The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-02-16
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

kELIGIVUS AND EDOCA1AONAL'
The Bible has been introduced into
the public schools in Bengal.
Hammond, the revivalist, believes
in the conversion of children.
The Rev. Mr.. Observation-Disclosures
anse breaches the Gospel in New Zea-
land
There are in England 2,012 Con-
gregational churches, a decrease OF two
since 1876.
The coIored Baptists of Virginia
have built and paid for fifty churches
the past year.
The Wesleyan Mission in the Mad
ras Presidency has 2,400 boys and girls
under instruction.
Examinations of pupils in some
Hartford schools show that 10 per cent.
are near-sighted.
The twenty-one universities of Ger
many contain 20,229 students, of whom
1928 attend lectures on theology.
In the Sunday-school of the First
Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia
there is class of Chinese scholars.
The Baptists have succeeded in
raising Sl00,0 900 needed for the endow-
ment Of Shurtleff College, at Alton, Ill.
Bishop Peck, of the Methodist
Church, has received from Japan the
recommendation of eleven native
preachers.
Out of III ladies in Michigan Uni
versity only four have taken to law
How many have taken to lawyers is not
stated.
The Worlds Conference of the
Young Mems Christian Association will
be held at Geneva, Switzerland, begin
ming Aug. Is, and closing Aug. 20.
Preparations are being made for an ex-
cursion party from this country.
The province of Honan, China, has
a population of 23,000,O0O, among
whom the Roman Catholics are work
ing, with nine missionaries and three
native priests. They have already
made 5000 converts among them.
The Baptists of Massachusetts, re-
port, for 1877, 2S9 churches, 232 pastors,
1884 ordained ministers, 1866 baptisms
and 4S,90f members. The gain in men,
bers for the year was 1881; in the last
ten years the gain in members has been
little over 10000.
The Rev. James H. Merrill, of DAY.
export, Iowa, breaches five-minute
sermon to the children of the Sunday
school every Sunday morning, and most
of the children attend. A very good
practice, but care should be taken not
to exceed the five minutes.
The Rev. DIR. Behrends, of Provi-
dence, R. l., has declined call to
the Madison Avenue Congregational
Church, New York, with guaranteed
salary of $4,000 per annum, SAYING he
is contented with his present position,
and is getting all he is worth
1t is stated that there are 306 relig-
ious periodicals published in the United
States. OF these 60 are set down as
Baptist, 81 Methodist, 80 Presbyterian,
20 Lutheran, 26 Episcopal, "a Catholic,
10 Congregational, II Universalist and
the remainder scattered among the
smaller societies
Just as Biddeford youngster was
disappearing from school-room the
other day, on the fearful excuse that
his mother was dead, the teacher asked
him when she died. 'Four years ago,
ma'am,' was the reply. And the
teacher had sense enough of humor to
let him go.
The Chairman of the London
School Board said lately that he be-
lieved that the working classes were
unopposed to religion, for in London,
out of 10000 children not fifty had
been withdrawn from religious instruc-
ton in schools, while $4,000 voluntarily
went into examination on religious
knowledge.
The Retornaer Oewish), referring
to the call of Rev. David Rosenberg for
national convention of Israelites who
accept Christ, offers donation of 800
if Mr.. Rosenberg will "select the names
of twenty-five respectable men who
have been converted from Judaism to
Christianity and are now members in
good standing of any recognized Chris
tian church"
The following table is recapitula-
ton of the total debts and valuations of
church property in New York city: