Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1889 — Religion in the Colleges. [ARTICLE]

Religion in the Colleges.

Harper’s Magazine. The colleges never had so many professing church members in them as at present. A few examples will show this. Yale College in 1795 had but four or five students who were church members; to-day nearly one-half hold such membership. Princeton in 1813 had but two or three openly professing the Christian faith; to-day about one-half, and among them the best scholars. In Williams College 147 out of 248, and in Amherst 233 out of 352, are members of churches. In many other celleges, as proved by Dr. Hodge, from whose carefully prepared tables these figures are taken, the proportions are still more favorable to the prospects of religion.