torah Losfas
Cyver, for the purpose of educating
Hebrew children in the Hebrew Ian.
guage without compensation or remun'
Grafton, has been inaugurated at AL
bany, N. Y.
The health commissioners of Min
nesota have prohibited the exchange Of
| lead pencils among the school children.
They say that diphtheria and othe,
diseases are often transmitted by put
ting the pencil in the mouth, which is
very common habit, not only with
children, but adults as well.
Prof Charles Eliot Norton, of Har
ward, says of report that he was tc
accept professorship in the university
of Chicago: at has grown out of my
saying to DIR. James that if were ;
younger man should like to cast il
my lot with a city like Chicago. like
Chicago. / like the spirit. the civic
power of the place"
Without the resolution in you
hearts to do good work, SO long a
your right hands have motion in them
and to do it whether the issue be tina
you die or live, no life worthy the nam'
will ever be possible to you; while, il
once forming the resolution that you
work is to be well done, life is reall,
won, here and forever.-Ruskin.
The Chicago Young Mems Chris
tian association has just moved into it
new thirteen-story building. 1t is ;
Il splSnQlu dLCllltSSOuldl Sbl uOeuiCi dh'
the eight stories used by the associa
thon will afford the finest of conven
fences. Great things will reasonabl.
be expected of it, as at once a religious
educational, social and civic center TO
not a few of the most vital enterprise
of the city.
1T is often cited as reproach t,
the churches that if all the population
wanted to go to church once week
the church edifces would not contain
them. But what are the facts? Their
are in the United States 142, 900 churc
edifces, with sittings for $4,000, 90
persons, That is to say, $4,000, 90
persons could go to church in tn
United States at one time. Talini
into account the infants, the infirm
the sick and those who wait upo
them, and that most churches hol
two services on Sunday, it is strict
within bounds to say that there
church accommodation for the entir
population of the country. Watchmar