Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-07-17
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.


 The Salvation Army, under Major Clibborn, is accomplishing great things in sSouth America. The major pro poses opening in Chili.
 Women have locked in such mum. bers to hear Prof. Froude's lectures on Erasmus at Oxford that the men graduates and undergraduates were fairly crowded out.
 The chief justice of the supreme court of Japan is Christian, and en- gages actively in Christian work in To kyo. where he lives He is president of the Tokyo Y. NJ. c. A.
 The senate of Dublin university has agreed to confer the degree of LID. upon Lord Charles Russell of England; Bishop Stevens, of Ohio, and Bishop Walker, of Dakota.
 The Episcopal church reports for it's mission in Brazil four presbyters, four cateehists, four candidates for or ders, ninety communicants, 205 in the SundaY-schools, sixtY-fiye in the Paro- ehial schools and contributions amount ing to 2,224 milreis.
 There was an income in the Eduea- tional society of the Methodist church of Canada during the past year of over S19, 900. There are eleven educational institutions under it's direction. The aggregate attendance of students al the several colleges is about 2,000. O1 these POO are students of theology pre-, pairing for the ministry.
 The amount received by the Amer jean Sunday-School union for carrying on their work during the last year was SEQ, 15s, against S1O9, 23s for the pre- vious year. There have been in the field 1SS men employed. As one result of their labors 1,7s5 new Sunday schools were organized, having 68,27 teachers and scholars; 439 were re organized, and aid was given to exist ing schools g, 363 times.
 The following figures in reference to the Sunday schools in this country and in the world were given at the re cent meeting of the International Sunday School committee: Number o1 schools in the United States 121, ,977 officers and teachers, l.3O3, ,254; scholars g 9,Gss, 506; total 1f.113,55 In the whole world there are: schools 224, ,563: off eers and teach CTS, 2.239, 73s scholars 20, 26s, 923; total. 22. 732, ,274
 The United Presbyterian church has the present year one more synod and two more presbyteries than 1t ha6 last year. There are s33 ministers, aH increase of 23; 70 students in theology gain of 4; 939 congregations. which is more than last year; and t15, 272 mem bers. which is net gain of little over 4,000 There. are 096 Sunday schools with l01, ,667 scholars. The total contributions of the church were S1, 506, 064.
 The most trustworthy figures make the Church of England adherents ir Wales and Monmouthshire IF, 900, el 6.6 per cent. of the population. The Nonconformists. not including Unita rians, Scotch PFesbyterians, Plymouth Brethern, Quakers. Salvationists ane several other bodies, number 3s7, ,571 or 21.8 per cent. of the whole popula tion. Of the whole number of com municants the English church has 23. 4 per cent and the great Nonconformine 1 man.
 -Nassar graduated seyenty-ont students this year, to sixteen of whom honors were awarded. From the honol students six were chosen by the faculty as commencement speakers The gradu ating gowns at Nassar are always pure white and without gloves. Those wht listened were delighted with the cleal and natural delivery of the speakers President Taylor announced that thu year had been an easy one financially notwithstanding the general distress The endowment funds have paid goo( i income, and much of the debt ae cumulated last year had been liquid ated
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