The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-01
Society. to be held in London next June. an affair for which 10000 helpers have aready been enlisted

Society. to be held in London next yuns. an affair for which 10000 helpers have arsady been enlisted
 Twenty missionary societies working | in India have appealed for support ot | the Christian Literature Society Of thae
 country. which next month celebrates
 it's jubilee.
 The average population of the thirty seven Episcopal dioceses in England
 and Wales is ss3.1s6. with one clergy ] man to each 1,50S persons, the average
 income being about $1.7oo.
 | Forty-five of the nfnety-six churfhes | in the Episcopal diocese of Michi6an have made no contribution in the past | year to the foreign and domestic mis-
 sion funds of the church.
 | Delegates froh forty-three different societies in England have decided to form Sunday Observance Union simi- lar to the American Sabbath Union ana
 The wesleyan Methodists are to build
 ct Nottingham. England, $160.0Vo hall capable of seating 5000 persons to replace the famous Albert Hall,
 which was burned some time ago. | t
 An effort is being made to raise $5o.-
 600 for the support of the Berachah l Home, at Arlington. Texas, one Of the I charitable institutions maintained by
 the Texas Holiness Association. 1 Bishop Warren A Chandler. of the
 Methodist Church South, has in month
 raised over S1oo. 900 for the endowment | of the Southwestern University. in
 which his churchAis most interested. l According to Bishop Cranston, it | costs twenty per cent to administer the
 mission fund of the Methodist church, | for advertising and incidentais before | any goes to the mission fields | Tn Nottinghamshire Enslahd. there are five Episcopal livings that pay | under $500. thirty-three under $750 and seventy -eight under $1.000. the result
 that when a parish asks for q man 1t
 has to be considered whether he can
 afford to take the place.
 | Canon Cunning and others at Win | chester. England. are trying to raise | funds for starting great Catholic church in that city as memorial to Bishob Milner and pr. Lingard. two of the foremost men in the Catholic church of England. l little more than $1o0.0o0 was raised this year by the North Georgia | Conference of the Methodist Episcopal | Church South. for missions s40,000 go- ing to the foreign and $2o.ooo to the home fund. the rest being divided
 among various projects.
 The robe which John Wesley wore when he was christened over 200 years ago, is now the property of Miss Emily Pashley, of worksop, England. 1t hav- ing come to her from her grandfathef, at whose house Wesley lived for time when but an infant.
 The fiftieth anniversary of the lay | ing of the corner-stone of Trinity Episcopal church at Mount Vernon. N. | Y., was presided over by Rev. William I samuel Coffev. the founder of the l church, who is now rector of Old St- Pauls church in New York.
 The Baptists of South London have 1 been holding missionary exhibition
 to show the scope of their work m | India, China. the Congo and South
 America, the hope being to raise a con. siderable sum for the extension or the | medical work of the missionary~so socie- | ties.
 The women of the Free Churches in
 England are just at present conduct I ing a great forward movement 10 | secure the services of women, who ought to be taking up some sort of social work, the ultimate idea being to | form a womens Auxiliary in connec- | tion with the National Council.
 A purse of s2,00O was given Miss | Marianne Faringham Hearn, or | f. | of her fifty years of Journalistic work. | each week in all that time poem or | article having been contributed by hei | to the Christian World. while she still l edits The Sunday School Times. | The chief rabbi in Turkey recently ! had a long audience with the principal | private secretary of the Sultan con | cerninr concessions for the Jews in | Palestine, many reforms being promis- ! ed under certain conditions. put the | chief rabbi could promise nothing as | Palestine is not under his jurisdiction. | After rumors that have been going | the rounds for some years as to the place that the Holy See would assign | to Cardinal Newmans writings. II can be stated on authority now that the | genuine docrine and spirit of New mans Catholic teaching are not hit py the Pope's recent encyclical on modern ism,
 The Sunday school of the parish | church at Ludwell, England. Is to De used as a mems club during the win ter. the vicar. Rev. F. o. Harris, lending
 his billiard table and other games until the club can afford to buy it's own and he will further provide newspapers ! and free tobacco, membership pelns
 confined to those who have been con l firmed.
 There is bue one reason left In the | congregation of the Calvinistic Metho- | dist church at Kingscliffe, England
 death having taken James Eiderkln, aged s6 wears. leaving now only Robert Little, aged 65, these two men having | worshipped together for six years. a l hymn, self-made prayer. chapter from the Bible and sermon from the l writings of some eminent uiVlne max I .., &1,afr rvaaIly service.