The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-14

Geneva, Switzerland, has a new
Sunday law which provides that every
employer. whatever the character of
his trade or industry, shall give his
employees one day of rest In seven
without any reduction In wages. once
in two weeks~this day must be sun
day.
The Presbyterian Synod OF Penn
sylvania liz one Of the largest Of that
denomination in America. 1t reports
for the year just closed l,16@
churches, 1,22s ministers, and 2SS,sbb
church members. There we're added
last year on confession of faith H.
497 members.
The annual report or the Chicago
City Missionary Society of the Con-
gregational church shows forty
churches and missions under the So
ciety's care during the past year. Dur
ing the twenty eight years OF its his
tory the thirteen Conversational
churches of the city have grown to
eighty-four. and of this total all ex-
cept fourteen have been formed or
aided by the City Missionary Society.
The First Christian church. Can
ton. Ohio. and the First United
Brethren church OF the same city are
said to be the largest churches OF
their respective denominations In the
world. The former has a Sunday
school with an enrolment of 5000,
and an adult Bible class OF l.1oo
members; while the latter has an en-
rollment OF $500 in It's Sunday
school. with an adult Bible OF sIs.
Fourteen Conferences on Eyange-
lism for Iaymen Of the Methodist
T. hnl
ing the past few months. AT each
of these meetings from three hun
dred to twelve hundred men have
been present. 1t is stated that al
ready more than three thousand lay
men have taken covenant to become
personal evangelists and to endeavor
to lead their friends and business
associates to Jesus Christ.
The meeting of the representatives.
OF the three Methodisms now con-
sidering federation and union. to be
held in Chattanooga next spring. Is
for tho following purpose: To con-
slider the causes which produce fric-
ton and waste and injure. rather
than promote, the common cause
namely. the spreading of Scrfpturai
holiness through these and other
lands. and If found practicable to
bUeng TO this joint commission
plan for submission to the general
conferences and people of the re-
spective churches. said plan to pro-
vide for such unification through re-
organization OF the Methodist
churches concerned as shall insure
unity of purpose. administration,
tons for which our Methodism has
stood froYs1 the haRfnnfnR
Tuesday. December u, the Mems
Bible classes of the Washhurr Metho-
dist and Baptist churches had an In
teresting debate on che question,
Resolved. That a right home train
ing has brought more souls into the
kingdom OF God than church attend
ance." A good deal Of enthusiasm
was developed as the evening pro.
crossed. one of the debaters. a
teacher in the public schools. fairly
taking the audience by storm by his
humor and we'll made points. IT Ia
needless to say that the judges de-
cided the question In favor OF his
side. the Affirmative. Following the
debate about so men sat down 10
an oyster supper. prepared for them
by the Ladies' Sewing Circle of the
Baptist church. Some of these men
had not been inside a church for a
good while. 1t Is the object OF the
mems classes by THIS means To In
terest the men of the town in the
work of the mems classes and win
them for a higher life. Sunday.
January /. these two churches began
series of special meetings. the re-
spective pastors doin9 the preach
ing. and a special choir under the
leadership OF Mr.. Clark. one OF the
teachers in the public school. having
charge Of the singing The churches
earnestly ask the Advocate family to
remember them in prayer In this im-
I portant work.
The mission schools Of the Ameri-
can Congregationalists in South Africa
employ more than one hundred teach
hux