The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-06-07

Tho First Church 81 Christ In |
Milford. Conn. will celebrate its two
hundred and lfticth anniversary this
year
-Lasell Seminary. Auburndalc,
Mass. will cndow Il pew IN the Amer
lean church Ia Berlin. Germany. ~ 4
cost Of one thousand dollars. lions
Herald.
In the city Of Edinburgh there arc
thirty-two churches Of various de-
nominations which have adopted UNI
fcrmcntcd wine for communion pur-
poses.
The Congregational ministers
meeting in Boston recently discussed
the Christian Endcavor Society, and
every speaker most heartily and en-
Enthusiastically indorscd the movement.
Harvard has new steam launch.
forty-tivo feet ia length. 70 hold
twenty passengers. The cost Is three
thousand two hundred and fifty dol
Ia :. most OF which amount has been
subscribed BY alumni.
"A rule has been adopted by tho
faculty OF tho Indiana State University.
that in future all members OF the
senior class shall take part in the
commencement exercises. for which
two days are to be given. and moro II
necessary.
The president Of Michigan Uni-
vcrsity remarks in his annual report
that ~ larger proportion OF women
than Of men are taking by choice the
full classical course. for the practical
reason that there is demand for their
services in teaching Greek in prcpara-
tory schools.
1t is said that President Han rison
has taken pew in the new and Gle
CANT Church Of tho Covenant at the
corner OF Connecticut avenue and n
street. in Washington. postmastcr-
General Wanamakcr has secured q
pew ut tho Same church. TO avoid
the cnriosity-mongei who throng
churches attended by Presidents. Gem
eral Harrison will go to other churches
as he may see fit from time to time.
The Baptist "a. " State Mis-
sionary reports that Of S66 Baptist
churches In tho State 7i2 are In the
country and in villages; 337 are una
BILE. without aid. TO sustain pastors;
over two hundred OF them are pastor-
les from year TO year. and although
the membership Of tho churches in
the State has in the last fifteen years
increased 1881. the membership in
the country and smaller villages has
fallen of fully 5000.
-Earlham College at Richmond.
Ind. is the leading educational insti-
tuition Of the Society Of Friends west ~
the Allegheny Mountains. 1t was
founded in 1917 as boarding-school
OF high grade. and in 1853 received a
college charter. Its first class was
graduated in 1862. There are now one
hundred and forty-scvcn students in
the college proper. with one hundred
and fourteen others in the preparatory.
commercial. biblical and musical de-
partmcnts. Joseph j. Mills. A. NJ, Il
the president.
dresses worn by candidates for
conformation have grown so elaborate
and snowy lately that the Bishop OF
Rochester has protested. Young girls
present themselves 'rathcr in the
guisc Of bride than in the simple
toilet that BELTS the applicant for
reception into the church. The Bishop
mentions false pearls as particularly
needing avoidance by poorer people.
and satin shoes BY the rich. In France
ii i the same. A confirmation dress
was recently described by a French
fashion paper as extremely ''coquet-
tish. The Bishop. in his protest, de-
clares that nothing would distress him
more than to have to send candidate
back for wearing snowy or tawdry ar-
parcl. but he adds that for example
sake it may be necessary for him 10
do 80.