The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-04-27
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The San francisco Young, Mems
Christian Association has 1,000 mem 20
bers. sgttfssFs 71S sssd fs @ag@sS.ssys;
The Forsyth Street Methodist Church
Of New York City celebrated its ninety
second anniversary recently. .is97isSsb ]
MIR, III. B.: Bryant. who founded q
forty eight business colleges in this coun-
try, has now aninterest in only one tsesf
The Baptists of the United States u
are > large army, numbering 2, $500
according to the Year Book, Just pub ~
h5hed. 1883 asft3 .47@sBssgss9M esd b. Yg,
- Hereafter any teacher who accepts
present from pupils in the public
schools OF Hamilton, Ont, will be im-as-1
mediately dismissed. gse gaggoiy .asaxss
THE present total value of the prop
erty of the University Of Vermont is1se
S2o5, 600 and its yearly innomeis S21,-s a
Oo0. during the past year it has re,
celved gifts amounting to $100, 900. = =
In Connecticut last year. 1,634 pub 81
lie schools We're in operation under the
charge OF 1902 teachers in winter, and
2,7o3 in summer. The number of pupils 81
receiving instructions was lis. 49,.
1.-THE Protestant Christian Cinnamon
have been relieved from taxation for re- "a
ligious festivals in China. = They num-
ler about 10000. The Roman Catholics
secured such exemption many years ago. -
The Rev. Robert Prout, of Charles b.,
County, Maryland, recently deceased,
bequeathed $4,000 to the Protestant
Episcopal Missionary Society, and s2O,ssl.,
600 to the Virginia Theological Semi
nary Chicago Tribune s'assai q
Trinity parish, in New York city, ..
contains seven church buildings TRIMS,
ty, the mother. church, and st. Paul's,
St. Johns Trinity, st. Cffysostom's, {.
St Angpstin's and St. Cornelips' Chaps "A
els 80 ~ 'a'
!. The class of '5s Of Dartmouth coise1i
legei presents "a 4 notable. instance uef "a.
longevity. It graduated thirty-one mem !,
bers, and seventeen are still living, their Sa
average Hage5 being aseventy-six. years ~
and six months. One of them is one of
the present atwelve apostles " Of the "
Mormons in Utah Chicago lZribune. h4s
|el "A Clergyman in Scotland preached,
q few Sundays ago, from the text: "
III yel do not repent, yes shall likewise .ls1
perish. : The wife Of afarmer who was
present went home and told herhusband =
the text iwas:stsH YOU do not pay rent sls
you shall, 81 al leave the parish 80.
r.. The adherents of the Scotch Church ''a
number II ,063, 600; 4tliese Of the Free Al
'79O, 900, and those. of the United 474, 900.
Other established churches have "'
537 600. and absences fromall, $3.50, 900. ST J
The population Of Scotland i, 8, 1874, ,0OO;.
the Established Church can claim only =
about athirdiof it.Aif&Sia iGaltiIo4 se
ia -The enewe bull dings, of the Union -.
Theological Seminary are in process Of
construction They will be four:l The ssll
James Dormitory, for. which, Mr. w Williss~.,
James has given 800, 600; the Morgan
Library, for which ex- Governor MorganoaR
gave S100. 600. besides an equal amount
for the purchase of lots; the Adams
Chapel, to cost $50, 900; and Jesup Hall, gsh
for which Mr.. Morris X. Jesup has given
$4,000. About $5O, 900 has been given
for incidental expenses Of building, and
$3.50. 900 more is needed. An addition
to the endowment and a new Professor
ship are aIsolneeded. = Ny " Eranaiser. s.