The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-05-03
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Thirteen schools for Chinese are
maintained by the various churches of
New York City.
The silver communion service
stolen last September from a church in
Uxbridge, Mass, has been found buried
in potato patch. Post.
Out of the 102 deaths of ministers
reported in the Baptist Yearbook,
thirty-three were between seventy and
eighty at the time of decease, twenty
between eighty and ninety, and two
were over ninety.-M. Y. Examiner.
The last census of India shows that
the native Christians are increasing
fifteen times as fast as the general popu-
lation. The causes are ascribed to con-
versions from the mont Christians,
higher birth rate and lower death rate
among the Christians than among
Hindoos and Mohammedans.
One of the school laws of New
York is that mo certificate shall be
granted to any person to teach in the
public schools of the State of New York
after the first day of January, 1885,
who has not passed a satisfactory eX-
animation in physiology and hygiene,
with special reference to the effects of
alcoholic drinks. stimulants and mar
cotics upon the human system"
The United Presbyterian says that
''the religious interest in the colleges
seem to be greater this year than for
several years past. In some of them
nearly all the students have made
profession of religion. The religious
impressions among the students are
also deep and fervent. The whole num-
Der of students is put Mt So, 900, and OF
these it is said one-half are members of
the churches"
The Methodists of Chicago have
thirty-nine Sunday-schools; Lutherans,
thirty-fve; Congregationalists, twenty
six; Presbyterians, twenty three; Bap-
lists, Twenty-Five; Episcopalians, fiji
teen. The conversions during the
year, according to Mr.. Jacobs report
to the convention recently held, num-
Der: Baptists, three hundred and
seventy-seven; Congregatonalists, one
hundred and fifty-seven; Lutherans, one
hundred and two; Methodists, one hun
dred and forty-seven and Presbyterians,
one hundred and siXty-seyen.- Chicago
Times.
The Christian people who crowd
into Mr. Moody's meetings to the ex-
clusion of the uncOnverted received
rather a neat rebuke not long ago At
a meeting in new part of London,
Mr.. Moody asked all who were Chris
tians to rise, when about three-fourths
of the audience arose. Thereupon Mr.
Moody quickly said: ''Now, do not sit
down; pass out at once. Glad to know
that you are Christians, and so you may
go, as l want the sinners to come in"
AS the stewards showed the Christians
out a great multitude which had been
standing at the door filed in and filled
the Tabernacle N. Y. Examiner.
Among the Methodist preachers of
North Carolina are only two whose
salary is over $4,000. The whole con-
ference, 1876 preachers, average $571.03
each. Reaching the other way there
are forty-eight preachers who receive
less than $500, averaging $219 each
seventeen who get less than 5000, av-
eraging $15S each; eight preachers
who average S145 each, and two who
get $40. In the Tennessee conference
the thirteen highest preachers salaries
average $1,261.53, and the one hun
bred and fifty below these average
1912, and the total average salary OF
the Methodist preachers in Tennessee
is 1901. OS.-Ihe Interior.