The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-07-13


Five years ago there were hve
rirl- schools In Yokohama and Toxic
To-day thcrc are more than thirty. and
al we'll patronized-
Rev. Mason w. Prcssly. United
Presbyterian clergyman 81 fhiladel-
mia. in : sermon On Sunday. said very
ir,ly that Tho press j. the herald u
the Gospel and the greatest preaching
agency that the church has ever had"
Charles H. Hackley. wealthy
lumbcrmnn Of Mu-kegon. Mich. has
given 20 the public schools 81 that city
SlOo.O0O In trust for the erection 81 .
public library and reading room bsild-
Ing and for the purchase Of books and
other material
There are now 500 schools and de-
uartments under the supervision Of the
BOARD Of Education in New York City.
With an average attendance Of nearly
$4,000 pupils. while the whole num-
Der Of pupils taught in the past year
was over So6.ooo
The president Of the New York
Board Of Education suggested that an
American flag be placed over the prin-
cipal's desk in all the public schools Of
the city. and the suggestion i being
carried ou. public-spiritcd citizens
furnishing the nags-
The American Baptist Union repre-
rents nearly 100000 Baptists in the
Northern and Western States. and -
The second oldest foreign missionary
society in the country. Iis seventy
third annual meeting Was held in Min
neapolis the past summer.
The Congregational Sunday-school
workers Of Boston purpose raising =
$4,000 memorial fund in honor OF
Rev. Asa Billiard. the pioneer sunday
school worker The money viii be =
permanent fund for the carving on Of
Sunday school missionary work in this
country
AT one OF the little mission chapels
in the Charlotte Islands no less than
one hundred blankets. valued At SIPS
each. were contributed on one Sunday
By the native congregation toward the
erection Of : new church Measured
b. the meager resources Of these poor
Christians, they furnished . magnifi-
cent example Czrisfias Advocate.
Nashriu<-
The Dunkards at their annual
meeting held recently in North Man
chester. Ind. reaf1irmed all previous
declarations about the use Of tobacco.
and decided that applicants for MEM
hership should promise 20 be free from
that habit Ministers who chew or
smoke will mot Be allowed 70 assist in
church adjudications.
An evangelistic church Il always :
Missionary center. Zeal for souls -
home Is the kindling FIRE for the con-
version Of the world II there Il no
travail for souls at home. there will Be
10 interest in the perishing millions Of
heathendom- beginning AZ Jerusa-
ienr il the Divine Law Of growth and
visionary activity--1h< Hissicn Fi<id-
--wfn you not smoke with mes''
said . preacher who Wa supplying .
church that Sunday with view % =
ca1l- The father Of that young man.
thus offered : cigar. had quit the use
Of tobacco for fear that his son might
take 70 IT, That cigar. handed out by
the preacher, turned the scales. and he
was not called to that church The
mother Of the young man said: 1--WE
are not extremists, but We prefer that
our sons should not use tobacco How
can We keep them from il II our own
pastor uses it?" That Vas . three
thousand-dollar cigar-we mean that II
Was : observation-disclosures salary
which the cigar turned into sme
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