The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-05-12
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.


ducing military companies.
Rev. Mr.. Buckley, pastor of a
church at Penrith, England, having no
money with which to have his chapel
painted, got the necessary paint and
put it on himself.
Of the sixteen American cities with
a population of over two hundred thou
sand in 1890, only four-Philadelp phia,
Boston, Milwaukee and st. Louis
have incorporated the kindergarten on
any large scale in their public school
systems.
The British and Foreign Bible So
ciety since 1904 has printed and dis
tributed 27,S55,5S1 volumes of the
Scriptures; the National Bible society
of Scotland has distributed 12, 710, 800
copies, the Hibernian Bible society,
4,96s, $50 copies; the Prussian Bible So
ciety, 6,059, sol copies, and 100 other
Bible societies have for generations
been swelling the total annual output.
Medical students were last year
distributed among the various German
universities as follows: Berlin, 1,lS5;
Bonn, 1926; Breslau, 292; Erlangen, 424;
Freiburg, 4S1; Giessen, 172; Gottingen.
200; Greifswald, 393: Halle, 2s3; Hell
delberg, 27s; Jena, 212; Kiel, 1886; Ko-
nigsberg, 255; Leipzig, S34; Marburg,
266; Munich, 1, ,443; Rostock, 13S; Strass-
burg, 333; Tubingen, $50; Wurzburg,
743
"A new young mems society, called
the brotherhood, is gaining popularity
and strength among resbyterians. Its
design is Christian work in churches,
something after the manner of the
Young Mems Christian association
''yoke fellows" but with more formal.
ity, each church organization being
known as q chapter" It's ostensible
principle is to make each member in
reality keeper of brethren.
When Phillips Brooks left Phila-
delphia for Boston in 1869 he was sue
ceeded in the rectorship of the Church
of the Holy Trinity, the largest Epis-
copal church in Philadelphia, by Rev.
L. A. Jaggar, then brilliant young
preacher of thirty. Dr. Jaggar, who
left that charge to become bishop,
has now been engaged to take DR..
Brooks place in his vacant diocese, and
perform his episcopal duties until
bishop is elected.
The order of the Jesuits, which
elected new general not long ago, has
now membership of 12,047 The En-
glish-speaking branch has 2,30S mem
bers, of whom 1,162 are in the United
States. There are in the province of
Maryland and New York 564; of Mis-
souri,, 405; of New Orleans, 1876. An
American, Rev. R. l. Meyer, of New
York, has just been appointed secretary
of the English-speaking department of
the famous order, the smallest in size
i'll proportion to its infiuene and ac-
tivity of any in extant.-St Louis Re-
public.
Bishop John f. Hurst, who has
been chosen chancellor of the great
Methodist university which will be
founded at Washington, made report
before the Baltimore conference which
showed the splendid progress that has
been made toward the end desired In
addition to the property for the site of
the university, nearly $1,000, 900 has al
ready been pledged, and the plan adopt
ed to raise 5,0OO,O0 more by IS sub.
scriptions will undoubtedly be sue
cess. Bishop Hurst and the men asso-
ciated with him in this movement know
no such word as fail, and, with great
denomination back of them, are sure to
see complete realization of their hopes
in the near future.