The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-07
EVENTS OF THE WORLD IN 19O5=v
FREQ Church raised last year, $1,000, 900 (:
tho Free Church,. S2a.00O trhe legnl wr1n e

s ssS Ss ssssa Es''ss last SSsnE
about "e'd be r rsh aerc S Se f Free
.'Wss Free. being ROUND hSPu INCAPABLE OF Of
portion 70 their RfHpfsriy an % 4 "e1 % Rf9
parliment creates n commission In which
me ne W whole funds and property are to, be
the legal Free Church, Is unable to eX-
ecute any trust, the. commission is en-
inc s feds ra ana te
United free Church is to have the pref
erenco.
omissions.
III In Difference g to the, representa!Ives Of
e ehfyi ass cl9sed On the sasbat
gathering OF Christians to pe addressed
by Chinese officials; $50 societies report
Rev. chas. Hartwell missionary to
China since 1853, ffty-two years; five
generations genera OF native churches at his
Prof. jerks. of Cornell University. ask
s.ionary problem submitted the follow
ing
Difficulties: ~ Interference in the
soys by Ss II taT0r Of sher
cases OF loyalty to church for loyalty to
s gGyerIme q,. Hss Of churches BY local
50 far. as 1t tends to break down the
Superstition sdp f which opposes proggress and
thought and personal responsibility and
love of all human beings.
China whieh may nay p ppf is se added .d to
its Confuclanism: d Personal RESPONSE
billy as against responsibility put upon
a que Independence in ones ones judgement.
G) Obedience through ones individual
conscience GO 1;i, to law OF right and Justice
Ths Na5ens conysnsl9n Of ,esss %,s
and Mrs. a Peal and md Dr. Eiano;r chsstnut.
property destroyed by a mob.
In Turkey natives contribute s. for
every tn :, paid hat By , b. C. NJ n ss 600
Churches seif-supporting.
no GtSat CANA scene of goxsp
ton.
8-Roman Catholic. 4
sens dFafs S Of new n b for SEPARATION Of
eaHsh a ststf 81 Ike sxssng sf Gon
between the church and state Is abolish
ed All government aid and subsidies to
religious scots and flinctionaries are. dis
continued, and all church associations
compelled to become civil corporations,
amenable to the same law as other or
CARNATIONS. This involves the suppress
sion of 500 teaching. preaching and COM
mercial orders. Lay associations. In
order to secure transfer of ecclesiastical
courts that they have priests sso who are
so in communion with the Pope. Com
troll of the movable. wealth of the church.
tapestries, paintirSa, etc. remains with
the religious associations to be created
by the new law. The clergy are prohibit.
ted from holding municipal office and
taking active part in politics. The bill
for separation of church and state passes
in the Chamber of Deputies<3l to s33.
French cardinals address a protest to
for separation OF church and state. 1t is
was put at the disposal of the state IN
l7ss to avert the latter's bankruptcy. and
that the allowance for the mainta'nance
OF public worship was in compensation
Pope Plus X on Catholic action: ency-
clical to the italian bishops, in answer to
their petition. 1t relaxes the mon eX
pedit" OF Plus TX, which was continued
by Leo XIII, and which debarred Catho-
lies from participation IN the political life
The pope sets forth the gravity of a
departure from the policy Of his prede-
cessors. and the equal gravity Of refus-
ing to recognize changed conditions. He