The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-06-21
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The Roman Catholic clergy no
longer opposes cremation, which is be-
coming very common in ItaIy,-Chsccgo
Tribune.
1T is said that eight sons of the late
President Nathan Lord were graduated
from Dartmouth college during his in-
cumbency of the Office. Only one'
Colonel Nathan Lord, Jr., now survives.
An industrial school for colored
vouth. similar to the one at Hampton
Va. is to be established near jackson
vile. Fla. Prominent gentlemen are
interested in the scheme. - NJ "
Times.
The Woman's Christian Temper.
.ance UEion of Ontario have petltioned
for the Introduction of temperance text
books in the schools, and are sanguine
that their request will be granted.
Two years ago a Presbyterian
Church consisting of one family was
organized at Mayfeld, Kan. 1t now
has sixty members on its roll, OF whom
twenty-five have been added since last
October Chicago Tribune.
The free church experiment is be.
ing tried pretty widely by the Episcopal
churches of Boston. Of the twenty
two churches and chapels in that city,
thirteen are s'free," and in the diocese
more than half are ''free." OF eight
new buildings converted oropened dur
ing the past year, all but one are
free "-Boston Journal.
If you ask me why it is that after
1900 years four parts out OF flye OF the
whole globe are without the knowledge
of Jesus Christ, and why Christianity
is vet matter of debate, it is because
men have shifted the emphasis of the
Gospel. They have put for the Gospc!
things that are not the Gospel. and
have never vet. as it were, understood
what was the real force of the Gospel
of Jesus Christi Henry Ward Beecier-
The Christian at Work asks the
question: '.Why do females prepoDder-
ate in the membership of our churchesp
Out of 3S2, 900 members of the Congre-
gational den omination, 252, 900 or 6S
per cent. are females, leaving only 80
per cent. males What is the reason of
all this? The Congregational denomi-
nation is the only one that tabulates its
membership by sexes; but we suppose
a like proportion to exist in the other
n-Episcopal churches. What is the
reason? Do not men become religious
as readily as women?-then why? Or
does the church not adapt its work as
well to men as to women"
The Baptist Handbook for 1884" has
recently been published. Among the
features of general interest is a sum-
mary of statistics of Baptist Churches
throughout the world. Since 1878, the
first year in which such a summary was
compiled, there has been very marked
progress. There were in 1882 81, 296
churches, as against 2S,505 in 1873;
1888 ministers and missionaries as
against 1888, and 1896, 582 members
as against 2, 473, O58. The returns from
America show $4,000 churches and not
fewer than 2,43l, 800 members. The
details for the British Islands show for
the year 1883, 1858 churches, 8, 1888 with
sitting accommodation for 1,138, 532.
The members amount to 30i, 1902.
There are $3.50 Sunday School teach
ers and 475, 1877 scholars. The pastors
are 1888 and the evangelists reach the
figures 3,5O5. Arranged under the four
nationalities the membership is as fol-
lows: England, 2l9,414; Wales, IS, 74S;
Scotland. 10,096; Ireland, 1,544.