The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-21
ITEMS OF RELIGIOUS INTEREST

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The most fully occupied province in
China has one missionary for every
forty thousand people.
The Worlds Student Christian Fed
Grafton is to hold is ninth meeting
at Constantinople April 24-2s.
Three hundred and sixty eight mis-
sionafies enlisted by the Student Vol
unteer Movement vent to foreign
fields last year.
The Baptists have Ia Pennsylvania
1875, G63 members, and their contribu-
tons for all purposes last year to-
tailed 1883, 263.57.
A preliminary education conference
In the interest OF the Men and he
liaion Forward Movement Is to be
held In st. Louis April IS.
The date az tae opening Of the Mis-
slopary Exposition. The World in
Boston," has been changed from Mon
day. April "a L. saturday, April ".
In India there ara fourteen hundred
Christian Endeavor Societies, and
twenty native sccretarics are soon to
be employed to extend the work
The Jerry MzAuley Mission. OF New
York city has once more outgrown
its quarters. and plans have been ap-
proved for ll11re cornmodlous struc-
ture.
The British Methodist Episcopal
church tco,oradt of Canada. reports
one conference, JWenty-one churches,
twenty ministers and seven hundred
members.
DIR. Mark a. Matthews, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church, Seat
tie, Wash, has been nominated 10y
his presbytery for moderator OF the
General Assembly OF 1911.
There are two hundred C0ngfega-
sfoaaf unurcfies- among the c6Iored
people of tho United States. with
twelve Thousand members. Eight of
these churches only are self support
/ ing
! The Lutheran missionary force now
working ii China numbers three nun
dred and thirty tWo German ana Scan
dinavian missionaries. Their Chinese
! communicates number A0,53o.
| by tho viii OF Mrs. Amelia Worth
I ington. widow of Bishop George Wor-
| thington, of the Protestant Episcopal
church. requests # s252.0 are made
| to institutions chiefly of the church.
/ The Sunday schools of North Amer
4 lea are requested 10 observe Sunday,
June 25, as international Sunday
school day. The international CON
I vention will at that time be in SEES
sion in San Francisco.
4 The celebration of the three hun
! dredth anniversary Of the translation
of the Authorized Version of the Bible
VIII be held in Chicago, III, May T.
/ Hon. William J. sryan will deliver the
/ principal address.
/ According to tho annual report OF
/ the Central German Jewish Relief AS
ISOLATION. no tess than 40. 900 Jews
were driven out of Russia during 1910
by official persecution. or this totai,
tl07 emigrated 70 the United States,
ON April - or. n. X. Pearsons,
! Of Chtcag TO, celebratas his ninety-tirst
I birthday, ON that day he VIII redeem
pledges which he has made TO various
church collegs amounting to 10000.
! His known tcuelactions to date have
reached total nf 100000
| Rev. Thomas hastings. u. H.. who
died Ut ais horne in New York city
] April :, was for ten years (1sST-97t
( president OF the faculty of Union
4 Theological seminary. and since his
rotireIssfass tFesfif tiTt,~' presidency had
/ been emeritus professor of sacred rhe-
tortc he was IN his tighty-rourth
year.
The director or the New York Jew
/ ism Flyangelizatton Society has lately
issued a booklet showing that there
arc now about 100. 900 Jewish peo-
pie IN Greater New York, or over 26
/ per cent Of the entire population. In
: Chicago they constitute Only three
and one-hatf per cent. Of the popula-
4 tion.
4 Miss Sarah r. Sage. who died March
p IN Boston Mass. left requests
Amounting to $4,000 to various in
situations of the Congregational
church.
/ The Epworth f1eagues of the
Methodist Episcopal church have
lsiFen oyer $4,000 for China famine