National Baptist world., 1894-10-26
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

There are 36. $50 Baptists in Swed-
en-, Is. 9O2 Methodists and about 1000
Catholics.
Francis A. Palmer, of New York
city, has given $4,000 as an endow-
ment for the home for aged ministers
of the Christian denomination, to be 10
Gated at CASTLE, n. Y.
There's Christian Endeavor union
in Wales-the Swansea union-that al
ready has enrolled "a societies, with
| 100 members. This union was not ir
existence several months ago.
Since its establishment in 1S49 the
Wesleyan Methodist Local Peachers'
Mutual Aid association has expended
about s16O,0OO. During the last year
1900 members have contributed about
e9,S27.
Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, sis
ter of the president, delivered the adj
dress at the twenty-sixth commence
ment exercises of the Ossining Seminary
for Young Ladies, at Sing Sing. Miss
Cleveland spoke OF the Importance OF
the correct use of words,
At the close of the war the Meth.
odist Episcopal church numbered L.
900, 900 members. owned 10, 600 churches
and $500 parsOnages, worth in the ag'
gregate $34 200. 900. It now has 2,5OO,'
900 members, owns over "a, 900 churches
and nearly 10000 parsonages, worth IN
the aggregate about $125,000,000.
The first Chinese mission was es-
tablished in 1907 by Robert Morrison.
From that time until 1912 the only
cities open to foreign residents were
Canton and Macao. Then until 1860
only five cities were open, and up to
the present time the treaty ports have
reached only as many as twenty-five.
1t is stated that the archbishops
and all the bishops of the church of
England except one are opposed to the
disestablishment of the church in
Wales 1t is said that the bishops see
in this movement a step toward discs
tablishment in Great Britain, and they
are using every resource in their power
to prevent it's being accomplished.
Pope Leo XIII. keeps number OF
birds in his library and in the alcoves
of his reception room. "You see," he
once said to a foreign minister, "these
birds are my diplomats. Whenever
receive anyone here he can only make
a report as to my amiability, and can
seldom understand my words, because
the chatter Of these songsters browns
all that say. The visitor can not tell
what I say, and often can not tell
whether have even spoken"
Miss Mary M. Dennis has been pas
tor of the East Park Methodist Epis
the past year, and her pastorate has
been sanctioned by the presiding elder
of that district. The church originated
from a Sunday-schoOl and evangelistic
services conducted by Miss Dennis
The membership is one hundred and
twenty-seven. most of whom have beer
converted under Miss Dennis ministra
tions The Western Christian Advo
cate says Miss Dennis is the first wom
an pastor in the Methodist Episcopal
church.
/ Women students in the Chicago
university take a course in domestic
science. In the first term is considered
house sanitation, embracing the sub
iects Of the location, ventilation, heat
ing, draining, plumbing and prope
furnishing of a house. In the secont
term the study of water, food and cloth
(, ing from scientific point comes up TO
attention, the subject of diet is consid
cred and food adulterations are inves
tigated. The third term is devoted t.
domestic economy, when students Civ
their attention to the administration o
the household.