American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-12-04
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

| Miss Annie L. Shaw was lately or
dained in Tarrytown by the New York
Methodist Conference, after considera-
BILE discussion.
1t is believed that nearly $50, 000,-
900 copies of the Bible are now in circu-
lation, against 100000 at the begin
ming of the century.
Tho Gospel of st. Mark has been
translated into the language of tho
| MortlOck Islanders, the latest work of
the kind. These islands are in the Pa
| cific Ocean, south of the Solomon ISL
ands.
The London Missionary Society
report thirty missionary laborers in va
| ri0us capacities under its superintend-
ence in Madagascar; 70,125 native
communicates, 1872 elementary schools,
with %, $50 pupils, exclusive of the
pastors college and normal and central
schools.
When we read the statistics of edu-
cation in Russia we get new cause of
the discomfort of the people, and find
another justification of the hatred OF
the despotic Government. A Russian
journal of education shows that If all
the Russian people are to be educated,
there will be 1000 new schools wanted
in the st. Petersburg district, $500 in
that of Novgerod, and, not to mention
other instances, as many as 5000 in
that of Charkow.
The Rev. DR.. Cuyler says, in the
COngregati0ndlfst, that vital question
is the small attendance at religious
services. 1T requires but half an eye
to discover the alarming fact that this
attendance is steadily falling off. both
in the cities and in the country, both at
fIaE .v he
ago it was claimed that one-half of the
population of the City of New York
were either wholly or partially con-
nected with some Protestant congrega.
ton. Now only one-fourth of the pop
ulation are ever seen in any Protestant
place of Worship DIR. Cuyler adds
that on the first Sunday in October, the
fifteen most popular churches in the
city. capable of seating 20, 200 persons,
held only 10000.
The Shiloh Colored Baptist Asso-
citation, in Virginia, is the largest in the
world. 1t contains ninety-six churches
and SO, 064 communicate members.
There were 1929 persons baptized upon
a public profession of their faith in
Christ during the last session of this
Association. The churches are located
in twenty-three counties of Virginia
lney VOCeu mol 10 C0unCenance any mln-
lister who uses strong drink as a bever-
age. They recommended each church
and Sunday-schoo1 to organize mission
airy societies for the support of their
work in Africa. The Rev. w. w. Col
ly, their missionary from Africa, spoke
of the great work done by missionaries
in Africa.
The question of corporal punish
ment in the public schools has arisen
anew in Boston. The Superintendent
says: Teachers of both sexes use per-
sonal violence with their pupils in such
forms and such frequency that the facts
if published would cause unpleasant
ness. Some put children into painful
and even dangerous positions; some
shake them at times with such rough
ness as to tear their clothing. While
many still apply the rattan as freely as
if it were feather. and strike not mere
" the hand, but the head and body.
Within the last month or two some
piteous cases have been reported to me
BY parents whose children had suffered.
The monthly reports of some grammar
schools come in ringing with the echoes
If blows" A committee examined into
he subject. and a majority reported in
avor of dismissing teachers who in
licted whipping, except on boys in the
grammar departments.