The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-08-13
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL

RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL,
MIR. Spurgeon' tabernacle. London,
has now . membership of 5,214.
The Oldest academy in Massachu-
sets is Drummer Academy. 12s years
old.
The average yearly expenses Of this
years graduating class at Yale College,
were $3.50. The largest sum spent by
any man in . year was u. $50, and tho
smallest $3.50.
Sixteen young women, graduates OF
the Winona Normal School, Mimi, arc
now teaching in the Argentine COnfed-
GRAFTON at salaries ranging from 81 500
TO $4,000 year.
Rev. D. L. Moody has opened .
summer school for the study of tho
Bible at Northfeld, Mass. It will be-
attended by 225 students from leading
colleges in this country and Canada.
The prevalence of dress coats in tho
daytime at Amherst commencement led
. small son of one of the alumni, enjoy
ing his first visit to the college, to ex-
claim: what lots of head-waiters they
have herer'-Boston Herald
1t is said that there are at present
at the various German universities no
fewer than 157 professors between the
ages of seventy and ninety. OF these
122 deliver their lectures as usual. The
oldest is the veteran Elvenica, who is
now in his ninetieth year.
Mention is made in the Church
onion of q reckless seeding and conse-
quent sad harvest: "A family have
sOwn to the flesh and planted infidelity
in the minds and hearts Of their chill
dren, and are now surprised at the fruit
of desolation."
There are AZ Protestant church edi-
fees in New Mexico, belonging to the diff
ferent denominations as follows: Meth
odist Episcopal, 16; Methodist Episcopal
South. z; Presbyterian, II; Protestant
Episcopal, 8; Baptist, 2. Thus in ter
ritory covering an area of 122, 480
square miles-larger than all the New
England States with New York added
with a population of 139, 900, there ara
but As Protestant church edifices.-
Christian Union.
"A story of country parsons inde-
pendence will be appreciated by those
annoyed at late corners to church. A
man came into church late and started,
with squeaky boots, to walk the whole
length Of the side gallery. The pastor.
who was praying, stopped suddenly,
opened his eyes, and, pointing long
finger to the disturber, said: "You sit
down right where you are" He then
resumed his prayer.-BostoS Journal.
in Utah the Congregationalists have
four churches, nine ministers, and 21O
members; the Baptists, two churches
two ministers, and 1O7 members; Cath
olics, four churches, six priests, and $50
members; Episcopalians, four churches.
seven ministers, and 465 members;
MethOdists, seven churches, thirteen
ministers, and 381 members; Presby-
terians, twelve churches, fourteen min
listers, and 1872 members; Lutherans-
one church, one minister, and forty
members; total, thirty-four churches
fifty-two ministers, and 2, 49S MEMBERS
The Interior.
The youngest Archbishop in tho
world is Mons. di Rende, Archbishop
Benevento. an Apostolic Nuncio in
France. who is only thirty-nine years
old. Not only is Mons. ii Rende tho
youngest Archbishop, but as Metropoli-
tan he presides over one of the largest
ecclesiastical areas in the world, having
under his superintendent twelve do
ceses, besides his own of BeneventO. and
as many suffragan Bishops. In this re-
spect the Metropolitan Archbishop Of
Westminster heads the list with four
teen dioceses and suffragan Bishops
under his jurisdiction. .