The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-03

lowship with pagan" people dominates.
,x,iceroy Tuan. in his address bears ties.
, r,t1nony to the part taken by American
or 81, the Chinese people, by translatlng intu
snS West by establishing of hospitals and
china may be traced to the hand Of the
missionary. Chinese prejudice against
america not due to missionaries: on con-
arary,, they have done much to allay the
OF S4 socinl-rcform workers in assocj-
nted charities and settlements. ia found
70 20 be church communicates. Believed
rnaI tne increasing number of religious
forms OF work accounts for decline in
candidates exclusively to the ministry.
ghnrch proven to be in the lead In social
and reform work. Orders OF deaconesses
re-established In almost every Protestant
denomination
Young Mems Hebrew Associations
Louis. Memphis and New Orleans, the
latter to cost $4,000.
Four Chicago ministers enter into n plan
for cooperative preaching; meet for study
of sermons, which are to be the product
OF four minds Instead OF one.
Eighteen thousand converts made In the
Philippines by six denominations In five
years: 100 chapels OF cane and thatch
ture In dialects circulated: seminaries FOR
native preachers and deaconesses built.
DIR. William s. Rainsford. twenty years
rector of st. Georges Church. New York.
resigns on account OF Impaired health.
He transformed a dccadent church by set
ting II to work.
Rabbi Wise declines call to Temple EN-
manuel. New York. because trustees will
not retract declaration that pulpit utter
board.
seventeen birthday; stands pre-emlnently
for humanzng of religion. and marks
the passage for abstract theology to prac-
teal ethics.
Net gain of communicates in all dcnom-
nations IN United Statcs. 1906, 5la,li5.
Lutherans advance from fifth 10 fourth
lies. Great Britain congregatlonM Church
has nearly 500 places OF worship, with
n million and three quarters sitting. .sDe1U
ao h.a 3, net increass 1907. With
ty-two. The Baptist has i26, 600 conimuni-
cants, net gain OF 800.
Wesleyan Methodists. 10000 communi
cants in the world; ls,ooO places OF worship
In Great Britain: net, ..4,oCo; commnni-
cants; 10000 Sunday school scholars.
The commissioners OF Congregational,
United Brother, and Methodist Protestant
Churches meet in Dayton. Ohio. and draft
terms OF organic union. Aggregate OF
commandments, a million and q half Unit.
ed Brethren ccncede loss OF name and
name: congregationaltsts yield to,the con-
nectionh system OF government: new
church will probably be called the United
Church OF America, The report OF COM
lnittee on creed. as tacitly adopted. con-
tains six paragraphs in simple language.
presenting the doctrines commonly
ceived by commonly called evangelical
churches. The subcommittee on vested
interests reported that In Its Judgment
denominatlonal organizations, property
and vested interests present no insupera-
BILE obstacle to organic union. Tho COM
mittee on principles OF polty reports IA
yoring the uniting of churches OF separate
districts In District Conferences, which
shall in turn be represented by ministc-
rial and lay delegates IN an Annual Con-
ference.
The highest body shall be a ma
tional conference, composed OF minis
tcrial and lay delegates. elected on the
and one for each major fraction. The ma
tional conference shall elect Il president
who shall give his whole time to the
work of the united churches. and hold
Office until the next national meeting.
Each annual conference shall elect CONS
mittee. who shall aid In keeping the
churches supplied with pastors; also, one
or more superintendent, who shall pre-
side at the sessions of annual conferences
Ministerial Supply. This historic church,
council was called to order by William
Hayes Ward, editor of the New York
Independent. DIR. Washington GLADDEN.
was made temporary chairman. Dr. $:
stephens, OF the Methodist Protestant
Church. was made permanent chairman.
F'reedmcn's Aid and Southern Educa-
ton Society. Methodist Episcopal Church.
observes Lncoln's birthday more univer.
poor whites and negroes of the South.