The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-16
General Religious NeOs

General Religious NelOs
| Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian
Church of Brooklyn of which DR.. The
odore Cuyler was pastor for many
years, and of which Ira D. Sankey is
| member, has just celebrated Its If
tieth anniversary.
DR.. ]. W. Dawson, the celebrated
| English preacher and evangelist who
\ has determined to make his home in
| this country. is recovering from a sur
gical operation performed May Is.
The hermit kingdom of Korea is now
| the scene Of wonderful religious
| movement. The Bible societies have
sold out their stocks of Korean Bibles.
The minister for foreign affairs in the
| cabinet Is a Christian and an earnest
supporter Of the Korean Y. NJ. C. A.
The Supreme Court OF Ohio has de-
cided that property used directly for
religious and charitable purposes Is not
| to be taxed.
DR.. Collins Denny of Vanderbilt
| University has been appointed frater-
| Church to the General Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. and
| Bishop Warren Gambler Of Atlanta. to
| the British Wesleyan Conference.
The United States has appropriated
100000 for Christian work in the
| Panama Canal zone under the Young
Mems Christian Association, and will
also pay the salaries Of the workers.
1
| The Michael Reese hospital, Chicago,
a Jewish institution, was started to
cost 100000, but 1t will cost twice as
| much, and when completed will be one
Of the great hospitals in the country.
There are eight Christian Science
Churches in Chicago.
An evangelist rising into national
prominence Is Rev. Mr.. Oates, a Bap-
| fist. He had q series Of great meet
ings in Memphis lasting three months.
| and has just finished a campaign in
Petersburg in which 1000 were con-
verted.
Robert W. Perks, a Wesleyan Meth
| odist, a member of the British Parlia-
ment who was instrumental in raising
| $20.000,000 for the Twentieth Century
| fund of his church is now in America.
| He proposes a worldwide federation
of Methodism for the promotion OF i'm
migration. employment savings banks
and old age pensions
Felix Adler. the apostle of the ethical
culture movement as against the spir-
| ituality of religion has declared from
| his rostrum time and time again that
the day for dreary agnosticism is over.
The Israelite calls upon bright young
Jews who are filled full Of science and
philosophy" to take cognizance OF this
fact.
The Interior rejoices over Presbyte-
rian growth. saying that in twenty-five
years the population of the country has
increased "a per cent and Presbyterian
membership 90 per cent. In New
York. Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis
and other large cities. the growth av-
erages 10S per cent. while in Pittsburg
1t was 2S4 per cent.
The editor of The Western Recorder
| of Louisville says that the great body
of Northern Baptists are sound in the
faith. but they tolerate unsoundness
in way that BODIES no good for the
future" The editor Travelled from the
jamestown exposition with twelve Chi
cago Baptist preachers, and found only
three entirely orthodox, the others
varying in degrees of unsoundness,"
according to his ideas.
There are in the world about forty
Bible societies patterned on the model
of the mother of them all, the British
and Foreign Bible Society, which cele-
brated its centenary three years ago.
The Japan Daily Mail says: TT ad-
mits of no question that when the rec
ord Is fairly considered, an enormous
preponderance appears on the side of
the missionary as a factor of human
progress" The Mail says that it is not
SURPRISING that the missionary should
not be fully appreciated, but that "he
should be assailed and abused is one of
the strangest phenomena of modern
times"
1t is said that ten ministers OF Chris
tian churches in Kansas City began
the work of building a framed church
at Fortieth and Wyoming Streets. The
structure Is to be built entirely by
ministerial labor.
In 1895 the average expense per con-
vert among the missionary societies of
the world was $240; in 1900, $183; in
1905. 1852; in 1905, $171. The general
decrease is due not only to economy in
Out TO tue
larger number OF converts from heath
enism.
There is talk of establishing a Bap-
fist Theological Seminary in the city
Of Reval, province of Esthonia, one of
the Russian Baltic provinces.
The Toronto Presbyterian laments
that only a small number of laymen
attend the meetings of the synod and
general assembly of the Canadian
Presbyterian Church. 1t says that the
absence of strong laymen spells weak
ness and irreparable loss"
President bearing of a theological
seminary at Yokohoma, visiting a
great Buddhist monastery on Mount
Heizan, near Kyoto, found the young
men, preparing to become Buddhist
monks. IN the diligent study of the
| English Bible.
Catholic papers are opposing Cath
Ollie halls and chaplains at non-Catho-
lie universities. The reason assigned
is that 1t will draw Catholic students
from church schools.
GAINESVILLE BRENAU.
Preparations Are Making For the sum-
mer school,