Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-30

There n one store in johannesburg
where Bibles may be had printed IN Sixty
languages.
Nine native Christian pastors conduct
very orderly churches in the Micronesiah
archipelago.
The PRESBYTERIAN Church in Ireland is
gradually losing members through emil
grafton to the United States.
Tho LITTLE community of Passionists es-
=. hl;sbed at Brighton, Mass. is already
growing in numbers and innuence.
General Secretary John r. Mott OF the
u>orid,s Student Christian Federation re-
norts 1so. 600 members in all parts OF the
world.
On one day recently there were 2''Uo
niIerims at the shrine of Guadaloupe In
Mexico. not including One-day eNcur-
sion that came up from Monterey
The mission study movement in this
country expects this year to have at least
I75OOO persons enrolled, having s'ai'eu
six years ago with about lIOUo.
The poorest parish in London-that OF
ct PauIs. Bermondsey-has been prom
iSad q 600 for an organ by Andrew Car
negie provided it raises like amount
Tho German Methodists control the lit
tic village of Santa Claud. Ind. owning
there large tabernacle. where an annuai
campmeeting has been held for years.
The fourth summer school of the Lon
don Missionary Society is being heid at
Abervstwyth Theological College with IN
dia as the principal topic for study.
speaking of music for the church. Rev.
N. E. Chapman declares that fifty ia
miliar tunes are sufficient for the roper
toire of a congregation, ana these snouio
be learned thoroughly.
&c tn a
chancel arch in the fine old Church of the
HOLY Cross at Creditor. England. In MEM
ory of Sir Redvers Butler, the famous
English general.
The Church of San Hipolito in Mexico
CITY is said to stand where the hghting
was most sanguinary during the Famous
retreat of the Spanish forces under Cor
tez in 1920.
Some of the old prayers used centuries
on hut which have been allowed to
lanse into desuetude. are to be revived
nv the Metropolitan Chapter OF West
minister. London for Inducing canons.
Twenty young men offered themselves
for missionary work at the first meeting
for organization Of the laymen's mission
arv movement of the Montreal Presby-
terrain conference at Asheville, n. {.
The Mission of St John maintained by
tho Episcopalians in Porto Rico. has
about 300 members. the Sunday school
Averaging 14O. for which Rev. David w.
Bland is now in this country seeking
new building.
The Union Christian Church at Seattle,
which is now in course OF erection, Is TO
have a roof garden and huge electric
sign hearing the name of the church is to
he kept burning on its front every night
in the year.
remarkable missionary convention is
IN he held in 1910 in Edinburgh, about
ono delegates from the Anglican and
Nonconformist churches having agreed
To unite to devise a great scheme of CO.
ordination.
IF this year is only an average one, the
United Presbyterian Church in America
will lose more preachers by death than
there are students entered in Allegheny
and xenia colleges to take. their places
in the pulpit.
Nearly all the English and colonial bish-
OPS have Immediately spoken IN opposi-
ton to a plan to have the next pan
Anglican congress in the United States
even though they admit it would strength
en- the Episcopal Church in America.
Up to August 10 only 80 per cent of the
pledges made at the last synod of the
Reformed Episcopal Church for the New