Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-03-21
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL

There are about thirty-six hospi
tails in and about New York Collee
tons were taken up for the IN in the
churches on the last Sunday of the
year.
well-kuowu colored Episcopal clergy
man Of Washington and rector Of ST
Luke's church in that city, has been
fifty years in the ministry
The Homilectic Review says that
the advantages of a theological eduea-
ton were first Afforded in this country
to women candidates for the ministry
in iss1, at the Mesdville Theological
school
Rev. Timothy Dwight Hunt. who
died recently at whiteSborough. y. v.
Organized the FIRST Presbyterian church
in California in 1879. and was one Of
the pioneer missionaries to the Sand
wich Islands
What becomes Of English girl grad
yates i indicated by statistics of
Nevnham- recently collected BY Mrs
Henry sidgwiek. the principal of So
graduates known TO be alive. los have
married. IL. are living at home. Eve
are DOCTORS two missionaries, one q
bookbinder. one n marke. gardener,
and 57t. more than half. teachers
The late Prof. Cooke two years ago
maze a will. giving Harvard college a
reversionary interest in his estate.
which would have amounted TO about
Ss50.0aa Last rear, on account of the
hard times. the college authorities dis
missed from the staff of instructors
two of the professors relatives with
others and on this cou a eodieil To
the will was made. N which the BE-
quest of the college was made was
taken away.
Mrs Mary Mcdowell Is at the head
Of the new University settlement IN
CtiragO. which Is in. perhaps. the vors,
district in that eity. down BY the stock
yarsi<. n nsighhnrhousi that has here
tcfore resisted all attempts at eiviliza-
tire To reclaim IL The plan OF the
new settlement Is slightly different
from most Of the college settlements.
a. il ineluies a colony Of settlements
scattered about through the neiyhbo-~
ho~d- rather than the housing Of all
under one ROOT BIZ this means il Is
hoped fp exert n wider influence
-Eramw~Il Booths report nee
ing the Darkest England movement
for i-94 states that London contains
IOo.0nD paupsrS. M.so abandoned WON
en-. 1880 Homeless adults and 6seg
sum children. l@so new criminals
are added yearly. The Darkest Eng
land scheme has "a homeless men
and women in its shelters every
night connected with the refugees are
: lahcr factories in which 1890 men
and - women are employed The
farm colony has not only been sucvrS-
full IN providing for a large number
cut Of wors. but has realized n profit
Of several hundred pounds out Of its
agricultural operatio1S
With the purpose Of inducing cyl-
le-e students who intend To enter the
ministry to obtain a working knowE
rigs of Hebrew and New Testament
Greek and save time foe purely exexes-
seal study IN 4 theological seminary,
the American Institute II Sacred Lit
srata-e. Dr. wm r Harper. PRINCIPAL.
has offered a series Of prizes Of one
hundred dollars each for the best pa
per in Hebrew. the hest in New Te<.a-
msnt G-rek aad the best in the Eng
iSh Eible. and dfty dollars each for
the second best paper in each OF these
studic< Examinations in Hebrew AMI
New Testament Greek are oven To all
students about 10 enter the first year
class in a theologicaI seminary next
autumn. provided their graduation
TOOK place not carrier than the summer
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