Woodville Republican., 1894-11-03
RELIoIous AMo EDUCATIONAL

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In Liverpool receniiv $50 temper
ance sermons were preached on what
was observed as Temperance sun
day"
The damage done 70 the Methodist
Episcopal mission property IN Toxic
Japan, by the recent earthquake Is -
timatcd az about s3,000.
The Catholic Total Abstinence
Union Of tho United States has q az
members, according 70 the latest
statistics. tt
Archbishop vilinsse, HE head Of
the new Polish Catholic church, y
about forty years Of age, and was for
time clergyman Of the Enlscopa
church.
The latest statistics show that IN
Broolslyn there are p5 Young pceplc's
societies. with membership of shout
IA, 600. And ~ junior societies nNIubef'
ing about 700 members
Prom this time on. the North AZ
rican society win train ~ salAt|ona
ricg n book OF literary Arabic before
they leave England A school for this
purpose win be established.
Dampncss has made the Corinthian
capitals OF the church Of the Madeleine
IN Paris crumble, and recently pieces
OF stone have fallen, endanRering the
passers by, The capitals are TO be re.
moved and new ones put in their place.
Boston university established .
professorship for the comparative study
OF religions as long ago as in 1879, and
now President Warren Is asking for
eiO0, 900 with which 20 found an Amer
lean Museum of all Religions" similar
10 the Guimet Institution In Paris.
The Society of Mutual Helpers, OF
Boston, distributed last year 10000
bouquets in the tenement house dis
sricts OF that city, 70 the sick and aged.
The friends In the country gather the
flowers and send them 70 the city,
where they are distributed Sixty
towns arc interested In this work.
Argentine republic has made rapid
ntr'fetvs m usgucWtion slurinRs tho last
thirty years. ncr -y@AAm OF public
schools is modelled on that df uac
United states. There are a,es6 schools,
or one for every 1000 inhabitants BE.
sides normal and agricultural schools
there are 20 national colleges and
universities,
The Cumberland Presbyterian
church. which Is represented In n
states, generally those Of tho South
and Southwest. reports is4,i3 com
Municants. Of these 40, Di0 arc found
In Tennessee and the next larger num-
Der. -. 364, in Texas. Missouri comes
third, with 27.57g and Kentucky fourth,
with 16.4G7 The total Of contributions
rnised last year was s676,405. The ad-
ditions 10 membership were 1888
The number OF congregations Ia 2,asi.
OF ministers ! ,70s and Of Presbyteries
Bs9s -I1csieiaA tlse is,inf9torA ~taaraA ara.
900 licentiates and 250 candidates. IN.
" Independent
oh. II Is hard TO take 10 heart the
lesson that such deaths will teach; but
let no man reject II, for II IL one that
all must learn. and Is a mighty uni
versnl truth. When death strikes down
the innocent and young, for every fra
gile form from which he let's the pant
ing spirit free n hundred virtues rise,
in shapes Of Mercy, Charity and Love,
TO walk the world and bless II. OF ev-
cry tear that sorrowing mortals shed
on such green graves, some good Is
born. some gentler nature comes. In
the destroycr's steps there spring up
bright creations that defy his power,
and his dark path becomes q way Of
light to Heaven. Dickens.