The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-05

to receiving women into their confer
ences; when an annual conference
shall be satisfied that ANY woman
within its bounds is called Of God to
preach tho gospel. the annual confer
ence may be permitted to receive her
on trial and into full connection as
We receive men into the same rela-
ton; provided. always, that this or
dination of women shall not be con-
sidered II step toward ordination as
AN elder"
missionary OF the Disciples far
up on the edges of Thibet at Batang.
lin West China. writes that he is trans
Eating hymns ipto Thibetan. He has
already finished MY Jesus, / Love
Thee. Jesus. Lover Of My Soul. !"
and Come. Thou Fount of Every
blessing" Batang is, perhaps. the
most remote mission station in the
world. II is 1900 miles from the
railroad and is7 miles from the last
postoffice in Western China. After
leaving the head of steam navigation
on the Yangste river, ZOO miles must
be further traversed on native boats.
Then comes "a terrible journey of $50
miles overland. on which some of
the highest mountains In the world
must he crossed. The first zoe miles
of this journey everything is carried
over wild mountain paths ny Chinese
coolies. After this the passes are so
high that men cannot carry the bur
tdens and breathe The native yak Is
used for this last journey.
9r. :. NJ. Zwemer. who has lately
made tour Of the East visiting such
cities as Calcutta. Bombay and Cairo,
was greatly impressed with the OPP
portunities for Christian work among
the educated classes Of those cities
He SAYS that while in India he had
enough invitations to keep him busy
several months addressing English
speaking Moslems and Hndus in the
colleges on The claims of Christ
The latest statistics of the foreign
missionary work OF the Disciples of
Christ show that they have in the
foreign field l72 missionaries, 792 ma
tive helpers. 1856 churches and 1854
| members. There was q net gain In
membership during the past year Of
l.a4l There are sixty-tive schools
and colleges, with a total enrolment
Of 1858 students,
1t Is stated that in Great Britain
I,
serving without remuneration preach
each week to regular congregations.
To this kind of work systematically
carried on. Methodist Is the old land
is largely indebted. In earlier years
in this country the Methodist local
I preacher was a weliknown and appre-
Grated worker In the Methodist
church Of the United states there is
an agitation Favorable to the encour-
I ha h1y
certainly provides fer wider preach
I Inc Of the gospel. and for the religious
care of many places thar must other
wise he neglected. Ii is a plan of
Christian work that every renomina
ton, our own included would DO well
to initiate.
| Gen. William Booth. founder of the
| salvation Army. says that while he
| Is intensely Interested IN London So
cial conditions and busib engaged in
| ms work there, he must once more in
| spect the work OF the Army In Amer
| lea. He expects to come to the United
/ states this fat General Booth Is now
IN his eighty second yenr.
Captain Montague Parker reports in
! the Times on his exeavat ions In Jeru-
salem. He intended to get at the tombs
/ or David and Solomon. but In this was
unsuccessful. But he definitely located
/ the City Of David and the Jebusite city
/ on which II existed many centuries be-
| fore David. He succeeded IN cleaning
out the spring and tunnel which carry
water 20 the well OF Sloan. in this
| way increasing the flow Of water fifty
per cent. To the great delight OF the
villagers who held "a feast for the ex-
/ plorers In honor Of the event
The Conferences OF the Methodist
/ Episcopal Church contributing the
| largest amounts to missions, foreign
ana home, the past year are: Phila
nelphia, s77,4 $40 Central Pennsyt-
wanna. s7o265: Pttsburg. s7n.202; East
| ohio, $56.S02; New York. East $50
~ Baltimore, s52,4 67; New York
1888. Six other Conferences con
trlouted more than forty five thou
sand dollars each.
The Protestant churches of France
are accommodating themselves fnan-