The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-04
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 ''in geo.
graphy ON the second floor Hartford
EUentng 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
ington Star
In the village of Todorag, Sivas-
field, Western Turkey, is Protestant
school taught by a 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 five Ohio Annual Conferences of the
NJ E. Church, has issued an address to
the ministers and members of the M.
E. Church in Ohio on the proposition to
imbed In the constitution an enactment
for the utter determination of the liquor
traffic. Chicago Inter ocean.
"A Christian church now marks the
battle field of Isandhlwana, in Zululand,
where the Prince Imperial was killed.
The church is a Gothic structure of
white sandstone, and was very recently
dedicated. Ritualism marked the cere-
mony, the bishop was vested in white
cope and mitre, two tapers glimmered
on the altar, and a large brass cross
glistened above the vase of flowers.
At a 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 at three different points,
when the breaking of lamps took place.
Chicago Tribune.
Bishop Warren says the assertion
that the Southern negro ministers are
leading their flocks 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 man
is found who gives evidence of having
fallen from grace. He is tried, and i
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 offenst
was not Iewdness or drunkenness. bu
the fact that he did not pay his debts
Chicago NelCs.
The Baptist Weekly thus condemns
a variety offs religious persecution: Il
there is species of punishment NOR
execrable than another, it is that o
making children learn scriptures as
penalty for their offences The Rev
Charles Garrett, the President of tn,
Wesleyan Conference, says he latel,
found in school boy who for somt
offence was ordered to learn q portion
of Scripture, and above all chapters tn,
fourteenth OF John. And there the poo
little fellow stood sobbing and murmur
ing as best he could: Let not your hear
be troubled How can boys so treatet
| love the Bible?"