The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-06
THE MEETINGS
AT N0RTHFIELD
Bishop Boyd Vincent VIII Take
Prominent Part.
GOOD WORK OF REV. Mr.. WRIT
Something "a bout the Modcratorship
of the Presbyterian General As
scmbly-Othcr Religious
Matters.
GOOD WORK OF REV. Mr.. WRIT

toned in connection with Episcopal hon
ors The telegram read:
Increase order for one hundred ana
fifty and snip Immediately.
The reference is to photographers, to be
distributed in advance of the voting for
new bishops. and that not by campaign
managers but by 1.-THE interested party
himself Thus does the Episcopal office
seek the man I'm these days. To date the
slate is holding out, with no indications
of any attempt TO break it. II bears the
names of the Rev. DR.. A. j. Palmer.
New York; the Rev. DIR. J. f. Perry, Chi
cago: the REV. DIR. A. w. Hamilton. of
the New England Conference, and the
Rev. ID. III. Moore, of Cincinnati. The
chairman 10 be of the committee that
will bring in THE report recommending the
number of new bishops TO be chosen as
the Few. j. M. Buckley.
THE CONGREGATIONAL
The annual meeting Of the Congregation
Home Missionary Society is to make
prominent church work in Cuba. The
meeting is to he held in the First Con-
gregational Church, Detroit. June TO Z.
The opening sermon was to have been
preached by the Rev DIR. II. p. Dewey, the
successor of the Rev. DR.. Richard S. Storrs,
but because of the changes involved in
that succession. he has been released al
MS request. anu tIlS piSdIiiti VIII 'C 'i'N
REV. DIR. Philip S. Noxom, of Springfield.
Two others on the programme beside
General Howard, the president, are the
Rev DIR. II. C. Herring, OF the First
Church OMAHA, and the Rev. DR.. a c.
Dunning editor Of the Songrega-
tionalist" Boston. The feature Of the
meeting will be the presence and address
of the Rev. L. l.. Writ. the Society's mis-
sionary at Cape Nome, who has travelled
~ IL -1aI<~ ~,
order to reach the outside world ana
journey thence to Detroit.
When the thousands Of sold-seekers
reach Cape Nome this summer, they
will find there, thanks to the Rev MI
Writ and this society, a church, library,
hospital. and a corps of Christian and
trained workers. These relief buildings
We're constructed out of what remained
from a shipwrecl5 of material being
transported north from Washington~ and
when the Capt Nome winter closed IN
$500 people We're there to make use of
them The Rev. Mr. Writ left Cape
Nome on January Sth, in order to be
in Detroit in June. The society expects
vast numbers into Cape Nome from the
klondille and from the States, and Is
preparing to enlarge the work and
increase the workers as soon as trans
portation thither can be obtained and
the advice and counsel of its missionary
are had.
CHURCH IN HAVANA
A Congregational church of seventy
members, all of them Cubans, has, Just
been organized in Havana. Its services
are now held in a building a part of
which is used as residence for the mis-
sionary (the Rev j. p. Herrickl, but,
with increased interest in missions, the
hope is held that within year church
may be erected. The name is the Central
Church of Havana. and on -April 18th il
was recognized by and admitted to
membership in the General Association
of Congregations Churches of Florida.
Its Sunday-school has 40 pupils. Its
work is wholly for and among Cubans.
and all services are in Spanish. Services
| are also held in Guanabacoa. four miles
east of Havana: at Guanajoy, in the
province of Pinar del Rio, and at
Cienfuegos.
Out of the Ecumenicai Conference on
Foreign Missions there is to come
central missionary body. designed TO
perpetuaie as far as possible the results
| of the conference. Its functions have not
vet been outlined, and its membership
is not made UP. but it is expected that
it will be sort of board OF arbitration.
i and be made up of men in all religious
! bodies and representative of all parts
! of this country. as well as foreign coun-
i tries A prominent feature of its work
will be the collection and publication of
Information concerning countries and
| mission fields. it being held that this can
! as well be done by one organization for
! all boards as for each 10 do it, and at
greater efficiency and less cost. The new
organization viii be perfected by the
I Executive Committee of the late
/ conference.
/ THE ECUMENICAL CONFERENCE.
The surprising thing about the recent
/ Ecumenical Conference was the sustained
! interest. The crowds We're not made up
Of people resident in the city in which
/ II was held. hut came from every part
! Of the country, and We're easily four
times as great in numbers as the pro-
4 jectors OF the conference expected. The
lesson of the conference was that foreign
/ missions pay. After is1e cumulative evi-
dence brought out by the speakers to
that effect, no well-informed person can
longer afford 10 question whether they
do or not. And the side light of the
conference is-the che great side-light-
that even in our day It is pretty easy
I, find places in the world where snis-
4 sionary's life is in his own hands. The
speakers. especially IN the sectional
i meetings. brought out many Instances
wherein their personal tates hung in the
balance.
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