The morning call., 1892-02-13
TIE RELIGIOUS WORLD.
Reports From the Field of Work
That Is Being Done.

Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars
is the sum the Board of Missions for Freed
men is asking this year from the churches,
Sabbath-schOols. wOmen's societies and the
Young Peoples Christian Eudeavor soeie-
ties of the Presbyterian Church.
The Canadian Pres byterian Mission re-
ports another outbreak upon their mission
aries in the new station Of Hsin Chen,
Province of Honan. They were beaten and
robbed, and have claimed protection under
the imperial edct.
Bishop Tucker of the English Church
Missionary Society, fresh from Uganda, at
a late meeting in Exeter Hall pleaded
earnestly for forty good men and true to
go to that field, and in reply to certain
critics, who asked why he had come home,
he said that if they gave him the men he
asked for he would return to his diocese
tomorrow, 81 plead" he said' for 20
100000 souls"
The Rev. Dr. L. A. Bradley. rector of st.
Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church, Brook
lyn, has been invited to take charge of st.
Agnes Chapel, in NinetY-secOnd street.
New York City. st. Agnes Chapel belongs
to Trinity Church corporation, and DR..
Bradley was nominated by the rector of
Trinity parish, the Rev. DR.. Morgan Dix,
for his new position as an assistant minis
ter of Trinity Church. Dr.. Bradley Te-
signed his rectorship Of ST. Luke's Church
recently. and the resignation is to take
effect next April.
The latest rendering of the letters Y. NJ.
c. A. is, You Make Christianity Attractive.
Returns Just made up show that the Con-
gregatiOnal Union OF England and Wales
has now 1868 churches and mission stations,
an increase of ca on the previous year. The
number of ordained ministers IN England
and Wales is 2747. but Of these large num-
Der are without paStorates. There are in
Scotland 100 churches, IN the Channel ISL
ands II, in Ireland 2S and IN the colonies
(Iudia, China and the ContinenD I'll.
Mr.. Spurgeon,.. referring to the work
Darkest Russia" said, a few days before
his death: IF | had all the health and
strength that could fall to the lot OF man, [
should be quite unable to express my feel
ings on reading Russia's intolerance Of the
Jews and Dissenters. That such conduct
should be sanctioned by church bearing
the name of Christian is as sad as 1t IS
strange. The Gar is greatly inluring his
own country by driving out God ancient
people No country can tTample upon Israel
with impunity Jehovah is patient; but,
as there was a day for Pharaoh, SO there Is
time for every OppressOr."
DR.. Daniel Dorchester has introduced the
Lords Prayer, the Ten Commandments and
the tweuty-third Psalm into the religious
exercises oil the United States Government
schools among the Indians.
The Rev. >. Munro Gibson, ID. d., moder-
ator Of the synod Of the Presbyterian
Church Of England. has presented the
SynOdical Committee with an overture de-
string closer relations, on behalf of the Cal
whistle Methodist churches In Wales. The
synUG is 10 be urged 10 appoint representa-
yves TO meet with the corresponding mem-
berS Of the Welsh churches.
Temp 6inS-avenue Congregational Church,
Brooklyn, the Rev DR.. Il. Il. Meredith
pastor closed the last year with a member
ship Of 17l9. Exactly one hundred were
added during the year by confession and
one hundred and five by letter