The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-31
INJURIOUS INrnLLIGiNcr.
News from yavious Fields of Christian
Work.

Mrs Ballington Booth recently made a
protest against the action of the State
authorities ia taking employment away
from the convicts IN the State prisons
and penitentiaries. ut means" said She
that the Judge who under the new con-
ditions imposes a penalty OF five or ten
years upln prisoner IS virtually con-
demning him TO death, and the spectre
will rise again against such a practice
10 claim justice at a higher tribunal
Those who have taken their work from
them are booming them 10 insanity and
death. for incarceration now means men
tai and physical decay. As IL is, from
gJ to % per cent of those who come out
Of prison are wrecks. and judges in inn
posing sentences under this new condi-
ton should consider i'm the fullest meas
urc the effect of a heavy sentence
Tho Roy. Or. Lyman Abbott has added
n Kelley cure department 10 Plymouth
church. in Brooklyn. \ fund is to be
created with the special object of paying
the expenses OF the inebriates whom the
church regards as ht subjects for the
gold cure while undergoing treatment
The Rev. Horace Porter. the assistant
pastor. who has special charge Of the
work. says that they have been over
whclmed by the products Of the saloons
and by appeals for relief The patients.
on recovering, are expected TO pay back
on the instalmcnt plan the money add
yanccd for their treatment. and this is
% be used for the benefit OK other unfor-
tunatcs.
Tho statistics of tho three principal re-
ligious denominations en- Wales for 1896
have just been published. and seem TO
have been compiled with care. The Bap-
lists number 32s.3il. as compared with
3l50 9l I'm 1885. their members l0l19l, AS
compared with 99621 in 1895 and 4.li1 bap-
tisms as compared with 44sl in 1898. The
published statistics Of the Welsh indie
pendents seem more imperfect. Tho
number Of members is 1872. and Of adj
hcrents 1a6.S53 The CalVinstic Method
fists returns include the adherents Of the
denomination in both England and Wales.
The total adherents are o.Jes0 and the
sum collected during the year is 1Z-3, 2il.
The English Church Missionary Society
is about TO employ duly qualified West
Indian negroes for missionaries In West
Africa. Bishop Tugwel and Rev. Mr..
Wilkinson have already sailed for the
West Indies 90 arrange plans for this
purpose. on January % tho Rev. Mr..
BAYLOR was TO have sailed for Sierra
Leone TO enquire into the work of the ma
tive Church and the opportunities FOR It's
extension. This is the first member Of
the Socioty's Secretariat 10 visit Sierra
Leone. since the visit Of Rev T. Bicker-
steth in 1916.
The report that the presidency Of Ho-
bart College has been offered 20 Theodore
Roosevelt. OF New York. is untrue. Or.
Potters resignation has not yet been ac-
cepted by the Board Of Trustees, which
will meet ON January 10Th. \ number
Of the alumni think that as all of Hoo
barts eight presidents have been clergy
men. the precedent should be broken
down and a layman elected this time.
Mr.. Roosevots name has been strongly
considered by some of the trustees. 9th
or likely candidates are Or Prall Of De
troit. and the Rev. Alexander Mann, Of
Orange, n. j.
The prosperity in japan and adoption
of Western ideas has caused a seeming
decadence Of interest in religious mat
tors 10 the detrimeut Of Buddhism and
Shintoism as we'll as 10 Christianity.
Bishop McKim testides. Japanese Chris
tianitv never needed so much as now the
stcadfast immoyable witness Of the Cath
.HHN. for al do.