The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-12-16
Religious Notes.

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Religious Notes.
AT the recent Protestant Episcopal con
gress held in Boston high standard OF
qualification in candidates for the MINIS
try was set up. The best most taIehleu
and truly great men were the ones De
manded.
Rishop Thomas March Clark, OF Rhode
Island will celebrate the forteth ami
versary OF. his episcopate on december
4th He Is now more than elshty-t"o
wears old. He was born at Newburyporb
Mass. .Iuly 4, 1872; was graduated at
Yale College in 1881. and was rector or
Christ Church. Hartford, until the time
of his election as Protestant Episcopal
Bishop Of Rhode Island.
The University Mission TO Central
Africa has issued report OF work done
through its agency in its principal sta
tions in the Dark Continent Since the
beginning of the mission over twenty
Cambridge men have joined the move
ment including Bishops Mackenzie ana
Smythies. Five have died at their posts
In Africa, and now the stan OF cam
bridge men is seven. oxford mas sent
some thirty-siX into the he,d, among
them Bishops Tozer and Hornoy. or
these thirteen are still working and ten
have died i'm the field Durham has sent
two men, London three Edinburgh one
and Dublin one. This, of course, does
not represent the total number or grad
yates at present laboring In Africa, Tor
on the other hand the Church Missionary
Society has over score OF university
men In active service in Africa, besides
many native clergy who have taken their
degrees at Durham university
terrain.
The London Missionary Society Is cele-
brating ITS cent annial; and II has been
suggested that an effort be made in con-
nection herewith to raise 100000 The
n ID for the work grows with the pro-
gress of civilization. The men who met
at Bakers Coffee House. on November 4.
1894 built wiser than they knew, ana
vast as was the task they had set them
sci res. they had no idea Of its actual
magnitude.
Pope Leo has addressed a letter TO the
American Bishops concerning the CON
tribution known as Peters Pence
which IS for the support OF the Pope ana
MS estat lishment There IS TO be a
change in the RENTING Of this collection.
Ii will be sent 10 his delegates Satolli,
and he will remit 10 Rome.
The increase in the number Of medical
missionaries in all lands Is a hopeful sign.
In 1919 they numbered 80; in 1884 there are
400. of whom 50 are women. During 1888.
100 applied in the International Medical
Missionary Institute, New York, TO be re-
ceivcd and prepared for the same service.
Rabbi Max McGin. OF the Birth Emes
Hebrew Synagogue. OF Allentown, Pa,
has resigned care OF the synaSosue, re
nounced Judaism. and professed faith In
Christ He has Joined the United Evan
gelical Church OF Allentown.
-Four years ago a general conference
of Protestant missionaries In emma maze
an appeal for 1900 additional mission
aries within five years. Now IL IS an
nounced that upward OF 5OJ missionaries
have gone out TO that empire, and an
other appeal has been made FOR the COM
pletion of the 1909 asked for
A remarkable increase OF Methodist
growth and influence is reported from
Germany. Rev. A. J. Mast, ID. d., editor
OF the Christian Apologst, who recently
returned from tour OF inspection In
that country, says that Methodism IS 10
the State Church what the social De
mocracy is TO the government. Every
move made by the State clergy is studied
with reference TO the effect 1t viii have
upon the Methodist. Chrlstlieb said that
the two most potent Influences in Ger
many were the MethOdists and the
Jescuits.
copy OF the Bible has been sold in
Boston for 1900. 1t was at the auction
sale OF the valuable private library or
George Livermore, OF Cambridge. The
Bible In question was the celebrated sol
diers' Pocket Bible" and IL was bought
by j. o. Wright. a New York dealer. The
only other copy Of this unique publcS-
ton Is in the British Museum u Was
published in l6+3 for the use OF the SOL
diers who fought under Cromwell There
are but sixteen pages in the little PAM