Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-05-01
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The Methodist Conference recently
held in Philadelphia placed on record
formal protest against Sunday camp
meetings.
1t is a suggestive and striking fact
that the people of the Sandwich Islands
contribute annually for missionary pur-
poses outside their territories 1924, 900.
Some churches average more than four
dollars per member. One church sus-
tains five foreign missionaries.
The St. Louis Young Mems Chris
tian Association is enjoying such pros
perity as to need new house. The
necessity of the Union Methodist Church
to sell was the Associations opportunity
to buy. The price paid was $37, 900, a
part of which remains on mortgage.
In Persia the famine has been very
Oroomiah and the vicinity. Missionary
Shedd writes that 1,2OO of these families
report scantiness of supplies, and that
500 are suffering dreadfully. The special
famine fund thus far amounts to 50, 13O.
The Missionary station at Oroomiah is
81, 800 in debt. Pecuniary assistance is
earnestly asked for.
The Baltimore School Board has
passed a resolution to try as an expert
ment the employment of colored teach
ers in the two colored public schools, at
the same time directing the Superin-
tendent of schools to note the relative
progress of the pupils in said schools
with those of similar schools in which
white teachers are employed. This ac-
| ton gives great satisfaction to the color
| ed people of the city.
The Rev. Theodore Monod, prom
inent Protestant Pastor of Paris, has
| been deputed by a French missionary
| society to visit the United States this
spring, to represent the present condi-
ton and needs of Protestanism in France,
and to obtain help for the evangelization
of Paris and other parts of that country.
M. Monod studied theology in the United
States.
| Boston school-children are doubtless
in a state of blissful anticipation-the
| younger ones, at least. Reading-b books
have been introduced by the committee
which consist of popular fairy tales, Sc
lected stories from the Arabian Nights
and poetry for children. The volumes
have clear type and attractive engraving:
just such books as will charm the eye
and mind of the young folks.
The Oldest living Bishop of the Ro
man Catholic Church is the Archbishop
of Tuam, who has just entered his nine
tieth year; and he still sails about th'
wild isles in his diocese, carrying hi
crozier and preaching in the nativ'
tongue. He holds his crowded station
on the hill-sides, and takes care of tht
politics of his archiepiscopal province
He is understood to be arranging his pa
pers and his literary notes for publica
ton after his death.
Presbyterian clergymen are wante'
in Dakota. The Chairman of Commit
tee on Supplies thus defines the require
ments: 90 The men wanted are such a
can preach acceptably to professions
men of decided mark; who are sagaciou
enough to see wants and opportunities
and wise enough to enlist men an
means for all emergencies that can arise
Organizing and executive ability ar
needed, with scholarly culture and evan
gelistic zeal.'' Nothing is said abou
salaries, however, though the followin;
is sentence in the official advertisement
8" To such the richest rewards are a
hand-if successful labor is a pleasure
grand opportunities and aspiration, an
rapid results of effort put forth a com
pensation." Address the Rev. D. c
Lyon, St. Paul, MINI.