The Washington herald., 1909-07-10
NEWS AND NOTES.

The Supreme Court OF Missouri. like
that OF Tennessee, has decided IN favor
OF the property rights OF the anti-unlon
/ Cumberland PresbyterIans.
The International Sunday School LESSON
have been adopted for use in sixty Ian
guages.
! A movement is being promoted IN Eng
land for building a cathedral in Khar-
/ toum in memory Of Gen. Gordon.
/ By an overwhelming majority the Pres
/ byterian Church General Assembly O,
| Canada decided last month IN favor OF
l Church union with the Methodist and
Congregational denominations. The Joint
! committee. therefore. viii continue ne
gOuations with organic union in view
United Presbyterian preacher, Rev
DR.. James Grove. died In Philadelphia
last month, with the distinction OF hav-
Ing married more than 300 couples, OF
whom only one were subsequently d.
vorced. DR.. Grove was eighty-six years
Of age, and had been pastcr OF one
church more than fifty years.
John r. Mott. the famous student and
y. II. c. "A. leader. has been invited %
become general secretary Of the Amerl-
can Federation OF Churches.
The English church pageant. which was
opened June 10 on the grounds OF FOlham
Palace, London, attracted widespread at
tention, although seriously fnterfered
with by wet weather. The pageant was
organized 70 popularize church history,
and by a series Of spectacles 4 depicts
episodes IN the history OF the church.
The British Free Church Council this
year met in the city OF Swansea. Wales.
and Il drew eighteen hundred delegates
from the various nOnConfOrming bodies.
II was militant gathering, and Rev. F.
B. Meyer and Rev. c. Sylvester Horne,
says The Congregationslists," stirred
the audiences to a high pitch OF en-
thusiasm by their burning words on the
necessity OF the free churches entering
the field Of politics
While the various Protestant denomlna-
tions have been establishing Departments
OF church and labor, the Roman Catholic
Church has long been maintaining In Ger
tain churches the printers mass. conducted
az three O'Clock each Sunday morning In
churches convenient 10 newspaper onices.
The officials OF the board OF education
Of the Presbyterian Church are consider
ably disturbed over the statement widely
printed that their secretary, Rev. Dr.
Joseph Wilson Cochran, had alluded in
disparaging terms OF state universities
calling them goddess" The truth e
that Or. Cochran's speech took entirely
the opposite trend. and these remarks
attributed 70 him were made by a com
missioner who had no Official connection
with the board OF education. The board
itself has for q few years past. under
Dr. COchrans Initiative, been working
n close cooperation with the state uni
versities.
The denominations are getting together
on the foreign mission fields Representa-
tlves OF nine denominations In West
China met IN conference and declared
unanimously for the ideal FOR one Prot
estant church In their territory Six mis-
sions in the province OF Shantung, repre-
senting Presbyterians. Baptists. Metho-
disJs. ngregatiOnalists and AngIIcans
have taken practically the same stand.
All the Lutherans Of India recently met
IN conference at GUncur. The American
Board and the United Free Church OF
Scotland are arranging for union educa-
uOnal work in Africa