The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-11
NEWS AND NOTES.

The Endeavorers Of Germany sup
port three field secretaries in the en-
pire and seventeen missionaries in
the Marshall and Caroline islands.
Nearly $4,000 church organizations
In the United States conduct their ser
vices,in whole or part. in other than
the English language.
In China there are enthusiastic
plans for a great national Christian
Endeavor convention in Picking dur
ing 1911.
During the year 1910 gifts and be-
quests amounting to $141,604, 1913 were
made by Americans for religious. edu-
cational and charitable purposes
Thomas w. Knight, last of the
twelve charter members of the first
Y. NJ. C. A, organized in London in
1884, died at Bowling Green, Ohio,
last week, aged 49,.
Every ten years the ecclesiastical
descendants of John Wesley join to
hold world convention which they
call the Ecumenical Methodist Con-
ference. Three of these have already
been held The fourth is to meet in
Toronto, Canada, October 4-17, in the
present year. The conference is an
officially delegated body and will
will come from Great Britain, CONT
mental Europe, Australia, New Zealand
and South Africa. The other 800 will
represent the Methodist denomina-
tions of North America
Postmaster w. M. Tucker of Tole-
do issued an order received from
Washington closing UP the Toledo
postoff1ce tight on Sunday. This re-
form is the result of the labor of a
committee appointed by the Ministers
union, of which Rev. Edward Berger
was chairman. These men canvassed
the business district last June and
saw to it that a constant fusillade of
letters was poured into Washington.
The authorities are favorable to Sun
day closing if local sentiment war
rants it, and the recent order is proof
that they have been convinced as to
on Sunday. The credit fer this move
should go almost wholly to the
churches
The Harvard expedition, under di-
rection of Professor ReiSner, which
has been excavating the site Of the
old capital of Israel, the city of Sa-
maria, surprises the world with the an
nouncement of remarkable rewards
for it's labors. The ancient hill that
King Omri bought of Shemer for the
location of a new city has yielded the
most valuable archaeological treas
ures yet found in Palestine. The i'm
portance of these finds is emphasized
by the fact tibet they include speci-
mems of Hebrew writings many CEN
turtles older than any others in ex-
istence, and connected moreover di-
rectly with the official archives of the
palace of King Ahab, the fierce royal
enemy of Elijah. A hundred clay tab
let's have been found, not inscribed as
are the clay tablets of Babylon.
but written upon with an intensely
black ink like that used upon Egyptian
papyri. One of these tablets is a let
ter addressed to Ahab from the king
Of Assyria. A number of wine and
oil Jars have also been dug up, with
labels showing the date of bottling
(dates within Ahab's own time) and
the vineyards or orchards from which
the product came. 1t is no wonder
that the members of the expedition.
coming thus into immediate touch
with royal Hebrew life CT nine cen
turtles before Christ, feel enthusiastic
ally delighted over the great success
of their explorations.