Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-01-18
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.


"A decree has been entered in tho
supreme court restoring to the Mormon
church the property taben from the
corporation,
The will of the late cx-Judge
Dwight w. Pardce, of the Conn scticut
supreme court, leaves S25, 900 to Trinity
college, Hartford.
Rev. Chauncey Giles the most emi-
nent Swedenborgian in America, died
at his home in West Philadelphia re-
Gently, in his eighty-frst 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 1924, there are now in
this country 60 Lutheran synods, 5,273
ministers, 9,0l3 congregations and H.
294 ,4SS communicates. The Lutherans
maintain 2,64O parochial schools with
139, 1886 pupils. The largest Lutheran
branch is the Synodical conference,
which reports 441 Remembers.
The chapel which the German en-
peror has built at his shootiug-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 Caiapkas owned all the dove
cotes around Jerusalem, while his fa-
ther-in-law, Annas had q 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
Erie canal is named the Good News, 1t
is covered with Gospel texts. Services
are held three times a day in its cabin
| as it journeys 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 sept away to do what good
| they may. The International Evan
4 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 cx-
penditures for the year ending Septem
Der L. Domestic missions, Sl26, $40. OF; !;
Indian missions, S44,27Z62; colored
missions, $50, 741.71; foreign missions,
S172, 1901 ~; balance on hand, S42,930.
The amour is received during the year
for foreign and domestic missions
showed a slight decrease over the pre-
ceding year, while the receipts for gem
eral rlissions showed corresponding
incr ease.
The American Missionary society
supports in the south chartered in
stitutions, 20 normal and graded
schools, 43 common schools, in which
there are $50 instructors and 1900
| PuPllo' IL dlSO ONtISCto IDS
with membership of about Q, 900, and
q Sunday-school membership of over
$1,000. Among the Indians it has 12
churches with 7G2 members; 10 schools,
with sos attendance, and 300 pupils in
the Sunday-school, all served by 80
teachers and ministers. Among the
Chinese there are 81 schools, with 1915
| pupils and 40 teachers, Outlook.
-Gassendi, pronounced by Boyle to
be 'the greatest philosopher among
scholars and the greatest scholar
among philosophers, " had, at the age
4 of 12, so thoroughly mastered G.O0O
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 GOJ
to 1000 verses in all modern European
languages. Cardinal Mezzofant, the
most remarkable linguist the world
has ever known, is said to have been
able to use every word of any consider.
able Importance in over 100 different
languages, and TO have been able tc
carry on conversation in forty-fve OF
fifty others.