Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-09-19
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

THE Wyclifites took their name
from Wycliffe, an English reformer,
born 1924; died 1887.
1t is claimed that Hazleton, Pa. /,
possesses the only Mohammedan
mosque in America, where the Koran
is regularly read.
The Presbyterian Christian En-
deavor societies in the United States
gave $685. 500 to foreign missions and
SCI, $3.50 to the home mission boards dur
ing the last year.
Money to teach Slovenian in the
high school at Gill, in Syria, has been
voted by small majority in the lower
house of the Austrian reichsrath. 1t
was the proposal to allow this that
caused the Windischgratz ministry to
fall.
-Postmaster-Genera Wilson, who is
a Baptist. was one of the speakers at
the educational meeting at the South
ern Baptist convention at Washington,
and pointed out the advantages of
that city as the seat of large univer-
sity.
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Pennsylvania requires the attendance
of all children between the ages of
eight and thirteen years at a school in
which the common English branches
are taught at least sixteen weeks in
each year.
Archbishop Polladius of ST. Peters
burg has informed the Abyssinians
that their church can be united with
the Russian if the two Abyssinian met.
ropolitans and Negus Menelek will
sign a request for union to be sub
mitted to the Russian Holy synod,
Rev Stephen Humphreys Gurteen
has been appointed by Bishop William
Stephens Perry, of Iowa, senior canon,
non-residentiary, of the Cathedral
church in Davenport, select preacher
in Advent and Lent, and lecturer on
Anglo-Saxon and early English litera-
ture in Griswold college
The Salvation Army has now
reached it's two thousandth command
ing officer, and the enrolment of it's
five thousandth auxiliary, with an
attendance of upward of 1000, 600 per
month, or nearly 200, 900 at it's meet
ings per annum. In view of this the
army is preparing special memorial
number of the War Cry.
The census report covering stats
tics of churches, just printed, shows
that there are 143 distinct 6enomina-
tions in the United states, besides in
dependent churches and miscellaneous
congregations. The total number of
communicates of all denominations is
2O,612, SOC, who belong to 16j, lit or
CARNATIONS or congregations, having
142, SCI edifices.
"A mortgage was put on record re-
Gently against the First Baptist church
of Cincinnati. 1t is in favor of Rev.
=. Lockwood, who is about to retire
from the pastorate, and his wife. The
church owes Mr.. Lockwood $1,000 sal
airy, and Mrs. Lockwo the same
amount, as money borrowed for some
church improvements. The mortgage
is to secure these amounts. This church
is the oldest one Of the denomination
in Cincinnati.
Minnesota does not mean to be
left behind in the race to have thor
oughly taught medical men. There is
a state law requiring medical students
to attend in four years courses of not
less than six months of lectures in the
different years before graduation; and
as of the 14O medical schools in the
United States, only fourteen require
four years course, it will be seen how
up-to-date that young state is. The
legislature also appropriated $40 900
for n laboratory. making a total of
$3.50, 1000 set apart in four years for
buildings alone.