The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-10-16
RELEGEOU;s.

On Juiy 7th the Church Mission
: airy Society gave valedictory dis
missa!s to sixteen missionaries, one
half of whom were newly appoint
ed to the work. There were sen
to the Msmbas, East Africa Mis-
J sion, which is TO be vigorously ex
tended.
In 1913 the Catholics had N tbii
country three arcbb;shcps. 89t
priests, 907 Churches, snd l 900, 7O(
adherents. In 1874. seven arch.
bishops, fiftY-niIie bishops, 4 5l(
priests. 5,32T churches rn:l chapel.
and over 100000 ad eren,s.
The Christian Broi ler- are an or
der in the Catholic Eluich engaged
in Christian education According
to the latest statistics. the order has
1,130 houses, 1917 brothers. 76I
novices, $40, 4S8 pupils and 4,640 Or
phans. OF these there are in the
United States so hoases, SIS broth.
ers and 23,3l1 pupils.
The missions of The American
Board III Eastern Turkey are
among the most important under
their control. The latest statistics
show that they have % churches,
], 435 members, I63 preaching p!ac-
es, Ill teachers, SO other helpers,
5,S4S attendants On worship, 9
schools and seminarics, aud 4,7S7
| persons under instruction. The
contributions last year were SS,77S.
The vestry of All Souls Church.
Brooklyn. the Rev. DIR Porteous,
pastor, have decided to stand upon
Il christian" and not an '.Episco-
| palian" platform. Desiring to re-
cOguiZe the unity of aIl Chris
tains," they have called meeting
of the ''promiuent clergymen of ali
denominations in New York and
Brooklyn" to meet in the Elm
Place Congregational Church, Oc-
tober 4, to discuss the subject.
The American Board pay their
| missionaries in India LOCO a year:
the Presbyterians pay Sl.O00to ST.
070; the Reformed, SLIGO, the
Methodists, $1,000. In China, the
American Board pay $500. and in
Southern China $500; the Presby-
terrain Board $1,000, except in Can
ton, $500; the Methodist $3.50; Bap-
fist $500 and house; Episcopal ST.
600. In Bulgaria and Western
Asia the Americans Board pay, ac-
cording to size of family, from $3.50 |
to $3.50; Presbyterian Board from
$500 to 81 800, and no house Meth
odist $3.50.
The Presbyterian Synod of New |
York viii meet next month in |
Boston for the first time in many
years. Connected with the synod |
are upwards of 160 churches and |
about $50 ministers. 1t is expected |
that the session will be interesting
to the general public, as many we'll
known ministers are to speak. |
Rev. DR.. Hall, together with Rev.
Crosby and ReY. DR.. Booth, will
address a missionary meeting.
There are but four Presbyterian
churches i'll Boston, and these are
small.
The investigator says that ''the
clergy were always, as class, OPP
posed to science, and the Rev. DR..
James Freeman Clarke, though
professedly a Liberal Christian, is
no exception to the rule" To
which the Christian Register re-
plies: "This is a very poor return
for the trip which Mr.. Clarke took,
with his telescope, to see the great |
eclipse. We should ike 10 attend a
competitive examination relating to
scientific studies, with Mr.. Clarke
and DIR. Thomas Hill on one side,
and Messrs. Seaver and Mendum
Oh the other" e
The Rev. II. Il. Waite has re-
signed his charge of the American
Union Chapel in Rome and has re-
turned to this country. His resig-
nation has yet not been accepted,
however, and it is possible that such
a provision may be made for the
support of the work as shall lead
him to reconsider his decision.
The work among the Italian SOL
diers, which Mr.. Waite initiated,
has been turned over to the Ameri-
can Methodists. Mr.. Waite has al
SO assisted in the organization of
at Geneva, Lucerne and In
terlaken. To the first of these the
Rev. George Leon Walker, late of
New Haven, has just been called,
with hope of his acceptance. The
Rev. G. w. Benjamin is in care of
the one at Lncerne, and the Rev.
Edward Judson of that at Interlak-
en-.
a letter appears in Times of
Blessing from Miss. Whately, the
interchangeable lady missionary at
Cairo. Unconnected with any So
ciety, and having her assistants
mainly from the circle of her own
family, she has long maintained
Christian schools both for Mon
hammedsn and Coptic children at
Cairo, and more recently at Dami-
eta. She has more than 300
youths in her charge, and also car
ries on extensive labors among
adults. The Khedive gave the land
on which her school buildings have
been erected. Miss. Whately states
that an interesting Reform is going
on in the Coptic Church, having in
view the better regulation of
church matters, and especially the
spread of the Scriptures. Though
arising among themselves, she be-
lieves that this reformation has bad
its origin in the superior education
and knowledge of the Scriptures
which some of the members of the
church have received from foreign
Christians.