Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-24

theirs of the Society of the Divine Sa-
vior. Oblate Fathers. Fathers of the Holy
Ghost and the Domnicans.
Church work in Uganda has been great
ly aided Of late years by the prime min
lister, Apollo kagwa. at whose home every
week there is a Bible class which is
often attended by as many as thirty of
the highest chiefs.
Five motors have been installed in the
First Baptist Church of Worcester.
Mass. which light the building furnish
wind for the organ. cool the audit oriurn
in summer and warm il in winter and
finally clean il.
Nearly a score of American religious,
charitable and educational corporations
are working in Turkey with S6.WnOSOO in
vested in property and spending over
ShDOO0 annually for the maintenance of
the operations
The movement for the erection of a
monument over the tomb of Cardinal
Manning. in Westminster Cathedral, is
| taking form rapidly, and the $500 re-
CURED for the bronze effigy of the great
churchman in his full robes will soon be
on hand.
The German Lutheran Association of
the United States has purchased 10000
acres of wheat land in the Trampng
Lake district of Saskatchewan and mem
~
and Nebraska are going there in large
numbers.
Automobiles were furnished nv. the
Grand Avenue Methodist Church of Mil
waukee to bring To a special service all
who need such conveyance. the occasion
being the fiftieth anniversary of member
ship i'm the church of Elder Edwin Hyde
and his wife.
The Indians of Paraguay We're once the
most dreaded people of South America,
but now the government is prepared to
extend citizenship TO such as the mission
aries recommend. n having been found
that the church influence over them has
been so beneficial
The high cost of living has caused one
Episcopal minister in London to rent the
rectory for offices, while he lives in the
country. and this case has led several
parishes to propose that the rectories be
sold and part of the proceeds added to
the preachers salary.
\ comprehensive scheme for uniting all
Rartists in Hungary without reference to
past differe noes has ended the twelve
years of strife in the denomination OF
that country.
Ordained in 1871. Rev. Angus Bethune
of Seaham, England. has held his present
charge since 1889. and now, on attaining
his nlnety-S6Venth year. is still In active
work, walking four miles every Sunday
to preach in different parts OF his parish.
The Episcopal diocese of Louisiana is
now in charge OF Bishop kinsolving of
the diocese of Texas, because of the i'll
ness of Bishop SessumS of New Orleans,
who has been forced to relinquiSh his
work and go to Europe for long rest
Among the GOO 900 persons who have in
recent years come TO the United 81 ates
and Canada from the British Isles, many
were Presbyterians, but il is only within
a month that any concerted effort has
been made In America to keep them In
touch with their own faith.
The First Spritualist Church of Ameri-
ca will esta blish a home for orphans near
Elwood. Ind, this To be the first of
chain one of which will be built each i've
years the money being raised by direct
tax of ~ cents annually upon the JOOVO
members of the church.
Eleven languages are spoken by Miss
Krupabal Chowey. a high caste Hlndoo
maid who is studying at Herklmer, n
Y and who speaks at many missionary
meetings in New York state.
Eight hundred settlers recently passed
through Winnipeg on their way to van
couyer having been brought from Eng
land by the Salvation Army immigrant
department and nearly all provided with
places.
There are five parishes in Wales with
less than l15 inhabitants each. but they
are nationally endowed as components Of
the Church of England.