The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-24


New York. which has just called Or.
Jowett from England, gives upwards
or $S0O, 200 "A year. only about S40,-
900 Is spent at the Fifth avenue COR
ner. DIR. Jowett III to get $4,000,
including the parsonage.
Fifth Avenue church. New York
city. has raised Or. Aked's salary by
$4,000. making a total of $4,000.
lie is on on a vacation in Califor-
MIA.
Heinrich Meyer began to preach in
| Budapest in 1874, and founded. in
that year. the first Baptist church In
| Hungary There are now in that city
four Baptist churches and according
to the last published report there were
about 10000 members in that coun-
try.
The South Londonderry. Vt. church
celebrated It's Tooth anniversary this
week, with services continuing from
Sunday through Tuesday. During its
| century OF life the church has had Is
pastors, 20 deacons and Is clerks
The present clerk, Elijah F. Rugg
has just completed AZ years of con-
/ tinuous service.
A bronze bust OF MIR. John D. Rookie.
| Teller, founder of the University OF
| Chicago. has been presented to the
! university by friends in Chicago and
| placed on the mantel of a fireplace in
| Hutchinson Hall. tho dining room foi
men. The bust was made by William
/ Couper, of New York
| Rev. Charles NJ Mead. D. D., for
| fifteen years professor of theology
at the Andover Theological Seminary
| died suddenly in New Haven, Conn.
| "Wednesday from pneumonia. DR.
| Mead, whose home was In Cornwall
| VT, was one OF the original mem bers
| of the American aud English Re.
| visers Company, and was active tr
] the work of revision OF the Old and
| New Testaments. lie was seventy six
! years old
The Free Baptist church OF Wind
ham voted Feb. 10 by a majority Of
one to ally itself with the Methods,
denomination. but by the same ma
jority refused to turn over the church,
property to the Methodists. The mat
ter will come before the Cumberland
County Free Baptist Association for
adjustment
Mcssrs. Chapman and Alexander
with their Immediately party win go
to Wales the last OF this month to
hold evangelistic services.
The Congregationalist,B Boston: THE
acceptance for a year by Professor
Hugh Black, Of Union Seminary, OF
the pastorate of the First Congrega- :
uonal church, MontcIair, ~. j., so re-
Gently vacated 10y Or. A. H. bradford
after over forty years OF service. does
not mean that DIR. Black Will give
UP his work at Union Seminary. His
home Is In Montclair, and ii is quite
natural that after having supplied the
pulpit so acceptably IN recent months
he should now be asked to take gem
eral charge of the church for IA year"
January 10 was the anniversary OF
the beginning of the second mission
by our Moravian brethren. The work
In Greeland began ITS years ago
April 30 has been set aside this
year as tuberculosis Day" and will
be observed In 100000 churches In
the country In manner similar To
that of tuberculosis Sunday" in
1910, when over 10000 sermons were
preached on the prevention of con-
sumption. In one respect Tubercu-
iosis Day will differ from Tubercn-
lcsis Sunday Of 1910. Instead of re-
guessing the churches to give to the
tuberculosis cause "a special Sunday
service. the National Association Is
going 70 ask this year that meetings.
at which the subject OF tuberculosis
and Its prevention can he discussed.
be held on Sunday. April 80, or on
any other day near that date, either
in the week preceding or the week
following.
Rev. John NJ. Ferris, ID. D.. who
died last week in Brooklyn In his
ei9hty-seventh year. WAS leader in