Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-10-17

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There are <txtesa girls schools Il.
Turkey, with over l.soo Jease ssszzY xsa.
dents.
Gifts amounting TO z11oto0 bavs
been contributed TO Mr. Moody's Mouat
Hernon and Northneid schools
lit is said that there are more than
: thousand pupils In single Rapidly
growing snndaY school In okAyums.
Japan
AT the present time there are. III
round numbers, about half . million
Protestant Christians In India 0ne-aalf
Of these are comparatively receat con-
verts.
The Board of comrnissio ners 81 tia
Auburn (N. VI Presby tsrisp The5logs
ical Seminary proposes p raise e2e0, 900
for endowmeuts and The building Of =
CHAPEL.
Tho experiment Of e1ectine wom-
IN president Of : synagogue Is being
tried BY congregation near Paris.
There Is no reason why 1t should not
succeed, As the recipient Of the honor
has ability and enthusiasm Jewish
Messenger.
The mission established In Cuba ~
Albetto 2 Diaz continues TO prosper.
Missionaries. II; total membership, II
700. Twenty young men are preparing
for the ministry It has become neces.
sary to organize sckool for their inr
struction-
Mount Union College, Alliance, o.,
has closed the most successful year In
Its history Five hundred 1nd eighty
students were enrolled during the year;
the whole number OF graduates was 102.
department. The honorary dosss;=s::tt.-
| in divinity was conferred upon Rev. :.
"A. Caldwell, Of Chicago.
Of the priests 81 the Catholic
church in this country, numbering in
all 8, 1872, only 2,217, or about one-
fourth, according to recent report,
are members Of religious orders OF
| this number 837 are Jesufts, 1913 Bene-
dictines, 231 Franciscans, 1893 Redemp-
torists, 96 Domincans. 50 Capuchins,
the remainder being divided among
nineteen other religious orders. m Y.
Independent.
There is noteworthy increase,
says the Conversationaiist, of interest
in Bible study at Yale. Sixty-ssyen
seniors and ninety-two Juniors elect Old
| Testament literature, two lessons .
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 8; in all so. 90 OF which are colored
The Baptists have ii white and IS col
cred Protestant Episcopal, % white
and coIored; Presbyterians, II white
and colored; Roman Catholics, IA
white and 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.husiness that biz
proposes to create a school where ship
building may be taught, both as a
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 sub
urban district of New York City. The
institution will not only be school O
technical instruction in the science Of
ship-building, but will also be hons
for aged or unfortunate men who have
been connected with the business o
building ships or sailing them The
building will cost about 81, 000, 600