Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-06-21
NEWS OF TIE CHURCHES

vious year. This year 60 men and wo.
men are being sent, seven to Africa
IL to China, nine TO India. five to japan,
six to Korea. three to Burmah. nine
to Persia. -four to the Philippines, two
to Siam and a number who are as vet
unassigned. 1t should be said that this
number does not include all the mis-
sionaries sent out by the board in one
year. 1t is only the new people, those
who have just completed their studies
or those who have been home from the
mission field for a number of years and
who nov return to it. OF this latter
class. however, there are hut three
among the 65. The total number of
missionaries sent out by the Presby-
terrain board last year was something
over loo, and this years figures will
certainly pass those of last year.
Baptist harmony committee.
Plans are under consideration for
the unitication of Baptist home mission
work, it being practically agreed by
officers of the American Baptist Home
Mission society, the Women's Baptist
Home Mission society, and the Wo-
mems American Baptist Home Mission
society. the three organizations now
doing work. that it could he more eco
llbIiANdliN ant llOlt tltNliN ely uOilt IL
some plan of consolidation were adopt
ed. The matter has beer talked of for
a year or more and has now been sane
toned by the American Baptist Home
Missionary society, at its annual meet.
Ing in st. Paul last month, so that
now nothing remains to be done but
the deciding Of the details. A confer
ence is to he held by officials of the
several societies in a few days when a
plan of union will he formulated to be
submitted TO the societies for approval.
The American Baptist Home Mission
airy society is the largest of the three
TO he united. Ii has receipts of about
500 600 per annum, while the women's
societies have $1,000 and $4,000 re-
spectively. An effort is also to he
made to secure greater harmony be-
tween the various Baptist benevolent
societies and a committee of fifteen is
to be appointed to consider the relation
of the organizations to each other and
to the churches. a report to he made
at the anniversaries next year. The
president of the Home Missionary So
ciety. the Missionary MOI and the
Publication society are to appoint the
committee.
Parochial School Course.
The Catholic summer school, now
just ten years old, has accumulated
property worth $500 600. This is rep
resented in the splendid ground at Cliff
Haven, on the shores of Lake Cham
plain, and cottages, most of them
erected by Catholics of different cities,
that now number twelve. Attendance.
beginning very small at New London,
Conn, where sessions were held in an
opera house, has increased year by
year, until it reached 1000 loot season.
That was a gain of above LOCO over
the preceding season. With the growth
in attendance there has come n quite
equal to it in social attractiveness,
more and ore people of means make
Cliff Haven their summer outing place.
The school opens on July 6 this sea
son, to continue into early September.
The courses will be in history and lit
erature, and some attention Will be
paid to Mexico, and especially the re-
markablc administration of President
Diaz. \ feature of the courses this
season will he II on the general sub
ject of The Theory of Being given
by Rev. John T. Driscoll at request of
the board of studies.
Union Among Presbytsrians.
Inc movement OF rellSlOu bodies
holding the presbyterian system to eff
feet organic union is declared to pos
seSs much life. Ii was shown i'm the
Southern Presbyterian church assem-
bly,, which reached out toward the re-
formed church. The effort was defeat
ed at Jackson, but is said to he certain
to come again next year. 1t also show
ed itself in the United Presbyterian
general assembly, in a slightly changed
form, but vas there defeated. The
small reformed Presbyterian assembly
adopted it, Inc furnished also a pro-
paganda from among its members
which is pushing the matter through
the alliance of reformed churches.
The English-speaking part of the re-
csurch has also adopted it, do
ing SO NTH enthusiasm. 1t was not
presented to Presbyterians north, but
the record of that body is that it will
the proposition favorably. The
movement is a remarkable one pos
sessing vast interest to students of &C.
clesiastical affairs.