The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-17
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

REPRESENTATIVES Of the missions OF
the Canada Methodist Church, the
Methodist Episcopal Church and the
! Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Ia
Japan. hove agreed 10 basis Of union.
The new organic zion IL to be called
the Methodist Church Of japan" u
provides for annual co, ferebces. 80 %
present. with districts. and for gene
al conference. Toe ecclesisstics are TO
De Bokushi lpastof). ChorosbI lDre~id-
ing elder and Sokoiu (superint. ndent Of
bishop, The Sokotu is to be elected BY
the General Conference for term OF
Twelve years. without the privilege Of
re election. He Is to preside over the
annual conferences and the General
Conference. and station the preachers
oy aud with the advice ard cousenI OF
he Choroshi. II any one Of the Cnoro-
,hi object to an appointment he may APP
cal 10 the C0oroshi. aud 4 they sus-
t-in his appointment the appointment
shall not b. made. The Choroshi per-
form the functions of presiding elders
in this county.
\ HARTFORD lady tells his true rela-
ton concerning her ancestor. who was
a direct descendant Of John Eliot. the
great missionary and scholar This lady
lived in New Haven. and had occasion
to send TO Boston for a number Of kegs
Il nails New Haven at that time labout
1903 not producing these necessariss.
La due time the kegs arrived. and ON
opening them it was discovered that
one was filled with Spanish dol
lars. The family wrote to tue Boston
merchant. telling him that one Of the
kegs held something more valuable
than nails. lie replied that he had
bought them for nails, and his respon-
slbillty Herewith ended. Well, they
were kept among the family tressureIs
FOR many years untouched and un.
claimed, until the death of the head of
the house. who, in her will. ordered
that they be melted and cast into
communion service for the New Haven
Church. which was done, and it is still
probably in use.
IL Jerusalem aud Bethlehem five new
churches are being erected at the pres
ent tine. Among these the most inn
poriant is a magnificent Russian church
erected by the Russian Palestine Asso-
citation. This society. which numbers
among its members men of the highest
position. has an iDccme which enabled
il TO spend six hundred pounds month
on Its work. The Russians are remark
able active IN the Holy Land Just now,
in building. Their great
tower on Mount Ohvet. from the top Of
which both the Mediterranean ard the
Dead seas can be seen. il the highest
modern structure in the entire East.
TnE Chinese siceroy. Ii Hung Chang,
was lately interviewed by philanthro-
pic EnglIshman IN the interest If tenn
perance, peace and arbitration. Dur
ing the interview champagne was of-
fered. On bis guest 5 refusal the vice.
roy asked whether be was teeto-
.aler, add. receiving an affirmative
answer. he siid, with a smile. Il pei
,eige that you are man of bene,o-
ence.n
Ok one occasion Joseph Oh mber,i1
yos prnising John Bnght : Style Ia The
presence OF the latter. Il have no
). yle. said Mr. Blight, but NJ. Glad
stone has. slll along from hcadIaDd
% headland, but Mr. Gladstone care
ully follows the colst.llne. and whero-
ever he finds a navigaole inlet h. inva-
-iaDly follows 1t TO its course, return
ng again to resume his exploration OF
NE coast, and to strike the headGpds
ha, raced fo..n
DURING the summer Robert j. Bur-
lette has been serving as pastor 10 a
Baptist church ~ Philadelphia. At the
lose of ms work they gave him gold
watch inscgiOei. Presented TO Robert
Burdetie By his Baptist friends at
Merton Square as a token Of gratitude
md esteem. October 9. 1897 On the
outer case is u handsome monogram
With RI j. b.
THE following is from a letter Of the
Rev. L. Carmichael. Of North India:
Canon Isaac Taylor thinks that mis-
ionaries ought to be celibstes. Myown
experience is that India wants married
Missionaries. The women need mis-
iOnug far more than the men: aud III
,ur case my wife and are tlro mission
Irles on one pay"
A FEW years ago tie offerings at the
emple at MoDgbyur. India, amounted
o $50, Geo during the two days Of tho
annual festival; now they are only
20 900. The priests say to the mission
Iries, You are the reason. Your
preaching and books have taken the
ear Of US and Of our gods from the
hearts Of the people"
THE late Dr.. Horatius B)nsr was Ie-
rarka5le for his intense lose OF
preaching. lie came to the pulpit often
wien ne was hardly able to speak. but
" soon as be found himself in the place
he seemed to become animated aud to
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