The Jersey City news., 1892-03-14
GENERAL CHURCH NOTES.
Misplaced Chs rity--The Pope's Health
Nlissioners Trading in Tobacco.

Misplaced Chs rity--The Pope's Health
Missioners Trading in Tobacco.
Benevolent women in many parts Of
the East collect clothing and other things
that they deem likely to be of use to mis-
sionaries stationed on the frontier, in the
South and in Mexico, and after labori-
ously packing them in barrels send them
by express. Those sent to Mexico are
simply cast away. The freight and duty
are enormous, and 1t does not pay the
missionaries 10 receive them. Tie au-
thorities at the Baptist Home Mission
rooms in New YORK advise against send
lug barrels TO any part of the country.
The money thus expended is sorely
needed, they say, for more important
work.
The serious charge was recently made
that nearly all mission stations ia Africa
are trafficking In tobacco with the na-
tives, and it has been added that Bishop
Taylor not only permits but cOmpels the
traffic In all stations under his control.
The charge Is emphatically denied. The
Rev. Ross Taylor, writing from Africa
says:--"Tobacco is the small currency of
Liberia, but in no other part of Africa
where we (the Methodists) have missions.
Hundreds of natives will take nothing
else. For more than three years we
fought against 1t and then consented TO
send al shipment to New York. A brother
prayed that it might be lost. and it was
totally worthless. We send no more of
any Kind. For small currency for Liberia
we have sent our four tons of Colgate's
soap and a large supply of hatchets,
mattocks, fish hooks and so forth. Our
missionaries nowhere now trade in to-
bacco in any FORM"
The Church, Club of Chicago have made
to a,,ta tutr
sive scale the Episcopal delegates to the
church congress in connection with the
Chicago Columbian Exhibition. They
are also busted in the preparation of a
programme that Is certain, II carried out,
as 1t doubtless will be, to make their
churcn's share in the demonstration Il
complete success
The American Bible Society has decid-
ed to make an exhibit at the Chicago
Fair in 1898 similar ip many respects to
that at Philadelphia In 1876, when speci-
mems of Bibles were shown in over two
hundred different languages. 1t Is pro-
posed also to provide for the sale of
Scriptures and for their free distribution
to foreign visitors. The necessary ex-
pense will be provided for outside Of the
regular funds of the society. and consid-
erable sum > have already been given for
the purpose.
Next TO the Moravians the United Pres
Dyter1AnS Oh ScOUlduu are Gne missionary
church. Their $40 churches, with 1S5, 600
members, contributed $4,000 last year.
and the gain Of converts was 600 during
the wear.
1t is said to be the intention of the Pope
to appoi, at the next conclave more for
eign cardinals than Italian, in order to
establish a certain equilibrium in the
College of Cardinals. This accords with
the opinion generally expressed at the
time, that Cardinal Ledochowski was ap-
pointed to succeed Cardinal Sineoni as
prefecr of the Propaganda.
There are few Americans in Rome this
Winter, and consequently the hotels,
with two or three exceptions, the pen
sions ana the shopkeepers are complain
ing bitterly or hard times. The absence
of travellers is not, however. confued to
Americans.
The Pope showed at the recent memo
rial mass for Plus TX. that the rumors
cabled to America regarding his failing
health are utterly false. He himsel
gave the absclution after having assisted