The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30
ITEMS OF RELIGIOUS INTEREST

church. died In his eighty-fourth year
on August ~ at Roanoke. Va.
Rev. George Thomas knight. d. p .
professor OF Christian Theology ut the
Crane Theological School form erly
the Tufts Divinity SCHOOL,. died at a
private hospital in Medfora. Mass.
sunday night. He was born In South
Windham. Me. October %. 1850.
The Methodist Episcopal church has
seventy Italian members In New Or
leans, La.
In Belgium there are thirty eight
Roman Catholic daily papers. one of
which, the Patriotic. has circula
ton of 10000
Three members OF the First Bap-
list church of Bloomfield, n. J.. who
saw the cornerstone Of the original
church laid sixty years ago we're pres
ent Sunday. September 10, when the
stone for the new $1,000 edince was
laid by Rev Henry s. Potter. They
were Mrs. Martha Spear, Mrs. Re-
becca Hall and Edward Han. Rev.
Or. Thomas ], vIllers. of Newark. de- |
livered the address.
The Hungarian minister of educa-
ton has practically approved of the
project for the erection of nm Ameri |
can Canadian Baptist university to
cost 100000 at Grosswardein, Only
a few unimportant differences remain
to be adjusted and II Is hoped the
charter will be granted IN October.
The plan to erect such a university
originated with a Canadian pastor.
Rev. Joseph Wellinger. who travelled
in Hungary In 1910. II is intended TO
train Baptist pastors and teachers, ad
hitting not only Hungarians. but stu
dents of other nations.
Temple Baptist church, los Ange-
les, Cal. claims to have the most
largely attended prayer meeting of any
church on the Pacific coast. With al
church membership of fourteen hun
dred. the prayer meeting attendance
Is from FIVE hundred to six hundred
persons.
DR.. A, b; Leonard, secretary OF the
Board OF Foreign Missions
Methodist Episcopal church. in an
! itemiZed expense statement recently
| made public, shows that for every
missionary dollar admintste tered by the
board he represents 80 cents is used
/ for the expense of collection and "a
| cents for the expense OF administra-
! ton, leaving els cents for missionary
/ work.
| It is announced that Zurich, Swift
xerland, has been selected as the place
| OF the holding of the Seventh World .
Sunday School Convention in 1918
| The selection was made September I
| at q conference OF the British section
| with President W. y. Hartshorn, of
the International Sunday-School Assoc
citation. and Mr.. O. w. Penniman, rep
resenting the American section.
Hot solder spilled by timers ignited
the roof OF the First Methodist Epis-
copal church OF Akron. O, recently.
| and in an hour the building, which
cost $4,000 was entirely destroyed.
DR. @. Campbell Morgan has re-
eeived unanimous invitation to be-
| come president of Chestnut College
Cambridge. England. Should he &C.
cept the invitation he will in all prob
ability continue his ministry at West
| minister chapel, London. aide by side
with his work at the college.
The American Baptist Foreign Mis-
sion Society Is already at work on
plans for the celebration in 1914 OF
missionary work of Adoniram Jud-
son, The celebration will include
plan of an educational campaign In
this country. and deputation liz to
be sent 70 Burma to assist in the
celebration there.
Rev. John B. Devins. u. d. editor
of the New York Observer fPrssby-
terian>. died on August 20. after an
illness of only few days. DIR. Devins
was born in New York on Septem Der
20, 1856. he began his work as a
Presbyterian minister in 1887; In 1898
he became managing editor Of the OBJ
server: and In 1905 he became the
owner and editor of that paper.
Tho American Board OF Commits
sioners for Foreign Missions (Con-
gregationaO Ia TO send out a strong
com mission to investigate the pres
ent and changing conditions in Tur-
key. with view to shaping it's oSera-
tons In that country 10 meet the
real needs OF to-day. The commits
sion will visit every mission station
OF the board. and every high school,
college, seminary and hospital. and
30 study their problems at first hand.
1t Is the purpose of the board to make
this the most thorough investigation
OF missionary work ever undertaken.
i The present Legislature OF Connec-
ticut has twice Defeated efforts to re-
peal the law when ferhids Sunday
baseball and other sports
#
Friends and admirers Of the late
DIR. A. T. 1sierson are moving 10 pro
vide a memorial OF hts life and great
work for missions by erecting In his
name mission school IN Korea
A special meeting Of the House of
Rishops OF the Protestant Episcopal
Church Will he held in New York city
on October nc for the purpose Of
elee'ing nve missionary bishops.
We note that the official board OF
a Methodist church In Oregon tn
structed Its delegate tn the Lay Eiee-
torai Conference To vote for GER
tain candidate for delegate 10 the Cen
eral Conference
correspondent OF the Continent
PRESBYTERIAN, T. s., A. advocates
the appointment OF q General Assem-
bly, Commission on Vacant Churches.
with sufficient authority at least TO
name temporary pastors.
The sististh anniversary Of the
birth OF DIR. r. E Clark, founder and
head OF the Christian Endeayor Sc
eiety, was ceie hrated BY reception
and dinner at Sycamore Reach. Mass.
n ON Tuesday OF iast weak A lNrsm