The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1877-05-04
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

THE London bible society has sent
10000 bibles to the Russian army of the
south.
In the public schools at Boston in
struction is given in thirty-six branches
of study.
THE English translators of the New
Testament have finished the Epistle to
the Hebrews.
THE proportion of Roman Catholics
to Protestants in Ireland is nearly three
and halt to one.
THERE are two christian newspapers
published in Japan by native converts,
one at Kobi and one at Tekio.
Forty Roman Catholic schools have
recently been opened in Georgia, Ala.
bama and Louisiana, at which colored
children who wish to be educated are to
receive education free.
IN August, this yeaI. ihe university
of Tubingen will celebrate its four hun
dreth anniversary with a great festival,
lasting from the 9th to the 18th of the
month.
THE Chinese Methodists in San Fran
cisco paid one dollar a head last year
toward the cause of missions. That is
of American cOnvertsl
TBE Moravian church reports in this
country, foree1876, 9,212 communicates |
and 5000 population, an increase of
282 communicates and 416 population. |
There are sixty-seven churches, four of |
which are in Philadelphia.
THE Russian Synod has published a |
Russian version of the Bible, the result |
of twenty years labor. The version is |
sold at three roubles per copy; but copies
are being distributed by the British and
foreign Bible society gratuitously.
THE Reformed Episcopal church now
numbers sixty clergymen and fifty par
ishes, with about 1000 communicates.
The bishops are Drs Cheney and Eel
lows, of Chicago; NicholfOn, of Phila-
delphia, and Cridge, of British America.
THERE are said to be III ,552 Scandi-
navian members in the Lutheran church
of this country, of whom 1000 affiliate
with the general council, $500 with
the synodical conference, $50 with the
general synod, and 22,631 maintain an
Independent position.
The English church Missionary 30
ciety is pushing on its work with strong
tives are found to be a quiet, harmless
race, easily got along with if treated
fairly, and the missionaries will treat
them no other way.
AT late general conference of the
Mennonite church it was resolved that
all members of the church who voted at
the late presid ential election should be
admonished, and that every minister
should try to induce his members to alb
stain from voting.
The Southern Methodist Episcopal
Church is working successfully in Mexi-
co. They have. property in the City of
Mexico, well situated in the heart of the
city, within one square Of the Collegio
de Mineria. They have their discipline
in Spanish, and use a reprint of the
hymn book prepared by the Wesleyans in
Spain.
THERE have been Emany extravagant
reports about the expensive living of the
in China. A resident of
Marking writes home that he knows one
of them, who has been a missionary in
that country twelve years, and who
speaks the language remarkably well,
whose whole expenses for a month
and food-are only five dollars.
PRESIDENT ELIOT, OfIHarvard, has a
certain disgust at the beneficiary system.
A balance of $35, ,229 is due Harvard
from students who have received money
from it's funds and given their notes for
it. The college has a very fine collec-
ton of autographs, for which it paid
$3.50 each, mostly from persons now in
the ministry, who disdain to notice
protest. President Eliot has the notion
that it is unWise to recruit the scored
profession in that way.
The Congregationalists will hold their
next national council at Detroit, Mich,
in November. The basis of representa-
ton in the council is one delegate from
each local conference for every ten
churches and major fraction thereof, be-
'ides one delegate from each state body,
and one for each 10000 communicants
and fraction thereof The national be-
1evolent societies and the theological
,eminaries are also represented by one
delegate each.
THIS incident Of the sermon traffic is
yiven by London paper: A minister
# the London presbytery, on accepting
IN appointment of the synod, was offered
Ell 900 for his manuscript sermons, the
irm desirous of securing the same in
ending 10 retail them to church of
England ministers. Owing to the great
ength OF the sermons, the enterprising
irm contemplated making one into two.
The reverend gentleman, however, re- !
used to part with his documents. :