Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-02-16
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATlONALs
-Philadelphia has 81, 239 pupils in its
public schools.
The school population Of Cincinnati,
between the ages of six and twenty -One,
numbers IS, S42. About fifty per cent. at
tend school. 8
The receipts of the Missionary Soci-
ETY. of the Methodist Episcopal Church for
1S74-75 were $662 ,4S5, only $l2, 594 less
than for the previous years. Foreign
missions received 5000, 729 during the
year.
The Methodist says: "We have Won
dered how Christian teachers could TO
such an extent overlook the fact that
Christianity was founded by Jews. The
Twelve, Paul, the aggressive center ofthe
early church-all Jews. Indeed, the
claim of Christianity is that it is the es-
sential Jewish faith
Recently, on Sunday evening, one
of the Ithaca On. W churches was
crowded at an early hour in expectation
ola service of special interest; and just as
the first stanza of a hymn was being read,
the bell began to ring, whereupon one of
the deacons, in an excited manner,
jumped up and shouted: g Stop that bell
we've got more people here now than can
get "-4lbany On. ~ Journal.
The Rev. DR.. Austin Phelps makes an
earnest protest against the limitation of
the length of sermons to thirty minutes.
He says that people do not make such de-
mands of other speakers. I" Mr.. Evarts
spoke four days ana Mr.. Beach as many
more on the trial of Mr. Beecher. Ed
mund Burke spoke nine days on the trial
OF Warren Hastings Rufus Choate once
spoke three hours in defending suit for
side-saddle, and again four hours in a
prosecution for stolen turkey 1t was
the latter speech which first made him
famous"
The discussion among the Baptists
upon retaining the principle and policy
of close communion, and of refusing the
hospitality of the communion table to all
persons who have not been baptized by
immersion after personal profession of
faith, seems &c continue with vehemence
The exclusive doctrine evidently triumpLs,
yet not without earnest and apparently in
creasing protest on behalf of more compre-
hensive fellowship. 1t must be remem-
bered, however, that what is called close
communion does not necessarily limit the
Christian name to Baptists, but only COM
pels them to refuse external fellowship to
others, who accept baptism by cffusion
and the baptism of children.-N. Y.
EUening Post.
The Rev Smith H. Plat is telling
the public again how prayer and faith
cured him of rheumatism, in reply to
some criticisms of the matter-of-tact Rev.
j. M. Buckley. 1t was in sermon in
Brooklyn on recent SUNDAY. Mr.. Plat
said that he had not urged tina. he was the
subject OF miracle He knew only that
he had been lame for twenty years, and
then he became convinced that the prom
Use of the text would be fulfilled to him in
answer to special prayers, For this abid
ing faith he gave the credit to Miss Nose
man, but he explained that the result was
an answer to his prayers, and not as gen
orally believed, to hers Her announce
ment to him was that his lameness was to
be cured in answer to his prayers. Il
then made up my mind" continued Mr..
Plat, that | would believe | was cured,
and would act as though | was cured,
leaving consequences to God and taking
performances for evidences | now walk
and know that shall continue to walk so
long as God wants me to-" Mr.. Plat be-
lieves that God intended that the church
should possess healing power through all
ages.