The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.
I'm Iceland there are 200 Lutheran
churches, with population of 10000.

I'm Iceland there are 200 Lutheran
shurches, with population of 10000.
Word comes from Carleton College,
Minnesota, that every young lady in
that institution is believed to be Q
Christian.
AT Columbia City, Cal, a church
organization under the name of THE
Comeouters'' has been carrying on a
series Of meetings. The members claim
that they are without sin, and are the
chosen of the Lord.
The United States has 361 colleges,
with 4, 442 instructors and 7O,024 stu
dents: 159 institutions for the higher
education Of women, with l, 1854 instruc-
tors: 80 schools of science, las schools
of theology, and so of law.
Miss Susannah Warfield, wealthy
unmarried woman who died recently at
her home, ''Groveland," Carroll County,
Nd. left all her property to found an
Episcopal college which is to be named
after her. The endowment amounts to
about 100000.
Wesleyan University, Middletown,
Conn.,, lately received a rare and valua-
BILE gift from an alumnus, Marcus L.
Taft, of Brooklyn, N. Y 1t is some
1,500 Chinese coins representing every
dynasty and every Emperor, some of
them ante-dating several hundred years
the Christian era.
Miss Hankey, the first woman ever
graduated at Columbia, is to be COM
memorated by window in the college
library. The design is an categorical
representation of her career as
scholar, cut short by death. There are
three principal figures, those of science,
an angel, and student.
The First Congregational Church OF
Amherst, Mass, celebrated few days
ago the 150th anniversary of its found
ing. A historical address was delivered
by its pastor, Rev. G. S. Dickerman,
who traced the development of the
church from the small band of eighteen
founders to the present society of $50
members.
Education does not seem to make
people any the less superstitious.
| About fifteen hundred different kinds
of dream books are in the market, and
all of them find buyers, while sales
steadily increase about in proportion to
the increase of people. Nor is the de-
mand for dream books confined to the
poor. Women with sealskins and dia-
monds buy them.
jay Gould, it is said, pays So, 500
for a pew in DR.. Halls church. Al
though fairly regular at the morning
service he never appears in the evening.
Russell Sage, on the contrary, is in his
slip at both services. The com biled con-
tributions of these financial Christians
are estimated at $4,000 a year, or 1000
month. All nameless offerings of $500
OR more, which are by no means rare,
are attributed to these gentlemen.
The Central Board of Canadian
Methodist Missions met recently and
appropriated $21O,5S2 to its missions
Indian, Domestic, French Canadian,
Japan and Chinese. The whole Domin
ion is included in the field of its opera
tions, and also Newfoundland and Ber-
muda. The contemplated union Of the
Methodist Episcopal, Methodist Episco-
pal South. and Canadian Missions in
Japan into one Methodist church in
that Empire gives great satisfaction.
The widow of an English clergyman
left by her will large sum to be paid
to the chaplain of a consumptives' home
and to two clergymen in charge Of
churches on the condition that they
read her departed husbands sermons to
the people under their charge. Through
wrong description of the funds she
dedicated to this purpose the legacy
was frustrated. So both sick and we'll
were spared having those sermons in
flicted on them. But when was there
ever before such a proof of wifely ad.
miration of a husbands sermons?-
! Christian Innuir