The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-09-21
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

There has been a revival in Jaffra
College, Ceylon, and fiftyof the seventy
three students have renounced naganism
for Christianity. sl-s
Several libraries in the United States
report decrease in the reading of fiction
by the young of from sixty-fiye to fifty
eight per cent. This decrease is due
chiefly to the efforts of teachers and IL 1
brarians to give school children better
taste in reading. Detroit Post. 'sfo 80
-Thewillo of Mrs. Elizabeth f. Hazel
tine, late of Philadelphia, beqleaths to
the Presbyterian Board Of Foreign Mis-
sions, the Presbyterian Board of Home
Missions, and the Presbyterian Board of
Education $500 each,-M Y Post. s.
In Cairo, Egypt, there is a Moham-
medan theological seminary. The Rev.
MIR. Mangasarian, returnedsmissionary,
recently made the~veryslarge statement
that in this seminary 10000 students are
from sunrise to sunset studying the .Ko-
ran. He says that every year vast num-
bers OF missionaries, are sent out from
this school through Africa and eastern
Asia seeking converts Chicago Herald.
The colored people of Delaware have
long bravely struggled to support their
schools, raising by contributions among
themselves twO-thirds of the. necessary
sum. They have forty six schools, and
not until last year did the Legislature
give them any help. Its appropriation
was only 81, 400. The colored popula-
tion is one-ffth. of the entire population
of the State. = Chicago Journal. >fl-sd |
There is "a foolish movement in the
San Francisco School Board for reducing
the salaries of primary teachers. It
ought not to be necessary to tell school :
officers in this age that the man or
woman who gives child its first train
ing, its first mental bent, should be "a
specially intelligent and competent
teacher, person worth liberal compen-
sation.-M Y Tribune.
Justin D. Fulton, pastor of the fBap-
tist congregation worshipping in, a
building known as the BROOKLYN Rink,
has been very successful in establishing
a good work. :. The, building, (which,
originally cost S127, 900, was purchased
by this congregation for $50, 00o. cit twas, 1
in bad repair, but the congregation have
spent $40. 900 on repairs, besides paying
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$50, 900 debt which the pastor and, the
people are very anxious to remove. It is
in reality a peoples church, and many
who would not enter the more wealthy
and fashionable churches on the Hillfeel
at home in this church. - C1ristian Id
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baltimore has population. of about
$40, 600, and a church membership of
177.6SS. The Roman Catholic Church
leads. with a membership of 100000.
The Methodists come next, with, 2S, GAP;
then the Lutherans, with IL. ATS; Protest.
ant Episcopahans, S,561; Baptist, G, 1885,
Presbyterians, 4,935; Reformed, 4,1O9;
Friends, 1,003. The Catholic Church
includes the whole Catholic population
in the number above. given, while mem
bership of the Protestant churches has
stricter sense. The Ne,os, which gives
the figures, concludes that there are in
Baltimore at least 10000 persons who,
are not members of any Christian church.
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