The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-02

| The house In Maiden, Mass. where
| Adonlram Juason was horn mas heen
secured by the Foreign Mission So
oiety. and Will be held AS a home for
| rest and recreation for missionaries
| on vacation. The building is nearly
| two hundred years old. ard Is said Ia
| be strong and substantial. II is TO be
refitted and properly furnished as n
historic memorial.
| A revival is reported In Tschotn
! tShantung. China. In thirteen days
l.os0 names Of applicants fer baptism
have been handed IN. Pastor Ding
| LII Mel has been the evangelist. In
kongpitan, little village. not far
| from Canton. the entire population
has asked for baptism and turned the
ancestral hall into a church. All idols
have been burned or thrown into the
river.
| Ten years ago the Methodist Episco-
pal church had in Porto Rico s35
members. The report for 1910 shows
5000. with s,50l enrolled in their
sunday schoos
/ Detroit, Mich, mas one hundred and
/ thirty-tye Protestant churches with a
mem bership OF $4,000. The Roman
Catholics report forty churches and
| loo.0e members
The schools O! the American Board
of Foreign Missions enrolled this year
] s.Ses students. an Increase OF more
than one hundred per cent. in the last
| twenty five years.
! The Presby terians In North Caro-
j lima numbering 1889. gave during
! tho past year u foreign missions $sl
! a2s, a per capita contribution OF
/ little more than sl.40.
| The gifts OF the women OF the
Methodist Episcopal church to mis-
reach a total Of more than one mil
! lion. four hundred thousand dollars.
One thousand deaf mutes. members
/, of the Roman Catholic church, are
| to have a church OF their own in New
York city. All the services Will be
in the sign language.
The General Clergy Relief Fund of
of the Protestant Episcopal church
now has nm endowment or 5000
During the last three years x23b.UUg
was Distributed to moro than six hum
dred beneficiaries.
The Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation In North America reports a
mem bership gain Of Einety-four per
cent. for the past ten years. The num-
Der Of associations 10 now 2.0I7 as
against r433 In 1900.
A copy of John Eiiot's famous In
dian Bible, one of the few In exist
ence, was sold in Boston recently for
the sum OF $3.50. The customer In
understood to he the New Hampshire
State library. The book was formerly
In the library OF Edward Everett,
United States senator. governor OF
Massa e usetts and minister to Eng
land. and more recently in that Of his
son. the late Or. William Everett. OF
Quincy.
The Moody Bibles Institute. Of Chi
cago is broadening its work for wo-
men by course OF training for dea-
conesses, which Will be introduced
with the new wear 1t will add to
the present instruction in the Bible.
gospel music and Christian work. a
systematic course Of instruction In
household science, domestic arts. in
dustrial work for children, and nurs-
ing, as Well az the discussion Of prac-
tieal social problems from the New
Testament point Of view. Like Its other
work, all this will he free to students
of every denomination, from every
part OF the world.
At an expense of about $500. 00G
thus far the new Cathedral of ST. John
the Divine In New York city has been
completed 70 choir and crossing. ans
is to be opened on st: Johns Day.
December ~. special services follow
Ing for several Sundays. The site
OF this cathedral ID one OF the finest
in the world. and 1t IL to be a center |
OF vast number Of institutions on
and OF its grounds II will take $780, |
600 a year TO maintain X, but a. a |
center Of missionary influence. and ~ !