The Columbus journal., 1886-03-17
4 o AND CHURCH..

Tutors at Harvard arV said to n.
ceivc salaries Of from $500 TO S1,e0O Q
ys>r. while the trainer In athletics getj
$4,000.
The English Church Congress q
1886 will be held at Wakefield, on Oo.
tober 5. 6. z and 8. The Bishop Of
Ripon has been chosen president for
the year.
AT . late meeting Of the Psesbyte.
rian Synod OF Dakota the Indian women
reported having raised five hundred
dollars for missionary work among
their own people the past year. This
vas more than all the money raised BIZ
their white sisters in three societies.
Missionary work in Mexico IL q.
tended with hard work and slender re-
suits: A missionary preacher writes
that he and n other preacher are ex-
pected to supply eight. ehprches. and
also to open new fields ;ofs1Abor. In
order to do this they will have to spread
themselves out exceedingly thin-Son
francisco Chronicle.
-Charlemagne in 789 gave these
wise Instructions: LET some one open
schools to teach children to read; let,
in every monastery. in every bishopric.
some one teach psalms, writing. arith.
metic, grammar and employ correct
copies of holy books; for often men
seeking to pray to God pray badly on
account Of the unfaithfuiaess of copy
lists"
centuries there seems ~ have boon a
kind of religious revival" of peace.
The clergy preached II; religious en-
thusiasts went from village to village
proclaiming in the name OF Christ, the
''Prince of Peace" and holy relics
were brought to public places, on which
h wild barons swore . vow of peace.
Rev. DR.. Clark. in reviewing the
work of the American Board of Foreign
Missions during the last twenty-five
years, says: LAS \ result we note An
advance in churches from lO3 to 292;
Of church members from $500 to 49,
600; of pupils in common schools from
5000 to $1,000; of native pastors from
Is to 147, not to speak of the growth
of 4 large and efficient body OF native
preachers and teachers acting IS coils
bOrers with It's in the evangelization Of
their psople."-N. Y. Tri6nne.
As stated in the Prorinzial. Sciul-
eoHeginn the maximum of daily school
work considered in Prussia to be COM
patiblc with health is fixed at from sev-
en- hours u day for children of eleven
and a half years, up to nine hours for
those of sixteen and a half and upward.
The standard is thought too high by
very many German teachers and doc
tors, and DR.. Roth states that sixty-fOur
per cent. Of those Who should work
after graduation are much below the
normal standard of health. The
standard In Denmark is still higher,
and a recent government investigation
finds that twenty-nlne per cent. Of the
boys and forty-one per cent. Of the girls
arc "'sickly" from confinement and
mental strain.
The ecclesiastical summary of the
Roman Catholic Church in the United
States for the year ending January 1,
1886, shows that the Archbishops num-
Der II. Bishops 81 and. priests 1895.
There are 1851 ecclesiastical students,
the Archdiocese of Milwaukee having
the largest number-335. There arc
6.755 churches. 1,Nl chapels, 1,7SS
stations, IS diocesan seminsries or
houses of study for regulars, IS COL
leges, 618 academies and 2,621 paro-
chial schools, attended by 1872. 949
pupils. The charitable institutions