Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-24
NOTES OF CHURCH PROGRESS
in ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD

Religious tolerance In Spain is on the
| increase. the government having insisted
that Protestants' rights be respected.
The Christian Missionary Society of
| England proposes next year to hold an
| exhibition, to be called Africa and the
East
Church bell ringing in London has be-
come such nuisance in some quarters
of the city that the bells are muff1ed on
week days.
/, The golden jubilee of Rev George Nix
on. now the pastor of the First Presby-
! terrain Church. at fremont, in New York
city, has just been celebrated.
After the regular communion service.
| St. Mathews Episcopal Church, at
Wheeling W. Va. has another COM
munion especially for deaf mutes.
The present educational policy of the
| Chinese empire includes the eviction of
| Buddhist monks from their monasteries
| in order to secure school buildings.
| Various means of securing publicity are
being employed to greater and greater
extent in New York by the preachers
| who wish to secure larger audiences.
The weekly conference of the Baptist
| clergymen of New York was recently
| held in Chinatown at one of the church
| missions and lunch was served in d Chi
nese restaurant.
A large painting representing the seven
| bishops who were committed TO the Tow
err of London in 1855 has been present ed
to the Archbishop of Canterbury for
Lambeth Palace.
The Presbyterian department of imm-
grafton. which is in charge of Rev.
Charles StelZle has secured ,G. f. st.
John to make an investigation of immi-
grafton at New York.
The Primitive Methodist Come xion is
the ONLY one Of the -conformist bod
les OF England that shows gain in the
past year. and that was the smallest Tor
some years.
The Methodist Episcolal Church and
the Methodist Episcopal Church South
have i'm three years lost eleven bishops
out Of the tlrirty-six in the two denomi-
nations, all of them by death.
1t costs the Methodist Episcopal
Church about 2S.n0Mw annually for its
preaching and supe rintendence. this In
GLIDING about S6uMD that is paid TO SUI
perannuated ministers.
Seven Mormons from Salt Lake City
have started TO work their way east on
an evangelistic trip that will keep them
away from home for two years, that De-
ing the rule of the church.
census of Chicago has brought to
light Canon J. c. Moynihan retired
Catholic priest who is just over the 100
year mark bur at intervals says mass al
the Church of the Holy Angels.
The death of Elder Eli Owens near
Beckton. Ky ends the career of man
who had preached the gospel for over
sixty years and had baptized more per-
sons than any other minister in the state
a recent increase has brought the sal
airy of Rev DIR James Henderson of
the Dominion Methodist Church at Otia-
wa up to $500 making him the highest
paid Methodist preacher in Canada.
The Womans Foreign Missionary So
ciety of the United Brethren Church. in
the district of Sandusky Ohio. has raised
enough money to send Miss Ella Shanklin
to Africa next month as missionary.
Bethesda Congregational Church, in
Chicago founded by Dwight l.. Moody,
when he bought up defunct church. pay
ing $4,000 cash and giving a mortgage
for $4,000 has just Cancelled the mort
gage.
The British Religious Tract Society is
concerning itself at present mostly with
China one of its subsidiaries in that
country in the past year having issued
about 292. COO reprints and 100000 new
works
4 provincial council OF the Catholic
Church to be held in Milwaukee in Au-
gust will bring together representatives OF
the Jesuits. Capuchin Fathers. Fathers of
the Holy Cross. Carmelites. Services.
Franciscans. Premonstratensians. Fa-