The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22

pay his tax has greatly strengthened the Registers of the Midlands. GENERAL CHURCH NOTES
 In the last eight years the church property of the Protestant Christians in the United States has increased near iy s42.ooo.ooo.
 The oldest parish priest in France is M Gadenne. of Roches. who, although 1o2 years old. Is in. full possession of all his faculties.
 Gypsy Smith. the evangelist. who made such a successful tour of this country, has broken down. and will be forced to take a long rest.
 Special mission sermons are being preached regularly by Rev. Thomas Lord. of Lincolnshire, England, who in few weeks will pass the century mark. .
 Near Coal City. Ind. stands Salem Church. which was built of logs back in 1s4o. and. although abandoned now as church. is still in habitable con- dition.
 Preparations are being made in Phil adelphta for the observance of the twenty-flfth anniversary on May and 2 of the founding of the American Mo- Call Mission.
 The Collegiate Church of the Cove nant in New York. a congregation formed by the union of three Baptist Churches, is now reality, as the pa- pers have all been signed.
 
 The unrest in China is such that the Sisters of St. Vincent de Paul. in charge of the orphanage near Hazeh, have been forced to take refuge at Shanghai for the present
 Princess Henry of Battenberg has given the Battenberg Chapel in tho Isle of Wight 8 sculptured figure in stone of Christ portrayed with uplift- ed hand as if bestowing blessing.
 Applications for tickets for the Eu- charistic Congress, to be held in Lon don the coming summer are already running into the second thousand and are coming from all over the world.
 The Foreign Mission Board of the Reformed Dutch Church plans to spend $124.0o0 this year and increase the amount annually by $30.00o so that in ten years the sum will reach S424,000.
 Since the death of Cardinal Richard. the distinction of being the oldest member of the French Episcopate has fallen to Monsignor Monnier. T1tular Bishop of Lydda, who became a priest in 1s4S.
 One of the landmarks of New York, St. Mary's Episcopal Church, built In lS2b, has been closed, and the first free church in America will give way to fine large structure to be ready for use in September.
 The formation of a choir of 200 for the new Cath edral of St. John the Di- vine, in New York, has been started, though 1t will not be required until the crossing is completed, which is likely to be two years off. ~
 The English Court of Arches will shortly be called upon to decide -wh eth. 3er -cQg,munion may be refused a new 1y sntarried pair. who infringed the ec- clesiastical laws in wedding under the deceased wife's sister act.
 The Society of Friends in England has home mission tents, a gospel car, circulating library boxes, summer school temperance union and vari- ous other modern means of spreading their faith and good work.
 The first mission at Kobe, Japan, was established by Rev. John L. Atkin- son, who went from Iowa in 1873 as missionary and recently died at his post after an uninterrupted period of thirty-five years work among the peo- pie of the Far East.
 For seventy years a town mission has been carried on at Yarmouth, Engr at a cost of about $500 a year. an aver age 500 meetings annually being held, and the expense including not only the missionarys salary, but lighting, heating and repairs.