Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-10-12
School and Church.

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Orthodox Society of Friends was held at
Richmond recently, and 10000 people
were present, among them severa! prom
inent English ministers.
Miss Belle Caldwell, graduate of
the Wheeling Female College, class of
1877, and teacher for the last year In
that institution, has just gone out as a
missionary to Bangkok, Siam.
The Rev. Phoebe Hannaford, after
being admitted among the masculine
preachers of New Jersey, Immediately
introduced in the meeting resolution
opposing the ordination of young men
who use tobacco, and the resolution was
adopted in modified form.
I'm New York City, in some of the
most successful public schools, the sys-
tenn of rewards is substituted for that of
punishment. The perfect scholars in
the class are dismissed, it may be, some
minutes earlier than the rest, or get an
occasional half-holiday as the reward of
their diligence and exactness.
The General Conference of Cana
dian Methodist Clergymen in three
days. discussion of whether pastorates
should be long or short, at length de-
cided by small majority in favor of the
short term. Those who favored five
years of continual service in one church
urged that PASTORS first year was lost
because his time must be occupied in
becoming acquainted with his flock.
The other side argued that where the
clergyman was not efficient, or made
himself disagreeable, it were better to
keep him going.
The Sunday-School Times SAYS that
Mr.. Sankey will probably locate for the
present in London, "not associating
himself with any evangelist, but assist.
ing ministers and churches throughout
the country, so far as he can, for at least
a year. 1t is possible that Mr.. Moody
will also go to England when he has
prepared his new sermons, in which
case Mr.. Sankey thinks that, with Gods
blessing, better work may he done
than during the great British revival OF
1873 and 1874"
The case of Rev. DR.. +. 7. Baird
ex-Secretary of the Presbyterian Board
of Publication, charged with appropri
ating funds of the church and using the
name and credit of Committee of Pub
lication in borrowing and raising money
for private purposes, by giving notes
signed by him as Secretary, has been
disposed of by the East Hanover Pres.
bytery. DR.. Baird is reinstated in com
mission of the church, but suspended
from the ministry.
The annual report of the Trustees
of the Peabody Educational Fund says
the year just closed has been one of un'
usual pecuniary embarrassment to al
schools OF the South, and while every
department of education has been af
fected, that relating to the employment
of teachers and public officers has suf
fered most. Cheapening the lGbors OF
men on whom the vitality of the system
depends is more dangerous expert
ment than is generally supposed. The
scholarships established last year have
had an excellent effect in the Peabody
Normal Seminary of Louisiana. One
fourth of all the female teachers of New
Orleans during many years have beer
educated there. The following figure!
show the distribution of the income o
the fund during the year: Virginia
Sl5, $50; North Carolina, 81 800; Soutl
Carolina, $4,000; Georgia, $4,000
Florida, $500; Alabama, $4,000; Tex
as, $3.50; Arkansas, $4,000; Tennes
see, 81 400; West Virginia, s5,050.