The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-17
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There are sixteen girls schools In
Turkey, with over 1000 young lady stu.
dents
Gifts amounting to S110, 900 have
been contributed to Mr.. Moody's Mount
Hermon and Northfield schools.
1t is said that there are more than
a thousand pupils in single rapidly
growing Sunday-school in Okayuma,
Japan.
AT the present time there are, in
round numbers, about half million
Protestant Christians in India. One-half
of these are comparatively recent con-
verts.
The Board of Commissioners of the
Auburn IN. " Presbyterian Theolog-
ical Seminary propose to raise $500. 900
for endowments and the building of
chapel.
The experiment of electing wom-
an president of synagogue is being
tried by congregation near Paris.
There is no reason why it should not
succeed, as the recipient of the honor
has ability and enthusiasm. Jewish
Messenger.
The mission established in Cuba by
Albetto j. Diaz continues to prosper.
Missionaries, 81; total membership, l.
700. Twenty young men are preparing
for the ministry. 1t has become neces-
sary to organize school for their in.
struction.
Mount Union College, Alliance, o.,
has closed the most successful year in
its history. Five hundred and eighty
students were enrolled during the year;
the whole number of graduates was 102,
% of whom went out from the collegiate
department. The honorary doctorate
in divinity was conferred upon Rev. j.
M. Caldwell, of Chicago.
of the priests of the Catholic
church in this country, numbering in
all 1882, only 2,2l7, or about one
fourth, according to recent report,
are members of religious orders. Of
this number 637 are Jesuits, 1913 Bene-
dictines, 231 Franciscans, 1913 Redemp.
florists, SO Domincans, 80 Capuchins,
the remainder being divided among
nineteen other religious orders.-N. Y.
Independent.
There is a noteworthy increase,
says the Conversationalist, of interest
in Bible study at Yale. Sixty-seven
seniors and ninety-two Juniors elect Old
Testament literature, two lessons a
week, for next year, the Old Testa-
ment being the only text book. Orien-
tai history, with special reference to
the Bible, will be required study in
the freshman class. Prof. w. r. Harper
will teach these classes.
There are in the city of Washington
1914 churches. Of these 179 are Protest.
ant and Is are Roman Catholic. The
Methodist Episcopal has 81; Methodist
Episcopal South 8; Methodist Protest
ant 6; in all 60. 20 of which are colored
The Baptists have IL white and IS col
ored. Protestant Episcopal. % white
and colored; Presbyterians, II white
and 1 cOlored Roman Catholics, IA
white and 1 colored. The Lutherans
have IL and the rest are divided among
nine different names.
Mr. w. A. Webb. the most famous
of American ship-builders, is so thor
oughly in love with his. business that he
proposes to create a school where ship
building may be taught, both as
science and an art From this school
he hopes to graduate ultimately pro-
fessional ship-builders who will main
tain under the American flag the finest
vessels that sail the sea. He has just
begun the erection of the building, TAX
ing thirteen acres in the northern SUBJ
urban district of New York City. The
institution will not only be school of
technical instruction in the science of
ship-building, but will also be home
for aged or unfortunate men who have
been connected with the business of
building ships or sailing them. The
building will cost about 81, 900, O0O