The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-12-23
Church Notes

| KJNBER At ST. PAUL's. MONUMENTAL, ASp
| ST. JAMES CBURCHEs--ISTEREsTIS STATE
| MENTs IN REFERENCE TO THE FOREIGN
| MISSION WORK, &c. 4.... <.tsIE
At the Centenary Methodist church on
| Sun day three members were received on
certificate. One member vas received on
certificate at Union-Station church. ~ :.
| A union service between Union-S:aion,
Nicho'son-Street. and Trinity churches will
be held at Trinity church on Christmas
morning at ii O'Clock. Also, union SER
vice between Park-Place, Centenary. Lau-
reLStreet, Clay-street, and Broad-Sreet
churches at Centenary church on Christmas
morning at ii O'Clock.
! At the Methodist preachers meeting held
yesterday the following resolution was
adopted: "
| Resoived, That we hereby express our
| sympathy with the needs and purpose OF
LaureI-Sireet church in obtaining new
house for worship, and that we hereby cor
daily invite Brother Wright to visit our
several churches and present the claims OF
bis congregation to them for assistance.
A union watch-night service between
Broad-Street, Centenary, LaureLStreet,
Park-PIace, and Clay-Street churches will
be held az Clay-Street church, at which ad.
dresses will be made by the several pastors
| closing witt, the mfnistratioti ol the Lords
Supper. '- !
al st. PauPs church on Sunday morniDg
! Rev. Dir. Klmber, secretary OF the Foreign
Mission Board OF the Episcopal Church, adj
| dressed the congregation in the interest OF
the work in China, Africa, and Japan. j,
In the afternoon, ut the Monumental
church, Mr. Kimber delivered another adj
dress, referring particularly to the work of
the medical missionary in Africa. Rev. DR..
MiDnigerode, OF St. Paups; Rev. DR.. Sprisg,
OF Moore-Memosial church and the pastor,
took part in the services. at night Rev.
Drs. Peterkin and Dashiell. and Rev.
Mcssrs. Dame and others took part In the
services, and Rev. Mr.. Kimber delivered 40
address. i
Mr. Kimber states that the number OF
foreign stations is one hundred and twelve
{pTincipal aud subordinate); twenty-one OF
| which arc in Africa, twenty in China, SIX
in Japan, ten in Hayti, one in Greece, and
jfty-four in Mexico. The whole number
of lab0rers is two hundred and forty-Dine,
Of whom three are missionary bishops, one
the bishop Of the Uaitien Church, aud one
bishop OF the Mexican Church,; forty-one
are presbyters and deacons foreign and ma
tiye); three are physicians; eighteen are
foreign lay-workers; and one hundred and
egbty-tS o are native catccbsts, lay.reaGers,
and tcachcrs-yiz., In Anica, under the
Right Rev. G.. Clifton Pcnick, d. D., are ten
cergymen. one missionary physician, TWO
foreign ladies, and eighteen catechist| and
teachers. In China, under the Right Rev.
Samuel /. J. .Schcreschewsky. d. d., there
are nine clergymeu, ore missionary physi-
cian, seven foreign ladies, and sixty-siX
catechists and teachers. In Japan, under
the Right Rev. Claiming Moore Williams,
d. D., there are six clereyInen. one mis-
sionary physician, five foreign ladies, and
twelve catechiss and teachers. In the Hal
tien Church, under the Right Rev. James
Theodore Holly, d. D., there are twelve
clergymen and seventeen catechists and
teachers. Four OF the clergvmen ana the
Inv assistants are not paid by the Board.
In Athens there Is one foreign lady, assisted
by twelve native teachers. In the Mexican
church, besides the Bishop, the Right Rev.
Henry Chauncy Riley, ID. D., there are the
bishops. elect, the Rev. Prudencio &. Her.
napdez, and the Rev. Thomas Va!dcspino,
two other Dresbyters, three foreign lay
workers, and fifty-seven native workers.
There are seventeen boarding gscboois-nine
for boys and eight for girls-three for boys
and two for girls being In Africa, three for
EACH in China, one for girls in Toxic, and
one for girls in Osaka, Japan. Also, two
ORPHAN usylums and two divinity schools in
Mexico. The number OF pupils in these
boartling-schools averages nineteen. There
are sevcnty-two day-schools containing
9, $50 pupils-say in all 2,5I2 scholars. be-
sides forty-s:yen Sundays >chools, with an
attendance OF 1865 children. The attend
ance upon Chinese patients ut dlspcnSary,
hospital, and ut their homes by the mission
UJpo
$4,000 for the year ending June3O, 1879, and
during the same period the missionary phS-
scian at Osaka, Japan, treated 2.S49 Japa-
nese. besides eighty.one foreigners. In
Shanghai there is u hospital with dispcn-
sury) served voluntarily by physicians OF
foreign birth and by native medical stu
dents, which work is supported by the Of
feripgs OF foreign and native residents.
Two native young men are studying medl.
cine at Shanghai, three ut Wuchang, ana
| twelve at Osaka. The number OF commu"
| nicauls is 4, 400, OF whom there arc in ALI
"a 81: in China, 212 (262 natives and 10
| foreirncrs); in Japan, 81 (iS natives ana
foreirners); in Hayti, 3G2; and IN Mexico,
about $500. There are three candidates for
holv orders in Africa, sixteen in China,
four in Hayii, aud sixteen in Mexico. These
are under training in Hoffman Institute,
Cayalla: Duane Hall, Divinity School,
Shanghai, and at WuchanS; anu In tEe
schools in Mexico. Others who are not so
FAR advanced are studying with the view OF
entering the sacred ministry. AT Athens,
in Modern Greek, nine religious books for
the vouuo, five catechisns on the Greco,
the LORDS PRAYER. the Ten Commandents,
the Life OF our Lord, and the Promises
made in Baptism; some tracts and "A
Handbook for Infant-School Teachers.
| This last is now used in all the schools
throughout Greece. In Africa, IN Greho.a
large Dart OF the Holy Scriptures, nearly
| the whole Of the pray er-book, hymn -oook,
| tune book, Scripture questlon-Dook, hl'
| BILE History, History Of the GreboeS, primer,
reader, grammar, and dictionary. In China,
| in the Shanghai Colloquial, by the Eplsco-
pal missionaries alone portion OF the hoy
Scriptures, . large part OF the Prayer-Book,
catechism on the Greed, the Ten CommanC-
meuts, the Lords Prayer, some biographies
NJ sacred characters, and a number OF
school books Oh geography, history, etc.
| Dishop Boone was member OF the " Com
mitlee on Delegates /" from the various mis-
siops in China, which translated the Whole
of The Sacred Scriptures into the "Litera'
ry" (Unspoken) language, this being the
language OF the Chinese classics ana OF ma
tive books generally. The Rev. DR.. scnereS-
chewsky inow bishop rendered the whole
| ~ the Old Testament, and aided IN trans!a-
ting the New Testament into the "Manaa'
rim - language, the most largely used OF the
| snokea languages Of China, 1t being the
Mother tongue Of 200, 600, 900 Of the Chinese.
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