Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-11
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| The Rev. Frederick Langham of Fiji,
who translated the Bible into Fijian, has
| Just died in England.
The bi-centennial of the birth of Jona-
than Edwards, the greatest theologian
of this country in the eighteenth century,
will be observed at Yale on Oct ., 1903.
DIR. Philip Henry Pye-Smith has been
appointed vice chancellor of the Uni
versity of London for the unexpired term
Of DR.. Robertson, now bishop of Exeter.
! Centenary Church, st. Louis, almost
the only church in an immense downtown
| district, keeps three deaconesses and a
Sunday school missionary constantly at
work.
The London Examiner publishes the
names and addresses of 100 Congrega-
! tional ministers who have declared their
| intention to refuse to pay the education
rate.
On the proposition of Cardinal Satolli
the Pope has appointed Mgr. James s.
Duffy, pastor of ST. Agnes Church,
Brooklyn. n y, to be domestic prelate
Of his holiness.
Rev. DR. NJ. Eward Fawcett, the new
ly elected Protestant Episcopal bishop
of Quincy, is enc Of the youngest men
ever elected to the episcopate in the
American church.
The village Of Jasper, n. Y, is to be
the seat of a new educational institu-
ton to be Known as the Mckinley me-
mortal college. The college will be in
terdenominational.
The Catholic mission school at Bula
wayo, Rhodesia, won the two first
Rhodes scholarships at Oxford awarded
to other British colonies, the United
States and Germany.
The oldest recorded minister Of the
Society of Friends in the world, Mrs.
Phoebe Ann Clifford, has just celebrated
the Tooth anniversary Of her birth at her
home in Providence, X. J.
The Oldest recorded minister Of the SO
ciety of Friends in the world, Mrs. Phoe-
be Ann Clifford, celebrated the Tooth
anniversary of her birth at her nome in
Providence, X. l., recently.
The Rev. DR.. Theodore Bratton, re-
GENTLY elected Protestant Episcopal
bishop of Mississippi, has selected st.
Andrews Church in jackson as the place
for his conservation late in July.
Bishop satterlee in a recent address
said: THE Jews are preserving the home
and family better than we Christians are
doing. / do not know how TO account
for it, but l do know it to be fact"
The Rev. William NJ Upcraft of Al
ton is about to start as a missionary 70
China. and TO reach his destination in
the western part Of the country he will
have TO travel 2,00o miles from Shanghai.
John T.. Gibbons is quoted az saying
that in boyhoOd his brother. now cardi-
nal and archbishop, delighted in athletic
exercises. playing rafting game Of
baseball. was splendid swimmer, and
withal was methodicaL
In the public garden, Boston, has been
unveiled the first statue Of . clergyman
ever erected in public place in that
city. 1t is in memory # William Ellery
Claiming. one Of the founders Of Unita-
rianism in this country.
Or. w. F. Warren. retiring president
Of Boston University. has been elected
dean Of the School Of Theology. with one
years leave Of absence with full salary.
The trustees also granted him salary
Of s.. 800 per year for life.
Tie Rev. c. n Jones Of Oswego, y
s.. has created considerable adverse com
ment in his city By making a contract
with local bin poster TO advertise the
elergvman's sermons on the fences Of the
municipality
Southern Presbyterians have refused
10 enter upon ways which most religious
bodies Just noB are making popular. Re-
speeding to a cordial resolution adopted
bv Cumberland PFesbyterians. favoring
committees 10 consider the union Of ali
Presbyterian bodies. Pres5yierians soHt1
expressed sympathy with the spirit Of the
Cumberland advance, but said they did
not see their way clear 70 the appoint
ment Of committee.