The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-02
Items Of Religious interest.


The Salvation Army in British India
has two thousand recruits. eighteen
hundred of whom are natives
revival in the Columbia Avenue
Methodist church, Tyrone. Pa. has re-
suited In four hundred and twenty
conversions.
The Methodist Episcopal church in
the Republic OF Liberia shows an in
crease in membership for the last year
OF Sal,
The Conference Of the Evangelical
Association in Canada votes in favor of
union with the Methodist Church Of
Canada,
The thirty eighth annual session Of
the National Conference of Charities
and Corrections will be held in Bos-
ton, Mass. June 7-f4
According to the latest statistical
returns. the Wesleyan Methodists In
ireland number 2a,36l. "a net increase
of four for the year.
A high Chinese official, who has re =
= ss's1tis tytspone a Christian ander4asns
the support of twenty breaches for
the eVang eliZation of his people.
II Is stated that MIR, John d Rocke'
Teller contributed during the past year
$fSo00 to the foreign mission work of
the Baptist Church tNorth>
Or. Thornton Whaling. pastor of the
Second Presbyterian church, Norfolk,
=, Va, has been elected y the presideu-
q II columbia Is. ~ Theological
Seminary.
The Chinese Famine Relief Fund OF
the EpwQrth Herald, official organ of
fhe Epwor'h Leagues of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church. reached total
oil sI9,663.t2,
The Methodist Episcopal church be-
gan work IN Porto Rico In 1890. The
latest report from that field shows
$500 communicates and double that
number OF adherents,
The southern Baptist Theological
Seminary. Louisville, KY, enrolled this
year two hundred and seventy ~HeVen
students. representing one hundred
and twenty-five colleges.
The Roman Catholic church.
through it's board fer mission work
among the colored people, VIII soon
enter upon an enlarged educational
campaign among the negroes Of the
South.
During the past year the Methodist
hospital ii Philadelphia cared for L.
$50 house patients, while $3.50 were
treated in the dispensary. The income
for current expenses was sS2.20l.
Tire Southern ia ptists close the fls
ca year with the home MISSION boaFd
reporting no debt and the Foreign
Mission Board debt Of about
$50. 900. one half Of this amount being
carried over from last year
al u union gospel service held re-
Gently in Chicago. under the auspices
ri the Chicago Chinese Mission Teach
ers Association. three hundred China
men attended and ten Chinese sun
day schools were represented.
IA pyeng-yang. Korea, city If hfty
thousand Inhabitants there are six
Protestant churches, Several nt the
church buildings seat over a thous- I
AND tach, ana are crowned every SurY- T
day. One-tsssth Of this population of
1ae. ciY attend church. --...... -, /
Every member OF the first theologi-
cal class graduated by the Boston
University, class OF 1871, is alive, and
"a class reunion wiil be held IN June
during commencement week There
were seven members Of this first class,
among the number being Bishop j.
w. Hamilton and Professor Henry Z.
Sheldon.
Bishop Maiialiesi. Of the Methodist,
Episcopal church. in at work on plan
10 secure cooperation for the pro-
motion Of the celebration OF the
Fourth OF July In the interests OF total
abstinence and prohibition and intelli-l
Kent patriotism. He desires 10 see the !