The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-02
GENERAL CHURCH NOTES

The ancient cathedral of Spoleto in Italy threatens to become a ruin owing to the sinking of the slope on which It is built.
 The seating capacity of all the churches :n New York city is only 45S.- 2ls, and hardly one-third of those are occupied any one Sunday. Great Britain has only a half dozen Y. M. c. A. secretaries in the foreign field. while the United States supports about eighty. ~ Conventions will be held in every county in Massachusetts by the Chris tan Endeavor organizations, Aprii 20, which is known as Massachusetts day.
 The Sonora Rescue Mission at Los Angeles. which does it's work among the Mex.cans principally. had over 4,0O0 persons at its January, meetings.
 The Church of l, England. crying out against the opium traffic in India, has been warned by the Archbishop of Cam terbury that if 1t were prohibited it would Impose an immense burden on India which Englishmen would have to bear, but in the face of this a resolu. tion has been adopted calling on the Government of India to stop the ex- portation as far as possible. An effort is being made at Norfolk. Va. to find twenty-five citizens who will annually give $500 each to support as many missionaries in the foreign field. this being part of the national laymen's movement.
 Tn 1876 the foreign missionary socie- ties of the world had only 602 stations, while last year found 5,734 in fun ope- ration, with over 15.000 men and women of this country and Europe in charge of them.
 Out of 131 places with a population of less than 2,50O in Utah, Idaho. wyo- ming, Nevada and Arizona, no were found by corporteous of the Utah Cos pei Mission to be devoid of any Chris tian effort.
 The imminent room of the Cathedral Of Rochester, England. has been found to contain large number of ancient documents of great value that are now being classified by Rev. J. Harvey Bloom.
 The West Michigan Adventist Con- ference is planning to establish still another school. this one to be at ot- sego, where a large farm has been bought, and plans drawn for a build . ing that shall afford place for .ndus- trial training.
 The Church of England Convocation has decided that the prayer book is a 'sufiicient directory as to the ornaments and ceremonies to be used. but that cer- tain accessories and decorations are admissible without being prescribed.
 pr. Campbell Morgan, who has just reached this country for a visit. has left his great London church in charge of Rev. Frank Wayland Pattison, the son of a professor at the Theological Seminary at Rochester, N r.
 The Foreign Mission Board of the Re- formed Dutch Church Is planning ex- tenssve work in It's particular fields- Arcot in India, Annoy in China and dis tricts of North and South Japan-a. territory containing more than 10, ,500,- 900 persons.
 The Russian authorities have no iu- risdiction over the English Church in St Petersburg, and for many years ft had the right to Impose a tax on all British shipping coming into the port the revenue to be applied to the upkeep of the church.
 The 5.055 communicants of St. Georges Protestant Episcopal Church in New York will fin October give at least $1O7,O0O to the missionary thank offering, that amount having been pledged so far. being larger than that for any other congregation in the coun- try.
 The Unitarian and Universal:st churches at New London, Con-. have found basis on which they may merge and the church wifi be in charge of a preacher in the fellowship of both sects the name to be adopted being indicative of non-sectarian membership.