The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-13
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

"A decree mas Deen entered IN tHo
supreme court restoring to the Mormon
church the property taken from the
corporation.
Key. Chauncey Giles. the most emil
nent Swedenborgian in America. died
at his home in West Philadelphia re-
Gently. in his eighty-hrst year. As
minister he had done great good, and
as an author he gave the doctrines of
the Church of the New Jerusalem their
clearest and ablest presentation.
According to the Lutheran Church
Almanac" for 1894, there are now in
this country 60 Lutheran synods, 5,27S
ministers, 9,013 congregations and l.
1884, 4ss Communicates. The Lutherans
maintain 2,64O parochial schools with
l39, 1856 pupils. The largest Lutheran
branch is the Synodical conference,
which reports AL, 1919 members.
The chapel which the German en-
peror has built at his shooting-b box at
Rominten, in East Prussia, was planned
by Norwegian architect. Like the
huntingdon itself, it is of wood. and
its architectural style is that of the
old Norwegian churches, the most
striking feature OF which is the rich
decoration with carved emblems
The Jewish priests were the civil
as well as the religious functionaries of
the state. Their Office was one of great
profit as well as honor. In the time of
Christ Caiaphas owned all the dove
cotes around Jerusalem. while his IA
ther-in-law, Annas, had monopoly of
the sheepfolds, and the income from the
temple sacrifices is estimated to have
amounted to four million dollars year.
"A canal boat now on duty on the
is covered with Gospel texts. Services
are held three times day in its cabin
as it jour neys from one town to the
next on its missionary trips. A fish
pole with tracts tied on the end is used
to reach passing boats, and little floats
with cardboard sails covered with
texts are sent away to do what good
they may. The international Evan
gelistic association has control of this
floating mission-house.
The treasurer's report of the Prot
estant Episcopal missionary council,
at Chicago, showed the following ex-
penditures for the year ending Septem.
Der 1: Domestic missions, Sl26, $40. Oh;
Indian missions, s44,a77.62; colored
missions, s52, 741.71; foreign missions,
Biz S96.l9; b..lance on hand, s42, $50.
The amounts received during the year
for foreign and domestic missions
showed a slight decrease over the pre-
ceding year, while the receipts for gen.
eral missions showed a corresponding
increase.
The American Missionary society
supports in the south chartered in
situations, 30 normal and graded
schools, 43 common schools, in which
there are $50 instructors and 12.6O9
pupils. 1t also oversees 1872 churches.
with a mem bership of about 5000, and
A Sunday-school mem bership of over
$4,000, Among the Indians it has 10
churches, with 762 embers: 12 schools.
with sos attendance, and l ,5OO pupilsin
the Sunday-school, all served by 80
teachers and ministers. Among the
Chinese there are 81 schools, with 1875
pupils and 40 teachers
-Gassendi, pronounced by Boyle to
be 1.-The greatest philosopher among
scholars and the greatest scholar
among philosophers, had, at the age
Of II, so thoroughly mastered 5000
Latin verses as to be able to repeat
them either backward or forward with
perfect ease After growing to man
hood he is reported to have daily exer-
cised his mind by repeating from 900
to 1000 verses in all modern European
languages. Cardinal Mezzofant. the
most remarka BILE linguist the world
has ever known. is said to have been
a bic to use every word of any Consider
able Importance in over 100 different
languages, and to have been able to
carry on conversation in forty-five or |
fifty others.