Church at Home and Abroad, The (Jan- June 1896) . part because by theeconomical grouping of churches a smallernumber of men was required. The Number of Schools was greater bythree than the preceding year, but the num-ber of teachers was smaller by a greater number of communities werebenefited at reduced expense. The number of boarding scholars was in-creased 226, while the number of day schol-ars diminished 725. NUMBER AND DISTRIBUTION OPMISSIONARIES. Alabama 2 Alaska 7 Arizona 9 Arkansas 2 California 84 Colorado 58 Delaware ... 4 Florida 18 Idaho 25 Illinois 33 Indian Territory.
Church at Home and Abroad, The (Jan- June 1896) . part because by theeconomical grouping of churches a smallernumber of men was required. The Number of Schools was greater bythree than the preceding year, but the num-ber of teachers was smaller by a greater number of communities werebenefited at reduced expense. The number of boarding scholars was in-creased 226, while the number of day schol-ars diminished 725. NUMBER AND DISTRIBUTION OPMISSIONARIES. Alabama 2 Alaska 7 Arizona 9 Arkansas 2 California 84 Colorado 58 Delaware ... 4 Florida 18 Idaho 25 Illinois 33 Indian 35 Iowa 103 Kansas 112 Kentucky 18 Maine 2 Maryland 5 Massachusetts 5 Michigan 89 Minnesota 100 Missouri 55 Montana 22 Total Nebraska 86 Nevada 1 New 2 New Mexico 43 New York 142 North 1 North Dakota 60 Ohio 40 Oklahoma Territory 26 Oregon 44 Pennsylvania 12 Rhode Island 4 South Dakota 81 Tennessee 27 Texas 27 Utah 23 Vermont 1 Washington 62 West Virginia 1 Wisconsin 66 Wyoming 7 1,544 1896.] REV. DAVID C. LYON. 475. REV. DAVID C. LYON. REV. DAVID C. LYON. REV. R. F. SAMPLE, The Rev. David C. Lyon was born inOswegatchie, St. Lawrence county, NewYork, November 7, 1809. He was a de-scendant of a long line of Presbyterian an-cestors who first settled in Morristown, NewJersey. His mother dying when he was sixyears old, he was sent to live with his grand-father, on the banks of the St. Lawrence,and his admiration and love for that splen-did river endured throughout his life. Afterhis father remarried, he returned to thefarm, and as ihe eldest son became the chiefassistant, his active habits in the open airdoing much to develop a naturally good con-stitution, and to secure him that ruggedhealth which continued through many years. EARLY EDUCATION. Educational facilities were meagre in thatnew and sparsely settled country, and hewas twenty-six years of age when, with agreat thirst for knowledge, he entered theacademy at Ogdensburg, N. Y., first as the
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