The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-01-11
FOREIGN CHURCH NEWS.

Able Paul Blchery, who was for
merly an assistant of Pere Hyacinthe, but went
back to Rome has, in the Protestant church in
Rome mnistered to by Rev r. J. Nevin, pub
lcly acknowledged his error and his renuncia
ton of the Pope and all his works
Presbyterians in London and Scot
land are raising G2O0 with which to reorganze
the mission at st. Martins d'Aixigny, in the
centre of France. The people in that locality,
numbering 1000, were of Scotch origin, their
ancestors forming the guard of Charles VII, of
France.
The church membership of the Syria
mission has doubled in FIVE years 1t is now
about 900. The first $50 may be regarded as
the result of forty years mission work the last
$50 is the result of FIVE years work
"A single copy of the Gospel of John
led sixty families IN Kioto, Japan, 10 renounce
dolatry.
Those members of Cooke church,
Toronto, who separated from the congregation
on account of the introduction of a musical in
strument, have formed themselves into society
called The Presbyterian Defence Association"
The services of Messrs. Moody and
Sankey during their fourth week at Newcastle
on the Tyne continued to excite as much in
terest as ever. The aggregate attendance on
one day was over 10000 Such is the demand
for seats that admission to the meetings is by
ticket, which, as far as possible, is distributed
among non church goers
Mr.. Bradlaugh has in New Zealand
a brother who is a mission preacher, and who
not long ago publicly prayed for the future
spiritual welfare of his atheistic relative His
prayer was accompanied by sounds from his
audience Of Hear hear !" applause and cries
of Hush"
-Amecameca is a city of six thousand
inhabitants fifty miles southeast of Mexico. A
church is now being built there with money
furnished by the ROSEBUD Missionary Society
of Virginia" The Southern Methodist Mission
have here.a hourishing school of one hundred
and forty FIVE pupils.
Rev. J. w. Waugh, of India, said
that the missionaries in India had found it a
good thing to teach the gospel by singing it into
the people. 1t was estimated that there were
10000 Christians now in India. Ten more la
borers were needed where one was now engaged.
The Foreign Mission Fund of the
English Presbyterian Church bids fair to show a
deficiency this year of about $4,000 There is
also threatened deficit of So 600 in the Susten-
tation Fund The Free Church Sustentation
Fund for the FIVE months past shows deficiency
of nearly $4,000
"A GOOD ITEM FROM SOUTH AMER
IcA.-Rev. J. F. Thomson is doing vigorous
work in Buenos Ayres. Spanish work might
lily blessed" he writes. Ragged day school
has l2O scholars, Spanish Sunday School risen
from Is to $50, of whom 80 come from the day
school mentioned preach six times week"
Christian at Work
Rev. T. @. Carter, of the Central
China Mission, whose serious illness has been
announced and who was obliged on this account
/ to return home reports bis health os o1rao dv
much improved by the change of climate Yet
the nervous prostraton under which he is suf
fering cannot in view of the physicians be per
manently relieved but by prolonged rest. Mr.
Carter, as he writes, finds it difficult to be re
signed to this while yet recognizing the neces
} sity. my heart" he says is in the work a
, kinkiang.' From the time of his arrival in tn
mission field, he has felt profound interest il
the work of education there. He is specially
panied to leave his sphere Of labor as presiden
, OF Fowler University. IB.
"A MISTAKEN PoLICY.-The Presby
terians Of London seem to be ready to try va
rlous schemes 10 make religious impressions OIL
the vast population by which they are sur
rounded. In the way Of effort to secure Tn
attention of the public, as the first step towar,
the church. we have the following statement
which we take from the Nonconf ormist -" Tha
handsome ecclesiastical pile including spacious
( church, institute, cafe and model dwellings fo
the Somerstown congregation REV u. 3. Wof
fendale's) which is being erected at a cost Of
$4,000, is nearing completion. Mr. Wark, an
office bearer in DR.. Dykes church, has contrib
uted something like "a 600 toward the cost OF
this gigantic undertaking and not only so. but
we understand that he has just completed the
purchase Of the Kings cross Theatre, which
will be used by Mr. Wofendale and his congre-