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vices at dedicat5ons. The conference
promptly forbade any such acts by its
officials In the future.

Ices at dedicatSens. The conference
forbade any such acts by its
'fheials in the future.
Frederick p. Olcott, a Protestant, has
,iven 5000 to the congregation of the
,atholic church at Bernardsville. N. j.,
which will enable them TO complete
heir new church.
Denver will have a new Catholic ca
hedral The old cathedral has en-
sold for s145, 0a0.s The new edifice. which /
viii take several years to build, will |
cost not less than $200,090.
Miss Susie Swift, formerly a briga-
der in the Salvation Army, has just
made her profession as a nun of the
Dominican order at the monastery in
Madison avenue, Albany, n. Y
The citizens of Berlin, led by the EN-
peror of Germany, have begun to send
aid to the famine sufferers of India
The Sultan of Turkey is also credited
with having started a similar relief
fund.
Although the Transvaal, Orange
Free State and diamond fields have
been temporarily closed, the contribu-
tons of the South African Self-Denial
League of the Salvation Army reached
EI700.
Since the first of the year thirty
eight have been added to the member
ship of the First Congregational
Church, San Francisco, and 200 during
the three and a half years pastorate
of DR.. Adams.
DR.. Joseph B. Hertz, who was rabbi
Of the Hebrew congregation of johann
nesburg until last December, when he
was expelled from the Transvaal by
President Kruger, arrived in New
York May 9Th.
The oldest teetotaler in Great Britain
is said to be mrs. Sampson, aged 81. She
was born at Kings Lynn, and signed
the pledge in January, 1920. She had
ten daughters and the eight still living
are teetotalers.
Exchanges report another large be-
quest to Vanderbilt University, this
time from the late Mrs. Mary Farman
who gave 100000. She was a member
of the McKendree Methodist church.
South Nashville, Tenn.
A Congregational missionary at Cape
Prince of Wales, Rev. Mr.. Loop, who
has a reindeer herd, VIII establish a
| reindeer express between Cape Nome
anu Sdpe OTh lHtS WlnleT. he Will
carry passengers, freight and mait'
| The Salvation Army conducts in the
Central Province, India, 1913 day
schools, attended by $500 children. OF
| this number 400 receive from the army
a weekly allowance of grain to keep
them alive until the famine is over.
1 AT the last communion service TWEEN
Nv tyz-n hnr 20
the Congregational Church, Santa
Cruz, seventeen being on confession
| During the last four months the church
has received fifty-three new members
The great missionary map of the
world, % feet by 80 feet, which was dis
played in Carnegie Hall during the
by business man for a series of lee
| lures to the workmen in his factories
Imnnanuel Reformed Church of ALI
ance, Ohio, is becoming a young mems
church. One-fifth of the entire mem
| berShip is composed off single young
! men. The women have been in the
I majority only once in the prayer meet
ings.
/ The Woman's Board of Missions of
the Congregational Churches has under
its control about $50 missionaries, over
so girls boarding schools, nearly 800 day
schools and about 100 Bible women. The
total contributions last year amounted
to $4,000.
Bishop Foster sent word to the Gen.
eral Conference of the Methodist Epis-
copal church that he is no longer able
to work, either with tongue or pen, ant
that he is only waiting to so home anG
is anxious TO have the Lord hasten his
summons.
The Christian Enoeavor unions of Lou
isville, KY, have decided not to accept
money from distillers. More than 81 ,0u0
contributed by distilIers for a farm to
be used as a playground for the poor
during the summer will be returned to
the donors.
There We're present at the Ecumeni-
cal Missionary Conference recently he.d
in New York: Missionaries 600, attend
ants 10000, and delegates 1,500. The
number of meetings held was IS, coun-
tries represented As, boards and socie-
ties represented 115.
About 400 poor Jews from Toultana
Roumania, who reached Constantine.
pie recently, were taken on board the
steamship KaiSere en- route for Ismidt
where they will settle permanently
The Sultan sent General Tcherkesy
Mehmed Pascha to distribute money
among the passengers.
Some weeks ago Governor Foster NJ
Voorhees, of New Jersey promised tC
give the Board of Foreign Missions oil
the Reformed Church of America $1,000
on condition that the remainder of the
debt, $40 600. was raised by May 1st. TIE
board failed to raise the amount. Gov
ernor Voorhees, has sent word to the
board that he will raise his gift to 49,
600 and make it unconditional.
The will of Julia A. Joseph, who died
June IS. 1899, at Oakland. baqueaths te
the Roman Catholic Bishop of the Cath
Ollie Mission. Honolulu, $500; to the Prot.
estant Orphan Asylum, San Francisco
$500; for building and improving the
catholic chanel at the leper nilsson
honolulu, $500 to Catherine Roche, su.
perior of the Catholic Orphan Asylum
of South San Francisco. $1,000.
The viii of Mrs. Eliza Chrisman