The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-08-12

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There are nine graduates this year
from the woman's law class of the uni
versity Of the city of New York
"A building costing $4,000 has been
purchased in Hartford by a syndicate
Of gentlemen for the accommodation
Of n state society for education extern
sion.
bishop Brooks says the way 10
start church n not 10 wait until n few
leading families call for one, but To-
start the church first and call In the
families afterwards.
Two new buildings are TO be erect
ed at the Woman's college of Balti-
more, one for a dormitory, the other
for the girls Latin school, IN which two
hundred students are now preparing
for college.
The pope has definitely refused the
request that he elevate Archbishop Cor
rigan, Of New York. 10 the cardinalatc.
II Is thought that this decision Is the
consequence OF the antagonism between
the archbishop and Cardinal Gibbons.
Among the students In the Chicago
Theological seminary (CongrcgationaD
are three Christian Jews. one OF whom,
Rabbi Freuder, was converted In the
Hebrew Christian mission Chicago,
which is conducted by Rev II. Angel,
graduate Of this institution.
Edward Everett Hale. Jr., a gradu-
ate of Harvard class OF 1883, has nc
cepted the professorship of English lit
craturc in the Iowa State university.
He was assistant professor In this
course at Cornell for two years, and has
recently been studying in Europe.
Rev. DIR, Conwell, of Philadelphia,
had law practice yieldinga revenue of
$4,000 year before he entered the
ministry. So generous Is he that he can
not receive any gift from church or
friends without bestowing IL, or feeling
tempted 10 bestow IL, on some one else
The cornerstone of new building
for the Catholic university Of America,
in Washington, was laid recently,
The new building will stand by the
side of the Divinity hall, The addresses
ut the cornerstone laying were made
by Cardinal Gibbons and Col. Charles \.
Bonaparte.
The yale Class book" shows the
rapid growth Of the college by the size oi
the senior class, which will graduate
with Isl men, surprising the largest pre-.
vious class by 81. Nincty-threc of the
class are church members, principally
Congregationalists, Episcopalians and
Prcsbytcrinns, but almost every sect IL
represented. Fifty-twopropose To study
law, ~ go into bushes. II study theolo-
gy 10 medicine, and is expect To teach.
Tho official census of the United
States gives an estimate of the respcc.
tive wealth of orthodox Jewish and RI.
form Jewish congregations. There are
Sl6 orthodox organizations with total
of 57,o57 members and owning 80. s92,-
0'O in church property. The reform
congregations aggregate 12,S with
property valued ut 81, n5a. 225 The or.
thodoN congregations are steadily iii.
while the reverse Is true of
the reform portion of the Jewish church.
From advance summaries from the
Congregational Year Book for Isaa we
find that the whole number Of Congrega.
tional churches in the country is 4, $50,
gain Of 100. The total member
ship is 525, 093. gain of Is, 26l; the total
additions have been 52,O74, of which
30, COS were on confession. The sunday
schools show membership of 90. 900,
n gain of l2,Sil;young peoples societies
number 2,09I, with membership of
l45. 100: the benevolent contributions
were So, ASS an increase of Sl1A,7t4
The home expenditures were 90. 7oI 1907,
an increase OF SIOO.3Sj