The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-21
Religious Notes

IL has been decided to hold the next
Christian Endeavor Convention in Eos-
ION instead OF san Francisco. The rc8-
son given is that the railroads would
I hpt state what terms could be made for
ECketS.
A writer in The Living church aualv-
| zes the returns OF the Protestant Epsuo-
pal church. and shows that there are
1866 churches with lcsa than loo COM
J Inuncants each. l,5,G having between
100 and 200, - with 1000, two with over
700 and enc with over 5000 commuuI-
CantS.
The Prison Association Of New York
cf which Charlton +. Lewis is president
have issued an appeal for the observance
of the last Sunday I'm October. the 18th
instant as Prison sunday. They say
that in this State the Constitutional
amendment aholshing prison labor VIII
result in throwing several thousand men
into complete idencss. and Will force
them 10 be kept oekcd up night and day
in the darkness of the prison corridors.
The object OF the Association rs especial
ly TO secure employment for and assist
ia every way possible those VINO come
from the prisons. They turn no SOBER ~,
man away, but strain their resources 10
the utmost to give temporary relleI ana
help
Tho trienniaI meetings Of the German
Baptist churches, including those also o'
Austria, Hungary Bohemia, S"liZer,'hu,
Colony In South Africa, were held re-
Gently i'm Berlin. TWO hundred ana seN-
>cHty-Hye delegates were present, repI'-
scutiug T. church membership uI hedIiy
30 uua an. there were some additional
guests not delegates. Most OF these
churches are composed Of l1hutluE men
who have not had the ady'ni1se ol edu--
cation, culture and refinement, ana t"t
primitive conduct of the exercises was
iu accord with their general character:
They were, however earnest ana
fI4..
for he three years have
shown IN Germany 55lN Hapusms ana q
present membership of AU-l The num-
Der Of churches IN all these Countries
has Increased in the three years from
10 TO l49 the number az preachers
and helpers from p" 10 @n
the number I'm Sunday schools
from 1882 10 2l,d2, and the number or
members from 2lS1D TO 295J6, net gain
OF 1856. Among the different instrument
talities employed has been Oh" publish
ing house established at Hamburg iu
1873. which. during these past three years,
has sent out over 3UW,ouu copies of pa
pers I'm different languages, published
1900 copies Of rrHbious atmanacs and
81 books, with "A total edition Of nearly
10000 volumes ana has printed l53,D
Bibles and Test1mcuts The financial AZ
fairs have been so successful that debt
Of nearly 5000 has been paid and about
$1,000 Of profits have been given O. bencv-
client purposes. There were not large
number Of foreigners present, among
them were Dr. Hubert Dean OF the The
illogical Faculty OF the Chicago Uniyer-
sIty.
At the last meeting OF the General
Assembly OF the Presbyterian Church
action was taken ndUrsing the scheme
%. an Assembly Herald, - set forth be
fore the churches the organized brupVo-
lnrt work Of the different boards. The
o.. li0rs have pushed This with great
energy. and with the result that il is
already paying all expense. and is max
y.T INN
Inc October issue numbers 10000, ana
the rate Of increase Us reported as about
! 900 day. Each board is expected 10
'upply material for portion OF the pa
per and the whole Is edited by Or. iu-
ius =. Green, OF EImird, and the Row
W II. Hubbard, pastor Of the First Pres
byterian church Of Auburn. Efforts are
made to put copy into each family
Jf the different Presbyterian churches
throughout the country. AMI the club
price OF ten cents year puts IL within
the reacn OF even the poorest II Is look
ed upon by many as long step toward
the solution Of the problem that so many
Of the board have been considering for
several years.
The secession from the Free Church
OF Scotland on account Of the massage
OF the Beclaratory act has not gathered
much strength in numbers but has uu-
fortunately occastoned not a little bit
ttrness. chiefly through Misrepresentation
or the facts. According to some reports
Or. Rainy, the author and defender OF
the act, removed seven books from the
Bible" was really a Roman Catholic and
had not long since given a half million
to the Papacy." Or. Marcus Dods was
believed TO have publicly denied the
doctrine OF the resurrection. These pr8-
pie have no church buildings except AZ
the Free Church gene rousiy allows the
use Of its own. There seems TO be no
disposition to bear heavily upon them,
but to deal lenienty, hoping 10 win them
back 10 union with the old Church.
The Independent.