Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-04-18
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

"A clufcl at AlmOnt, MICH, rdlSS5
money in II novel way. A box is placed
in the church and the members on
their birthdays drop as many pennies
in the box as they are years old.
The school work in Japan, mainly
controlled by women, has 20 boarding.
schools, with 2,707 pupils, and 1888
pupils more in day-schools, making in
all 5,502 under lady teachers.
DR.. Alvan Talcott, of Guilford,
Conn, who has given s25, 900 to endow
a professorship of Greek at Yale Col
lege, is one Of the Oldest alumni OF
that institution. Although over eighty
years old he is still a practicing
physician, and it is said that every
night he reads one hundred lines OF
Homer, in the Greek, before going to
sleep.
Tho alumni of Williams College
have raised $4,000 for monument to
the late Mark Hopkins. The monu-
ment Is to take the shape of building
at Williams, and it is suggested that
the sum be increased to $1,000 aDd
the building be made of stone, as
typical of the sturdy character OF the
grand old teacher and theologian.
Cardinal Gibbons is reported as
expressing the hope in a recent after
dinner speech in Philadelphia. that
the day may never come "when we
shall be obliged to call upon the State
TO build our churches; for if they build
our churches they may dictate to us
what doctrine we are to preach or
what we are not to preach. AS for
myself, believe in the union OF the
church and the people. y
superintendent Seavey, of the
Boston public schools, said in recent
address: ITO what extent and how
can manual training be introduced
into city graded schools' My answer
is: Organize mechanic arts high
schools either as separate schools or
as departments of existing high
schools. To this extent, at least,
and by this means, now neglected
educational field can be occupied to
great advantage"
In New York City in 1910 there
was one Protestant church to 1000 of
the population, in 1880 one to 5000
and in 1887 one to 1000. Yet even
the present churches are more than
enough to satisfy the demand They
could be reduced by one-third without
bringing about any crowding, for
their seating capacity is 100000, and
their membership only 100000 This
state of things is of course due, in the
main. to the fact that the growth OF
New York since 1910 has been from
foreign immigration chiehy.-N. Y.
Sun.
The Living Church remarks
This is curious world. One new
development of curiousness is q serv'
ice of sheriff's notice upon the pas
tor and session of the Presbyterian
church, restraining them from visit
ing sick member. This action wa:
taken at the instance of the husband
who claimed that his wife's recovery
was retarded by the visits, and
finally, he had recourse to law wher
his remonstrauces failed. Let thi'
case of church faithfulness in vista
ton be recorded. The complaint il
unique. When that husband falls i'll
probably be will not have to call il
sheriff's help for the same cause"
The British and Foreign Bibl'
Society was organized in 1904. Thu
American Bible Society came into ex
istence in 1916. The issues of thes
two great Bible societies, one in En-
gland aud one in America, who's
average age is seventy-eight years
have now reached the enormou
amount of 166, 2S9,142 copies, al
sizes. Their moneyed receipts hav
been over $50, 100000. For the last fou
years these two societies have aver
aged an issue of nearly $4,000 copie
daily. The last year they have aver
aged over $4,000 copies each bushes
day, calling ten hours days work
1t is over 1878 copies an hour, 8
copies a minute, or a copy every tw
seconds.