The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-25
1--WE NEWsOF ALL CHURCHES

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:, ..,,,. az two state. Crippled by Kion.
~. r,.,,-fs ieration Among Church.
:. n. several cities = Congregational
.,,,, AT Portland Important Church
,nI,,,,i Affecting An chnrch People
wora comes from oregon and wash
,,,,on tina, Baptist churches there, and
~, =. ,ore extent all other churches are
.,,,ady crippled by 50 many leading
msmbers departing FOR the Klondike.
Sot 4 Few mins,ers there arc seeking
rn,oIts In the east, for the fear Is that
,hs experience OF tho California gold
vehement, when almost every male In
OREGON left for the state in search OF
I'D will be repeated. Men In these
.,n,e, 50 The, Rev. Gilman Parker, Of
ne oregon Baptist convention. writes
,rv,nr 10 get 10 the Yukon ahead OF
a.. az rnsh from the east and from Europe.
rSosc who are not going 10 mine Tor
IA are going With patent5 OF one sort
"a snothcr, The minister Just named
sa.I,ss 10 The BuPilst Home Mission so-
M VIs,y INIT the people OF both states are
~ near gold-terer mud that the new
- "ElOrdicitls" has been coined.
CSnrchcs that have heretofore contrib
c,od largely 10 missionary funds are
unw annlylng. for help to support them
.SIye,' 10 great has already been the
d-aln Of their leading members. And
The exodus has just begun
-
There was hitch In the plans OF the
psn,lst benevolent societies to hold
,S5r anniversaries this May In st.
,"nIS II came after the announces
,.ssrt yeas made. 1t ID now settled that
these gatherings Will be held In Ro-
sSsster' an Invitation having come from
,",ytern churches OF that city and VI
eInI,v These anniversaries are to be OF
rsIhsr A routine character this year.
Tho Two leading societies. whose debts
nave recently been cancelled. are find
r., =, tiElcult 10 keep out or debt, and
m,sy. nj The close OF their fiscal year on
Anil /. again report deficits. The most
,mnor,ant showing to be made ut Ro-
chester Will be the progress throughout
the denomination In the matter OF sys-
tsr, in Giving. a commission to further
,bIs movement, appointed two years
nro Will report at Rochester that the
gsa ls RAPIDLY growing. both In the de-
nnrInaton and In the young peoples
societies. which latter are annually
roklrg better showings In contributions
Ia missionary, educational and similar
GAUGES, 49,
The cause OK church federation Is
making progress. Not alone In Dem
var ST Louis and Pittsburgh, where the
moysmert had Its inception, but In other
rl,lta, notably Boston. Utica, Mckees-
nnrt Pa. and San Francisco has the
effort been endorsed and some progress
made during the past few weeks. A
h0petul phase OF It Is the fact that Bpis-i
ropalIars and Lutherans, who often
nod alouf, have In most Of these cities
come forward With representatives..
The aim OK the federation Is 10 prevent
oyer.ehurching one section OF the city
and The neglect OF other sections and
The cooperation OF churches Of all de-
nominations In all reform and soc!olog-
ical Efforts. The marked progress made 4
his winter is noteworthy when It Is re-
numbered that before It was possible q
vas, amount Of sectarian prejudice has l
lad. in many quarters. 10 be overcome.
Ministers in Chicago. Milwaukee,. Min
rcapof.s. indianapolis. Syracuse and not
few other cities are discussing the
matter
curious discussion arose in the COM
ulI;tes meeting. Just held in Boston. re-
gardIng arrangements for the triennial
conference OF the Congregationalists In
yfnrut
p.fs, represented az the meeting, eN-
pres.ed the view tina, said papers are
the best agencies through which to
arouse the public. especially the Con-
grtcat.onal public. to an appreciation
OF the approaching council. and OF mis-
elon and UNCONVENTIONAL interests In
general. To the surprise OF these rcli-
g!Ous pspers, members OF the commits
Tee. with scarcely an exception, eH-
pressed the conviction that the daily
newspapers are better to reach the pub
itc even the public Interested In this
Council. than are the church papers.
Regarding the proposition to recon-
mend the holding OF the annual meet
isgs Of the great Congregational boards
In the same city and at the same time,
earnest protests came Unexpectedly
from the American board ard the Amer
lean Missionary Association. Hence the
project Is rot at all likely to prevail
Sister Julia, OF the Sisters OF Notre
Dame. whose headquarters are In Gin
ciEnat!, writes that the announcement
tina, ground would be broken for the
Initial building OF the new Trinity COL
!ege, Washington. In March or at any
defElte time In the future, was quite
premature. She says that former STU
Gents and alumni, to whom an appeal
was recently made, are responding. but
that ground Will not be broken until the
money 10 erect the first building Is all
In hand Trinity is to be for the higher
education OF women under Roman Cath
oAc auspices. ard II has the hearty CO.
operation OF the Catholic University
trustees, professors In which are TO lee
tare also in Trinity college.
Dr.. William C. Whitney. a graduate
OF Chicago medical college, has been ap-
POINTED by The missionary society of the
! nlted Brethren church as medical mis-
sioEary 10 Africa. He Is 10 sail at once
and Try TO found medical department
IN In" Clark training school at Shen-
gen This medical department Is a
wholly new thing In the missionary OPP
efatioHs q the west African coast, and
,he United Brethren hope that num-
Der o. graduates of this training school
may be prepared through course Of
instruction FOR the practice OF medicine
among their own people.
Recently the Rev. James Eells, pastor
OF the Presbyterian church at Engle-
wood, New Jersey, the membership OF
Which Is largely made up Of well-to-do
New York city business men. resigned
on accoun, Of a change in theological
views. He has now sought. fellowship