The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-11-20
WITH THOSE WHO LABOR
IN THE LORDS VINEYARD
by ID. V. FRANCIS

New York, November 19.-(Special.) >
There are few churches in this country
which can celebrate the goth anniver-
sary of their establishment. One of them
has Just done this in this city. 1t is the
collegiate Reformed church of Harlem,
which as tina Reformed Low Dutch
church of Harlem was established in 1860
and has been actively at work ever since.
| 1t is now in the center of population
of New York city and is one of the big,
active, effective churches of the city.
Plans just announced for the Episcopal
diocese of New York include the election
of additional bishops, partial reorgani-
cation Of diocesan administrative plans
and forcey and possible division of the
diocese by the creation of a diocese of
Hudson The opening of the choir and
crossing of the new $10.O0O.O 600 cathedral
of ST. John the Divine, a week of prayer
for missions from November 27 to De-
cember 8. and mass meeting in Carne-
gle hall, one aim which is to bring the
leaders in the diocese into closer touch
and acquaintance. are other events an
nounced.
| These and other advances are made nee
essary by Episcopalian growth in the do
cese in the quarter century.
While there is doubtless no more diff
cult field for preachers In the world than
Manhattan island, within ten years the
number of churches having 1000 or more
members has increased by IL, and the
number to give $4,000 a year or more
has increased by Is. The number of
Episcopalians in the diocese is now 3d.
coo. the largest Episcopal jurisdiction in
America
Hon. John Burns. he noted English
statesman and labor leader. In a recent
speech, told a story which Is worth re-
| peating.
He went once for the benefit of his
health into building somewhat monastio
in character, with a celebrat population,
and cell accommodation which enabled
him to be all alone. There was a book
there called the Bible. He noticed that
| his predecessor in that particular place
| had utilized a pin, which he got very
probably in his oakum, to prick COM
ment against a particularly dismal pas
sage In the Lamentations of jeremiah.
The comment of his philosophic predeces-
sor was "Cheer up, jeremiah
The life of the missionary in Africa Is
not without its excitement and interest.
DR.. Wilfred McFarlane, one of the Lon
don Missionary society's representatives,
who has just gone back with his wife and
family to Mpologoso, Northeast Rhode
STA, writes in a private letter:
mot long after we had left the train
and had crossed our first big river, the
Luapula; we came into country which
has recently become infested with man
eating lions. We were going along quiet
| ly, in our usual scattered way, when we
] heard a tremendous shouting behind us.
The natives were rushing out Of a vii
lage, calling out that we would be eaten
by the lions If we went on. Two people
had been caught and eaten that very
day. We lined up and held council of
war, and decided to go on, all keeping
close together. These lions seemed to
| follow us all the way. One evening just
as we were coming near Fort Rosebery,
we came right on two of them; they had
| just crossed the road In front of us, and
were trotting along only so yards ahead
We kept very close and made for the
government house as quickly as posi-
ble."
The Methodist claim to have the mission
furthest south in the world, maintaining
for years a mission in Punta Arenas,