Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-30
Personal and lmpersOuaJ.

on New Years day.
Every church in America is aanked by
four grog shops. and every minister is
counteracted by six bartenders.
Albert E. Kent of San Francisco has
increased his former gift of $4,000 to
Yale college, for laboratory, by S2d 900.
The Montreal city council has passed a
resolution permitting colored children to
erjoy the same school privileges as white
children.
James Russell Lowell. United States
minister 10 England. has accepted the
presidency of the Benningham and Mid.
land Institute for 1884.
Mr.. Sheard the Speaker Of the Assembly
at Albany, is member of the Methodist
church and is Sabbath school superintend-
ent at Little Falls, N. Y.
| There is remarkable religious awak.
ening among the peasantry in many parts
of Russia, and whole villages are engaged
in studying the Word Of God.
The NJ. f. church at St. Johnsbury is
to be rededicated on Thursday. Jan. 3lst,
services at half.past one p. VI. Reunion
of former pastors in the evening.
The average salary of preacher in the
Arkansas Conference, NJ. E. church South,
last year, was 1888 SO. and the average
pay of presiding elder, S4Ss Of.
Mr.. Tennyson finds one great advantage
in being a Baron. At state dinners his
turn for soup GENES before It gets coated
with Thin layer af cold grease.
Mr.. Stanley iniers. from what he has
seen of The density of the population OF
Central Africa. that the Congo River
basin must have 40, 900, 900 residents.
The 500 colporteurs OF the American
Bible society distributed an average OF
nearly 10000 Bibles each in this country
last year. about one fifth Of them free.
New York will subscribe $4,000 for a
fancy dress ball in twenty -four hours. In
four months only $4,000 has been sub.
scribed for monument 10 the late Peter
Cooper.
The Brooklyn Tabernacle Church, Rev.
| +. Dewitt Talmage. pastor. last month
received forty six persons into member
ship, making the present total Of member.
ship 9G9.
The Foreign Missionary for january
gives diagram Of the number of heather
women in The chief countries of The world
arranged in groups of squares. The total
is COL 5ss, 500.
The will OF Ralph Sellew, who died IN
ST Louis on Tuesday. bequealhs $4,000
St. Louis insli,u ions, The Manual Train.
ing School of Washington University
letting $4,000.
II will interest every one to know, on
he authority Of Dr.. Philip Schatf thai
he lev sed version Of the Cd Testament
will probably appear during the summer
or au umn of 1884.
Rev. T. Dewitt Tamage. in a etter 10
R v. Thomas Harrison. SAYS: OF the
hundred hat united with my church under
your work. four years ago. all without Il
single exception remain faithful"
The new Governor of Ma sachusetts,
Mr.. Robinson. is uperntendant of Uni
t,rlan Sabbath school. lie has resigned
his seat in congress TO become governor,
but retains the perintendency.
The will of Robert Gordon (colored) of
New York give, S25 700 for the establish
ment offs home for aged and INDECENT col.
ored women, and 5000 to the colored
orphan asylum. Gordon was born slave.
Mr. Stephen A. Walker, president of the
board Of education in the city of New
York, argues that college education is
The hest known preventive of crime and
poverty. and cites as proof that there is
not college graduate in Sing Sing to-day
To suppl ss the unnatural practice Of
binding he feet the Church Missionary
Society of England have decided to ex.
clude all Chinese girls from Christian in
struction unless the parents consent 10 I'm.
bind their feet.
The liquor dealers met in Chicago last
month and resolved to have national
association of brewers. saloon.keepers, and
tobacco men to combine against the pro-
hibilionists. They claim to have capt.
tai OF 50 100000.
Mr.. Tyler, the Zulu missionary, says
that when he first went to South Africa
thirlyfour years ago. the people wore
nothing but the skins of COWS and other
animals. Now few of them appear in
town i)hout civilized dress.
The Indian population of the country is
increasing instead of diminishing, and the
land VI otled already is not of sufficient
quality ard quantity. Until the Indians
are taught to lake care of themselves gov
eminent will be in quandary.
Oakland, Cal, may we'll be called the
new City of Churches. 1t has forty thou
sand Inhabitants and forty churches. 1t
is The most moral city on the coast The
Mel hodists and Presbyte. ians have six
churches each, more than any other de-
nomination.
There were 4732 books published in
Great Britain last year, Theology headed
the list 704 volumes; juvenile literature,
including tales, came next, with FOL
educational books, $50; histories and
Biographies, All; hooks on the arts and
sciences, and illustrated works. S5i
novels, $40; etc.
Mr.. William Goodherham has offered
the Me hodist church Of Canada beaui-
full site of Ell ven acres of land in the vi
cini,y Of Toronto AMI donation of 800.
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