Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-09-24
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.


system of elementary schools. The
educational bill, which has passed the
house of commons, is long step in
the direction of such a system.-N. Y.
Independent
The membership Of the Free church
of Scotland is 340,0 The contribu-
tions last year amounted to about $9,-
5000, 900. The established church
membership is about sos, 900; the years
contributions about 81, 100, 900,
Yale university will put $3.50, 600 or
S2OO,OO of its big bequest from the
Fayerweather estate into new build
ing for the Sheffield scientific school,
A feature will be the mechanical de-
partment, supplied with l0O-horse
power engine,
Rev. DR.. Carradine, of tELouis,
few weeks ago preached a sermon
against the wearing of jewelry, and as
result members of his congregation
have placed jewels worth 81, 900 on the
collection plates to be melted into gold
and applied for the benefit of the
church.
Miss Lillian V. Sampson, of Ger
mantown, Pa, in the scientific depart
ment at Bryn Mawr college, has been
nominated to the Bryn Mawr European
fellowship for 1912. The college Ii.
brary has lately secured valuable adj
dition in the Semitic library of French
scholar recently deceased.
In the province of Silesia the Prus
sian government has within the last ten
years erected forty-four new Protestant
churches, established twenty-three new
parishes and is projecting thirteen
more. In the last four years alone
fourteen parishes were created and
twenty-five churches built, while the
number of vicariates has grown from
twenty to thirty.
The Zambesi Chief Lewanika has
sent his eldest son Litia to Morija, in
Basutoland, to receive Christian instruc.
ton. The chief has many excellent
parts, and for some time has been on
terms of friendship with NJ. Coillard, of
the Paris Society of Missions and Litia
himself is a promising young man OF
Christian character.
The Catholic missions in Bengal
under the conduct of the Belgian Jes-
uits have been very successful Com
mencing in 1881, the first year for which
we have exact figures, we find the con-
verts amounted to 16, 149. In 1856 their
numbers had increased to 10000, and in
1888 these had advanced to 53,2S1. In
1881 baptisms numbered 97S, in 1886
they had increased to 1874, while in
1888 they had reached the total OF
55, 900.
The bequest of S2OO,OOO from the
late Daniel b. Fayerweather to the
Cooper Union art school for women has
enabled that institution to double the
number of pupils it can receive, max
Ing an increase from $50 to roo. Tht
top floors of the institute are being en-
larged to accommodate the new stu
dents. The library of the institute is
less fortunate, and the trustees have
made an appeal to the public for assist
ance.-Illustrated Christian Weekly.
AT the tenth international conven
: ton of the Young Peoples Society o.
: Christian Endeavor, which met in Min
neapolis recently, the general secretary
Mr.. j. w. Baer, of Boston, presented a
report containing many items of inter
est. According to this report there
are now 1924 societies regularly re
ported. One year ago the number wa'
1,0l3. These societies are not limited
to the United States, 100 of them beinl
in England, 500 in Canada, 81 in Aus
tralia, 30 in India, IL in Turkey and
: in China. Denominationally the so
cieties are divived, 4,O19 of them beinl
connected with Presbyterian, 3, ,545 witt
Cohgregationalist, 1881 with Baptist
, 2,O6S with Methodist churches. TIL
, total membership is 1,0OS, $50, being al
! increase of 34s, $50 during the past yeai
d philadelphia Evening Telegraph.