Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-05-05
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be allowed to accumulate for the
: present.
! 1t is said that the Japan govern
mcRt kcs appointed & Christian chap
Z lin for each division of the army as
1t proceeds to the front, thus plac-
ing Christianity on an equal footing
with Shintoism, the religion of the
/ government itself, and with Buddh-
Ism, each Of which has a chaplain in
each division of the army.
The Baptist Missionary Magazine
/ las an interesting paper on War and
Missions in Corea. II expresses no
/ fear that Baptist mission work Will
I he at all disturbed in Japan, but some
J difficulty may be realized in the dis
puted territory Of Corea itself where
for the last twenty years very en-
coraging missionary. work has been
! dcae
Rev. F. B. Meyer, who has visited
/ many mission fields, considers the
4 clerical labor of the missionary too
4 great burden for him to carry he
would like 10 be able to despatch a
] 6rst-yate commercial man 10 act as
clerk, to I'LL out statistics, keep ac
counts and do any clerical work
which so crowds and wearies the
Missionary.
/ AT St. Andrews Episcopal church
in 127th street. New York, an innova-
4 ton has been introduced which has
attracted much comment. Twenty
J five women and girls ROBBED in scar
| let, with caps to match, have been in
4 troduced into the choir. DR., Van De
Water, the rector, is said to have de-
/ vised the costume.
! The pope has directed that Codi-
! fication be made of the canon laws
along lines similar to the codificatio1
of the Roman civil laws under the
Emperor Justinian. \ commission
of cardinals will be formed for its eX
ecution over which the pope himself
will preside.
The Roman Catholic Society for the
Propagation of the Faith is making q
! special appeal to the faithful in the
; United States on the ground that tn:
i persecution in France has so reduced
/ contributions from that quarter tina;
its foreign missions must be cur
tailed unless there is outside assist
ance
The headquarters of the Roma-
Catholic Society for the Propagation
Of the Faith has moved its headouar
tiers from Baltimore to New York
Fully nine-teHths of the society's in
come has come from France Amer
can Roman Catholics contribute u
the society about $4,000 year
The Churchman states that 81,
years ago the Washington cathedra
foundation had not dollar of avail
assets. Today it has, after deductinG
its entire Indebtedness, property
worth over s76S,000. The mortgage
Gu the magnificent site which cos
s291,427 has been reduced year ny
year, until it stands today al only sos,
000.
Ms Grace Todd, who was sent tC
the west China Methodist mission in
1897 and stationed at Chunaking. an
important city eighteen hundrei
miles ur the Yangtse river. where
she labored until her health gave out
will he in this country soon and will
i tell of her work in the Methodist
Episcopal churches Of New England
During the last four years Metho
dists have given $500 Tor home and
foreign missions. an advance of %
per cent. upon the record OF the previ
GUS Cuadrennial. Methodism is req
resented in all great mission fields
abroad, and its native communicates