The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-25
MAKES REp.EY TO
RELIGIOUS HERALD
What Or. Kerr Says About Crit
clsm Of us Papsr-Dr. Ran
kia Sick in Caina.

The Forthcoming issue of the Religious
Herald will contain the following, which
,xplains itself:
.Iessrs. Editors:
In your editorial in last weeks Herald
ou speak OF my failing to mention the
3apists and NIethodists in a paper which
vas read al the General Ministers meet
Gg two weeks ago. intimating courte
us!y that the omission was not inten-
ional. I beg to say in my paper on the
Religious Outlook in Europe" / wa
;ritng about the church at large, anG
.ot any special denominations, nor die
mention the work of my denomination,
Except in connection with the recent
Mon of two great Presbyterian bodies
n Scotland. to say that one of these was
oted for its great home mission work.
md the other for its zeal for foreign
lissions
L am sure your readers all know that
am not narrow nor bigoted, but that my
lea.rt goes out to all the branches of the
5reat universal church of Christ. and that
ny earnest prayer is for the closer fell
owship and unity, for we are all one in
Lhrist Jesus.
yours fraternally.
ROBERT P. KERR"
"
omment:
Perhaps we were a little super-sensi-
I've. ard did not do DR.. Kerr Justice in
lur comment. He is. of course, incapable
f'any intentional discrimination agains
he great non-conformist body of Great
iritain. with whom he is identified in
pirit We gladly recognize his generous
md brotherly temper and count him as
one of our truest friends. Editors Re
gious Herald.
News has reached mere through a let
ter to Dr.. James P. Smith of the serious
Illness in China Of the Rev. D c. Ran
gin, D. D., OF Nashville the distinguish d
dtor of The Missionary. the organ Of
the Foreign Mission Boa d of the Presby-
terrain General Assembly, who is now on
tour of the East Barely had DR. Ram
kin reac hed Ch.na before he was stricken
Down with AS tic cholera. Fe IS now
ecoverins, but his condition at one time
was quite serious
The letter is frcm Soochow. China. an6
IN rart as follows:
Il am sorry TO report that DIR. Rankin
s at present in Oh nkiaNsN corvaiescirg
from q very severe attack of ,ASiati chol-
era. He had taken pass7g on steamer
from Shanghai. bound up the Ya~ g-tse
was attacked by this dread u1alady. The
captain of the ship seemed to have h s
wits about him, End managed to send a
telegram on to Ch'nkiang so that m di-
cal assistance might be had upon the
arrival of the suffe err This was accom-
plished. and the disease was bafled
though it was indeed very narrow es.
care. we may rejoice in the goodness
of God in sparng our brother to US. Fe
of course, yet very weak"
The entertainment of Trinity Methodist
Sunday school will be held OF
Friday evening, December 26th al
) o'clocl. End their friends and The
1.,.blic are invited. An admission fee Of
one potato will be charged. Each class
Nll make a contribution which has bee1
assigned them and will also give some
hing in the way of an enterta nne0t
The subject of these entertainments will
tIrt be made known until the occasion
arrives. but from the amount of interest
shown by the different classes. and some
idea of the plans which have leaked out
rare treat may be expected The articles
which have been assigned consist of wood.
coal. flour, beans, potatoes, cabbage.
cakes, pies, etc.
4 recent issue of the Christian Reg
lister. the Unitarian paper of Boston,
contains some notes by the president OF
the American Unitarian Association. of
a tour in November 'hrough the cities
of the South. On November oath he
reached Richmond and conferred with
the ministers and members OF our brave
little church. But he a6ds
'Richmond is the most rigidly ortho-
dox city have ever visited and it has
proved an exceedingly hard field for the
seed of our sowing. I believe. how
ever. that patience and persistence will
ultimately achieve success"
It is generally felt that the Mr.. r. D.
Garland the well-known drummer evan
cel:st who was last night elected fed
secretary of the Baptist State Mis- zion
Board to succeed the Rev. c. J. Thorr-
son. who goes 10 Durham, n. c.. viii
accept the position.
Mr. Garlan,: is regarded as fine man
for the work. He is now stationed in
Keysville.
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