The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-25
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

An effort is being made to build a
church for deaf mutes at Philadelphia.
An outline of the temple at Jerusa-
lem traced on glass, has been found
in the Catacombs at Rome.
"A Hartford girl twelve years old
being asked how far she was advanced
in school, replied that she was sin geo.
graphy on the second floor. ''-HartJord
ECenj11g Post.
The Garfield Memorial Church. on
the site of the little frame building on
Vermont Avenue, Washington, where
Garfield worshiped with his mother
and his wife, is about finished. WASH
ingtop Star.
In the village of Todorag, Sivas-
field, Western Turkey; is a Protestant
school taught by Girl. This brave
girl conducts religious services on the
Sabbath, reading a sermon, and her ser.
vice is drawing in the villagers.
"A Joint Commission, representing
the i've Ohio Annual Conferences of the
M. h. Church, has issued an address IN
the ministers and members of the NJ
r. Church in Ohio on the proposition to
lmbed In the constitution an enactment
1or the utter determination of the lauor
traffic Chicago Inter- Ocean.
"A Christian church now marks tIo
battle field ofIsandhlwana, in Zululand.
where the Prince Imperial was killed,
Inc church is Gothic structure of
Whlte sandstone, and was very recently
dedicated. Ritualism marked the core.
mony, the bishop was vested in whire-
cope and mitre, two tapers glimmeredlS
on the altar, and a large brass cross
glistened above the vase Of flowers.
AT colored camp-meeting near
Columbus, o., one of the evening exer-
cises was the ''breaking of Gideon's
lamps, in illustration of the Bible story
of Gideon and his band, who, when
warred upon by the Philistines, came
upon them at night from different di
rections and broke their lamps with a
great noise, causing the flight of their
enemies. The procession of negro Gid
eonites formed at headquarters and
marched through the audience, coming
upon the enemy atthree different points,
when the breaking of lamps took place.
-Chjc0g0 Tribune.
Bishop Warren says the assertion
that the southern negro ministers are
leading their focks astray by wicked
lives Is not true. as far as it relates
to ministers Of the Methodist Church.
Every minister, white or black, is every
year examined as to his character in
open conference. Occasionally a man
is found who gives evidence of having
fallen from grace. He is tried, and if
found guilty is expelled from the minis
try. In one case at the last conference,
where Bishop Warren presided, a min
lister was thus dealt with whose oflense
was not lewdness or drunkenness, but
the fact that he did not pay his debts.
Chicago NeUS.
The Baptist Weekly thus condemns
a variety offs religious persecution: eff
there is species of punishment more
eXecrable than another, it is that of
making children learn scriptures as a
penalty for their offences. The Rev.
Charles Garrett, the President of the
Wesleyan Conference, says he lately
found in school boy who for some
offence was ordered to learn portion
of Scripture, and above all chapters the
fourteenth of John. And there the poor
little fellow stood sobbing and murmur-
ing as best he could: Let not your heart
be troubled How can boys so treated
love the Bible?"