The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-28


Dr. Richard G. Moulton, of the University of
Chicago, advocates a revision of the Bible that
will bring out the chronology and literary form.
Fanaticism has broken out on Bears island
off the Maine coast. Excited by a pseudo-re-
lgious revival. the islanders barely pre-
vented from killing child sacrifice.
manuscript entitled APOCALYPSE S. johann
MIS- recently sold in London for 4750 II
was executed by monks in the tenth or eleventh
century and is fine specimen of early Flemish
| illumination.
! The finance committee of the Philippine Con-
ference CMethodisD will erect fine building in
Manila for it's native work. which will cost
about $4,000 and is to be called the Knox Me-
mortal Church. The committee has secured from
! the government fortyyear lease of the ground
| on which the church is to be built.
There are ffty-three women ministers in the
| Congregational denomination Of the United
States. while many more are in actual pastoral
work. Antoinette Brown. the pioneer in this
| profession. who graduated from Oberlins theo-
| logical department in 1850, refused lcensure.
but three years after was ordained in New York
State
| A Japanese union hymn book has been pu--
! lished which will be adopted by nearly 40, 900
| Protestant Christians Six Japanese and six
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tional, Methodist, Disciples of Christ and Pres
byterians. intrusted with the preparation
of this hymnal. 1t is thought this will help
| greatly in the unifcation of the japanese
Protestant Church
There are now in the world 81 $50 Christian
| Endeavor societies. with membership of 3. $50
| 600. Amos r. Wells gives, in the Christian En-
deavor World this week. "a birds-eye view OF
! Christian Endeavor on its twenty-third anniver-
| sary," which shows the marvellous growth OF
the society since Feb. 3 1884, when it was
founded in Portland. Me-, and yet 'it is the in
FAINT among the great institutions of the church, "
/ says Mr.. Wells.
The prudential committee of the American
board has decided to secure a new vessel TO,
the prosecution of missionary work in the
islands of the Pacific The plan is to build a
vessel of wood of about 800 tons burden with
auxiliary power. to remain in Micronesiar
waters. II is believed that the children of the
Sunday schools of to-day will gladly help t.
raise the money needed for the new vessel. TIL.
children of the United States have built sine.
1856 four vessels each bearing the Morn
ing Star For these four vessels the children
have contributed slli.59s. &c. The new vessel will
cost about sSS. 900. of which SIS 900 is provided
for.
The Interdenominational Bureau of Mis-
sions, of the permanent results of tn.
Ecumenical Conference. has chosen its CORE
spending secretary the Rev. Henry Otis Dwight
who was for thirty-four years a missionary o
the American Board in Turkey and has sine,
given much time TO a systematic study of tn
facts and methods of missions throughout thu
world. He bore large part in editing the re
port of the Ecumenica Conference and has beer
revising Bliss Encyclopedias OF Missions
OF which new edition is about to appear un
| der the auspices of the bureau. The object o
this bureau Is to gather collate and furnish in
formation about foreign missions In every par
| of the world