Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-03-21
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.


RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.
-Supt. Harris, of ST. Louis. makes
strong arguments in favor of county
superintendency. He says: with
well-paid county superintendency the
county schools improve at least fifty
per cent. in the first year"
The Christian Union says that
twenty Of Mr.. Sankey's songs have
been translated into Chinese and set to
Chinese music. The Rev. Jonathan
Lees, of the London Mission in Tien-
tsin, writes that these songs have been
/ introduced into his church, and are
used with appreciation.
"A man arose for prayers in Jerry
McAuley's Mission last night. He
| said that he was just out of State
Prison. He had planned to "crack"
a store last night, to steal 1000. He
| had a confederate. An hour before
coming to Jerry's Mission he became
"troubled in his mind" and was
prompted to go to Jerry's Mission. He
postponed the cracking" to some
other day. He came forward to the
anxious seat. Before the meeting was
over he was converted, and stood up
before the congregation and acknowl-
edged Christ as his Savior. N. Y.
World.
w estfeld Mass, built a $50, 900
| school-houSe four years ago, paving
an architect for experimenting its
| construction. The work was done in
such a rascally way that the building
is tumbling to pieces already. The
! stairs are 50 unsafe that they have
! been prOpped up from the basement.
| Cracks in the floors have been stuffed
with rags and putty, and altogether
| the building is an excellent example
/ of the way IN which people who keep
| a sharp eye on their own interests al
| low themselves to be cheated when
! they are acting for their fellow-citi-
| ZenS.
The Pope has recently given the
| clerical electors in Italy permission to
vote, provided they protest in open
day before men that they will remain
| faithful to the law of God and of the
! Church. This is an important con-
cession, as hitherto voting has always
been forbidden. The Bishops have
also been permitted by the Office of
the lnqulsltlon to apply for the recog-
| milton of their authority by the Gov
! eminent. The Vatican forbade their
doing so, but 1T has found the strug-
gle 50 inconyenient that it has con-
| Guided TO tolerate an evil which it
cannot avoid. Chicago Times.
The teacher must prepare lis pu-
| pills by suitable Introductory steps for
/ the lesson they are to Team. This
| need not be long exercise, but it
| should be made a strong connecting
| link between what they already know
and what they are to learn. He will
naturally elusidate the principles en-
bodied i'll the lesson, and show by
! progressive steps of thought how
these are related TO each other. He
viii then. proceed to give specially
/ selected examples that viii require the
application OF these principles in their
solution until the pupil has obtained a
clear understanding of them: IaSt3Wc-
ton, d1iU, trGjHiHg.-N. Y. School
Journal.
The Congregational Quarterly
delayed its issue tor January in order
to complete its Singularly full aud
accurate statistics of the strength of
the denomination which it represents.
The following is summary of thess
statistics Number OF Congregational
Churches in the United states, 3, 500 !:
churches with settled pastors, $50;
churches with acting pastors, l,TS3;
ministers, 1888; ministers not in pas
toral work. $50; lIcentiates, Pa;
additions to church membership
10y profession, 1875. 20, SIT; eN-
communicates, 1878, l,O76; adult
baptismS, 10, 400; infant baptisms,
5,3>S; Sabhath-school membership,
+l5,u92; benevolent contributions OF
2,635 churches reporting 81, 27S, 252. 10 /;
home expenditures of l,54S churches
reporting, @2,5S4, 166.2S; churches
formed during the statistical year
1876, l25: churches dropped during
the statistical year iS75-'6, 81; net
gain Of church members Tor the sta
tSlIcal year l>75-'G, l2,545; net gain
OF >a1hdth-schools for the statistical
YEAR Isaac, 1921: increase of
benevolent contributions for the sta
t.stICal year 1900. S5I.251TI.