Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-02-16
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

William Bucknell, of Philadelphia,
Aas given 500, 900 to the Trustees of the
Baptist Seminary at Lewisburg. Pa
The smallest church in England is
said to be Pilham. County Lincoln.
twenty-six feet by seventeen feet nine
inches. Population. ninety-one.
There are now two Methodist con.
gregations of native Christians in Gavin
pore. India, and the prospects of the
work are very encouraging.
The total amount Of premiums real
izsd at the sale of the seats in. Plymouth
Church, Brooklyn, recently was over
twenty-iour thousand dollars. Brooklyn
Eagle.
Missionaries In Greece preach as
much by print "a by voice. The people
all read, and their moral and evangelical
literature is supplied by Protestants.
There are more Lutheran ministers
In Pennsylyania than in any other State,
the number being $50. Illinois has $50;
Ohio, $40; Wisconsin, 265 and Mime
sofa, 28.-PhilGdelphiG Press.
Bishop Jesse L. Peck has conveyed
20 the Syracuse University five lots.
worth $1,000. on University Avenue. in
Syracuse, N. Y, as part Of his gift OF
S25, 900 to the institution.
In the late meeting Of the Mission
airy Committee Of the Methodist Church
a letter was read from John (. Goucher,
OF Baltimore. in which he offered to
found fifty schools In India, in which the
vernacular language would be taught.
The State Teachers Association Of
Kentucky. after listening TO a strong
presentation of the deficiencies of the
common schools in that State by Judge
Becker, voted that the National Govern
ment ought TO make an appropriation 70
cover the cost Of Improvement.
Within the last year the women OF
the United States have given the magnifi.
cent sum Of $6O0.OOO for the spread oil
the gospel for hesthen lands. OF thi:
amount the Presb yterians gave nearly
500, 900. the Baptists 1856. 900, the Con.
gregationalsts $lS0,0OO. the northern
Methodists Sl0S.OO and the women oil
the Methodist Church, South, S25, 10.
The Bible in the homes of the better
class of the nominal Christians Of Syris
a. aS we'll read - in any land. The
German deacOnnesses give German
Bible to each orphan girl on leaving
their institution. and these Bibles are
found in unexpecte places, and the poor
women read them with comfort. DR..
Isaac O.. Bliss
In a Chicago school recently the
children were asked to give a sentence
with the word capillary" A little Cir
wrote: 81 sailed across the ocean in 8
capillary" When asked what she meant
by that, she turned TO Webster's Diction
airy and triumphantly pointed out this
definition: Capillary, fine vessel v
Further investigation showed that mor'
than twenty scholars had made the same
blunder Detroit Free Press.
The Tompkinl Avenue Church II
Brooklyn, Rev. G.. +. Pentecost. I'D.
pastor, Is taking special pains to learr
the whereabouts OF its absent members
Coupon tickets have been sent to all tn,
members. one for each of the twelv,
communion services of the year, ant
they are requested TO drop one into tn,
collection basket each time and note OF
the back any change of residence or cas-,
u sickness or prolonged absence, witt
the reason. These tickets are used some
what commonly abroad for similar pur
pose.