The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-04-10

The Presbyterian church has IN tho
state Of Pennsylvania i.ls6 sabbath
schools. 1924 teachers. and iss-SSo
scholars.
Since the establishment in $50. Of
West Point military academy. s.Sss
men have received diplomas from that
institution.
Just above Vienna. ON the Danube.
Is the convent and school ~ Meik'
which has just celebrated lis one thou
sandth anniversary.
The university Of Pennsylvania =
about 10 establish a national school OF
American history as one Of the depart
ments Of the institution.
The Cincinnati Enquirer estimates
that in the last fifty years over $780,
0oo. 600 in cash has been raised 70 teach
the African TO love his neighbor a
himself.
Prof. Clement l.. Smith. h dean 81
Harvard college. has resigned his oniee.
and will give his attention entirely 70
study and teaching lie retains ms
professorship Of Latin
The Chinese spend 5000, 600 600 an
nually on their religious worship
There is a spiritual side 70 their re-
lirion. and s~piritualism. pure and sim
Pile, has existed in China for ages.
There are in the United States f.
0so. 24O Mcthodists. 4.2s2. 29i Baptists.
i.e29. 9l2 Presbytorians. l.os6,o is Luth-
Grams. 4so.1s6 Protestant Episcopal.
s9l. 9s5 Observation-Disclosures Her
aid.
Lyman Abbott appears TO b more
popular than any other preacher at the
Harvard college chapel services for .
long time. lie has oficiated there for
a fortnight. and there is a marked in
crease in attendance
Columbia college has a Chinese stu
dent who r~ejoices in the name Of Yen
lie is smart, clipper and learned. wears
fine clothes. in which he looks well
and having plenty Of cash. snap and 20
about him is favorite with the boys
and a sort of pig-tailed Adonis among
the society swells.
The salvation Army has opened =
large room in Amsterdam Holland and
is doing much TO relieve the distress Of
that city. On the second night the
building was opened for the purpose
over two hundred outcasts We're shell
tered. The king Of Denmark has
given fifty krones to Maj. Wilson. Of the
salvation Army. TO helpthe work Of the
army in Denmark
The American Bible society. which
has faithfully prosecuted its work OF
placing d copy Of the Bible in every
home. Is nowa about TO undertake = pro-
iect for supplying every child Of suit
able age with one. To every little one
who can aid. the society says: If You
rive five cents. we will make the gift
Tor you Of a Testament or II you give
twenty cents. the gift of a Bible 70
some child who has none Such q
work will contribute in no slight de-
rree to the problem Of evangelizing and
Outstanding our people. Northwest
srn Christian Advocate.
According to the Indian Witness
within the last eight years 225 En-
ropean and Canadian officers Of the
salvation Army have come TO India
. most OF them having come within three
years. OF these % more h = 20 more
|, 81 them having come within three years
VI THESE ID nlOIE AA14n ~
have left the army or returned 70 In
gland broken in health. and about ~
, still remain. There are some pitifu'
: stories Of suffering and death caused BY
the attempt Of the army 10 snpportit'
officers on IS n wear in addition to wha'
. they can get from the people
The term canon. as applied to sacre'
" Scripture. is traced back TO q rcmot'
antiquity. In Hebrew. Greek and LatiI
1 the words. having the same origin
signify literally a reed. a straight rod
n cam q measure. a rule When use
as d figure Of speech they signify ever
straight and perfect rule In the time
Of the apostles the term was applied I
model authors making rules in liters
turc. Thesc writer's for the church en-
!, ploycd il mean. sometimes. Christia
7 doctrine. the rule Of our life; som'
times, the Divine book. the rule Of on
= faith: and also the rule. or the cano
\ for truth: and sometimes the catalogu
Of the several books composing the ruiz
y The latter became. at length. its priI
= cipal religious meaning. Hartfor
- Religious Herald.
I'm st Petersburg there are cS-v
Protestants. OF these. 1900 r &c
mans. half Of them Russian subject
They are organized into fourteen co
rrcgations. served by thirty pastor
The church work among them reeeiv'
no support from the state. the volu
y ,ary contributions Of each memt'
NJ averaging about six or seven dollars a
nually. One Of these congregations
4" building a church costing s.5e.oo0- Tl
~ same congregation has a gylnnasiu
which graduates its pupils into h nj
vcrsity. Another congregation has a
4 gymnasium Of its own. one Of the b
20 in Russia, expcnding about seo.ooo
~ year for this institution. The city IN
cr sion work Of the Prctcstants Of the ~
q sian capital is being energetically pro
cuted.-B Boston Journal
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as An Athletic Peat
do Il never felt myself fioored but or
zee ~ nv life said the drummer. with 1