The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-13

/ lauuc coast. a Commissariat which has
] It's headquarters in Jerusalem. This Com
missariat Includes the Holy Land and is
the one i1 immediate charge OF the shrlues
/ OF the Bible lands Irauclscaus arc ma
is well known. Boo charge OF these shrlnes.
among them the Church OF tlc Holy Sep
( uIchre I'm Jerusalem. ana the Church OF
the Nativity at bethlehem. Do one 0r two
cases they are compelled by law I'd pcr-
{ init the Greek Catholic and the Armenian
churches To- hold services within them.
nc others some sixty ln au the service
Is that of tie Roman Catholic church.
AS the number OF American visitors 10
the Holy Land increases year Dog year
the number of Franciscan frars who can
speak English must increase. ft is %
secure and educate young mon TO- labor
IN the Holy Land that this new COLLEGE
and mmis-arat OF the Holy Land in
Washington has been founded Here
young men are % be taken and trained
for service in and around Jerusalem both
as c'erics and laymeu. THE c.crics must
Doe college graduates. and must serve a
probation. Then they win take higher
studies az the Catholic University The
lay religious win serve probation and
then go 20 Jerusalem 90 take up manual
labor in the trade schools and converts.
The enormous activity of the F.ars Mi-
nor of the Order of ST.. Francis in paIef-
tine Syria, Asia Minor Egypt and the
Island of Cyprus is little understood
here There are about five hundred ir.-
ars there and they have Jurisdiction over
$500 Catholic. speaking e..rel tuer-
cnt languages. They maintain fry-iye
sanctuarles. nina converts. f0rry-tuO ros-
licences, twenty-eIght parishes ffy chap-
els, SIX study houses. ana conduct ten
trade schools and n0y-two elementary
schools They have indeed established
so many schools that there can scarcely
be found living within their Jurisdiction
an Arab who Is not fairly well cduca-
ted. They have as houses where ,a.r
families are lodged gratuit0usly. and
they annually assist ten 20 fifteen thou-
sand poor.
Tho head OF the Commissariat in this
country is tho Rev. Godfrey SETTLING.
and he is about 90 remove bis he3dquar-
tiers from New York City TO Washing
ton. Cardinal Gibbons. Archbishop Maru-
neiii, and great number OF noted pre-
lates VIII assist nc the dedication of the
new college at th. middle OF September.
METHODIST MISSIONS ~ CUBA.
The Methodist Church South. has just
opened its nth mission in cuba To is
at Pinar del Rio. Those previously opou-
ed are at Havana. Mat2uZ3s. CIeulu.gOs.
and Santiago. Some twenty years since
this church incugurated work no Key
West and Immediately the United States
took mp the cause OF Cuba it was fore
sighted enough 90 see that Key West
strengthened would prove n good base
for enlarged effort in Cuba. The WOO
mems boards rendered conspicuous scr-
vice I'm strengthening Key West ara
..H.r
number Of IT'S missionaries on the stand.
Like its Northern namesake. this denom-
nation has a Twentieth Century Tund.
il is seeking to raise Si5090 from small |
gifts with the thought that that much I'm |
hand, large gifts viii follow and SO "a |
fund Of several millions win be the out
come. The course is pursued rather than !
the one OF naming the top stint at the !
outset. About $4,000 has so far boon /,
contributed by the church and 100000 has !
been given 10 church educational insti- |
tuition by "a donor not "a Methodist. The
causes 10 be aided by this fund are The \
theological department of Vanderbilt Uui- /,
versity, annual conference Institutions. (
and the schools I'm mission fields
As part OF the Twentieth Century Fund !
the Methodists OF New York are 20 try % !
pay Off the mortgage indebtedness on AN /
Of their churches. Their plan As 10 unite.
appoint committees and together col
ect the money, IL they can. The indcbt-
sdness resting on all Methodist churches
N Manhattan and the Bronx IS 5000 900
and I'm Brooklyn $4,000. Committees
are row formulating methods Tor set-
ting about the work. I'm the state the
project OF am Eoworth League Union is
inder way growing out OF she seeont !
indianapolis Convention, and enthusiasm
.ngendcred there.
Gospel. TO THE PHILIPPINES
Children in the Sandwich Islands have
aised $4,000 with which 10 inaugurate
work on the island Of Minda-
loa, In tho Philippines. These children.
themselves benefited so greatly by the
work. under the American Board, now
eek 20 assist the same BEARD - carry
he Gospel % others. Hence their se.ec-
ION OF Iin-an.a rather ttal Llzon. IN
rider that conditions very similar TO liza
Faii OF the past may be met and chang
d. II - not yet decided whether the