The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-13
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Bishop Haygood, of the Methodist
Episcopal church, south, has refused
to continue Sam Jones as a regular
preacher, on the ground that evangel.
ism has no place in the Methodist
polity.
Charles r. Yerkes, of Chicago, tbs
owner OF the ca able-road system of that
city, has withdrawn his subscription OF
So, 500 for prizes in the public schools,
with the terse remark that he could
find better use for the money else.
where.
To pass the time pleasantly in
church Morris Wilmington and James
Brow, of Baltimore, supplied them
selves with pocketfuls of peanuts and
service. They were reques ted to de-
sist, but without avail Then they
were arrested and each fined ten dol.
lars and costs by Justice Schenekel.
Miss Katharine Conan, who has
charge Of the political-economy depart
ment of Wellesley. wants her pupils to
be practical stateswomen. To this end
she sends them into the Bureau of AS
sociated Charities in Boston, to labor
unions, to tenement houses and to
manufactures. She hopes that such
methods will ultimately lead to day
when women will study the great ques-
tons of their times.
An important contribution which
America has made to Christianity. is
the solution which it has found of the
problem of church and state. Here we
touch the distinctive feature of our
American Christianity in its organized
form and in its relation to national
life. Our republic, offering home te
men of all creeds, declined to unite it.
self organically to any church, while
protecting and encouraging every form
of religious faith and life. A free
church in free state was for the first
time realized in America.
The jubilee year of the Young
Mems Christian association will occur
next summer. Fifty years ago. June 6,
1914, George Williams organized the
first association in London. The
Worlds conference committee has de-
cided to celebrate this jubilee by hold
ing the next triennial conference in
connection with that anniversary in
Exeter hall, London. Already steps
have been taken for an excursion party
from the associa tions of this country.
George A. Hall, state secretary of New
York, is in charge of these arrange.
mentS.
Think of the commercial benefits
of missions. 1t is calculated that the
trade with heather lands opened up
directly by missionaries has exceeded
$40, ZOO. 600 net profit annually during
the past 100 years. making total of
81, 600, 600, 900. The amount given from
all sources for missions during the
Net profit. 81. 200, 900, 600. 1t pays finan-
cially to save the world. During the
past rs years Europe and America have
spent $50, 600. 600, 900 to kill one another
enough to save and civilize all the
world.-Gospel in All Lands
The French government will pre-.
sent to the state of New York all. OF
nearly all, of its educational exhibit
whieh was at the Worlds fair. The
exhibit consists of the work of pupils
in the primary. secondary and normal
schools. There viii also be given to
the state pedageglc library. contain.
ing textbooks used in the puhl;c
choo's, books of reference. etc. The
exhibit IS now on its way to France.
On its arrival there, some OF the per.
sonal property belonging to teachers
will hs taken out, and the rest of the