Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-25
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

There are something like forty
thousand public schools in Japan. The
/ buildings are comfortable and educa-
ZION Is compulsory.
! The Lethodist National university,
I Washington. d. c., has received an en-
dowment OF Sl0o,TT5 for the chair of
! history from New York woman The
fund for the proposed ball Of history
DOW amounts to Sl0l, 250
1t is estimated that the Protestant
| churches OF America, Great Britain and
Europe are represented In their work
for other lands by 1900 missionaries
and moro than $4,000 native workers,
and have expended during the past
year about Sla, 500, 900
Rev. DIR. Merrick, s, J., former
I president of st. Francis Xaviers ool-
/ lege, has returned TO New York AFTER
an absence of some years nl-health
obliged him 10 retire for time from
active duty, and he has spent the last
few years In comparative quiet In Bos-
ton.
| Tho famous DR.. Duff once sold 10
an Edinburgh audience that II the Ia
! dies OF that city would give him mere
ly the COST of that portion of their silk
/ dresses that swept the pavements OF
! Che streets he would, with that money,
support all his mission schools in In
| dia-
"A Press Prayer union. TO associate
IN Christian interest persons connected
with the press, has been formed In
London. II b hoped that similar or
carnations for promoting the spirit
ual we'll being of those who are on
gagged on the press will be formed In
other large centers.
The Biddeford (Me.) school board
proposes 80 build an addition 10 the
school building In the town, and the
citizens have suggested that the sddi-
ton take the form Of high board
fence, built In front of the building, In
order 10 hide the architectural mon
strosity from the public gaze"
Gen. Booth, In one of his recent
salvation talks in Scotland, referring
to the angels who had warned Lot and
his family TO leave the doomed city
said: II do like these angels, When
go TO Heaven and have got over the
first surprise at all / shall see there
I'll go and have a cup of tea with
them"
churches Is TO be found at Freuden-
thai, in the Black Forest 1t is built
on such plan that the men are IN
able TO see the women, and vice versa,
for II Is composed of two wings, which
meet at an angle where the pulpit
stands The right wing is allotted to
men and the left one TO women of the
congregation
Cincinnati has a new 81, 800 "gos-
pei wagons gift TO Methodist So
ciety of that town from 7. A. Snyder,
q rich layman. 1t is fitted in elegant
style, the body being of sage green,
with Jet holdings, while the interior
Is finished in cream enamel. Fourteen
! people can be seated comfortably,
while space In the center Is reserved
for the preacher.
The Order of ST. Monica is an or
der of widows. 1t is an Episcopal or
ganization, and It's head Is Sister Caro-
| line, the widow of Rev. Ferdinand
Ever, of New York. II was formed in
1884, but its members were somewhat
scattered and engaged In different pur-
suits until recently, when they have
been invited to reunite at Springfield,
Ill, and to take charge of an orphan
age there.
The Baptist Union throws out
warning note concerning those Sab
bath school teachers who are usually
attacked about this season of the year
with what 1t calls the "give-ups." For
this deplorable malady 1t offers the
following prescriptions Rise early
Sunday morning, read over the Sunday
lesson, think over the list of children
in the class, recall the anxiety OF the
superintendent; having taken these
preliminary steps, take q few doses of
patience. use o few grains of common
sense, take brisk walk toward the
Sunday-school room, ask God to bless
the medicine and repeat one week
later"