Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-12-22

not only laid the foundation Of our
present common school system. but
has always encouraged and developed
| higher education. In 1886 Harvard
college was founded with the motto.
Christie ct Eoclesise." In 1901 Yale
college was founded by a company of
congregational ministers. From that
time onward. schools for higher learn
ing we're rapidly organized. until now
the church has about fifty colleges and
universities. besides eight theological
seminaries. In addition to these, the
American board of foreign missions
also sustains eighteen colleges and
four theological schools: and If we
should count the schools which have
been founded by Congregationalists
and Presbyterians jointly, such as
Princeton, Union, Hamilton. Western
Reserve. Knox, Lincoln, and many
others. we would find that about 100
of the higher institutions of learning
in the United States are directly due
to the efforts Of Congregationalists
3. Publications-Besid the books
and periodicals published by the Pill
grim Press (which has already been
mentioned). we have the following
periodicals.: The Advance. the Pacific
the Outlook and the Independent; the
Yale Review. the Bibliotheca Sacra
and the Andover Review; also the
Missionary Herald. the Home Mission
airy, the American Missionary Maya
zine, the Congregational Work. Life
and Light, and several others. The
Congregational association has also a
Congregational library in Boston which
contains about 100000 books and
pamphlets. besides rare manuscripts,
portraits. etc.
The Congregationalists rank eighth
in point of numbers in the United
States. being surpassed in order by
the Roman Catholics, MethOdists, Bap-
lists. Presbyterians. Lutherans, Disci-
pies, and Episcopalians. They have
5000 churches, 6O76 ministers. and
about $4,000 members. The home ex-
penses of these churches in 1904 were
sS,3S6. 161-an average of S12.44 per
member. The benevolences of these
churches for the same year we're 81
165.9Ol-an average OF 1921 per mem
Der.
The estimated value of their church
property is S69,663,O71.
In England there are nearly 5000
Congregational churches, in Canada
over 100. and in Australia and neigh
boring islands about 300. If to the
number of churches in the United
States and in Great Britain we add
the number of foreign mission fields,
we shall have a total of about 1900
Congregational churches in the world.
From the foregoing figures il will
be seen that while the Congregational
church is not large in -nOint of num-
bers, she has a very creditable record |
for the work she has done In this re-
spect she is far ahead of most other
and is perhaps second to
none
She has an honorable history, and
has exerted a powerful influence in
the development of our nation. In her
are to be found such eminent
men as Leonard Woods. Nathaniel w.
Taylor. Bennett Tyler. Lyman Beecher.
Moses Stuart, Edward A. Park. Horace
Bushnell. Henry Ward Beecher. Wash
ington GLADDEN.. Newell Dwight Hills,
Dwight L. Moody, and many others.
In theology the Congregational
church has been decidedly liberal and
It has never allowed it
self to be bound by any fixed or fos-
SLICED system Of theology. but has
expected more light" from
Gods Holy Word. The church has
her theological formulas. as
new aspects of truth have been dis
covered. Hence, she has sloughed of
some of the hideous features of her
former belief. and is today in harmony
with the most progressive modern
Christian evangelism.
c. w. Meyers.