The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-06-08
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

III lIlC IbllNbSU.
The Cornell and the Harvard fresh
men crews have decided to row their
race at Owasco Lake on the 18th of
next July.
The Rev. Mr.. Oliver said, in the
Atlanta Methodist Conference, that re-
vivalists were religious tramps, and
more trouble than they were worth.
The Episcopal Bishop of Niobrara
has admitted to deacon's orders Sioux
Indian with the Christian name of Amos
Ross.
The Episcopalians have erected
thirty-seven chapels for the freedmen,
and have tifty-seven clergymen and
teachers laboring among them.
The Roman Catholic Church of the
United States spends 100000 a year
among the freedmen of the South, and
has 100000 colored pupils in her
schools.
"A sodality of colored Catholics has
been organized in Providence, r. l.,
under the title and patronage of Saint
Augustine. 1t numbers about fifty
members.
OF the white Baptist churches in
Kentucky, it is stated that only forty
five have preaching every Sunday, sew
enty-tive semi-monthly, and LAP but
once month.
Baltimore teachers receive an aver
age salary of S6l1, and the School
Board has resolved to economic in
school furniture and textbooks rather
than by reducing salaries.
One of the San Francisco churches,
after having its debt raised by Kimball,
has been sold under foreclosure. Sub
scribing without paying is like faith
without works.
The Cincinnati Presbytery has
passed resolutions expressing regret at
the growing disposition of Christians
to attend balls and theaters, to play
cards, and to engage in other question
able practices.
Some Harvard students have re-
Gently been discovered by the college
authorities as having knowledge of eX-
animation papers before regularly is
sued, and two members of the junior
class have been expelled and one OF
TWO employees removed.
The papal allocution establishing
the Roman Catholic hierarchy in Scot
land was publicly burned a few days
since on the green of Glasgow. The
crowd present, though great, were kept
under restraint by Il large force of po-
licemen.
One was Baptist and the other a
Congregationalist. The waiter asked
them what they would order. GA little
dipped toast said the Baptist. "You
may give me toast, too,n said the Con-
gregationalist, cheerfully. "But don't
dip it. Only sprinkle little butter"
The school statistics of South Car
DINA show 5,444 white and So, 1872
colored children attended the public
schools of the State last year; that Is,
there are 9,14S more colored children
enjoying the advantages of the public
schools in South Carolina than white
children. Of the teachers, 1,225 are
white and 949 colored.
New York leads the other States in
the number of Sunday-school teachers
and scholars, the total of both being
903, 399; Pennsylvania has 860,290;
Ohio, Cpl, 702; Illinois, 529, 1929; Massa-
chusetts, 300,472; Indiana, 1868, ZIP;
Iowa, 3S0,066. Canada has total of
381, $3.50 teachers and scholars. Thirty
States have State Associations; seven
have a County Association in every
county; but seven States and Territories
have no State organizations.
The infant class of Sunday-school
on Church street were being drilled by
the good teacher on the early life of the
Savior. Johnny, can you tell me
where Christ was born?" said She
"Easton, ma am" replied the youth.
" Why, no, Johnny" said the amazed
young lady. Christ was born in
Bethlehem" "Well," said Johnny,
q knew it was some place on the Lee
high Valley Road. "-Elmira AdUer-
HSer.
The Southern Methodist Church,
the second largest Methodist body in
the world, reports the following statis-
tics for 1877: Travelling preachers,
3,439; local preachers, 1854; white
members, 759, PIG; colored members,
1,499; Indian members, 1922; total
membership, 774,742. Last year 35
ministers were discontinued and 81 To-
Gated; 232 were admitted on trial, and
Sc were readmitted. The collections
for missions were S121,11 The in
crease of white members in two years
has been 43, 265.
The missionary work of the Ameri-
can Sunday-School Union has been I'M
usually prosperous the past year.
Eleven hundred and forty-seven new
schools have been established and 300,-
355 other schools visited and aided,
having in all 23,066 teachers and up
ward of 20l,000 scholars. Ten thou
sand two hundred and sixty-two Bibles
and Testaments were distributed
Two hundred and eighty three thousand
and thirteen scholars have been placed
under Bible instruction by this society
during the fifty-fouryears of its service.
NEAL Dow says that in spite of all
that has been said against the Maine
law it has been successful. "Liquor
has absolutely vanished from three