The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-29

Brooklyn and one Boston congregation ha.-
ing his name under Consideration.
CATHOLIC CHURCH CENSUS.
A proposition emanating from the Cath
olic University It Washington, that a Ro-
nun Catholic Church census be under
taken this fall. has met a hearty and inn
mediate response. Catholic Church sta
tst.cs are VIGOROUSLY unreliable. and none
recognize this fact more thoroughly than
Roman Catholic authorities themselves.
In defense they say they have been too
busy 10 count eIch other. Irmigrat ton
running into the hundreds of thousands a
year, and large proportion of it Catho-
lie and too poor TO provide religious ac-
has had 10 be met by a church that is
growing rapidly from natural causes.
Now, however. it is felt by many that the
time has arrived, not when priests are
not busy. hut when time ought to be
taken TO make an accurate census, both
of numbers and of property The date
selected is for the year 1901, the first year
of the new century, and in order that
there may be some definite knowledge with
which to start a new century comparison.
AS soon as the Bishops return-many of
them are now in Rome-the matter is to
be laid before them. 1t is probable, should
the census be undertaken, that the Uni
versity at Washington will be utilized as
headquarters
A missionary corps from among the
congregation OF the Holy Cross has been
formed for the purpose of giving mis-
sions and conducting retreats. At present
the largest number of missions are con-
Quoted by Pauiis:s and the largest num-
Der of retreats by Jesuits. but the Holy
Cross is making advances along both of
these Ines OF work. The new superior OF
the Molly Cross missions is the Rev. P J.
Franciscus. The great work Of the Holy
Cross Congregation in this country is the
University al Notre Dame, Ind. with the
House Of Studies at Washington, affiliated
with the Catholic University.
A member of the Protestant Episcopal
Board of Missions. who has felt keenly
the recent criticisms from organized do
ceses because appropr!a tons to the same
are to be wiped out henceforth at the rate
of 20 per cent. annually, says he has not
heGrd word of criticism of the churches
because they have not given more to the
Board of Missions. Contributions to this
board are quite equal to those of pre-
Vlous years, but appropriations have
grown, and there is not sufficient funds
to meet them BY September 1st, when
the fiscal year closes. 500, coo must be had
if the board ends the year without debt.
Members of the board say it is impossible
not TO increase appropriations. They also
say that any criticism that too much has
been attempted in the Philippines and
Porto Rico is idle. because in the former
the board is not responsible for single
salary, and in Porto Rico the combined
salaries Of the two workers do not reach
5000 The fund from Episcopal Sunday
schools now renches s9a,GCO for the year,
the largest ever attained.
MISSIONARIES SALARIES.
Salaries of missionaries vary according
for the reason that living is higher in
some countries than in others. The aim
Of societies is to pay simply living wages.
The American Board pays, on an average.
a lower wage rate than any other of the
large American societies, and. singular
enough. its reported converts year after
year per missionary is larger than any
other. Reasons for this include the one
TIT American board missions are older
and have about them larger half-civilized
and sem'-Christian communities to draw
recruits from
Here are the average wages paid mis-
sonaries: Married men to Africa. $500
year: Brazil. Sl,5o0: China all parts. 81 900:
India, sl,2eo; Japan. Sl.25o; Korea, $3.50;
Syria, $3.50: Persia, $l,0Go, and Mexico
Sl,5" Single men are paid one-fourth
less than these figures, and single women
one-half less. the argument being not
that women nre worth less than men, but
that they have fewer necessities and can
do more for themselves in sewing and
mend ne. Many a woman on the mission
field would fall i'll of loneliness were she
not able. during spare moments, to sew
and to knit
Where missionaries who are mnrried
have children OLD enough to require to be
Kept in school away from home they are
allowed $40 year additional. If young
children are with their parents and to be
supported. 800 additional per child is al
lowed. OF course, these salaries include
house rentals and travelling expenses to
and from the stations. Missionaries are
allowed years vacation once in from
TOUR 10 ten years. Their travelling ex-
l'ehses are paid to and from their sta
TONS and nearly their full pay while on
Naca on 1t they are asked to go to home
sVurches to speak Their fares are paid
WANT TO GO TO CHINA.
Al the present moment, when it is sup
'oSen mat some missionaries in China may
nave lost their lives, Foreign Mission
ioeaFoS are IN receipt of hundreds OF let
'efS from volunteers, who wish to so 10
ohlha and take their places. Just as en-
iistmentS al United States army recruiting
nave increased because of the
haH-war in China, so have volunteers for
the MISSION heldS increased and the larger
the number OF casualties on the field the
larger the secretaries of the boards expect
the number of missionary volunteers to be.
II mas come to be. during the last two
years quite the thing for churches to have
TWO pastors, one at home and one on the
foreign Held SO great is the number of
chHfcneS al the present time applying to
Mission Boards for men and women. whom
they desire TO support in foreign fields. that
Mission Boards are unable to supply the
demand. The trouble is not that volunteers
are not to be had in plenty, as has just
been said. but that competent men and
women are not TO be had Enough apply,
such as they are but the requirements
for the foreign field are exceedingly severe.
not alone as TO body condition but also as
to mental equipment and educational at
tainment
The public is familiar with appeals from
missionary societies. Some years ago, tir-
ing OF these appeals the Church Mission
airy Society. the largest missionary or
ganization in the world. and representing
the evangeilca!s in the Church Of England,
adopted the policy of sending TO the field
all persons who ask to be sent provided
hey have the necessary personal oua,;fica