The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-04-05

A church al Almont. Mich. raj

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A church at Almont. Mich. raiscs
money In 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 - boarding.
schools. with s.so7 pupils. and 2.s?5
pupils more in day-schools. making in
al 5.5O2 under lady teachers.
DR.. Alvan Talcotf. Of Guilford.
Conn. who has given so. 900 70 cndow
y profcssorship OF Greek al Yale Col
lcgc. is ono OF the oldest alumni OF
that institution. Although over eighty
years old he Is still practicing
physician. and it is said that every
night he reads one hundred lines OF
Homer. in the Greek. before going TO
sleep.
4 The alumni OF Williams College
have raised so, 900 for monument to
the late Mark Hopkins. The monu-
ment j. TO take the shape Of a building
Mt Williams. and II j. suggested that
the sum be increased to 100000, and
the building be made Of stone. ;as
typical OF the sturdy character OF the
grand old teacher and thcologian.
cardinal Gibbons is reported as
expressing the hope in a4ecent after
dinner speech in Philadelphia. that
\ the day may never come when we
shall be obliged 70 call upon the state
TO build our churches; for II 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.
Superintendent Seavey. Of tho
Boston public schools. said in a 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. a 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 70 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 10000. and
their membership only 100000 This
state OF things is Of course due. in the
nam. to the fact that the growth OF
New York since 1910 has been from
foreign immigration chiefly. N. Y.
sun.
The Living Church remarks
This is curious world. One new
development OF curiousncss Is serv'
ice OF sheriff 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 wifc's recover.
was retarded BY the visits. and
finally. he had recourse to law whel
his remons,rances 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 10 call II
sheriffs help for the same cause
The British and Foreign Bible
Society was organized in 1904 The
American Bible Society came into cx
istence in 1916. The issues OF these
two great Bible societies. one in En-
gland aud one in America, whose
average age is scvcnty-cight years
have now reached the cnormou:
amount 81 l66. 2s9.1 42 copies. all
sizes. Their moncyed receipts have
been over $7j. 100000 For the last -four
years these two societies have aver
aged an issue OF nearly $4,000 copies
daily The last year they have aver.
nged over $4,000 copies each business
day. calling ten hours days work.
II il over 1878 copies an hour. ~
copies minute, or q copy every two
ea.onIs