Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-03-23
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL


bishop Thoburn reports nine hun
dred conversions from pagani>m In thc
Mussoric district India. within the last
year.
-Tncrc arc ouly eight states In the
union in which the school children do
not receive systematic instruction on
the subject of temperance.
"A petition signed by three thousand
women of Greece. asking that public
schools of art and industry bc es,ab-
lished for women. has been presented
TO the government
Tho practical seminary nj Brcck-
lum. in Schleswig. Pastor DIR Jensen.
director. has already prepared forty
young mon for the Lutheran ministry
in the United States
bergen. Norway. boasts n paper
church large enough to seat one thou
sand persons The building Ii rendered
waterproof by solution of quick
lime. curdlcd milk and whites of eggs
There are I. 900 native students In
colleges and al. 600 pupils i'm schools of
various grades in heather lands. These
schools are all under the care Of mis-.
sionaries and teachers OF the American
Board.
Methodist city missions In Chicago
Missions organized in 1891. fourteen;
kchildren gathered into sabbath schools.
!. 500; number united with the societies,
$50; churches erected. ten. increase ~
church property, 500. 600; missions sus-
tanned. forty; aggregate cost per pis-
sion. S355.
Mgr Gilbert who Is spoken of as n
possible successor OF Cardinal Man
ming. Is much esteemed by the English
clergy. He Il one OF the greatest OF
London preachers an eloquent pulpit
orator, and his church Is crowded
Moreover. he is an idol OF the London
worlSingnon. and. like Manning. n
priest of simple and severe life,
DIR Julius H. Archer. the president
of Roanoke college. Salem. Va. served
rs n commissioned officer In the CON
fcderatc army before he was IS After
the war was ended he earned the mon
ey TO take him through Roanoke, FROM
which he was graduated In 1871 Seven
years after, when he was only -, he
was elected president OF his alma mater.
post which he has since filed with
conspicuous ability.
According To recent estimate,
which seems to bc moderate, the 40 40.
cictics organized for Christian effort in
behalf of the Jews cxpcnd annually
$3.50. 600 Almost all OF the leading
churches in Great Britain and upon the
continent are engaged in this form of
evangelization; and of tho sums ex-
pended, these are specimens: the Lon
don society. Slsa, 800; the British society.
S44,G 25; the Free church, sia, Gas; the
Church of Scotland. SIS, 200; the Irish
Presbyterian church, SIS 1876. Illus
tratcd Christian Weekly.
OF the many rare Bibles the
''Brcccher' edition Is perhaps the best
known, but the Bishops Bible Is
equally deserving of study by those i'm
terestod in biography. Samuel Hutch
inson, OF Charleston. Mass. was pos
sessed in 1875 OF copy OF the issue, 40
called on account OF its being the trans.
lation done by eight bishops In the
reign OF Queen Elizabeth. and hi, de-
sccndants own 10 now. Christopher
Barker. of London. was the printer.
and the black lettcr-prcss. marginal
notes and concordance, all between the
same covers. give the quaint old volume
flavor distinctly it's own. IN. Y.
World
Prof. WIN. l. Knapp, who has Just
been called from his chair OF modern
languages at Yale college 20 fill simi-
lar position in the new university mt
Chicago. has had remarkable career.
He is about fifty years old married and
childless Twenty years ago he went
To Spain as protestant missionary.
After being mobbed "A few times he
concluded that missionary work was a
failure and went % Madrid. Gen.
SiclSles was then minister there. He
gave Knapp work, and the latter work.
ed on his own hook. During Cushing's
term as minister Knapp was the head
Spanish correspondent OF the London
Times He was successful. but he pre-
ferred TO return 90 this country. About
1888 he was appointed % his present
position in Yale He is one OF the most
learned men in the country in modern
languages.