The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-06
CONDENSHD VIEWS NOTES
Regarding Religions News In General.

"Get very strong, and when am cider
ana feeiler be ready to take my pla,e'
The Roman Catholic church has another
saint. the Spanish preacher and thco-
Logan. Juan d'Aviia Diego. known u
his contemporaries in the sixteenth cen
tUry as the apostle from Andalusia.
In IN address before the Tabernacle
cr3rch. Mr.. Thomas Sturgeon rtlI a
le,ter that he had received from his IA
Their I'm 1885, and which had nl1 great
.niuchce with him i'm deciding MIN to
come to London. His father wrot-:
This being the jubilee year OF General
EOoth's Christian life an effort IN h'fng
mad" to raise a special fund Of 5000,
for the Salvation army Into this AZ
been given already 100000, the val BE- 81
an estate recently left to General Booth
for his own personal use. but whic1 he
has put into the general fund.
The United Presbyterian church Of
Scotland, has membership Of isSebi,
an increase of 1859 over the previous
year. The Sabbath school scholars are
II, iij, an increase OF l,O9. The total of-
ferings for missionary and benevolent pr
poses were s4l0 200; the missionary codui-
buttons showed an Increase OF {ll,0o)
The question Of church unity IS awak-
enng discussion not only in America,
but In India and Japan Movements 10
this end are being agitatcd 4 meeting
of representatives Of the various presby-
teries in northern India was held at
Agra 10 consider the question
These movements are among the notable
signs Of the times. THAT they all ma,
be one. that the world may believe that
Thou hast sent me-" was the ideal Of
Jesus for His universal church.
At the senior centennial anniversary +
the Protestant Episcopal Church Mission
airy Society for Scamen, ce.ebrat.l IN
this city last Sunday, an excellent % =
sestioa was made by Bishop COKE. lie
said the people OF means who 10 abroad
this summer should remember how much
they owe 20 the care u the sailors on
the ships, and they should sustain y.n-
ercrsly this work, which eudeayCri O.
make every outgoing vessel the bearer ~
the message Of salvation u the Wyr'l.
News from the Ural districts IN East
era Russia states that among tn ga
Htlcyers, there. who form the prr 3.
buit OF the Russian population. an e>:-a-
ordinary movement in the direction u
prOtestanHsm has begun 20 manifest H.
sels The Old Believers. hitherto tr~
most fantical Of ritualists. ana walt'd
{" tho ancient usages OF the jra
church. which obtained efore the I1v
OF Peter the Great. are sow p,~eesee.
Of numerous copies Of the Scriptures ID.
mCGern Russ, and IL would seem non
the Indulgence We nave received u.t
these books hitherto held accurscl have
begun 10 influence the lives Of many
Of them In a very remarkable degree.
Little communities OF these O.d Be.iey-
ers ar row meeting in these villages 10
the ioweI Ural, and there is reason 10
believe that a great evangelical move
ment "a beginning among them Az X.
cellent work is also being done among
the convicts which leave Odessa for
Eastern Siberia in the steamers OF the
I:Jssan Volunteer Fleet. tn British
and Foreign Bible Society, which has A
depot in that city, has Just circulated
800 copies Of the Scriptures among these
unfortunates, and the careful reading OF
these hooks will, doubtless, help to While
away the long outward voyage to Sag
hahn. surely some hearts VIII b. touch
ell W.;fiu the last nine years over
5000 copies OF the Scriptures have been
distributed In this way 10 Siberian con-
Viet.