Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-17
| N The CHU ROBES

Rev. DR.. Radcliffe of this city who pre-
sided at one of the evening meetings dur
! ing the sessions OF the general assembly
OF the Presbyterian Church at Minneapolis
recently, had the management of an Incl
dent which, it is said, was almost without A.
precedent. An effort was being made to
collect enough money to send a young
Princeton graduate to India as a mission
airy. In one Of the baskets there was found
plain gold ring, worth about SO. Inquiry
developed that it had been placed In the
basket by young lady, who. having no
money, TOOK that means of showing her
devotion to the missionary cause. The
story reached DIR. Radcliffe, and he sug-
gested that the ring should be redeemed
and not sold, and something near SO was
contributed with that in view The next
day DR.. Radcliffe mentioned the case to
some of the members of the general as
sem oily. The result was that the sum of
SolS was collected from those present, max
ing S3il raised as the result of the young
lady putting the ring in the basket, besides
which she got her ring back.
The ministers and members of the M r
Church South in this city have received a
request from the college of bishops, asking
them to observe a week of prayer begin.
ming the 18th instant The week viii # is
expected, be observed in all Southern Meth
odist churches. The request is made by the
bishops with the view of deepening the
Splrltua! life of the church and creating
fresh interest in all its departments Of
work, especially the educational depart
nent, for the benefit of which a twentieth
century thank-offering is to be made
"A movement has been started which has
| for its object an important change in the
manner of trying Methodist Episcopal min
| listers VINO may be charged with any viola
| ton of the discipline, and the subject will
II Is understood, come up at the next ses-
| sion of the Baltimore conference in this
| city.
The proposition, briefly stated. is that
when charges sufficiently grave to demand
a trial are presented against a minister the
! bishop in charge is to appoint a committee
| OF not less than nine more than fifteen
I members of the conference, who shall try
| the alleged offender 1t will require a two
| thirds vote TO convict, but, after conviction
| a majority may determine the penalty.
| Among the many reasons asking for the
| above are that the present system makes
| no provision for the trial of a member of
| conference until the regular annual session
| OF that body; also that trial at an annual
| conference is undesirable, because it not
| only retards the business for which the
| ministers come together, but interferes
| with the various society anniversaries Re-
| sides, If scandal is involved, there is apt
| to be not only intense interest among the
| members Of the conference but, if the trial
| be public, outsiders who are not concerned
| are likely to be present, and frequently dis
| credit is brought both upon the individual
on trial and the denomination to which he
| belongs.
| Rev DR.. B. L. Whitman, president Of
| Columbian University. has, been chosen one
| OF the vice presidents of the Missionary
| Society of the Baptist Church. This society
| mas now in its employ 1852 missionaries and
| teachers. These are distributed as follows:
! New England states, 43; middle and central
states, 81; southern states, POI; western
states and territories, 100: Dominion of
| Canada, II; Mexico 10; Alaska 2. Cuha
2: Porto Rico. 2 They have French mis-
| sionaries In six states, Scandinavian in
| twenty-four states and Manitoba, German
IN twenty states and Canada, colored in
| rineteen states and territories Among the
| foreign population there are 300 missions
| ares and twelve teachers: the colored peo-
! pie, 90 missionaries and 100 teachers; the
INDIANS q missionaries and a teachers;