The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-02
GENERAL CHURCH NOTES

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 A little more than sssoo was recent ly given the Bishop of winchester, England, to provide himself and his successors with motor car. The pageant recently held at Wfn- eheser. England. turned a proflt Of tl5,o0o into the fund for the reatora- ton of the eathedrai In thae oity. | The program has been completed for the annual convention of the National Federation of Catholic Societies at Boston August to 12.
 i The parish church of Great Yaranouth Is the largest In England. though that distinction has long been claimed by St. Michaels of cenvsntry. The Congregation of Ritea Inaui. gence and Holy Relics at Rome will shortly re-examine the question Of inc justification of Christopher Columbus
 In one day recently General Booth was heard by over 2S0.000 parsons, his motor-car trip through England ba- ing a greater success thls year than ever.
 The Welsh Baptist have urged their Free Church workers to withdraw from the Free Church Council owing to the The annual conference of the Church of the Brethren oe oregon, Wash. and Idaho at Portland. made plans for the establishment of theological school. Three new churches started in a sin gle day is the recent record of the Lutherans In Brooklyn. two of them being the work of the Brooklyn Mis- sionary Society.
 The several state conferences of Baptists in New England are arranging for a permanent annual assembly,. the Congregationalists of that section all ready having one.
 The American Unitarian Society now uses advertising space in thif-two daily and twenty-one weekly newspapers be- sides using q number of students pap CTS in the various colleges.
 The Maine Christian Endeaverers arc to have three weeks summer school au Charleston, the exercises of on week to be conducted by Rev. Charles M. Sheldon. the founder of the. society.
 Another step toward organic union of the Evangelical Association and the United Evangelical Church of Oregon is the union convention, and camp meeting of the two organizations now in progress.
 The work of dividing the Cleveland Catholic diocese is now in progress, Toledo. but the chances are that there will be no immediate move made for a cathedral
 Work on the program has already been started by the California coFnA mittee that will look after the welfare of the International Sunday School Association which gathers in San Fran cisco in 1911.
 The keynote of the seven conferences held or to be held at NorthGeld. Macs, siohary work. this idea being made more prominent that 1t ever has been before.
 A great Methodist revival Is being conducted near Los Angeles by Rev. Magann. singer. some 10000 converts having been made by these two men in the last six years.
 Learned men all over Europe are preparing papers to be read at Oxford, ut national Congress for the History of Religions meets for discussion. all matters Of personal belief and dogma being barred.
 As no fewer than three great schemes of evangelization for next year are now being promoted in London. the Metro politan Free Church Federation has decided that this is an inopportune time for 1t to make any effort in that direction.
 Canon Wilde has just entered upon his fiftieth year as rector of Louth. England. and although he Is now s3 years of age he still is in great de- mand as a missioner. being successful with classes ordinarily but little in touch with the work of the Church.
 The Albanians, of Manchester, N. H. have just formed a church of their own Church of Rome. as they gerer&liy do, have b:aced themselves under the care of Archbishop Platon. of the Holy Or-.. thodox Church, in this country.
 Ecclesiasticaliy the most distinguish ed member of the Lambeth Conferences. which followed the Pan-Anglican Con- Eress, is the aged Archbishop of Ar naRh. Ireland, who has been in Epis- consecrated to the See of Derry in 1887.
 One of the startling statements be- fore the International Council os the ConRregational Church at Edinburgh was that by pr. Brown, of California. that he had seen more druniSuess in one day in Edinburgh than ha had for