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Tn Methodist Church requires in this
country about 200 new ministers every
year TO keep its pulpits supplied.
The International Missionary Union
will hold its eighth annual meeting at
Clifton Springs. n. Y. June 1917.
Since January fully ! 900 new Christ
ian Endeavor Societies have been reported.
and there has been an increase Of 5000
in the list Of members.
The Icelandic Lutheran congregations
in Manitoba and the Northwestern States
recently celebrated the 350th anniversary
Of the translation Of the scriptures into
lcelandic.
There have been nearly So, 000. 900 re-
ceived in voluntary contributions by the
Church of England during the past five
years. There is some vitality yet in that
institution.
In Africa the number of missionaries
exceeds 500, and the number of converts
100000, increasing by about $4,000 year.
During the past five years Africa has fur
nished more than goo martyrs.
According 70 DIR. w H. Roberts,
American statistical secretary of the
Presbyterian Alliance. the Presbyterian
Reformed denominations throughout the
world have 90, 265 800 adherents.
The American Baptist Missionary I'M
Ion supports IS preachers in Russia, One
has been exiled for preaching the gospel
and another has been sent out Of the
country with only three hours notice.
The greatest number of Lutheran min
listers in any one State are TO be found in
Pennsylvania. That State has 745. and
Illinois, which comes next has 400, with
452 in Wisconsin, and 423 in Minnesota.
OF the 47S ministers who left the Is
tablished Church of Scotland at the Dis
ruption 42 are still living ina Switzerland,
while few Others are living in other
countries. DIR. Beth, who was ordained
0S years ago, is one of them.
The Catholic Journaiof the new South
says there is no truth in the report that
Chattanooga, Tenn, is to l5e made AN
Episcopal see. Rev. Father Gazza, OF
Nashville. returned from Rome several
weeks ago, but lie knows nothing OF the
matter.
The Christian yorker gives a statis-
teal exhibit Of the Friends of this coun-
try and Canada. showing that they have
ISL meetings. .003 ministers, and 20, 1873
members. Adding the membership IN
Great Britain. Ireland. Australia. and
other countries, the result is grand to-
tai OF 10i .s72 members.
Grace Protestant Episcopal Church,
New York. of which Rev Dr. Hunting
ton Is rector, has 90 distinct organixa-
tons. 1t Is served by six clergymen, i'm
GLIDING the rector, and the total expend-
iture for the year was about &i07, il2,
&8.,503 being for parish expenses and
ga, 900 for outside purposes.
Professor de Lucia, Of Florence,
prominent Italian official. has recently
connected himself with the Evangelical
Church Of Italy. formerly called the Free
Church. He occupi. I the chair of liter
AZURE. and delivered a lecture soon after
his conversion. in which he gave his rea-
sons for the STEP He has given up his
professorship, and viii become a Protest
ant pastor.
In Belgium one out of every 200 OF
the population il a monastic brother.
These $4,000 monks. notwithstanding
their vow Of poverty, have property val
ued at $26. 000. 900. In France there are
fully 10000 Sisters Of Mercy, who, upon
entering the 500 cloistcrs of that coun-
try, resign all claims 10 their property.
Yet the property OF these orders is worth
more than s., 000,0 900.
There are 1920 places of worship in
the Mexican republic. or one for nearly
every 200 inhabitants. OF these 1918
are Roman Catholic and 50 Protestant.
The former are divided among 20 do
ceses, presided over by three archbishops
those of Mexico (now vacant by the
death of Archbishop Labastida), Guadal-
ajara, and Michaa.an--an II bishops.
Those of the Protestants are largely con-
centrated in the federal districts, where
there are 81, and in the states of Mexico,
Michoacan, Morelos, and Puebla, which
have Al more between them. The other
20 arc scattered over therest Of the coun-
try at long distances from each other.