Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-10-17
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

-Ihe new cathedral OF Bernn, now
In course of erection, will be the larg-
est Protestant church in Germany.
The Methodist Episcopal church
has now 2,154,237 communicates, e.
093, 735 last year, indicating net gain
In 1888 of over 10000.
More than 1000 churches in En-
gland, including Rev. Charles II. Spur
geon's Tabernacle, use unfernlented
wine at the communion.
The Seventh General Catalogue Of
the Divinity School OF Yale Univer-
sity was lately issued. Itcontains the
records so far as known of the 1.452
graduates of the semifary from 1925 to
1883.
In analysing congregational gen.
crosby it is found that among the
Baptists 36 cents is the annual contrl-
buttons per head; the Methodists, IA
cents; Episcopal, 81. 81; Presbyterians.
IS. II. and the Dutch, 1921.
The will OF the late William Thaw,
of Pittsburgh, bequeaths $120,0O0 to
Presbyterian boards. 100000 to the
Wesleyan University of Pennsylvania.
$1,000 to the American board and
500, 900 to hospitals in Pittsburgh.
The German Evangelical or United
Synod now numbers 61S pastors in
charge Of about 800 congregations, To-
Gated in twenty-five States and divided
into thirteen district synods. Its total
benevolent contributions for three
years past amount to $l77,752. There
remains a debt of $24, 600 on its theo-
logical seminary.
The Protestant Episcopal diocese
Of Mississippi reports: Clergy, 81; lay
readers, "a; churches and chapels, 60
confirmed during the year, 2S4; com
municants, 1862; Sunday school teach
ers, 259; scholars, Ito; total contri
buttons reported, $34, 745 6S; value o.
church property, $304,740.
"A Clergyman in the London sub
urbs, the vicar of st. Andrews, Willes
den, has resolved to give a garder
party on Sunday afternoons Thu
people do not come to his church il
such numbers as he could wish, an(
he is going to see whether tea, frui
and lemonade will draw them in tn,
afternoon.
Six pastors in one hundred ant
sixty years is q fact which tells goot
story for church. 1t is recor,
which the Presbyterian Church o
Bethlehem, N. j., may always b.
proud to show. Three of these pas
tora ties have each extended over fort,
years, and the fortieth anniversary o
the pastorate of Rev. Joseph G. Will
Jams, the present incumbent, was Gel
ebrated recently.
The holidays OF the Paris boar
school children are holidays indeed
The municipal council allots consid
cradle sum of money to the school AL
thorities for sending the most desery
ing pupils on holiday tours. In for
mer years the tours have been t
Rouen, Havre, Mont St Michel, etc
This year, in order to enable NOR
children to share In the treat, tn
tours will be confined to Versatile:
Fontainebleau and other environs {
Paris.
Statistics regarding the Congrt
gational churches of Connecticut hav
just been arranged for publication b
Rev. w. H. Moore. of Hartford. tn
total number of churches is 301. TIL
membership aggregated $1,000. Til
Sunday school enrolment was SAL
and the number of families represen
ed was 81, S43. The average member
ship in the 30l churches was 1911. Th
total charities of these churches 70
the year reached the sum OF 1882, 63l,
SO, being an average of Sc. 65 for eac
member