The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-03-20


United States, calling for concerted aclOn III
the religious obseryances to be held OctoDeI
18th i'm cOmmemOratiOn OF the discovery oil
America.
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The bvmn-book used by PrOtestants IN
Turkey bids fair TO be reduced TO quite modest
nropOrtious ssJesus shall reign where'er the
SUM- and son the mountain top appearing
and half a dozen other hymns OF nope ana
courage have now been stricken out by the
remorseless MOhammedan censOrs.
The union eyangensuc work at Mount
Vernon, y. Y. under the direction oil Evan
gelist Munhall, has been very greatly blessed
Fully one thousand persons nave expressed
desire To begin the Christian life, and about
four hundred publicly confessed Christ. The
work il still going on under the direction OF
the Rev. George G. Needham, Mr.. Munhall
having to leave TO meet an engagement IN
Jersey City, where he Is now engaged III
similar work.
A Sailors Home and Institute with read
ing-room, ETC., and thirty Deds) has been es,
ta6lisbed In Rio de JaneirO by Mr.. Edward
Wesson. a Young man, who gave up lucra-
tive emplovment in London and went out, re-
ceiyino only his outfit and passage from a few
Christian gentlemen. Without introduction
or local influence Of any kind he has won his
way with the sailors, though the louSihg-
house keepers have secured MS Imprisonment
on the charge of keeping an unlicensed lodS-
ipo-house, His work needs assistance
New statistics of Austria, exclusive OF
Hungary. have been collected. The total
population is %, So. 424. OF these lS,Sl4,OlZ
are Roman Catholics; 2,Sl4,Ol2 Greek CatnO-
lies d. e. Ruthenians IN Eastern OaHclal;
1856 Oriental Greeks Tin Dalmatla ana
Bukowna): 3lj,52S Lutheran Prolestanis'
100 24 Reformed PrOtestants; l,liS,5OO Jews.
Among the religious cOmmunions the Jews
have had the largest proportional increase,
owing in part to natural increase ana III part
10 immigration, especially from Russia
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The family Bible belonging to George W ASH
ingtOn's mother is on exhibition al nj Nei-
non. 1t has a cover OF homespun cloth, puI
ON bv IFS original owner, and Is wonderfully
preserved for IFS age, all its pages BENG sun
intact except few at the beginning torn O9t
and placed in the corner OF the Mary W Ssn-
ington Monument at fredericksburg q.
inc first entry in il is that Of the marriage vi
Augustine Washington and Mary pai, ~ ~
1871 and the next is that OF the Diitn - vi
George Washington, February Ill., 100
! 60. >.
At the meeting Of the native O0hsIe countess VI u
India, which was recently neiu d. $50 ~
message was received from OeneIai bOO'n - -,
! pressing sympathy with the laDoTs vi tho
| Congress for improving the c0ndilioh VI en t
poor. In the reply sent, the Congress, witch
includes men Of many faiths anu i"i -
number Of no faith at all, speciai aOh"ot
ledgment was paid with gratitude ~ .ne
"labOrs OF good missionaries VINO are ca I,
nestly working to raise the moral stanuaIu VI
the people"
The plans for the grand Protestant Dom 10
| Berlin, which was the fayOriUe project OF the
late Emperor Frede lex ILL.,, have been com
pleted. and submitted TO the authorities. The
! estimated cost is ten million marks. The
| architect is j. Z. Raschdorf. The plans have
| been published in twenty-five sheets Another
new Protestant landmark, in the German
| capital. is the new grand Luther monument
which has been projected since the great
Luther year. 1888. Forty thousand marks
we're vet needed, and these the Emperor hat
given. The Emperor has expressed the de
Sire that the great Dom should De dedicated
an his birthday, January 9th, III the yea
1900.
The Students in the Chicago theological
seminary (COngregationaD are DONG excel
-, york i'm city missions. In the Dano
Nnrvooion department there are ten men en-
1,,rod in mission work in i've stations unue
Inc supervision OF Professor Jernyerg, ana d.
~" result of their work church mas p S o. :,
sanized on the South Side, the second Stana
nayian church. In the Swedish ae p miusio
tbirty.eght students are employed IN n d;s,p
work. in visiting from house 10 hoase J', 40,
buting tracts and invitations 10 cnu aarx; c
vices and in conducting preacn'ns d;tferen
and Sabbath schools In tweNe uinI' !, :
nlaces. Already several congregations nav
graduated from the care OF the stuue It, a's
Obtained pastors Of their own, and rroiess Sc