The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-09
for the students OF the University O


! for the students OF the University o.
| Illinois.
/ The endowment fund of the Ameri-
| can Bible Society has reached a to-
tai of s2,11S,5Ss.3l. 1t Ia now dis
tributing the Rihe in one hundred
and twelve languages and dialects.
The Methodist Episcopal church
1 has in oklahoma 2ab churches and
! 1000 members, while our own
church has In that State sci orsani-
cations Az church buildings and So, =
! 900 members.
I Al the recent meeting of the Pitts
/ burg tPa-) Presbytery four young
men Of the Slavic race were licensed
TO preach the gospel All OF these
were converts in the mission churches
of the Presbytery.
There was an inCT ease uf &8 6fe An
the membership Of the Presbyterian
church tNorthb for the year ending
April !, the total being l,Ss16I6. In
their Sunday schools 1.172,730 are
enrolled. this being loss of S.
1871 for the year;
Rev. Robert Scott. pastor of the
Alsthtulst rnQTch OF Leeds, died very
suddenly while in attendance upon
the quarterly meeting of the Bow
doinham Association at the Baptist
church in Greene last Thursday morn
ing. He was Scotehman by birth,
but had lived in this country mum
I Der OF years. He had served churches
IN industry Starks and bingham in
( this state, and had lived for a time
1 In Monmouth, but for some years he
had made his home In Leeds. The
cause Of HIS death was heart dis
ease.
! AT least 100000 for missions was the
goal set by the women of Western
Pennsylvania as golden Jubilee fund.
! The goal has been passed The
/ amounts contributed according to the
latest report are: Methodist Episcopal,
1867; Methodist Protestant, sara
| United Presbyterian. s4d.150. Reform
ed Presbyterian, $3.50; Presbyterian,
$4,000. Welsh Presbyterian, Sis. Lu-
theran General Synod. s2.57a.5o, Luth-
eran General Council. s540; United
Brethren, $500; Episcopal, 81. 500; Chris
tian. $4,000; Reformed Church In the
United States $500. making grand
total OF sloo,925.
The proposed Elect Infant clause,
! sent down by the last General Assem-
bly, OF the Southern Presbyterian
Church to the presbyteries, was lost
oVertures came from a number of
presbyteries asking the General AS
sembly to change the phraseology of
the amendment, and the following Is
TO be sent to the presbyterfes for &C
ton by them during the coming year
10 amend Section OF Chapter X OF
the Confession to read rs follows: In
fanis dying in infancy are regenerated
and saved by the Spirit, who worketh
when and where he pleaseth. SO also
are all others who are Included In the
election or grace and who are incapable
of being outwardly called by the min
lstry OF the Word.
The American Bible Society has an
pointed Rev. s. A Beck. of UNIVERSITY
| Place, Neb. to take charge of its ko-
rean Agency during the absence of Rev
J., a Bunker from the field. Mr.
Beck WAS born In Illinois in 1855. He
went out to Korea from Gordon, Neb
as Manager of the Methodist Pub
fishing House In Korea He Is mem
Der Of the Korean Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. OF which
he was Secretary for six years He
was Treasurer OF the Young Mems
| Christian Association of Korea for
three years and member of the Exc
cutive Committee of the Korean Reli-
rtous Tract Society and OF the Perma
nent Executive Bible Committee. The
Old Testament III Korean has just beer
completed. thus making the whole Bi-
bic available for the people of Korea
for the first time in their history.
No more important session will bt
held at the International Sunday
School Convention in San Francisco
than the one Friday afternoon, June IS
devoted TO the interests of the youne
people in the intermediate and senior
grades Of the Sunday school Mr.
Frank J.. Brown, the New York banker
who Ls Superintendent Of tke has hWick
Avenue Methodist Sunday School, ONT
oH the largest In the world, will preside
at this session The report OF the de-
partment will be presented by Mr. Ed
gar II. Nichols, OF Chicago, Secretary
OF the committee. and this Will be fol-
lowed by some notable addresses Rev
Edgar Blake. D.. Chicago Assistant
! Corresponding Secretary of the BOARD
Of Sunday Schools Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, will speak on 1.-The
Teen Age as an Asset and Opportun
j. hy;" Mrs. Antonette A Lamoreaux. 81
Chicago, on THE Girl Problem" Miss
Margaret Slattery, Boston. on why
Are the Teen Years Critfcal?" Bishop
Edwin Holt Hughes. DID, LID. on
The Relation Of the Church to the
Teen Age" and Dr. J. Wilbur Chap
man on Soul Winning and Christian
Service, Nashville Christian Advo-
cate
Bunyan's Book of Martyrs
Some time ago We called attention
to the fact that John Eunyan's cop,
| OF Foxes Book of Martyrs" now