The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-10-12
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

clarke, is dead.
The Colorado Conference voted to
admit no preacher to membership who
uses tobacco.
The Catholic Church at Long
Branch will, in short time, be the
finest church edifice on the Jersey
shore.
The debt of the American Mission
airy Association has now been reduced
to about $4,000. Eighteen months ago
it was 100000.
Among the clergymen who will
lecture this winter are Richard S.
Storrs, George Hepworth, Robert Coll
Ter and Prof Swing.
The Northern and Southern Bap-
lists have united in defraying the ex-
penses of the purchase of a chapel in
Rome. The mission is under the care
of the Southern Baptists.
The Wesleyan Methodists, of Sierra
Leone, Africa, report in that district
1854 members in church fellowship,
with 5000 scholars in the schools, and
about 15,000.church attendants.
The will of the late VIM. Niblo, of
New York, divides $4,000 among rel
atives and friends, and donates the
rest of his estate, worth 500. 900 to the
Young Mems Christian Association
Library.
The PRESBYTERIAN at Work saws:
"Near Arcot, South India, there is
village where every heather family
has become Christian. The stone gods
have been torn down and serve as steps
to the church.
Rev. w. F. Stevenson, of the Irish
Presbyterian Church, states that there
are about 100000 people connected
with the Christian churches in India,
China and Japan, besides 100000 chill
dren receiving Christian education.
After sixty-two years separation
the Wesleyan Methodists and the Prim-
tive Wesleyans in Ireland are reunited
In 1916, the year of the division, the
one included 2S,500 members; it now
numbers even less, there being but &c.
Geo.
Capt Platt is about to take some
fifty Indian children of the Sioux tribes
to be educated at the Hampton, Va,
Normal and Agricultural Institute. The
boys will be given instruction in agri-
culture and receive a good common
school education, while the girls will
be taught branches of parallel useful
ness. The Interior Department bears
the expense.
As it may be of some interest to
some of our readers to know the exact
status of the Mormon Church, Salt
Lake City, we give the following sta
tistics: There are seven holy apostles,
seven patriarchs, 1,041 seventies, 1872
high priests, III teachers, 654 deacons,
total lay membership of TO- $3.50
children, and total membership of Of
ticers and laity, of IA, 364, consisting of
1, 154 families.
The town corporation of Napanee,
Ontario, refused to let the Town Hall
to an intidel lecturer on learning the
character of his lectures, and was sued
for damages. Decision was given
against the man on the ground that
Christianity was the common law of
England and hence of Canada, and
that the tendency of such a lecture was
against the interests of Christianity
and hence illegal.
Bishop Bowman writes from Swe-
den to the Methodist Mission Rooms that
g the people begin to realize that they
should help themselves. This year
they will contribute to the pastor sal
AIRY much more than ever before. The
highest salary paid is 5000 crowns
(about $780, Living is nearly as dear
as it is in America, many articles
higher. How the preachers manage to
live l cannot see. Several charges
would be self-supporting if they were
out of debt"
Rev w. N. Sayre, of Pine Plains,
n. Y, after forty-fve years of service
in one church, rendered his resignation
on account of failing health. This his
congregation objected to- urged him to
take q vacation, which he did, and now
returns somewhat rested and restored.
His congregation met him upon his re-
turn, and unanimously requested him
to withdraw his resignation, which he
has done, and now enters upon another
year of service. The present congre-
CATION has never known another pastor.
Statistics of Isl Normal Schools in
the United States show an attendance
of 80, 921 students, under the instruc-
ton of 1,065 teachers. The number of
SIduudueS uulllSs, liie ldSI year was Z,OcZ,
of whom 1857 have engaged in teach
ing, The Normal College of New York
City received the largest appropriation,
$685. 900. Next to this was the appro-
priation of $4,000 to the Normal
School at Genesee, N. Y. The State
Normal University, at Normal, H.,
ranks third in the list with an appro-
priation of 1874, 700.
1t is proposed to hold the projected
Ecumenical Conference of the various
branches of the Wesleyan family
throughout the world in the city of
London. 1t will be composed of min
isterial and lay members in as nearly
equal numbers as possible. Such a
body would represent, it is said, about
100000 people, of whom 100000
are recognized church members. OF
the numerous divisions that have taken
place during the 140 years of Method
ism, it is said that no one has been
caused by divergence from doctrine,
but all by questions of discipline and
order.