Evening star., 1898-03-19
IN THE URCHES

Some of the local Episcopalians evince
great interest in an effort that is being
made in the adjoining diocese of Maryland
to raise funds to prosecute the mission
work there In that diocese what are
known as junior auxilaries have been or
ganized- These are composed of young
girls and are affiliated with the Womans
Missionary Society. At the request of
Bishop Paret each member of the auxiliary
contributes one cent week for the work
in the diocese. 1t is stated that in south
ern Maryland which is a part OF the do
cese of Washington. there is a great field
for mission work. There are large num-
bers of persons in that section, 1t is said,
Who never hear sermon from one years
end To another.
Present Indications are that there will
seen be noticeable results from the recent
me citing of the joint Methodist commission
in this city, ard it is believed the Methodist
Episcopal Church and the Methodist Epis-
coral Church South will everywhere unite
in the direction of providing adequate re-
sc urces for the education in that faith OF
children of Methodist parents. The Meth
odist periodicals. both north and SOUTH are
nearly unanimously in favor of the propo-
sition, and in some quarters it is believed,
II the forces of the two churches unite upon
this issue, it will be opening for union
along other lines.
Mention was made in The Star Of last
week that a movement had been started
for the endowment of the parish of the
Epiphany, and in this connection a letter
received this week from Philadelphia states
how an endowment of S6O,OOO was raised
for a church in that CITY,. Some time since
the church building of the same name in
Philadelphia was sold by it's vestry to Mr.
John Wanamaker. The reasons for the
sale were the encroachment of business
and the proximity of at least four other
places of the same denomination The
question of what to do with the income of
this endowment has been the topic of many
conferences. The plan of making a great
institutional downtown church has been
discussed, and also the erection of a cathe-
dral. with the interest of the fund as
nucleus, but nothing mas been determined
80 far.
gentleman who has seen a copy of tho
advance report of the Baptist Publication
Society, which will be presented at the
next annual convention, which is to be
held at Norfolk in May, says that 1t shows
that the past year has been the most pros
porous in it's history.
This society began work in a very small
way In Washington in 1924. but two years
later removed to PHILADELPHIA where III has
been located ever since The work of the
society is divided into two parts-mission-
ary and publishing. The circulation in the
publishing department reaches about 4O,-
OD,UOO copies annually The society has
just opened in Philadelphia new headouar.
tiers, at cost of -s-DOOOO There are
branches in Boston, New York, Chicago.
ST. Louis. Atlanta and Dallas The income
OF the society from all sources is about
sl.2JoV0 a year. The society holds funds
TO the value of nearly s6OO,OOO almost all
invested in first mortgages and a small
part in railroad bonds. The membership
OF the denomination is about :,JOOtss of
whom 100000 are in the south.
Readers of The Star will recall that some
uMe SINCE mention was made that the
publication society had had four railway
cars ouiit for the purpose of afrording