The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-01
MARKED ~soLIcITATloN.

The General Convention or TINS ohuc"
meets every three years. Upon It's al
journment the House OF Bishops issues a
| Pastoral Letter. a careful reading OF
these letters FOR the last decade SHOWS
married. solicitation FOR the faith once de-
! nvered TO the saints. Indeed, thaNlS inc
burden OF almost every one Of them. And
in this respect they do not diner from
! Pastorals OF half a century ago, II q ran
| dom of selection Of some OF the last named
| be a fair test Of an. So FAR from any
laxuess there would aDear 70 De a
| constant urging OF liked or even of ad-
vanced standards. For proof Of this may
be cited two notable paltorals whlch
emphasize this point, and were
written TO emphasize IL. while nothihs
| appears in any Of them that can IN any
way be construed TO mean Broad SnurcA
or Professionalism.
a straw. and an interesting one as pear
ing upon this point. are interviews Just
had with about twenty leading delegates
! from Scotland and England TO the Fan
rrosbvtcrian Council al Washingt0n-Ih~
| latter are outsiders. 20 20 speak, but witiS
! out exception they repOrt the Hlsh
| church or Catholic party In the Church OF
England. as viewed by n~0n-Angiican ana
vet close observers. TO be the active ana
| ascendant party. adhering strictly 10
bible and Church. without exception
| also they declare the Higher CrlLiclsm
wave IN England. IS represented by Prois.
Briggs and McGinert. Lyman ABBOTT
/ William r. Harper and others here TO
| have passed By.
II would seem. therefore, that no matter
i what the temporary success or failure or
! the two Darties I'm the Diocese OF New
{ Worry. thev are p0werless TO change the
| general situation. II is becoming increas-
| inelv true. and more so even since Al
noiral Dewey brought the English speak
inc nations closer together and decreased
Tho size of the world by increasing our
| familiarity with if. that religious conalt-
ions which affect one part of Christendom
affect all.
FORMAL REPORT RENDERED.
The Revs. H.. p. Mccormick and A.. II.
Rudd. two general missionaries sent ~
PORTO Rico bv the American Baptist Home
Nriseion Society. have rendered signal SER
vice the period Of disaster following the
Great tornado. They were appointed by
| ne Government as Inspectors OF fuollc
Charities. and as such they have gone INTO
| every part Of the island. on mule PACK
on foot and by boat. gaining a hhJ"l''b'
which they could have acquired ID no
! other way. ant. coming In toucn WIN lhe
people in such manner as must uV "l
ADVANTAGE 20 Baptist and 10 Christian III
terests I'm the future.
The Rev. Mr.. Mccormick mas JUST s-n
, formal report to General Thomas
MORGAN the recording secretary OF ile
nsp+isf society mentioned. In which he
| ro.nfs out some political conditions. VERY
/ hitter ne SAYS. "has been Porto RICO
FIRST wears experience under our lag. u
| courts conceded that the island became
/ -art Of the United States on the eXChanG
of treaty r-atiGcad1rs. and the Constitu-
lion declares that AN duties shall Doe uni-
form throughout the United states. oll
aror an these months Porto Ricas pro-
/ ducts are shrf ONT of the homo ports by
ruiu0us tariffs. Her coffee, tobacco ara
sugar planters have been pressed 20 toe
very verge. Porto Bic1ns cry continual
, ". I'VE do not ask for charity. but for
omen markets and for work" find that
the pcop.e are willing 20 work but ile
large land owners have not sold of LAST
years crop and have no money WA
which 20 employ labor. 10 is good OF
/ Christian re0pie in the United states g.
send supplies. but f. wil De better bJth
FOR God and the "0rto Eicans If t1r}
bring such force 10 bear upon politicians ll
Congress as To make that body ORDER l'l.
Porto Rico the commercial privileges "A.
Il constituent part Of the United states
WANT AMERICAN LAW
Il find the people are ANGUS lr thf
introduction of American Jaws. courts al.
| customs. The people are nominal
! Roman catholic. but they wish TO Dee irc.
! from Church control of the State, and
| Church activity in lI1lic affairs. ana nine
! ty-dye per cent Of them eXecrate the Wow
adopted and acted upon hy Governor Gem
--N HI...na chat AHH|l. .lNn- H-n.MII.NH
| and a handful OF c.crlls represent the
| interest and the desires Of the Porto RI
can masses. They wish To ice American
| not the sltraps of Church ecclcsilsuc7
| Spauiard or american. and they do not
( hesitate 10 say so. Tine destitutiol here
is something appalling and RELIEF must Doe
afforded for four or i've months yet, but
an who live here believe tn8t If Congress
viii give the island the commercial free
. dom enjoyed oy Alaska and New Mexico,
Porto RICO Will soon more than repay all
the sacrifices made I'm her behalf
There will be "a large number of Con-
| eregati0n8lists in Providence next week
90 attend the annual meeting Of the
/ American Board. An effort is 90 be made
to pay Of the debt. now amounting 90
fS8 0o0. This IS a large sum-, but not So
| large as has been lifted in former meet
| iug-. ONO of them ten years ago iu ProVi-
dence. and under less favorable c,rcum-
| stances than now. Then the congregations
! had not contributed and The work had ttl-
I Ten behind. Now the congregations have
! contributed and that more generously
I than ever before. The debt is due solely
! 60 the falling of from wills and other be-
quests.
The story about Hawaiian Christians
paving the debt turns oIt t0 Doe not well
| f,ruInI Al least nobody In tniz country
| can now De- found 10 vOUch for it. III f.
/ said that while these islands Christians
| civ. literally they are by no means able
20 Iift any such indebtedness as now
rests un0n the board. Even the fund
said 90 have been rli od by Honululu'
| children for work in the Philippines is
not in hand. and may never he. IL now
looks AS tf d.. Willis James. the present
vice president. will De advanced 90 The
presidency. and that the new vice presi-
dent viii he the Rev. Harry Hopkins N
Kansas city. a son of President Hopkins
of Williams. so long president Of this
Board.
SITUATION AT PLYMOUTH
A theological right-about-face has 0c-
CURED in historic Plymouth church.
Brooklyn. For ten years the Rev Dr.
Lyman Abbott as pastor made steady pro-
gress toward liberaiity IN religious view.
until he came t0 be the foremost man In
the liberal element among Congregation
alist-. Famous among his many series
Of seromns was one ON St. Paul On which
he WIS charged with holding Unitarian
views. intermlxed with a large measure
OF mere intellectually. While IL was no
cause of his retirement from the past0rate
OF Plymouth. 10 is no secret that there