Evening star., 1908-01-19

| Church. Shaftesbury, England, is used for
beer and wine cellar. out not with the
| consent of the church, which Is now try
| ing to buy the lease that has been held
| by the present owners since the dissolu-
| ton of the monasteries.
From the time the Salvation Army was
| started in England up to October l last
| 81. .663, ,21S meals were supplied at the
| cheap food depots. %, 453, 251 cheap lodg-
| ings were afforded the homeless and
244, 739 applications of the unemployed
| were registered at the labor bureaus
| ST. Paurs Episcopal Church. at Roose-
velt. L. L.. has been bequeathed very
: handsome piece of damask for an altar
| cloth by a woman who wished to show
| her appreciation of the' kindness of the
church while she was Ill in hospital.
| The first step toward arranging for the
nineteenth international EuchariSuc con-
| greSS, which is to be held in Westminster
Cathedral. London, next September, have
| been taken, the Archbishop of Westmin-
| ster having named the secretaries.
A new landmark at Providence, r. l..
| will be the FURNISHED copper dome that is
| to surmount the new Christian Science
| Church in that city, the building, which is
| as near freproof as any can be, having
| been placed in commanding position on
| a HILL
| The almanac issued by the Lutheran
| general council places .the membership OF
| that denomination in this country at about
| $1,000 over 2.O00,0 900. while the year book
| more recently sent out by the joint synod
| of Ohio makes it about $1,000 short OF
| that number.
| One of the Sunday school unions of Eng
! land has taken up new line of work in
maintaining an employment bureau for
I.young men and girls, the intention being
! to place them with persons who will have
an eye to their church welfare, well as
/ giving them work.
| There Is no profession in Great Britain
| that is So heavily taxed as that Of the
ecclesiastic. the table of fees and the pay
ments, which are required by the church
and the government being a source of
unending complaint that has led now to
! an effort to secure reduction.
| New proof of the fierce physical strain
| involved in work among the submerged
| of London is given by the recent deaths of
Rnv Claude H. Eliot and Rev. j. III.
Ware. two of the best-known cas-. end
workers, both of whom were in the prime
of life. Mr. Ware having been a famous
| oxford athlete
In correction with many large business
houses of London. unions for prayer have
been formed, one insurance company hdy-
! ng over 400 OF the office staff as men,
| 5srs
| The Methodist foreign mission board
| closes its financial year with a deficit OF
| about $SJ,0UO, due principally to changes
| iii the administration of the funds of the
| church.
| From 597 to the present day Englash has
| produced only thirtyfour of the princes
| Of the Roman Catholic Church and only
| one of them, Nicholas Breakspear, rose to
| the highest office of the church.
| There were some novel proceedings at the
| dedication of st. Michael's Mission Church
| at Coventry, England. the services being
| followed by a gymnastic exhibition, which
/ Included boxing contests.
| Father Bernard Vaughan. one. of the
| most notable of the Catholic priests of
| Great Britain. recently collapsed after ad-
dressing large gathering. but few days
| later was again at his strenuous work.
| An innovation has been started by the
| rector of the church Of Epping, England,
| whose parish is building a new church. in
getting all the workmen together every
| Saturday morning for fifteen-minute
service.
The Mormons claim that the member
| ship OF their church in Germany is grow
| ing constantly. but falling off rapidly in
| England having reached high-water mark
| in 1916 since v which time it has lost stead
iy
The Churchmen's Union of the Episco-
pal Church, in Great Britain, has been
urged to undertake a revision OF the
prayer book.
The British and Foreign Sailors So
ciety will undertake to tit number of
sea men for religious work among its
companions.
DR. Washington GLADDEN. of the First
Congregational Church ut Columbus Ohio
has completed twenty-five years work at
that church.
Methodist ministers in the United States
are today preaching in more languages, it