Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-05-27

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regular session at Grace church thi
morning. a paper was read by tn
Reg. Ellis on Heredity in Religion
which was quite interesting. Ar
rangemeuts were completed for th,
annual picnic of the association |
will take place at the Glen on tn,
first Monday in June. 1t will be con
fined to the pastors of this city anC
their families, and the afternoon vii
be spent in amusements and converse
tion, and end with supper.
BIBLE SOCIETY.
The meetings under the auspice:
Of the American Bible society were
largely attended last evening. They
were held simultaneously at the Mair
| Street Friends church and at Grace
| NJ. L. church. At Grace church DR.
| Pearson, representative OF the so
ciety, spoke first. He has five states
in charge. At the close of his address
he went to the Main street church
and repeated it. He gave a history
of the society and its present WORK.
| The buildings of the society cover an
entire squa in New York city, and
they are one of the largest publish
ing houses in the world 1t is not
a publishing house in the ordi-
nary sense, since it is not
run for profit. 1t publishes Bibles
only, and sells them at ac-
tual cost of production. 1t sells
them as low as a cent copy, and
from that up to a very high price,
some of its productions being the
h af hn art Of hn
printer, engraver and binder, while
the talent employed in compiling
and the like is the best the world
affords. Many Bibles are given
away. Bibles are supplied to the
u. 5. Navy free of all cost; %. 900
were given there last year. Bibles
are furnished free to missionaries
in foreign fields, hundreds of
thousands of them, in every known
language. This year they are espe
cially engaged in making Bibles for
the Philippines. Extracts were read
from letters from missionaries there,
one especially from DR.. Goodrich,
who said the Filipiros We're hungry
Tor the Bible; that at a recent service
held in a theatre in Manila he sod
300 at the door The entire Bible is
not yet translated into the Filipino
languages. 1t will take Bibles in
ten different languages to supply
the mass Of that people, and that
will leave "A dialects unsupplIed.
Men are now at work on them.
At this church DR.. Pearson was
followed by Prof Russell of Earlham
with a paper on the Bible which was
very interesting.
At the Main street church Rev.
dition to DIR, Pearson s address. Both
churches were crowded, and the mu
steal portions of the services by the
POPULAR LECTURE COURSE.
The Popular Lecture Course, which
a number of very enjoyable
at the Gennett last
season, has been reorganized and will
proceed this next winter as last 1t
will be under the auspices OF Earlham
college and the First English Lu-
theran church. The committees of
last year are continued tie same as
Ia st year. The committee from Earl
ham are Profs Trueblood, Lindley
and Barrett; that from the church
includes Rev. Kapp and Messrs. Tur-
ner, Nusbaum and Bartel. The course
last season cleared about 800, which
is very satisfactory to all concerned.
The course is not run to make money,
but 10 supply a series of entertain
ments which the regular theater peo-
Pile do not supply because under thea
ter management they do not pay; a
class that iustructs while entertain
ing: a class which is patronized gen
orally by people who do not make a
practice Of attending theaters. The
committee in charge get vote of
thanks from the public, and that Is
the extent of their compens ition for
a large amount of very hard work.
The talent for the next course has all
been engaged. There will be six
entertainments under the regular
course, opening on the evening Of
Nov. Sth with Prof. Ernest Seton
Thomson The others are Seton
Dolhver. DR. James Headlev, Fred
Emerson Brooks, who is an imitator
of Riley; the Mendelssohn male quar-
tette, with Miss Smith, late of the
Smith sisters, in child dialect; the
Durno- Emmett combination, I'M
sleight of hand, humor and musical.
program. The dates for these enter
tainments have not yet been set,
with the exception of the opening
Tickets for the season will be one.
dollar. and the sale will open about
Sept. lst.
CHURCH IMPROVEMENTS,