The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-10-22

most capacity by those who are anxious
to hear this eminent speaker on this still
more intaresting subject.
From Everywhere.
"a long step forward has just been taken
by Baptists. The Home Mission Society of
the Southern Baptist Convention and the
Home Mission Society of the Baptists
North have voted to cooperate in Mission-
airy effort in Cuba and Porto Rico. Three
years ago tentative missionary effort was
undertaken conformity BY these societies
In Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro-
lima, Alabama, Kentucky and Missouri. The
war coming just as the close of this ex-
detrimental term. and affecting the
churches North and South as 1t has the
political situation, these two long-separ-
honda The Northern Baptists named a
committee OF three to meet a similar
committee of the Baptists South. This
joint committee Will take up matters in
Cuba especially, but possibly also in
Porto Rico. The seemingly small incl
dent Is pronounced by Baptists as of
great significance.
The American Board of Commissioners
for Foreign Missions will select, it is
said, the Rev. Harlan r.. Beach, of the
student volunteer movement to visit all
congregational churches in the country
for the purpose of arousing new interest
in the cause of foreigr missions. Mr..
Beach is a graduate of Yale and Andover.
He was pastor of a church in Minneapolis,
and later returned to Andover as a pro-
lessor. He was sent to China by the
American Board to look over the work
there and make a report, and Upon his
return was one of the organizers of the
Student Volunteer. AT the recent annual
meeting OF the American Board the sum
of 5000 was raised TO meet the salary and
expenses OF such commissioner to the
churches as ii is now said that Mr.. Beach
is to become.
A State congres of religion is forming
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intention is to form, If possible, congress-
es in many other States. The movement
was started by the Unitarian Conference
of Middle States and Canada. and New
York Was selected because believed to be
the best place for launching a national
movement of the kind. The congresses
are Intended to be similar to the one in
Omaha, and earlier in Chicago. The sign
ers to the call now number twenty and
include seven college presidents, with
PRESBYTERIAN, Episcopal and Congrega-
floral ministers besides the Unitarian pro-
~jectors. The congresses are to be BIZ
ennial.
A significant sign of the times is the
fact that at a large lumber of Monday
ministers meetings his autumn. in dis
cusslng plans for the winter, pastors have
not only decrled paroclial organizations,
but have had the substantial support of
their hearers In SO doing. At a recent Chi
cago meeting one minister said 1t had
been his privilege during the previous
week TO put an end to four p~arochial So
cieties. A Boston minister reported twelve
organizations IN his church with a mem
bership Of 140, and not so many Access
sl6ns as when there were no societies of
prominence. The trouble was, he said.
that too much reliance is put in organi-
zation.
The forthcoming meeting of the Open
Church League, to be held in Worcester.
is intended to emphasize two things. One
is the relation Of the family church to the
work and need of people in congested
fields in large cities. 1t is held that the
day of the Western pioneer i'm church eff
fort has gone by. The scene of present
effort must be the neglected parts of
large cities. The Worcester meeting will
with the poor. The other point is coop
GRAFTON between religious agencies to the
end that one section may not have more
churches than it needs, and another sec
ton less.
h new Methodist Brotherhood is a
work by men for men. 1t is a general
body, so arranged that existing societies
in the churches nay join it and retain
their present names. 1t is a full-nedged
natioral organization or federation, the
president. being Rev. fsr. Thomas B. Nee
ley. There are vice-presidents in Penn
s~yivania. New York. Connecticut. YER
mont and New Jersey annual conferences.
A plan has been laid out for a national
convention, to be held late next year.
The American Missionary Society is go
ing to be able to report at its fortheom-
ing Concord meeting that is wholly free
from debt. It's receipts are about S400, 900
a year. 1t began the current year with a
debt Of 500, go in round numbers. This
tfcE. Gaz been Pad and Their Is 4 IA ar>S
in hand of about $1.0Gc, while the associa-
tons general work has been maintained
at its Former high standard.