The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-01-20
SCHOOL AND CHURCH,


A decree has been entered in the
supreme court restoring to the Mormon
church the property taken from the
: corporation.
The will of the late ex-Judge
Dwight w. Pardce, of the Connecticut
supreme court, leaves So, 900 to Trinity
college. Hartford.
Rev. Chauncey Giles, the most emf
nent Sweole n borgian in America, died
at his home in West Philadelphia re-
Gently. in his eighty-first year. AS a
minister he had done great good. and
as an author he gave the doctrines of
the Church Of the New Jerusalem their
clearest and blcst presentation.
According to the Lutheran Church
Almanac for 1894. there are now in
this country 90 lutheran synods, 5,213
ministers, 9,O13 congregations and L.
294. ASS communicates. The Lutherans
maintain 2.64O parochial schools with
139,3s6 pupils. The largest Lutheran
branch is the Synodical conference,
which reports AL ,l29 members.
The chapel which the German en-
pcror has built at his shootin & box at
Rominten, in East Prussia was planned
by Norwegian architect. Like the
huntingdon itself, it is of wood, aud
its architectural style is that of the
old Norwegian churches. the most
striking feature OF which is the rich
decoration with carved cmblems.
The Jewish priests were the civil
as well as the religious functionaries of
the state. Their office was one of great
profit as we'll as honor. In the time of
Christ CaiaplsS owned all the dove
cotes around Jerusa lem, while his ia
ther-in-law. AnnaS, had a monopoly of
the SheepfoldS. and the income from the
temple sacrifices is estimated to have
amounted to four million dollars a year.
A canal boat now duty on the
Erie canal is named the Good News. 1t
is covered with Gospel texts. Services
are held three times day in it's cabin
as it jOu rneyS 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 trcasurerS report of the Prot
estant Episcopal missionary council.
at Chicago, showed the following ex-
penditureS for the year ending Septem.
Der /: Domestic MISSIONS sl26 5lO.O1;
Indian missions, Sill, 217.62: colored
missions, s32.141.71: foreign missions,
81 S36. ~: ba lance on hand. SI2. $50.
The amounts received during the year
for foreign and domestic missions
showed SI1SHC decrease over the pre-
ccding year, while the receipts for gen
eral missions showed {. corresponding
increase.
The American Missionary society
supports in the south 6 chartered in
20 normal and graded
Sc OOls. - common schools. in which
there $50 instructors and 13.6O9
pupils. 1t also oversees 152 churches,
with ii membership of about 5000, and
Il Sunday-school mem bership of over
$4,000. Among the Indians it has IL
with SOS attendance, and 800 pupilsin
the Sundny-school. all served by 80
tea cheers and ministers. Among the
Chinese there are ~ schools, with 1925
pupils and 40 teachcrs.--Outlook.
-Gassendi. pronounced by Boyle to
be the greatest philosopher among
sch GLARS and the greatest scholar
among philosophers. had, at the age
of II. SO thoroughly ma stcreed 5000
Latin verses to be able to repeat
them either backward forward with
perfect ease. After growing to man
hood he is reported to have daily exer-
cised his mind by repeating from 600
to 1000 verses in all modern European
languages. Cardinal Mezzofant. the
most rema r>able linguiSt the world
has ever known. is said to have been
Il BILE TO use every word of any consider
Il bic Importance in over 100 different
la nTuages. and to have been able to
carry on conversation in forty-five or
fifty others.