Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1894-06-13
Rellc,ous ANo eoucArloNA.


In the fear of the Lord is strong
confidence and His children have a
place of refuge"
Tie increase OF schools In every
country has generally been attended
by n decrease of crime.
1t is said that German school boys
study harder and play less than those
of any other Of the great nations.
No man can pray with much spirit
for his brother as long as he realizes
that he is not right with God himself
Tho number of educational institu-
tionS of one kind or another In India Is
put down in Chambers Cyciopedia (iso3}
at l3i.OOO
The University OF Missouri has re-
seived from the state Legislature siuce
February. 1891, 10y direct appropriations
and I'm interest ON its endowment fund,
1895, GOO No other state i'm this coun-
try has given its university so much
money in 81 short time.
1t appears that the Protestant min
listers of Ireland are almost To man
! opposed to home rule. Only Prot
sstaut ministers out of zoo favor Il:
only Wcslcyans out of 200. The Con-
/ grcgationalists, Primitive Mcthodists.
/ Unitarians and Friends are all against
/ it.-Luthcran World
The United Presbyterian Church Of;
Scotland has membership of lss, 664.
an increase of i,5s9 over the previous
year. The Sabbath-school scholars are
1ii ,5i5, an increase of LOCO. The total
offerings for missionary and bcnevo-
lent purposes were silO, 200: the mis-
siouary contributions showed an in.
crease of $1,000.
Among the public requests by x2ha
! will of Charles Scott, of Washington.
| ID. c., are $4,000 TO the American build
ing fund of the Protestant Episcopal
church Of New York; S. 900 TO the st.
Johns Protestant Episcopal church OF
Waterbury; 5000 Co Trinity Protest
ant Episcopal church, and 5000 to the
Waterbury hospital.
Young man. listen To these words
Of Kossuth: IF had TO choose my
place among the forces of nature. do
You know what would choose 20 be-?
i would be the dew, that falls silently
and invisible over the face of nature,
tramplcd underfoot and unconsidercd,
but pcrpetually blessing and refresh
ing all forms of life"
Bishop Blyth, the Anglican bishop
OF Jerusalem, asserts i'm his annual re-
port that about iO00 900 Jews have en-.
tered Palestine during the last few
years, of whom ~, 900 have come withiS
the last seven years; and the arrival
"a vastcr host Is imminent" No ID
can, he says, possibly forecast the
tent OF Jewish immigration To Pm
tine within the next seven years.
The number OF corps now I'm be
salvation army Is 3,l2i, with 1007Xof-
ficcrs, of which l.2l3 corps and All BIZ
ficcrs are i'm the British Island, and HE
rest i'm other countries. Operation .re
expected To bc begun in Japan Ibis
year. The social work include As
rescue homes, O. Stun posts, l1e pi{>on
gate houses, II food dcpots, % shelttrs,
II factories, ~ lnbor bureaus. aha q
farms, with the management of which
l,Oi6 persons are engaged. Thirtt-fve
weekly newspapers and monthly pub
lications, in II languages, haveu total
annual circulation of s,Gsj, sQscopies.
The total amount Of e7O0, 4O5. Or more
than $500 900. is accounted ~ In the
financial statement of propcrtytAnd re-
ccipts -
The General Theological Seminary
OF the Protestant Episcopal chiifch has
come into the possession of the1arRest
collection OF Latin Bibles i'm the world.
consisting of 5i3 editions I'm is3G4 vol
umes. Ono of the most interesting Ii
the Servctus edition OF l549 which YVES
so vigorously prohibited and suppressed
that all the copies obtainable were
burned with the author.--New York
| Christian Advocate.