The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-02
A new walk is expected of all whc
are In the New Way.
NEWS AND NOTES.

One of the few black nations In the
world recently celebrated a mission
Basutoland, South Africa, gathered
| from five to nine thousand strong to
| celebrate the seventyfifth anniversary
| of the Introduction of missionary
teaching to their children. There are
! twenty-five thousand members in the
| native church and eleven thousand
| children receiving Christian educa-
| ton.
Fifteen hundred men attended the
| conference of the Young Mems Chris
| tian Association held in \ Germany.
| Sixty delegates were from North
| America.
In connection with the British agi-
| tation in certain quarters against the
recent visit of the car of Russia to
| England, a committee of representa-
| tive Free Church clergymens have is
sued manifesto arraigning the Rus
| sian government as cruel, and deSpotic
| beyond the possibility of forgiveness.
| The ministers ask that day of prayer
be set apart for the Russian prison.
ers who are immured for political Of
lenses.
The Student Volunteer Movement
reports that 1851 of its volunteers
have sailed to the mission field. under
more than fifty different mission
boards of the United States and Cam
ada. OF these, more than thousand
have gone to China.
Princeton Theological Seminary an
nounces that Professor Ferdinand s.
Schenck, d. D., of the Dutch Reform
been elected professor in charge of
homiletics for the coming year.
The National Free Church Council
of England seems to be quite agitated
over what it calls the alarming ad-
vance of Romanism'' in that country,
and it has resolved upon great Pro-
testant campaign to be held during the
coming winter. in various parts of
England and Wales, to offset the in
crease of Roman Catholic converts.
What '9The Congregationalist" calls
''the Armenian Psalm of Deliverance"
has been issued Jointly by the Armen--
ian Evangelical church and the Arr
menfan Gregorian church, reciting
their deIiverance from the massacres-
in Turkey and praising the american
missionaries who were instrumental In
saving so many lives. - ts -s
A conspicuous phase of the increas-|
ed interests of laymen in church work
is the rapid rise of adult Bible classes.
The Sunday school officials reports
that up to the beginning of this year
they have a record OF 1881. 2 anult
persons The Pennsylvania Sunday
school association. is planning for
monster demonstration of adult Bible
classes at it's Harrisburg convention in
October, and it expects to have 5000
men in line.
Promising not to form any new or
a number of well-known
laymen have called conference for
November 3-5, in the Presbyterian
building in New York, to consider lay !
evangelism. S.
The Northern Presbyterian church
now issues a weekly paper for Italians
called 'T'Araldo." 1t also publishes
periodicals in the Bohemian, Hungar- |
ian and Ruthenian languages. !
Coney Island, reports The IN
terror" has a unique curbstone evan |
gelist in Mr.. John E. Brown, for
mer policeman, who breaches every
night in that famous resort. Mr. /
Brown works at the trade of painter
during the day, supporting his family
thus. and never receiving a penny of
remuneration for his preaching. He |
himself had been thoroughly down
and out before he was converted. /
It is reported that the Fifth Av-
enue Presbyterian church, which is
now without a pastor. is seeking to
secure Rev. J. H. Jowett. Of Birming-
ham, England, who has lately been in
this country addressing summer con-
ferences.
The saint Louis Centennial will be
opened next month with a Church
Day."