The Van Buren press., 1894-11-17
scAook AND CHURCH.


France over the coeducntion OF the
sexes, and French public sentiments Is
much opposed to the attempt to intro
duce it.
There are now 16,0ss chapters of
the Epworth league in the Methodist
Episcopal church. an increase of AIS in
the month ending September 20. Of
the total number of chapters $500 are
of junior leagues.
"A German Evangelical Deaconess
hospital was dedicated at Jerusalem
July 8. The edifce with the lot cost
800, 900 francs. 1t has accommodations
for fifty or sixty patients. The sick of
any religion or nationality are to be
admitted.
"A writer in The Living Church an
alyzes the returns of the Protestant
Episcopal church. and shows that there
are 1850 churches with less than 100
commandments each, 1,50G having be-
tween 100 and 200. "a with 1000, two
with over 1000 and one with over 5000
communicates.
Rev. Kevorh Ard1rouni, whc WIS
ordained an Armenian priest in Septem-
ber. 1888. and whose influence in the
Armenian church in Constantinople has
been thorough for many years, died
lately At the age Of one hundred and
seven years. His last sermon was
preached Easter, 1892, when he was
carried into the church In chair.
of over 100000 children in ele-
mentary schools In England only $780,
900 pay for their schooling. and ofthese
5000 pay no more than . penny q
week, according to a recent official
statement. OF the voluntary schools
in which the whole or part of the tut
tion is paid by the parents, 5000 re-
ceive from 10 to 20 shillings head for
the children in attendance. 1000 be-
tween s and 10 shillings, and 5000 un-
der shillings.
Dr. Good, . missionary in the in
terror of Africa, says that the poverty
of the native languages is serious
hindrance to missionary effort In the
Bule language, for instance, there is
no word for 'thanks" or "thanksgiv-
ing" ITO believe. ito trust" ITO
have faith are all expressed by one
verb to which there is no correspond
ing noun. There is no word for '.spir-
it." The Bule have always believed in
an invisible god, but they have never
given such being a name. With the
Bule living man has a body and n
shadow-the literal shape cast by the
living person-which at death leaves
the body and becomes disembodied
spirit with new name which can not
be used to apply to God and the angels
So DR.. Good is driven to say that God
is shadow" and that Christ will
send His "holy shadow" into mems
hearts, etc.
When one addresses letter to Mrs.
-, chairman of -. ETC., etc, the in
congruity CRATES on the feeling OF a
person not yet SO advanced" as to
think ''men may as well be abolished,
anyway" and that the feeling is not
confined to this side of the water, is
shown by Prof. Charteris's remarks at
the University Of Glasgow, in July,
when, for the first time, a Scotch uni
SerSity conAcficu AnS>Ae", NSh' -
upon two women, one of whom was
made Bachelor of medicine, the other
Master Of Surgery He said he hoped
the time would come when DEGREES
would be bestowed that would do less
violence to the sex, and would run
"Spinster in Medicine" and Mistress
in Surgery" The Italian language
furnishes the pleasantest way out of
the difficulty, as the il dottorc needs
only to be changed to Ia dottora and
there you have her, and many OF her,
too; for the groundswell OF medical
education for women has reached
sleepy old italy, in which country one
of the ministers of instruction Is the
widely celebrated and progressive Dr..
Bacelli.