The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-19
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

There are over 6 10000 600 children in
America outside of any direct Sunday
school influence.
d. d. is growing so common and So
meaningless, says the Christian Union.
that it has almost ceased to be an honor.
airy degree.
st. Pauls Episcopal Church, Roches.
ter, n. T., in accepting the resignation
of DR.. Foote, after twenty three wears,
service, voted him house and 81 ,OOO
per annum for life, -
The General Assembly of the Pres.
byterian Church of Ireland has decided
against the use of instrumental music in
religious worship by a majority vote Of
800 to 345. The United Presbvterians
follow suit.
The Board of Education of Perry
Academy, Wyoming County, New York,
filling vacancy for the principalship of
the school, resolved that no applications
will be considered save from married
men.
The old plan Of the American Bible
Society, to give a Bible to every family
that is not supplied with one, worked 50
well regeneration ago, that the managers
OF the Society are about to do their work
over again and on larger scale.
The Case School of Applied Science.
in Cleveland, expects soon to have an
annual income of $4,000 1t has now
a full corps of instructors, and new
buildings will probably be begun another
season. The school will, when it gets
fairly into working order, be a real adj
dition to the educational facilities of TIN,
country. Chicago Standard.
DR.. Adler, known for many years
as the the leader of party of advanced
free-thinkers among the Israelites of
New York, is reported to have aban-
doned his former course and become a
believer in conservative religion. He
said recently: "Our religion must be
religion of life, not of death. What liv-
ing thing for the good of mankind has
emanated from the free-religious ranks?"
-Chicaqo Tribune.
According to the Central Baptist,
there is a colony or settlement in Barton
County, Missouri, to which Christians
are not admitted. The name of the place
is " Liberal" Theological tests are ap-
piled to all applicants for admission,
and if he acknowledges he believes in
Jesus Christ he is informed that he can
purchase no lot there. The colony, how
ever, processes to cultivate the morali-
ties.
The Rev. DR.. Henry J. Morgan,
who for fifty-two years has been rector
of St James Episcopal Church, Phila-
delphia, is, with the exception of the
Rev DR.. Shelton, of st. Paul S Church,
Buffalo, the only clergyman of that
church in this country who has had so
long a continuous service in one parish.
He succeeded Bishop White upon the
election of the latter to the episcopate,
and the church has had only the two
rectorS in eighty-two years.-N, Y. Post,
Cornell University last year estab-
lished a course of history and political
science, which requires a considerable
knowledge of Latin and the modern
languages and something of English lit
erature and mathematics, and to this
general training it adds courses of lee
lures on history, political economy, in
! ternational law and diplomacy, and
| theoretical and systematic politics. The
course is especially designed for young
men who intend to enter the profession
of law or journalism, or who desire later
in life to take part in public atfairs.-N,
I. Examiner.