The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-28
A Page Devoted to Religious Matters

sermons intended primarily for young
mem" % "Gotch and Hackenscmidt;
or, Catch as Catch Can" go The
! Aviation Neck; or, Atwood. King OF
the Air CD "Bins and Bingles for
| Baseball Bugs; or, Winning a PEN
uant." a. Throw in Your Clutch
or The Honk Honk of Life
The Hungarian Minister OF Educa-
ton has practically approved of the
project for the erection at Grosswar-
dein OF an American Canadian Baptist
University TO cost 100000 The plan
10 erect such a university originated
With Canadian pastor. Rev. Joseph
Wellinger. who Travelled in Hungary
in 1910. 1t is intended to train Bap-
fist pasto's and teachers admitting
not only Hanearians. but students OF
other nations.
The Society of Friends in England
has now taken possession of the ia
nous old farm house near the village
of Chalfont St. Giles, in Buckingham
shire. Old Jordans. as the building
is called, is an ancient Quaker relic
Intimately associated with the early
days of the Friends movement and
1t has TIL nov been the property of
ST. Lukes Hospital in London. The
hospital trustees consented to sell the
famous homestead to its ancient own
ers some time ago. The purchase
fund, with the cost of the necessary
repairs, was raised by subscription
among the Quakers old Jordans is
more than two hundred and nifty years
OLD. and though at present rather out
of repair, is to be restored after the
trim rnnl1pndinnc fn Sbinn WIZ t,i,
prevailed when the Quakers conducted
their services in secret in its quiet
kitchen.
The annual report Of the General
Mission Board ai- the- Protestant Eeis-
copal church shows donations during
the past year of s1,10s. 900, an in
crease over the previous year of St.s,-
600 The total IL almost three times
as much as the annual receipts of ten
years ago
one of the overtures sent down by
the last General Assembly of the Pres
hyterlan Church (Northb for vote
of the PRESBYTERIAN provides for the
appointment by the General Assembly
OF permanent committee to super
y Use the supply OF vacant pulpits, and
the services Of unemployed ministers
OF torty-two Presbyteries already vot-
Ing on this overture. twenty-six are
for ten are against. and six defer
action.
At a meeting al Philadelphia OF the
executive committee of the Worlds
Sunday School Association. which was
attended by sabbath School leaders
from Europe. Africa and America. il
was voted to hold the worlds seventh
Sunday School Convention in Zurich.
Switzerland, July sis 1913.
Key, q. w. T. Barentzen who for
the past year has been pastor OF the
congregational church. at Richmond.
rendered his resignation October Is.
To take effect as soon as possible He
VIII enter the State Missionary field
a Methodist International advisory
commission was esta hlished BY action
of the Ecumenical Methodist Confer
ence in Toronto Thursday While its
function will be chiefly advisory 1t al
so Will attempt to Use the influence of
the 10000. 900 Methodists whom 1t
represents in the forwarding of GER
tain world movments for peace and
Justice
me conference committee of the
Northern and Southern Baptist Com
Nentions has recently held two
days session at Old Point Comfort.
Va and adjourned TO meet again at
Hot Springs, Ark. on January "a,
and polity. together with tn hrdlu
1912, statement of principles. and
polity. together with the applicAtlnn
OF the same. was heartily and uAhnk-
m of tho
meeting. The committee feels that
it is making gratifying progress In
the work committed to it.
Since the publication two weeks
ago of number OF dates and places
for campaigns OF the Men and Re-
Hgion Forward Movement the sche-
duie has been revised. The follow
ing cities of the South and South
west Will have campaiKns during the