The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-19
ITEMS OF RELIGIOUS INTEREST

The twenty-third annual convention
of the National Young Peoples Chris
fian Union OF the Universalist denoIn-
fnation will be held IN the Congress
Square Cniversaiist church. Portland,
July IL To 16 inclusive.
A wealthy American lady has given
$500. 600 for q Protestant hurch ia
Rome. IL be in charge of the Walden
slams. 1t is to be situated near the
Plaza Cavou and viii seat 1900 peo-
pie.
There are $500 D~oukhahors at Pc
trofkA, Saskatchewan Canada, who
came three years < from Russia.
driven. as they claimed. from their
hofnes by religious persecution. In be
lief they have some doctrines in COM
mon with American Quakers. and the
Philadelphia Orthodox Yearly Meeting
OF Friends, Just In session. decided TO
make permanent q small educational
work undertaken TWO years ago by
them at petrofka. About $1,000 WAS
subscribed, Il notice given that addi-
tianal sums viii be sent. 1t was adj
united by these Orthodox Friends that
many among them are opposed TO for
eign missions. so~-eaIled, but that they
heartily favor helping these Doukho-
bors. Much enthusiasm was aroused
over the enlarged venture.
.Tls 4 eixe.rsali@t. Society 81 Badger.
which suffered the loss of it's church
iT the recent fire. has decided to re-
build at once, so that the church may
he occupied by autumn. II is the in
tertion to reconstruct the building, us
Ing the original walls If possible, The
Society has received $12, 900 Insurance,
and al the meeting to consider rebuild
ang $500 was pledged.
As an Illustration OF the vast prog
ress which has been made In the
1hristianization Of Madagascar in the
last generation The Record OF Chris
tian Work for NAV says an atheist not
lonF * put up three flags at a great
market place, a red flag for atheists.
a yellow for those undecided, and Il
white for Christians. Three persons
gathered 10 the red standard, hundreds
70 the yellow, bat most To the white.
The secretary Of the Methodist Lay
snens Missionary Movement reports
that through the influence OF that or
sa"t@atton there has been during the
past year an increase Of $4,000 in
the gifts 10 the missionary funds Of
the Methodist Church.
The First Church Of Christ tCongre-
g~atfonai) uf Wethersneld, Conn.
celebrated on saturday and Sunday
The 21bth anniversary OF the o~rgantza-
ton OF the church aud the l50th ami
versary Of the LAYING OF the corner
stone Of the present church edtfice.
Rev. ur. Philip M. Rhinelandar Of
the Episcopal Divinity School IN Cam
bridge, Mass. was on Wednesday
elected bishop-coadjutor of the do
cese Of Pennsylvania On the same
day Eev. Thomas +. Davies, rector Of
All Saints church Of Worcester. Mass
WA elected bishop of the diocese OF
Western Massachusetts.
The official Year Book Of the Church
of England shows "a gain Of 81 .291 COM
nrunieants over the trumber reported
= sHss rysa4fs. antf 4 totaf number ~ 2
IsS,A44. This is about seven per cent.
Of the population of England ana
IA IN sless ,s1sta ,As Aass thasa4tA@s:ssta spessss~
bership Of the Free churches.
The religious associations bin read
in the Spanish Chamber Of Deputies.
makes them all amenable under the
common Law. They must all he pub
Icly registered and subrnit their ac-
counts periodically FOR inspection by
the State. They will be permitted 10
bold only foreigners must be natural
izea before they will be allowed to
I. form associations Certain orders priv
iiexed under the concordat are ex-
e1npted.
The Baptist churches in the United
EtaAea during the past fourteen years
\ show an average yearly gain in mem
81 eernhip of ie4.z1a. the total net gain
.Nnnns 1856 being 145s.so2. The largest