The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-28

sment-and ar. fitting themselves to take
leading positions in educational circles.
They are the cream OF italian woman
hood coming from families that are
rominalIy Roman Catholic. but largely in
different to religious matters. The college
IS under tn. auspices OF the Woman's
Foreign Missionary Society Of the Metho-
dist Church
A year ago a Metropolitan Truth Socie-
tv was established to do n;ttlonat work
among Roman Catholics, In providins read
mo matter to persons resident In the
south where tie Catholic Church is weak
in comparison with other religious ooaies;
in cuItiya ting a taste among Cathoiics
generally for good literature, and among
the public in general to retute misstae
ments concerning Catholic faith ana pfaG-
ties The scope of the society tWo.h
has so broadened during the year enae It's
name has been changed to International
sC,thoIic Truth Society Its founders say
IL has not accomplished so very mucn
during its initial year. but that It mas
demonstrated the extraordinary numoef
of intelligent Catholics throughout the
country who are anxious TO help along
the three-foid object of the Society, ana
at the same time possess the capacity
effectively TO do so. A special feature Of
tn. Society's work is the dissemination OF
accurate information concerning Catnoiic
conditions in Cuba and the Philippines,
correspondents having just been establish
ed therein
CHURCH CONGRESS-
The fall of the year is the season for
the church congresses. Disciples OF Christ.
Methodist, E,piscopalians. Baptists and
perhaps other religious bodies support
such movements They are forums upon
which few leading thinkers in each body
: take up timely topics. Their discussions
are often bit heavy for the lay mind,
but this fact is Offset by the good time
which the people of the city i'll which
the congresses meet take care that It's
members have. The Church Congress.
which the Episcopalians style their meet
ing, is to be held this year in Providence,
November 18th to 10th. Christian science
is to receive special attention, the speak
ers to be no less distinguished then the
Rev. Dr. Donald, who succeeded Phillips
Brooks at Trinity. Boston; the Rev Dr..
w. r. Huntington, of Grace Church,
New York, and Theodore F. Seward the.
'.Neighbor Chain man. Aother topic ia
Foreign Missions and Social Progress
and among the speakers are the Rev. DIR.
c. H McGrew, of Cleveland, who used
to be a Methodist; Captain a. T. Mahan,
who was on the naval strategy board dur
| ig the Spanish-American war. and Lii
brarian Garfield, of Columbia University,
formerly president of Ohio University
Tue Baptist Congress is to meet in Rich
mond this year, the dates being Noven1-
| Der Goth to sd. President Montague, Of
Truman University, South Carolina, will
preside, and among the topics are
Trusts" .'Romanist Survivals in Protes-
tantism and Child Nurture in the Bap-
fist Polity.'
The speakers include some Of the ablest
of Baptist divines. both in the denomina-
tons North and South.
STATUE OF LUTHER.
American Lutherans, without regard to
synodical connection. are Interesting
themselves in the project Of placing in
Memorial Hall Of the Memorial Protes-
tant Cathedral now building at Speyer on
the Rhine a colossal statue OF Martin
Luther. This American gift is to stand
in the centre and place of honor in the
great hall and bear the inscription Cow
idmet Won Lutileraner in America The
approaching ST. NTartin's-Dav Novem-
Der 18th, the day Martin Luther was bap-
tized, and from which he took his Chris
tan name which is also the day following
his birthday, is to be observed by Luther
ans this year in this connection, and Of
ferings are to be made then for the Luth-
er statue. Among the members of the
American Committee are United States
Senator Nelson, of Minnesota; Congress-
man Geissenhainer, of Buffalo: ex-Mayor
Schieren, OF Brooklyn; the Rev. Dr. ]. G.
Butler, of Washington, and Henry Vii
lard, of New York
Disciples Of Christ, who are seeing the
Importance of church extension in the
| East, their present great strength being
in the Middle West, are to establish es-
sembly grounds accessible from salt wa
ter and undertake to make a second Ocean
Grove. The !oca ton is on Delaware Bay,
where a plot of thirteen acres has been
purchased as 4 beginning. The movement
has behind it several prominent Christian
Church leaders, and the project has been
formally endorsed by a convention repre-
sentative of Disciple organizatio A name
is wanted for the grounds, and special
offer is made to any one who will suggest
a suitable one.
The Rev. Charles NJ. D'Aubigne, one Of
the r1cst eminent Huguenot ministers of
France, is in this country On behalf of the
Protestant work in that country, and will
visit Huguenot atxiliaries In Pittsburg,
October 2S1h; Cleveland. November 4tIl;
the week of November 11th in Chicago;
Milwaukee, November goth: Toledo. No
yember 23d; Rochester. December 9Th:
Baltimore, DECEMBER 18th: and Boston.
December 10th He proclamS the awak n
ing of France. especially in the country
districts. where he declares the people by
the thousands are asking for Bibles and
for evangelistic effort. The idea is to es-
tabliSh permanent cnurch WORK in all
small towns of France that will welcome
the same. Ten new churches and eighteen
Sunday-schools were established in rural
France last year, and petitions from
forty-fve villages for churches are said
to be in the hands of the league, of which
the Rev. Mr.. D Ausibne is the represen-
tative.
FARM SCHOOL
Four years ago the Rev. Dr. Joseph
T. ,-,f- -, y,
former and progressist of Philadelphia,
founded a national farm school, his aim
being to attract young Jews to the land
by creating among them a corps Of trained
agriculturists. The project has succeeded
so well that two gifts of 5000 and $1,000
have been made for the purchase of small
farms upon which graduates are to try
the practicability Of their training. There
has also been offered a farm of $50 acres,
upon which Jewish girls are TO be taught
dairy methods, horticulture, poultrying and
general gardening, the gift to pass when
$4,000 shall have been raised to ensure
its perpetuity. The farm methods of the
parent school have received commentator