The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-01
ITEMS OF RELIGIOUS INTEREST

At the commencement exercises of
the Sabbath School Teachers Train
ing Glass Of Cincinnati. held June !,
two hundred and sixty seven grad
yates received diplomas,
The general Assembly of the United
Presbyterian Church indorsed the
movement for the appointment OF an
international Peace Tribunal. and APP
pointed the last Sunday In December
of each year as Peace Sunday.
Union Methodist church, Philadel-
phia. celebrated recently its one hum
dred and tenth anniversary. This old
Church has had another year OF sub
stanttal progress, and reports now 500
members. with $50 enrolled in its
Sunday school
The American Seaman Friend So
cietS. Of which Rev George McPher-
son. IS Wall Street. New York is sec
rotary, Is making efforts to raise $1o0,-
600 for the extension of It's institute in
that city. Mrs, Sage has promised
$4,000 of the amount on completion
of the fund. About 3G1 ,423 persons
used it's reading rooms during the past
year, 2.3S4 free lodgings and 2.143 free
of 1,s96 comfort bags" aI2o loan vol
umes, ISIS Bibles and 26,3t9 pamph-
let's, while $3S.112 WAS deposited for
The sailors for safe keeping.
AT the recent session or the Gen
eral Assembly of the United PresbY-
tertan church, a permanent commit
tee on rural churches was provided for
The duties Of This committee are de-
fined as follows; "tap To cooperate
with other denominations and organ
Xati0us in the interest Of rural church
es: th3 to Investigate conditions and
needs of rural churches. encourage the
study of rural communities ny pastors
and iaynleIi, and 10 collect facts sta
tistics and information bearing on the
religious moral. and social conditions
of rural communities. especially those
ia " hich nited Presbyterian churches
exist to- 10 study the relation OF the
church III rural communities To the
school, the bafles q af THE far1nas;ss nv,
ganizations: tdl 10 give publicity TO
information secured concerning these
conditions. (ela go devise means by
which Students preparing for the min
istry in country churches may have
appropriate special training for rural
pastoral work. ~ to plan for the AIDE
auate financial support of country pas
tors"
The An Souls Congregational
church is the name selected for the
now church to be formed by the union
of the First Parish and Central Com
greSaton churches at Bangor.
All meeting in Providence this
week of some fifteen ministers and
prominent church workers 10 discuss
plans FOR The orient III Providence"
missionary exhibition presid lent
fEaunee. OF rrtfw11 t'nitersity, vas
elected head of the proposed move
ment 1t is planned to give scenes
from China. Japan. Korea, Alaska and
of the American indians. Work at
present is confined principally to Sc
curing 2,ooe stewards, zoo of whom
have already enrolled.
The scotch city OF Airdrie. former
lly famous Tor lis drunkenness has
since 1900 gone through a great trans
FORMATION because of the activity of
the Good Templars; The local lodge
numhefs $500 members tthe largest
in the WORLD. and is in close CO.
operation with a w. &. t L. of 700
mem hers. 0ne-third OF the drink shops
have closed az a consequence. The
city savings banks for sixty five years
made little progress, but since 1900
the number Of depositors has jumped
from b.T6s. With about $1.To0,o00. 10
III, 262, with nearly $4,000. 900 i'll de-
posts. Mayor Knox has scored the
spuhlic house as The enemy OF thrift.
! Two important Presbyterian church
es IN New York city viii unite~~tne
West Presbyterian, Forty-second
street. and the Park Presbyterian.
Eighty sixth street The new name
will he the West Park Presbyterian
church. They viii use the plant Of
the Park church. which is worth 81
500, 600.
The Hon. w. J. Bryan has been
speaking on religious themes in Ten
nessee before the two houses of the
Legislature. to business men at lunch
cons, 10 soldiers at the fort, to stu
dents in the universities, to street rail
way employees. to workmen in shops
land to large audiences In theatres. In
1--WE days twenty -four addresses were
delivered In tour arranged by the
Y NJ. G. A. Mr.. Bryan further spoke
to great audiences of men in the hall
OF the University OF Virginia on THE
Price Of Soul" and on the same day
10 a theatre meeting OF l,20u coiored
men. In Washington he addressed
ian audience of 1000 representative
men Of the city. He refuses any COM
pensation, even his travelling expenses,
for these religious addresses.
eff tile Russian Baptists attending
the Baptist World Alliance, Y. Paw
loff Is known as the pioneer" For
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