Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-10

tennis, are severely frowned upon.
Church People Alarmed.
All shops and restaurants are closed at
midnight Saturday and are not opened
again until Monday morning. except the
drug stores in the cities. which are al
lowed TO do business from Il to =. There
is no Sunday mail delivery and all ON
cial business is suspended. An agitation
has recently been commenced in favor or
opening the saloons for two hours on
Sunday afternoon. and occasionally you
will see a communication In q newspaper
favoring it. These tendencies have
they are organizing societies for promot-
ing the Sabbath observance. and . con-
vention of delegates from all the religious
denominations has been called for Octo-
Der in Edinburgh to arrange for co-opera-
ton.
The Rev. Theodore Marshall. DID,, OF
Edinburgh is moderator Of the general
assembly Of the Church OF Scotland.
which meets annually in May, and in
November also. should there be any I'M
elected by the votes OF tho delegates
chosen by each presbytery In Scotland.
and for the time being Is tho recognized
head and executive authority OF the Es-
moderator been reelected. The honor has
been conferred annually upon a different
man.
Actual Head of the Church.
The Rev. Norman Mcleod. DID,, per-
manent clerk of the general assembly, is
the actual head of the church. the general
manager of its affairs. He has held Office
for many years. He is responsible to the
general assembly. which may terminate
his services at any time, but is in the
habit Of re-electing him because of his
recognized ability and efficiency. DIR.
Macleod presides at the headquarters OF
the Established Church in a handsome
building on Queen street, with a large
rooms consultation rooms and accom-
modations for the officials, similar
to those OF any great business
organization. There are committees on
Jews. on the endowment Of chapels OF
ease" and ''psalmody and hymns" but
none on temperance. AS 1 stated the
other day. the Established Church OF Scot
land does not take any active interest in
suppressing the liquor traffic.
There are 10 synods. "a presbyteries.
.431 parishes. 2,19O Sunday schools. with
2O.9O6 teachers and 236.06S scholars. and
69S. 566 communicates in the Established
Church. and the income and expenditure
of that organization was EJ50.077 last
year.
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The compensation OF the ministers
varies according to the size OF the con-
gregations, the wealth Of the parish and
other conditions. and corresponds very
closely to the salaries paid ministers OF
the Presbyterian denomination In the
United States, with q minimum Of $500
received by one OF the Glasgow pastors.
The Scottish Church Almanac contains q
list Of churches with the names OF min
listers, membership and salaries. In the
year; in the country churches It Is Loo.
The pastor Of St. Cuthbert's, the largest
church in Edinburgh. receives 1900. and
has an associate with the same salary.
while his several assistants are paid
81. 500 a year each Several other churches
in Edinburgh pay their pastors $4,O00,
and the leading ministers OF Glasgow
Aberdeen and other large cities receive
similar compensations.
Take Interest in Temperance.
The United Free Church Of Scotland IS
composed of IL synods, g. presbyteries.
$40 congregations. 2.420 Sunday schools.
with 25,912 teachers and 244,513 scholars
and sos, IA members. The moderator is
the Rev. Robert Laws, DID,, and the Rev.
Archibald Henderson is the permanent
clerk. The headquarters Is in a hand
some building in the old part OF Edin-
burgh. surrounded by the various boa ris
and committees. The United Free Church
is doing an active temperance work and
has a committee in charge. with more
than 10000 active members Of temper
ance societies. The income Of the II.
Ps." last year was s1.O15.sO2, s135,O22
of which Was spent for foreign missions
and G104, 046 for new buildings.
The United Free Church.
The property of the Free Church.
which has been in dispute for several
years, has finally been apportioned be-
tween the two factions. Some OF ii has
been given over entirely to the United
Free Church. some has been divided and
some has been retained by the Free
Church. The officers are elected and
manner as in the Established Church.
And the compensation Of the ministers is
a about the same. The largest salary paid
to a minister Of the United Free Church
in Edinburgh is $500 the amount re-
Georges Church. The largest in Glas-
Cow is 41.aOO. which is received by the
pastor Of the Bellhaven Church. Several
Of the Edinburgh pastors receive f6OO and
GOO. and I'm Aberdeen, Glasgow and
other large cities similar salaries are paid.
while In the country churches the com
pensation of ministers varies from $500
to s.. 500.
AS a rule the membership of the United
Free Church is not as large as that OF
the Established Church. The Lothian
Road Church, Edinburgh. stands first
with a membership of 1,4S3; then come
the Chalmers Church with 1881. and St
Georges with LIDS members. The Well
ington Church is the largest In Glas-
gov. with l,359 members. and the Carl
ton second with LBS members. The
South Church in Aberdeen has LIS.
Church Statistics.
The church directory OF Edinburgh and
Leith. and the two cities are the same
as one. gives the names OF 374 clergymen
and the following churches for 3JO,OOO
population.
United Free Presbyterian Church. 81;
Established Church of Scotland, So;
~: Baptist. IL: Congregational.
10: Roman Catholic. 8; Free Presbyterian
Church. 4: Wesleyan Methodist. 4: PRINT
five Methsdists, 4: Jewish Synagogues.
a. Raptized Believers. ,; Original Pres
byterian Seceders. >.
Seventeen other sects are represented
by one church each. including the So
ciety of Friends. the Swedenborgians,
I-nitarians. Christian Science. etc.
In Glasgow, with $4,000 population.
there are 43S churches. including 13l OF
the United Free Presbyterian Church. and
of the Established Church.
The other sects are the. Free Presby-
terrain Church of Scotland. which has
twenty-one churches, mostly in the High
lands.
The Free Church of Scotland has thir-