The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-05-27
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

"A recent revival in the WnBou.
Jewell College at Liberty, No, Bant;a.
institution, resulted in the conversion 81
twenty-five students "
The Rev. DIR. Cobb, the new secro
tary of the American Conprepat;onO,
Union, says that 300, 600 must be raisoS
for the work of the Union this year ana
calls on all Congregational churches to
help him.
The net profit of the New York Rool
Concern of the Methodist EpisconsS
Church was $69, 064, and of the Westar-r,
Concern $25, 1866, total of 1874, $50 dn
ring the last year. This large propertv
trust is wisely administered
Miss Campbell, an English Iaav
called the Queen of Corsica has hn;It.
a church at Ajaccio, and rules her obsn
lain with almost feudal tyranny. If tbo
sermon is too long a large watch il
drawn out of her pocket and held over
her head until conclusion is put to tho
lrksome discourse; to the amusement NJ
the congregation and the discomfort ot
the divine.
Teachers all over the country who
have used the Longfellow Leaflets and
Holmes Leaflets, compiled by Miss Joao a
phine E. Hodgdon, will be glad to learn
that series of Whittier Leaflets is nov
ready. The numerous calls for them
which have already been received by the
publishers indicate that they will be no
less popular than their predecessors
Chicago Tribune. .N.
Professor Blaikie, the emias,t
Scotch theologian, wrote after the COZ
pletion of Moody and Sankey's two
months in Edinburgh: 1.-The very inf.
del has had to own that Moody travels
in the footsteps of his Master, and that
no other force in the world, least of all
the force of scepticism, ever shows such
a spirit or engages in such labors Of
love"
The following shows the number of
pupils enrolled last year in ten of our
leading cities, and the cost per capita
for their education: New York, 267, 944
pupils, Sl0.35 cost per capita; Chicago,
1862, 1857; Boston, 50,543, S2S. Is;
st. Louis, 47,030, $l1.66; Cincinnati,
$3.50, $21.07; San Francisco, 4O,1S7,
S18.45; Pittsburgh, 1885, $13.7 6; Buf.
falo, 1866, $500; Washington, 26,419,
S18.17; Newark, N. j., 1896, S1O.4
Detroit, 1919, $12.36.-N. Y. Herald.
That was pleasant way IN which
a newly-settled Methodist minister dis.
armed the criticism of the people in the
congregation to which he had been sent.
Instead of getting angry about it or
complaining that they had hurt his feel
ings, he remarked from the pulpit, 81
hear that you say l am not much of a
preacher; well, l know it; and | know
that if | could preach first rate wouldn't
have been sent here to preach to such
lot of ignoramuses as you" -CA,cago
Herald.
Touching the decline of infant bap-
tism, the Journal and Messenger states Of
New York Presbyterian churches: an
DR.. John Halls church, with member.
ship of 1,730, there were but twenty-one
babies baptised last year. In DIR. How
ard Crosby's, with l, 1874 members, there
were only seventeen. DR.. Bevan's Brick
Church has 1000 members, but only
twenty-three infants were dedicated in
baptism. In DIR. Robinson's Memorial
Church, $40 members could show only
eight. In Mr.. Talmago's church, ncr
bering 2,47l, only forty-nine infaa
were baptised. DR.. Cuyler baptA
thirty-one infants in a membersl il Of
1,761. DR.. Ludlow, with 1878 mem6en
reports six, DIR. Van Dyke, with ST.,
report none.