The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-01-02
school and Church.

William Cullen Bryant has presented
Prin etOn I'LL. High School with 500 the
income OF which j. to be- distributed yearly
in prizes. under the direction of the Board
of Education.
"A citizen of Rutland. VT. has given
1000 10 Bates College. for the endowment
of scholarship for the benefit of a female
student. through all the successive classes
pcrpetualy. This j. said to be- the first
endowment of a female scholarship in any
American college.
The Congregational Conference Of
Connecticut. at "A late meeting. granted
permission 10 the churches desiring Ii 10
set apart Christian women TO the Office of
deacOnesseS. They regard such proceed
ing - "A return 10 primitive order. and
fully justified by the needs of modern So
ciety and the condition of the churches.
In number of the towns of Rhode
Island, Sunday comes twice week.
The Seventh Day Baptists observe Satur-
day "a the DAY Of Rest. and work on the
Christian Sabbath. which i religiously
kept by all the other denominations. In
this little State there are no less than seven
divisions of the Baptists.
The Lutherans of this country who
are now divided into many bodies with
many differences. are beginning 10 agitate
for general council of the different wings.
and the call j. made for such gathering.
which il j. hoped will draw together rep
rcScntatives 81 every division Of the main
body for consultation about a union of all.
The project is well received and seems full
Of promise. AT present four OF the Lutil-
eran bodies do not even exchange dele
gates with each other.
l. Il
Church is represented on the continent Of
Europe by six organizations Paris.
Rome. Florence. Dresden. Nice. and Gene
va. The two latter are of recent origin.
At Paris and Rome substantial edifices
have been erected; that AT Rome. hand
some structure ia the Lombar,l-bothic
style. and capable OF seating seven hun
dred persons. j. nearly ready for occupan-
cy. Ii Is in contemplation 10 plant
churches al other points ON the Continent,
and with a view 10 this the Bishop Of ncnn-
sylvania was appointed by the General
Convention OF ISL 10 visit Europe, and
authorized to begin new enterprises.
In an address recently given before
the Seneca County IN. ~ Teachers In
stitute. the Hon. :. X. Ten Eyck of Water
loo related a bit of youthful experience
which illustrates a too common fault in
teachers and textbooks: Toward the
,.ySe Of the last term that ever attended
in district school,. he said :. being then
thirteen years OF age. had got a far a
the division Of vulgar fractions in aIithme-
tic when | came 10 dead halt. because |
could not comprehend the rules. In my
dire perplcxity read and re-rcad the rule
for the division of fractions. with which
you are all familiar. 'invert the terms Of
the divisor and proceed as in multiplica-
tion.' and the words sounded in my ears
| like funeral dirge. After struggling in
vain TO fathom their meaning. | ut last
called upon the teacher for assistance. He
readily performed an example for me. but
when | asked him why he proceeded in
the manner he did. he turned 10 the rule.
and in harsh and forbidding tone of
voice read. invcrt the terms of the divisor
and proceed as in multiplication and
\ turned away and left me more pcrpleNed
than ever. His answer was about as i'm
telligibe To me a was the answer Of that
pious old lady who. when asked by her
pastor what she thought of the doctrine OF
total depravity. replied by saying that she
4 thought it was very good doctrine. and
she had on doubt that il had been the
means of saving a great many souls"