The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-03-31
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

I. "A Chinese Christian is preaching
sermons to his countrymen in Virginia
City, and is trying to convert them; but
they threaten to kill him unless he stops.
"A Woman's Prayer Union has re-
Gently been organized in England for
the special purpose of prayer for Gods
blessing on the women of China. The
members of the Union seek to interest
Others by personal effort, and set apart
portion of each day to pray for the
work of evangelization among the Chi
nese women.
The Macon (Ga.) Advocate has
been making study Of the thirteen
annual reports of the Freedmen's Aid
Society of the M. E. Church. 1t says:
1.-The Methodist Episcopal Church has
done and is doing o great and blessed
work for the negroes through the Freed
mems Aid Society, as well as in other
useful ways"
The General Theological Seminary
of the Episcopal Church wanted $780,
600 to enable it comfortably to prose-
cute its work. About year ago COM
mittee was appointed to procure this
sum, or as much of it as might be had.
This committee now reports progress,
having secured $11S, 900, all of which
except $4,000 has been paid in. The
expectation is that the rest of the sum
will be secured without any great delay.
Miss Janetta B. Hart, a success
full teacher, has announced herself as a
candidate for Superintendent of
schools in Washington County, Pa,
saying: Il do not ask for the Office as
~ matter of charity or chiva.ry because
ANA woman, but wish to come before
the Directors of the County as q man
would come, resting my case on such
evidence as may be able to furnish of
my character, education, experience,
skill and ability as teacher"
Prof. Goodwin, one of the five
professors that form the Advisory
Board of the Harvard College Annex.
says: 1.-THE past years experience as
a teacher in the new college for women
has convinced me that our plan prom
Uses more for the higher education of
women than any one which has been
suggested. Already in its undeveloped
condition it offers young women better
advantages than any institution in
America offered to young men fifteen
years ago.
American Methodists do not favor
the adoption of the change of the title
of the Ecumenical gathering as pro-
posed by British Methodists. The
American section of the Executive
Committee at is late meeting adopted
the following resolution on the subject:
THAT we respectfully represent to the
eastern section that the word Con-
ference has been accepted by all the
| Methodist bodies which we represent
| as the proper word to describe our
Ecumenical gathering, while the word
Congress- is not acceptable on this
side of the Atlantic, and is specially
distasteful to churches in the United
States, as suggesting rather political
than an ecclesiastical body"
Massachusetts has maintained dur
ing the past year $50 public schools
Gncluding 2l5 high schools) and 1886
teachers. The number of pupils is re-
ported as 3O6,7 TT; the average at
tendance was 1888, 127. There are also
reported 1O,39S pupils as studying in
70 academies, and there were $50
private and parochial schools in opera
ton, instructing 1891 pupils. The
evening schools numbered 1l6, with an
attendance of 4,503 pupils. Ninety per
cent of the number enrolled in the
the public schools were in daily at
tendance during the year.