The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-12-25

| on whose shoulders falls the greatest
share of the difficulties and problems
of the present pontifcate.
Among the younger members also are
Cardinal Wives, project of the Congre-
cation of the Religious, that new and
important council created by the Consti-
tuition Sapienti Consilio; Cardinal de Lai,
secretary of the Consistorial Congrega-
ton. who has been the Pope's chief in
strument in the reform of the Roman
curia; Cardinal Rampolla, secretary Of
the supreme congregation of the holy Of
1ce-frst in order of dignity Of all Ro
man congregations; and Cardinal Cas-
parri, project of the commission for the
codifcation OF canon law Cardinal Vim
ceizo Vannutelli, project Of the supreme
tribunal of the Segnatura, and Cardinal
Cavicchioni. project of the congregation
of studies, will be "a years of age this
month, but they are still wonderfully &C.
tive and full of energy.
Even the most cursory observer Of the
trend Of things in the Protestant denomt-
nations of Christendom cannot fail to dis
Germ the evidences of cooperation, fed
GRAFTON and unity-all words whose fire.
quent recurrence in the religious periodic
literature of the day furnishes the best
confirmation possible of the drift of
things.
Addressing the laymen's federation of
Washington recently, DR.. Hugh MacCau-
ley, secretary of the federal council of
Churches of Christ In America, gave this
out of his large experience in the move
ment:
"Unification Of agencies. reduction of the
competitive system TO a minimum, the
prevention of rivalry and Waste-these
are the watchwords of the federative
trend toward consolidation in the realm
of action, while retaining individualism
in the realm OF thought"
The general committee of the Methodist
Episcopal board has issued an appeal to
the various bodies of this denomination.
IT contained this significant sentence: CO.
operation is now the watchword among
all Protestant denominations. Once they
were In hostile array, but now they are
one army Of the living Cod There Is
an upward trend among the nations char
| acterized by spirit of federation and
| religious liberty heretofore unknown. The
spirit OF cooperation which now perme-
ates the Protestant Christian world as
| sures the swifter entering Of these forces
into the opening doors of world"
| The tercentenary, or 300th anniversary
| Of the adoption and publication of the King
James version of the English Bible Is &c
| be observed by a week of special ser.
| vices beginning April %, 1911. In addi-
| ton to the church services 1t is proposed
| to have the governors of the state sci
aside one day during the week and name
a place where a public meeting in honor
/ Of the event shall be held. The American
pihle society, with headquarters in this
city, has also planned to have this his.
| torical event recognized In the schools
universities, legislatures and courts.
| 1t is proposed that the tercentenary be
| brought to the attention of all clergymer
| and requesting them and all church or.
| CARNATIONS to plan for. public exercises
| in which the story of the English Bible
and its influence on human life shall bt
set forth. In every large city In the
| United States and almost all of the larger
| cities of Europe mass meetings will be-
held. Missionaries of the east will OBJ
serve the tercentenary. In England the
endeavor will be made to eclipse the eel
ebration in the United States. There the
tercentenary will be held during the weel
| of March 26 and in Canada, where also
q national celebration will be held, weeI
in February will be selected as the mos
fitted.
Mr.. Chieng Ching-yi. who was elected
by the Worlds Missionary conference fr
| Edin hurgh to be China's representative
on the permanent committee, has Just
been ordained in Picking to the pastoratt
OF the London Missionary society's
church in the Chinese capital. Mr.. Chiene
Ching-yi was born 80 years ago In Pc
king of non-Christian parents, but ths
whole family becoming Christian, he was
educated at the Picking and flemish
schools of the London mission, and aft
erwards for two years in Glasgow, He
} assisted the Rev. George Owen in revising
the Mandarin vsrsiap nf the Chinese
j Bible.