The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-27
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

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unit against card-playing.
There were in 1877 fifty-seven times
as many Presbyterians in the United
States as in 1777. ....5. .....
Mrs. Sarah G. Wilkinson, of Daven-
port, Iowa, has been selected as vale
dictorian of the class of rs at Vassar
College.
There are thirteen distinct denom-
nations of Methodists in the United
States, aggregating a membership of
3,315,0 900.
The Methodist missionary debt was
reduced by about 1913, 600 last year, but
it is still very large, amounting to
nearly $4,000.
The anniversaries of the Baptist
Missionary Union and other denomina-
tional societies will be held this year at
Cleveland, Ohio.
At the last meeting of the Method
list Episcopal Mission Board the treas
ury was reported to be in debt to the
amount of $206,9S9.
Of over 100 students of the Baptist
Institute at Richmond, Va, sixty are
preparing for the ministry, and five for
missionary work in Africa.
The Baptists have in Michigan IS
associations, 1924 churches, 49, 39 mem
bers, and 299 ordained ministers. The
baptisms last year numbered 2,113.
They had lively prayer meeting
at Flint, Mich, the other night; 1875
persons spoke and the choir sang four
times, all in the space of twenty-five
minutes.
"A Judgment has been given against
ritualistic exercises. The sentence is
six months suspension ab otfciO ct bene-
fciO, and costs.
The story that Moody and Sankey
derive their support from the profits of
the sale of their hymn book is again de-
MED. The profits from the sale of this
little book have reached an enormous
figure.
Most of the churches in Spring
field, Mass, since Mr.. Moody's recent
visit, continue to hold special meetings
each night. The number of converts
is estimated at considerably more than
300. .....
The Christian Advocate tells very
clearly and pithily chow to reach the
masses" 1t SAYS: Feed the fiocks
and they will flock after you. Feed!
feed! feed! and you will have no empty
stalls. Again we say, feed"
Wesleyan University, at Middle
town, Conn, has 175 students. There
has been revival in the college, and
two thirds of the students are pro-
Tossing Christians, one-fourth being also
licensed preachers. Of the alumni,
$50, or two-ffths, are preachers, and
four have become Bishops.
Odd things are told of the Jews of
San Francisco. The principal man in
one of the churches there is converted
Jew, who gave 500, 900 toward building
the Westinghouse. He is still great
favorite with his race, and his inter-
course with its families is unbroken.
One of the synagogues maintains Sun
day-school on the Lords Day, to keep
young Israelites out of Christian
school.
The Northern Methodist Chur oh
stands third among the Protestant de-
nominations in the South as to num-
bers. The Baptists have ,250, 900 men,
bers, the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, 715, 200, the Methodist Episcopal
Church 1885, 900, the Southern Presby-
terrain Church 10000, the Lutherans
100000, the Protestant Episcopal
Church $4,000, and the Methodist Prot
estant Church $4,000.
The Tablet publishes statistics from
which it appears that in 1928 the num-
Der of priests in all Scotland was fifty.
Now there are 256. In 1928 there were
45 chapels and stations, now there are
252. In 1928 no religious houses ;
now % houses of religious women"
and - of men. In 1928 no Catholic
schools; now ia, besides II other in
stitutes. In 1928 the Catholic popula-
ton was $4,000; now it is more than
5000
The sad information comes by tel
egraph that there will be no rowing as
ISOLATION of New England colleges this
year. a contemplation of the proba-
BILE effects of the abandonment of this
important factor in classical educa-
ton is indeed narrowing. What will
become of the scull-ery attainments OF
our collegians? Can a man be gen
tleman and no sculler? We shell
tremble for the future, and put no
m-oar faith in college faculties. -Bos-
ton Globe.
Count Tolstory, Procurator-Gen-
eral of the Russian Holy Synod, in a
report to the Gar, states that at the
end of 1875 the Russian Greek Church
possessed SO, 602 churches, including
cathedrals; 1850 chapels and ora
tories; 98,887 arch-priests, priests, dea.
cons, and precentors, and $4,000, ZOO
members, of whom 100000 were
women and q, 800, 600 men. The Holy
Synod granted 1,005 divorces in 1875,
the reason in ga cases being that the
husband or wife had. absconded.
The fifty-ninth report of the Meth.
odist Missionary Society, just issued
states that the total number of mission.
aries employed in the foreign field is
457, The foreign missions, which are
in Africa, China, Japan, India, Bull.
garia, Scandinavia, Germany, Italy
Mexico and South America, have 6
total of 23,318 members and 1922 pro
bationers. The missions among foreign
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