The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-03-17
RELIGIOUS ANDEDUCATIONAL.

have adopted the Christian faith.
The credit asked by the French Gov
eminent for public instruction in 1876
was $4,000, 900 francs; in 1877 it was
49, 000, 900, and for 1878 it is 90, 900, 900.
The new Church Property Tax bill,
passed by the Legislature of Maine, ex-
empts from taxation church and par
sonage property worth not more than
$1,000.
The Catholic Directory" for 1877
reports that the number of Catholic
churches in this county is 5000, and of
priests 5,297; the estimated Catholic
population is 100000.
1t is estimated there are $50 Hebrew
congregations in the United States, and
in order to have ministers regularly
Jewish paper urges itinerant or cir
cult" preaching, especially where syna-
gogues are unable to sustain rabbi.
The International Sunday school
Lesson Committee will hold meeting for
selecting the lessons for 1879 at Indian
apolis on March ~ and %. This will be
the last meeting called to arrange the
seven years course of lessons.
The Northern Mississippi Methodist
Conference has passed resolutions APP
proving the basis of fraternity with the
Church South. 1t reports 20, AL mem
bers, 4, 200 baptisms, 246 churches and
234 Sunday schools.
Williams College has graduated
thirtv-one members of Congress, five
United States Senators, eight Governors,
sixteen Judges of the Supreme Court,
thirty.two Presidents of colleges and 100
clergymen.
The London Baptist gives the total
number of Baptists in the world as
1856 1855, divided as follows: British,
272, 1852; Colonial, 101, 237; United States,
1882, 1856; other foreign, 50,682. There
are 500, 900 Baptists, not regular" in
the United States.
The State of New York owns school
property to the amount of $31 or, 904.
The number of pupils attending the pub.
lie schools during some portion of the
past year was 1907, 1919. The whole
number of teachers employed was 80
109, and their aggregate wages reached
$7,965, 1904.
The Harvard College faculty are
contemplating another change in Their
requirements for admission, by which
applicants will be required to read at
sight from certain Greek and Latin
authors, instead of passing examination
on certain prescribed amount, as is
now the custom everywhere.
According to the Scotch Roman Cath
Ole Directory for 1877 there are in that
country 2S5 priests, 252 churches, 1874
congregational schools and % converts
Fourteen priests were ordained in 1875
The western part of Scotland contains
the most of the Roman Catholic popula
ton.
The Lutheran Home Missionary
warns uneducated and ignorant minis
tiers in the East" that they must not gC
West, because if they cannot succeed il
the East they are not wanted in tht
West. The average Western audience
wants as good preaching as the average
Eastern congregation.
} The Unitarians have arranged
series of Sunday school lessons for thei
schools. 1t is divided into three depart
ments-primary, junior and senior Tht
course of study includes, generally
church history. The last year of thu
senior department will be devoted tt
J Religion as Affected by Modern
Science"
The Christian Leader repels tn
=, statement that Universalism is slowl
dying out. On the contrary, it present
statistics showing that it is slowly gain
ing. The 600 societies and congrega
tions of 1882 have increased to So
! parishes, the 100 church editices to 756
and the 300 preachers to 706, includin
licentiates and superannuates.
This will be year of important &c
: clesiastical assemblies. The Pan-PreS
, byterian Assembly meets in Edinburg
4 in July. 1t is now rumored that tn
\ Established Kirk of Scotland will nc
take part AS rule, the adhesion G
I State Presbyterian churches to thi
scheme of union is cautious and IT
' served. In this country the Nation,
> Congregational Council and the Triel
NAL Episcopal Convention will meet
:, the fall.
Mr.. Arunah Huntington, of Bran
ford, Ontario, native of Vermont, die
recently, and left most of his propert
L for the support of the common schoo
in his native State. An inventory of tt
4 estate just made indicates that the pro-
- erty is worth about 5000 600, but as 1926
900 of it or more are invested in real e
i tate, it is doubtful whether, by the Fl
- glish law, it can be devised for the pu
~ pose mentioned in the will.
The Legislature of Minnesota a
If proves uniform system of textbook
l. in the public schools of that State al
At proposes to let the monopoly for fiftet
1t years to any publisher who shall give a
70 surance of furnishing books to evel
X scholar at half the present trade price
o. This important measure, over which the
d has been animated controversy in tn
re State of late, only awaits the Governor
il approval to become II law.
N An old farmers son returned fro
he college. He talked finely about the di
id nifty of labor and the chemical constit
t. ents of the soil. Spring wore into SUI
m mer and summer into autumn, and !
-, roc,,l+ on,,a frn,,, bio a iOr