The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-22
can make the sodden cities Of ancient
heathendom into new JerUsalems.
News n Notes.


News, and Notes.
A monster labor meeting under the
direction of Rev. Charles Stelzle was
the principal feature or the Presoyte-
RAN General Assembly in Denver.
The remarkable Chinese revival,
which began in Wales, spread TO In
dia and then to Korea, has made its
wav down through Manchuria until
no wit is at Marking, the southern
capital of the empire. The same
scenes Of simultaneous c prayer,
Of the confession Of sins and the res
titution of possessions n &C
n11ired mark these recent revival meet
ings. ).
e.The Interior quotes President
lanes II. Baker, of the University Of
Colorado, as saying that the religious
revival in educational circles is n
Of the most marked Of all the intel
lectual signs of the present time.
The Log College, founded at Mesh
amfnv. Pa, by Rev. William Tennent,
when was the mother OF Princeton
University and q contemporary OF Har--
ward and Yale. will be cOmme1morated
~ the establishment OF a summer
school for Bible study and evangelis-
tic work at Netshsaminy. A commit
tee Of Philadelphia Presbyterians have
organized for this purpose.
The tWenty-fOurth international
Christian EndeavOr convention. which
meets at ST. Paul, Mimi, July 7-12,
Will be unusually comprehensive IN
its character. The eaders say that
it viii have a record attendance. one
feature viii be a daily exposition Of
civic, moral and religious progress.
This will include a tuberculosis eXhin-
It. on Saturday evening there Will be
a celebration Of the Mendelssohn CEN
tannial by the rendition Of the oratorio
"EIijah."
There are in the Hawaiian Islands
the same NIB Of Congregational
churches as there were children in
he MayfloWer in 1601-1O1. They
are q polyglot company, as is illus
trated by the fact that they comprise
Chinese, Negroes, Hawaiians, KOre-
ans. Portuguese, Japanese and white
men.
The special propaganda for the
benefit of Korea in the Presbyterian
Church has raised UP to date over
$170, 900.
At the time of the ecumenical con-
ference in New York. in 1900. Presi-
dent Harrison, after hearing Miss
Singh, OF the Isabella ThOburn Uni
versity at Lucknow, speak, declared,
If l had given a million dollars to
foreign missions. / should count it
wisely invested if it had led only to
the conversion Of that one woman"
Miss Singh, who possessed remarkable
abilities, has been studying in Amer
lea for a number of years. She re-
Gently died in the city of Chicago.
h foreign mission board of the
country are appealing for aid for the
regions in Asia Minor and northern
Syria, which were ravaged by the
recent
Mr.. John S. Huyler. the well-known
Methodist and candy manufactures,
was recently rendered a banquet in
New York City, at which representa-
tives Of every Methodist church and
mission in the city. to the number of
twelve hundred men. were present.
The organized adult Bible classes Of
the Middle West are to hold a con
ference at Winona Lake., md, August
POPS.
At the recent meeting in New York
City Of the Home Mission Council. it
was stated that there are fifty thou
sand American Indians who are still
uncared for by religious agencies.