The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-10-13
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

more mas sent out 1orty-one ministers.
The English Catholic Bishops are
about to revise the Douay version of the
Bible.
There are only five Lutheran
churches in London, all of which are
German.
MIR. Moody intends to hold revival
meetings during the autumn and winter
in Vermont.
-Vassar College opened with an un-
usually large entering class and about
$50 students in all.
Over 100000 are annually ex-
pended in Pennsylvania for the support
of her common schools.
The University of Pennsylvania be-
gan its academic year with ,025 students
in the various departments, with forty
three professors.
Of the proposed endowment of
500, 900 for Shurtleff College, 100000
has already been raised.
The Rev. DR.. Benjamin SCHNEIDER,
for many years faithful missionary in
Turkey, died in Boston the other day
He went first to Turkey in 1888 and la
bored there at intervals for fortytwo
years.
The members of the "McClintock
Association" are engaged to raise $40,-
600 to endow professorship in Drew
Seminary, in memory of the late Rev.
John McClintock, the first President of
the seminary.
The first American church mission
to Alaska is instituted by the Presbyte-
rian Board of Home Missions. The sta
ton is at Fort Wrangel, among the
Stickane Indians, who are a gentle race
and it is thought amenable to morals
and civilization.
"A formal prayer for the General
Convention of the Protestant Episcopal
Church is published, in place of lead
ing editorial, in the Milwaukee Western
Church, 1t contains this statement:
"Save them, OLord, from all error, igno-
rance, pride and prejudice"
The Presbyterian Board of Educa-
ton aided last year 462 students for the
ministry. OF the $40 who are in the the
illogical course, 102 are graded "high"
in point of scholarship, "A are above
medium" 78 are medium" are be-
low medium" and 20 are Glow"
The kind of hazing that the Welles-
ley College girls do wouldn't be a bad
one for boys, who think the other sort
manly, to adopt. A freshman" at
Wellesley writes to her home that the
sophomore class presented each new
conner with a bouquet, and last evening
ipuitpH nc IN rpnantiop ~
The Bishop of Rochester, in En-
gland, is reported to have condemned
too ornate a church service as being a
hindrance rather than a help to spiritual
life" He hoped that there were no per-
sons in the congregation before him who
were ashamed of being termed Protest
ants.
"A schoolma'am in Meriden, Conn,
is so unpopular that the school commit
tee was requested by the heads of fami-
lies to dismiss her. The committee re-
fused, and all the children have been
Withdrawn from the school. The teach
er goes to the school-room every day,
stays there alone, and draws her wages
regularly.
AT the recent session of the Iowa
Methodist Conference, at Fairfield, it
was resolved that eve entreat all min
listers and members who use tobacco to
desist from its use for consciences sake;
that we will vote for the admission of no
one to enter the conference who uses to-
bacco, without pledge that he will
abandon its USE"
AT the St. Louis Conference of the
Southern Methodist Church, fraternal
delegates were present from the North
ern Methodist Conference, and delivered
cordial fraternal actresses and were kind
ly received. The conference report
showed falling off during the year in
the number of members and in the mis-
sionary collections.
An appeal is made for funds for the
support of the institute at Tuscaloosa,
Ala, organized by the Southern Presby-
terrain Church for the education of col
ored ministers. The appeal says: eve
recognize our obligation to aid in the
evangelization of the colored people in
our bounds, and in the organization and
multiplication of Scriptural churches
among them"
massachusetts is State of churches,
classified according to their denomina-
tional status as follows: Congregations
al, sci; Methodist, 1856; Baptist, 2S9
Roman Catholic, 249; Unitarian, 1877;
Universalist, 119; Episcopal, 10; Chris.
tian, Is; Presbyterian, Is; Sweden
borgian, ID; all others, 30; total, 1854
churches to a population of 1851 ,912
The number of ministers in the State is
1928.
One hundred little brown jugs, each
about the size of pint cup, and having
slit in the top to admit money, were
distributed to members of Baltimore
Methodist congregation. Money was col
lected in them, and one evening, after a
supper, the jugs were returned rafting
with coins. When all was ready the
jugs were broken one by one and the
contents counted. Prizes of Bibles were
awarded to those who had been the most
successful in their collections.
Woman suffrage, in mild form, was
defeated in the Episcopal Convention Of
Illinois, the proposition being that WON
en- who rented seats in church should
vote for wardens and vestrymen.
And so beside the silent sea
l wait the muiIled oar;
No harm from Him can come to me