The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-30

2aS new members. 200 of them by pap
tistn. and the ingather'nE Is not YET
complete. Two notable sundays were
November 49, when at Tour different
services. ut sunrise. MONDAY. sunset
and evening. the pastor. Dr. II. J. VIA
len, baptized 148 candidates, and De-
cemher 4. hen the pastor gave the
hand OF fellowship 10 23e new mem
bers.
The gross receipts from the summer
performance of tho Passion Play at
obetanmereau have been announced
IS S4IG.160. 0ut of this amount $751;
699 will be divided among the $50 per
sons who took part in thef play; $3.50
will BE- given to the poer, and S1eS,sao
Will be paid into the village treasury
for communal purposes The mana
gers. musical directors, the actors rep
resentine Christ. plate Caiaphas and
Herea viii receive sG23 each for thu
seasons work and the other particl-
pants viii receive proparttonate
amounts. ranging down 20 $3.50.
Ur HERMAN V. Htlprecht has resign
ed tie prof sSorship Ut AssErioIogy and
semitic philosophy in the University OF
peuasylVgHid, which he has held since
1887. He has been involved IN quarreis
with other professors during the last
dYe years. pha have disputed some Of
ms claims to archaeological discoveries
tn the Far East. men, II has been said,
he did not make IN tho Baby lonlaD
ruins il Nippur, but bought in Ragdad
several years previous To- the alleged
discoveries. \ committee of trustees
OF the University eXanerated HIM from
these charges three years ago, hut they
have since been repeated.
During Tho last year. through the
efforts ri the G!aeoHs. the association
Of Christian travelling men. $4,000 si
bies have been placed Ia hotels ia this
country The secretary, Mr.. ". e.
Henderson,. is now pushing an effort to
Ids-ee 5000 copies W the Bible IN lie
eacst rooms OF Chicago hotels.
The American Board gives out two
Interesting items on Christian unity
l}y the vote of the corporation of Jaff-
ua College, a union college Tor ali Ccy-
len seems assured. 20 include the edu-
cationni work of the WeSleyans, the
Church Missionary society Of England
and the American Board. Almost Al
tha same time comes tine news that
various churches near Tientsin have
united to form the Chinese Christian
Church, independent OF foreign control
and utilizing thu effective native leader
ship.
Rev lianry Shattuck. OF Lowell
/ Mass. accepts the call of the Chris
stan Advent church Of Portland. sue
oeeding Rev G. +. King. now of Pres
que Isle
4 dispatch To ,ac "I4o&al Anzcigor"
of Berlin from Munich says that tho
oath d'sayowing Modernism, required
of theological professors hy the Nati-
cali las caused . schism in the faculty
at the University # Munich. one pro-
fessnr has retired from the church and
several members al the theological fac
ltIty nave abandoned their spiritual
functions rather than take the oath
Al altogether n.w and unexpected
development IN the expected contest
. ~ the VII OF Airs Mary Baker G Ed
dE may be the rtNersion to the State
II q large part al ttae more than 81 90
GOO She wiiied Ia the Christian Science
Church Under ti,e revised statutes OF
massachusetts, tbs income of the gifts
! or he4ues;s mace to amy one church
shall NOT exceed $4,000 year. and
while this provision of the law never
has been lived NJ To, it is pointed out
that it can be enforced by suit
brought brought through the attorney
general. II the State sould win, the
heirs-at-iaw OF Mrs Eddy would not
beneiit as the money, in excess of that
required to produce the income of
s2.obt. would revert 10 the State
Wholly TO The surprise Of the con-
eresation. Rev Dt Henry Van Dyke
who resigned Thursday from the chair
Of English literature at Princeton Uni
Verstty, resigned sunday as temporary
pastor Of the Brick Presbyterian church
Of New York city. DIR. Van Dyke was
pastor of the Elick church eighteen
years before he Nent to Princeton, and
on the death IN January OF Rev. Or.
richards. his successor. volunteered to
serve again. without pay. fer a year
In November he vas invited TO remain
for another year. with salary. His res
ignation VIII taxi fleet Christmas Day
Twelve memorial windows depicting
scenes III the life of the Pilgrims, pre-
scented to the First Parish Unitarian
church of Plymouth, Mass. by Mrs.
aieh brewster tiackley. OF New York.
were dedicated sunday. Mrs. Hackley
il a direct descendant Of Elder Will
liam Brewster, ef Pilgrim fame. while
the church to which she presented the
windows Is descended from the original
Pilgrim church, established soon after
the Pilgrims first sci foot in Plymouth
ard in which Elder brewster preached
Tie windows represent -four epochs In
the .i*"s III the Piisrims-the destruc-
ton If the Pilgrim press at Leylfen,
Holland the handing OF the Pilgrims.
The signing of the treaty with Massa-
SOFT, and the trial of L,ford and Old
ham. TWO Of Tie windows bear the
names ct the signers OF the original
Maytiower compact. Sunday was Fore
fathers Day In Plymouth, Wednesday
being tho 290th anniversary or the land
ing Of the Pilgrims. and as such was
celebrated In many churches.
R0A nDEHS