Tappan Training Course

The Tappan Presbyterian association has arranged a special training course for all Presbyterian students at the University and otliers who wish to be more fully furnished in their own church doctrines and methods ; for those in preparation for the office of local evanelist in the Presbyterian church ; for senior or post gradúate students who wish to anticípate the first year at the theological seminary. The course offered includes a systematic and comprehensive study of theology, the English Bible, church history, constitution of the church, homiletics and church work. It will be presented by text books ; by lectures on successive Monday evenings in the second semester in eacli year; by a weekly normal class under the direction of the curator in McMillau hall ; by the bible classes of the Presbyterian church. Examinations will be held each year, for Ann Arbor students, at the close of the second semester, the exact date being duly announced ; for local evangelists, in coimection with the fall meeting of the presbytery of Detroit. Certiflcates will be granted by the Tappan Presbyterian association upon successful examination in the subjects laid down for study. The lecturers who will assist in this course will be as follows, together with subjects: Wallace Radcliffe, D.D., of Detroit, Systematic Theology; VV. W. Carson, D.D., of Detroit, The English Bible; M. Brownson, D.D., of Detroit, Church History; Rev. J. M. Gelston, Practical Theology. Also for those contemplating a full theological course the following special instructors will assist : Prof. M. L. D'Ooge, New Testament Greek, and James A. Craig, Ph.D., Hebrew and Semitic Languages. ... . Why purchase gold ? To restore the goM reservo to the $100,000,000 limit. Why was the gold reserve not maintained by tliis iidministration as it had been by all lts predecessors ? Because it was used to meet current expenses. Why was it used. to' meet current expenses ? Because of a deficit in the treasury. 'Wïiy was there a, deficit in the treasury ? Because of tariff tinkering by those who denounced protection to home industries as a "fraud" and reiiprocity with foreign nations as a "sham." And so the president pays 3 3-4 per cent. interest on a loan for tlie ostensible purpose of repleaiishing tho gold reserve - but for tlie real purpose of making good a tariff reform deficit. Remember the facts '. - Xew York Mail and Express. A New York '.-lergymaji, Kev. M&dison C. Peters, gavo his congregation these wholesomo truths on a recent Sunday : "Tlie woalth of tliis. u;itiion is in tlie hands of the few, and tliese few are off Ihcii' ilanglitevs to titlcd imbéciles. Tliis is the most successful way of making a nation poor. A miarriagu for money or title is a. liumiliation to the dust ; a liollow mockery itiiat blushes to heaven. Most inea as a rule marry forlove ; the a'oyal scoundrels always for money. WitJi tliem Cupid lias tlinngecl hls name !to Cupidity. There is no record of au international mar. riage, whcre hard cash was tho consideration for eJiipty tiLles, that did not end unha.ppily. Yet ambitioiis fathers oud managing mothers and heartless daugliters aro constantly the samo unlucky game." It is said that when this Count who is to marry Anna, Gould's money, first sent word to his parents that lie was eaigaged, they cabled him these cabalistic words : "How mudi do you get ?" He answered "Ion.'t knowyet." Aft-er a few days he ascertained, and made the hearts of his old parents glad witli these words : "Fifteen anülioixs."