The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-21
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schools heretofore conducted by the
General Conference, Including Storer
College, at Harpers Ferry. come un-
der the supervision of the Home Mis-
sion Society, while the Free Baptist
mission work in India. known as the
Bengal Orissa mission, is taken over
by the Foreign Mission Society.
| The English Baptists have met
with a loss in the death OF Judge
/ Willis, G. c.. formerly NJ. p. for Col
chester. He died at the age OF seven
/ ty-six. AS student OF Law he had
d brilliant career and became a doc
! tor of laws with a gold medal in
1865. On the bench he developed
I marked individual charactertics
which made him notable. In His la
/ ter career he gave much advice to
/ litigants who appeared before him
and was sympathetic with unfortu
nate people. He was a passive re-
sister" in his attitude. a few years
ago he served as president of the
Baptist Union.
/ The Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary at Louisville, KY. reports
/ the greatest opening in its history.
/ wv Sd anu hNc SiQoSitS HID
circulated TIE first day. which Is the
largest first day enrolment the
school has ever known.
A few weeks ago Rev. George LIZ.
Williamson, Presbyterian minister
and mem Der OF one of the Missouri
Presbyteries, retired from active ser
vice after forty-t@o years in the pas
i torate. He has the remarkable rec
ord Of not having missed an ap-
pointment in all that time.
! Mr.. William Rankin, who served
the Presbyterian Board of Foreign
MISSIONS Tor forty years and resign =
ed as its treasurer In 1883, passed
/ his one hundred and first birthday
on Septem Der Is at the home of his
daughter. Mrs. Ellen Z. Bliss, In
summit, \. J. He is a graduate of
Williams College, the oldest college
graduate living.
The Sacred College of Cardinals is
now reduced 10 forty six members,
the smallest number in more than
+ five hundred years. The last death
! is that of Cardinal Puxyna, arch
[ bishop OF Cracow. The additional va
cancy does not further restrict the
working staff OF the curia, nor does
+ II reduce the Italian strength in the
/ college. The effective men in Curia.
10 perform tie additional work of the
/ Catholic church. remain al eight.
where thirty have usually been
4 thought to be Necessary, and the
Italian strength at rwentF-eight. not
enough 10 provide the two-thirds ma
Jority required to elect new pope.
! Nevertheless there is held to he no
danger that the next pope. whenever
+ he is elected, viii be an italian.
/ Dir. John F.. 0oucher. s Ear Tay-
! Tor, and II. T.. DiYendorfer were
Methodist delegates to the interua-
ftionai Conference on Mission Study
at Lunteren, Holland. on septe m Der
6-ll. Seventy~five delegates We're
present from North America Aus
tralia, Great Britain. Denmark.
France. Germany. Norway. Sweden.
Switzerland the Netherlands. and
/ British India, strong and helpful
! conference is reported. An Interua-
tsonai Council on Missionary E.sin-
cation was formed with a committees
/ Of three from America. three from
Great Britain. and one from each
European country which has an or
ganized study COMMITTEES. other
countries Will have correspond irlg
mum bers.
| Southern Methodists propose to
erect In Washington city 81 magnitf-
cent cath edrai costing s40O. ooo. OF
this amount S225. coo has already
been pledged. A distinctive feature
of the editice viii be Its historical
and memorial hall, a section of which
is To Ne assigned each OF the sixteen
southern States for the preservation
/ OF paintings. tablets and memorials
OF men who have been prominent In
the making and building Of the Meth
odist church in the South. These
halls in a general sense will he his
torIe7A repositories of the church.
Representative of MANY races foir
! In common worship in the Union
church at Proctor, Vt They have a
modern building built Of marble in
/ most attractive country setting
/ From the cosmopolitan village there
are enrolled. as members. English
I " elsh, Nanxmen. Swedes Hnngarf.
ans Germans. Spaniards. Italians
and Firms. with a few native borr
Yankees. Poles. Nerweglans Bohe-
/ n,aans and other nationalities are
| counted among the children OF the
! Sunday school. Seets and creeds dc
/ not enter into the consideration OF
| inns society Whlcn began ltS Caree!
| under Methodist direction and was
| continued by the Congregationalis'
| body, The people of the present
church have been trained in various
| beliefs both Protestant and Catho-
| lie, but there is no friction what
| ever in their comminglfng of views
| since this union church was estab.
| lished. The division OF the henevo-