The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-20

SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

/ The yearly income of the Salvation
army is over $780, 600.
q Every fifth boy in India is at school,
but only every fiftieth girl
~ Sweden, with nearly 100000 in
shabitants, has only $40 Roman Cath
plies 4.
Il The growth in full numbers in the
Methodist Episcopal church during 1891
twas 76 .6ss, and of probationers Is, 92S.
4 -There,are said to be 5000 children
in Chicagowho are debarred from at
kending school on account of insufficient
clothing.
Little more than eighty years have
elapsed since the Primitive Methodist
body was iDaugurated, and now the
membership exceeds 200, 900 adults and
400, eco children. The first class only
consisted of 10 members.
i'm France there are now two hun
ldred and fifty-two women students, OF
swhom the greater number study medi-
cine. The list includes women from
Roumania, Turkey, Greece and Russia.
About one hundred are engaged in the
study of philosophy.
The Methodist Magazine says: A
new Out-and-Out Band Gospel Mission
car has been built at a cost of $3.50, to
he used in the north of Ireland. Its
name is peace" A lady in Dublin Of
fered $500 toward the erection of an
other car and $3.50 for books, to be used
in the south of Ireland.
- -h0
gave the SIS, 900 with which Mr.. Moody
erected his famous school at Mortified,
has in the last year added SIS, 900 to the
endowment. There have, of course,
been other con tributions. 1t is twelve
wears or so since the school opened.
There are now 1876 boys in attendance
there.
I'm New Zealand there are 1,197
churches and chapels-an increase of
nS4 since 1853. Among church goers in
the colony Presbyterians lead the van
with 40, 1856 in their ranks, and Episeo-
palians follow next with 1882. The
Guakers number 40, and the smallest
denomination has a me nbership of 90,
who call themselves Christian Disci-
piles
-Th ere are twelve memorial kinder
gartens at work in San Francisco, and
six of them were started by Mrs. Lee
Hand Stanford. To put them on a per-
manent basis she has now set aside
100000 as an endowment fund. She
has given $50, 900 for those schools pre-
viously. The one opened in 1884 by
Mrs. Stanford was the first memorial
kindergarten in the world, it is said.
The sacred fires of India have not
all been extinguished. The most
ancient, which exists, was consecrated
tweives centuries ago in commemora-
tion of the voyage made by the Parsees
whsn they emigrated from Persia to
India. The fire is fed five time every
hwenty-four hours with Sandal wood
and other fragrant materials, combin ed
with very dry fuel This FIRE, in the
Village Of 0odwada, near Bulsar, is Wis
tied by the Psrsees in large numbers
Huring the months allotted to the pre-
tiding genius of fire. /
"A recent census bulletin shows
that the Presbyterian church of Amer
lea has 6,TlT organizations, 1858 church.
buildings, valued at 74,455, 200, and
rss, ga communicates. The Presbyte-
rian church OF the United States is
shown to hnve 2, S9l organizations, .2SS
church Buildings valued at sS,S12,1 52,
and 17s, 731 communicates. The Welsh
Caavanistic Methodist, or Presbyterian,
church has 1877 organizations, 1S9
church ediices, valued at 1925, s75, and
pa,722 communicates. The Cumberland
Presbyterian church is shown to have
pas organiza tons, 1s2 church buildings,
valued at $so2, 1851, with a membership,
of IS, 4s9. According to this and pre-
vious bulletins on the subject, there are
pS,49 organizations, or congregations,
of Presbyterians of all branches in the
United States. 1916 church edifces, (
valued at s94, SIC, 2SS, and 1,27s,S15 COM
0unicants.