Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-07-06
IN THE CHURCHES

Rev. DR.. A w. RudisiIl formerly of this
city, who for some years past has been a
missionary in India, and who for several
months has been visiting friends in the
United States, is about to return to his
work in that far-distant empire. He will
take with him printing press for the pur
pose Of printing the Bible In the Hindu
language, and pamphlets In the same
tongue for issue by the publishing house
which he has built up In India.
The story of the rise of this publishing
concern, which for some time has been a
substantial adjunct of mission work in
India, is the story of the devotion Of DR..
Rudisill to the cause he represents. He
began years ago with a humble experiment
tai plant, and has mastered every detail of
the publishing business including the art
of haif-tone and line Illustration, and very
recently has completed a course in the
manufacture of type, so that an industry
of this kind will be added to the score of
distinct artistic and mechanical branches
of the Madras publishing house.
More remarkable still becomes the diver
sified accomplishments of DR.. Rudsill
when the fact is known that he has trained
natives in the various lines of work
| rapidly as he himself has mastered them.
giving trades to Hinius never before
known in the catalogue of occupations In
that great empire.
More than this, the Bible is printed in
four hundred languages and dialects by the
publishing house, and by a new and mar
Vicious device made by R. Hoe & Co. espe-
cially for the printing of Bible booklets. a
speciality with the Madras publishing
house, the Madras press will be able to
print in one hundred languages at one i'm
preston.
Dr. Dudisill returns to India at this time
to advance an enterprise undertaken by
| the Indio-American Bible Booklet Society,
recently chartered, with Bishop Thoburn
president. Rev. DR.. John F. Goucher vice
president and Rev. DR.. A. w. Rudisin sec
rotary. The purpose of the society is to
print and scatter free in all of the 400 lam
guages and dialects in which the Bible is
printed hundreds of millions of pages Of
the book in the form of sixteen-page
booklet two by three inches in size.
The advent Of this improved plant In In
dia is expected to revolutionize mission
publishing methods and put religious litera-
ture at the service of the missionary of a
kind and quality never before dreamed of.
Rev. DIR. G. Campbell Morgan; the promi-
nent London preacher who has been select
ed to carry on the work of the late Dwight
L. Moody, reached this country few days
ago and is expected to soon pay visit to
Washington. 1t is understood that he will
make his headquarters in Baltimore. In a
conversation DR.. Morgan said he did not
come to the United States as the successor
OF the late Mr.. Moody, but at the request
of the Mortified extension trustees, at the
head of whom is Mr.. w. R. MOODY son of
the noted divine.
my work." he went on to say, will con-
form to the plan, adopted by the Mortified
Extension Society. L have selected Balti-
more for my headquarters because 1t is a
convenient center for me. 1 shall visit
other cities, following my work. and l shall
m axe centers for Bible teaching the classes
to be mainly for church members. l have
been assured Of the hearty cooperation of
ministers generally
Rev DR.. Morgan resigned last March as
rob TNn..
North London, in order that he might come
to this country. He is about thirty-eight
years Old. having been born in Tetbury
England, in 1863. He is the son of ran
tist minister and his mother is a Rantist
deacons daughter. He was educated AT
Cheltenham to be a teacher and upon leav-
ing school taught at Birmingham for three
years. He then abandoned teaching and
began to prepare for the ministry
At the annual session of the Wasbinp+on
conference of African United Methodist
protestant Churches, held a few DAYS ago
at Melvale, Md, the following appointments
LOT the ensuing year were made: ST. Luke's
1huTch; !. +. Brickhouse; Tyaskin circuit,
X. 4. Moore; Mount Zion circuit w. w
Butts; Havre de Grace circuit, j. H. Med
ley; st. PauPs Mission, Norfolk E r. M
t.orman; Sharptown, B. F. Halt; East Bal
1 Tnho,e county CIRCUIT s, ]. Haluret st.
Jones; st: Andrews, Daniel Butler; ST.
refers, W. T Warden; Cherry Hill, Dan
lei Harris; Cedar Hill, S. L. Wills; Oak
Grove. T. A. Purvis; Northeast. ], b Io-
vette; Mount Calvary, ]. w. Colman: viii
liamsburg, j. H. Gunage; Kent 2. B. De-
shield; Liberty, G. e. Franklin; Great
Bridge, Miles Gardner; Mount Pisgah
Washington, w. H. Tillman; ST. Matthew'S
G w. Snyder; Dorchester, r. E. Stepnev:
Bethel. r. ]. Butts; missionary at large
A. B. Bell.
Rev r. H. Williams. DID,, of the SYNOD
OF baltimore, with which the Presbyterian
churches in this vicinity are affiliated and
who has been acting as pastor of the
church at Walbrook for several wears has
announced his intention of retiring from
the active duties of the ministry II IS
stated that Dr. Williams will take I'D liter
airy pursuits, in which he was to some ex-
tent engaged prior to his acceptance of tine
pastorate of the Walbrook Church about
four years ago. He is one of the oldest
members of the synod, and has served
several churches within it's bounds For a
number of years he was pastor Of a church
at Annapolis, Md.
The American Bible Society has de-
termined to make Washington it's head
quarters for the extension of IFS uorl,
throughout the south, and will send Rev
DR.. Wragg, colored man and a graduate
or a southern theological seminary as an
agent OF the society in those states where
the colored population is the densest. He
pie, travelling over Virginia. North Caro-
lima, South Carolina, Georgia Alahanoa
and Mississippi.
Academy, Annapolis, will be begun in Few
days under the superintendent of an offi,
Ger to be detailed for the purpose by Secre-
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