Evening star., 1901-03-02
IN THE CH U R G H E S

|. At recent meeting Of the executive COM
mittee. of the Peoples Mission, which con-
sists of Mr.. B. II. Warner president; Mr..
Matthew G. Emery, vice president; Rev.
DR.. S. Domer Dr. P, C. Claf1in and Mr.. w.
G. Orr, Rev E. D. Bailey. the evangelist,
submitted report stating that the mission
has been open fifteen months. 1t holds
eighteen gospel services per week. with an
aggregate attendance Of about 1900 The
central hall has a seating capacity of 45O
and the gospel hall branch has a capacity
of about seventy-fiye. Both places are at
times overcrowded.
The week night meetings vary in attend
ance from 75 to go the Sunday night con-
gregatton is limited only by the capacity of
the hall; it is always crowded, and many
go away for want of room.
The gospel hall branch Is located near the
wharf and Is doing splendid work among
river men and in the families of that sec
ton. One missionary deVoteS all her time
to the work and is remarkably successful.
Her visits among the poor and with the
sick are fruitful. The calls for her services
are numerous and personal response to all
is beyond her strength. She has the assist
ance of other volunteer workers. There are
now twenty-five leaders of meetings, ten
organists, orchestra of seven pieces,
large number of solosts and chorus singers
and more than sixty men and women who
take part constantly In the testimony Sc r
vices The receipts forsthe work up 10 this
time have been $2S4G,52 and the expendl-
lures nearly the same.r
At the conclusion of the reading of the
report the committee adopted resolutions
heartily commencing the work of the mis-
sion to the favor of the pastors, churcncs
and Christian. people OF Washington. and
asking for it the moral and financial sup
port which Its good work demands.
1t is stated that Former Secretary of
Stsfa TAIy hos j,,lo
swer of the missionary conference to vari-
Gus allegations of the Buddhists' Union.
This answer states:
Il. American missionaries are in no way
connected, secretly or otherwise, with the
foreign policy or administration of the
American government.
''2. American missionaries have not, as
affirmed. arrogated to themselves the power
of protecting the followers of creed In utter
disregard Of their criminality. They have
not even. as rule, taken advantage OF
the clause in the treaties with China CIV
ing them authority to interfere to protect
Christian converts from persecution. They
have seen the peril involved in such protec-
ton and have tried conscientiously to
avoid it."
Monday next at 7:30 pm. a novena OF
grace in honor of st. Francis Xavier will
begin in st. Aloysus Church. Three SER
mons will be preached by Rev. J. Keleher;
8. j., on 'St Francis Xavier as a Man,"
one each evening until the 7th. when
Rev. P. ]. Casey. 8. j. will begin series
Of three sermons on "St. Francis Xavier
Rev. John A. Conway. 8. J.. who will take
as his subject "St. Francis Xavier as an
Apostle"
Falconio the present apostolic delegate to
Canada. will succeed Archbishop Martinelli
as apostolic delegate to the United States
upon the elevation Of the latter to the car
linalata MOnSipnOr F9lc0niO will he the
first United States citizen to be apostolic
delegate at Washington. he having been
naturalized several years since. Thirty
years ago a simple Franciscan monk, Fra
Falconio has steadily advanced from one
position of honor to another In the Catholic
Church, until he is now but STEP below
the dignity of a cardinal of the Roman
Church. and his appointment to the delega-
ton at Washington will in sense be but
forerunner to his elevation to the cardi-
nalate. Monsignor Falconio Is said to be a
special protege OF Leo Kill
He was born In Italy in 1872 and Joined
the franciscan Order at an early age. The
American branch needing recruits. he was
sent In 1865 to st. Bonaventures College.
and studied English. He was ordained a
priest by Bishop Limon Of Buffalo in 1866.
Two years afterward he became president
Of st. Bonaventures College. He took out
his papers as citizen of the United States
at Little Valley, N. Y, and voted in the
presidential election Of 1872. Some years
later he was called home to Italy by the
Illness Of his aged parents. While there he
was attached to the headquarters Of his
order in Rome. filing a number Of impor-
tant Offices so well that he attracted the
attention OF the pope who made him arch
bishop Of Acrenza and Mareta in 1892.
Mr. Allen Wood, who for a number of
was i q the Mson OF d.
rendered his resignation because OF con-
tinued ili-health. In accepting the resigna-
ton the board adopted resolutions, stat
Ing they took the action mentioned with
great regret, and II acceding to Mr.. Woods
request desired to express the sense of the
members Of their loss in being deprived OF
his prudent counsels apd Christian fellow
ship enjoyed with shtm tp the weekly board
The Methodist grhss q the o Tp,ssa nss
The Baltimore cohferehce alone has. more
members than the church in the whole
country had century, ago. The Penevo-
100000 a year. The largest incomes of any
Of the churches, are those OF Madison Ave
nue. and Calvary, New York city-the first
being S39. 400 and the second $27,1oO The
Methodist is the only body which can
. compete with the Roman Catholic, actually
surprising that body, indeed, in the value
Of property by s12ooOO0o
Great shifting of places is, 1t Is said. ex-
pected in the Baltimore M. e. conference
this spring. A large number Of pastors
have no inyitations,rand will be thrown in
to the general cauldron and be ladled out
as the simmerfng begins at the next con-
ference session at Hagerstown.
1t used to be that three months before
conference nearly every man In the confer
ence knew where he was going, and every
church knew what it wanted But now
both men and churches will be looking for
adjustments and the latter may try men
for one, two or three years, until they
get dtted, and the former may be