The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-05
IN Chicago whose property IS used
for immoral purposes

IN Chicago whose property is used
FOR immoral purposes,
The following should give food
for thought to those who enjoy at
lacking the church for Its delinquen~
cles in various directions. Dr, Bliss.
of the American Institute TOR So
ciai Service. inquired Of a thousand
prominent social workers-401 en-
gagged with the Associated Charities
S39 in settlement work. 227 in ma
stional social reform agencies. and
the balance in various social actiYi-
tios.
OF SIS #=Ae replied To the ques-
ton OF church mem bership, 1913 We're
church members. Even though the
l&4 who aid not reply should be
counted az commandments, it
T uld still leave rs per cent? church
members. 1t is altogether likely,
however. that man yof the 134 were
in some way identified with churches
Ihn Church memtefshtp In this cour=
try is only about one-third of the
entire population. but they furnish -
per cent. of the social workers. OF
those engaged in the work olythe
Charity Organization Society. 81 per
cent were found to be church mem
hers, in the settlements So per cent"
-- Iva tA4e Church ri the Advent t'tii-
adelphia, To which Phillips Brooks
onrc ministered services are held
each Sunday In English, Roumanian,
Russian and Armenian with coca
sfoual Servian. Polish, Old Catholic
and Syrian serTicos. There are some
49, 600 nom Roman Catholic foreign
ers in this district, and from six III
the morning the church is crowded
at successive services all day long.
In the Porto Rican organ OF the
United Brethren. FL Testigo Evangeli-
60, is the report of a church census
of both Protestant and Romanist
churches in twenty three municipal
ties containing 40 per cent. Of the
population OF the island. The re-
iigious conditions prevailing in the
rest OF the island are to all intents
and purposes the same. The census
was taken for all services--tnasses.
DOCTRINES and Sunday schools--on a
given SUNDAY. and shows a total
Catholic attendance of S.094: OF Pro-
testant, $50, an excess of T16 in
favor of the reformed churches.
Protestant mission work is hardly ten
years OF age, while the Church of
Rome has had monopoly of the
island for nearly four hundred years.
The Heartsease Work (4I3 East
Fifty-fi first Street. New York City)
asks for provisions, clothing. linen
and cooking utensils. 1t gives heart
rending accounts of girls in trouble
and Ia reply to this comment of the
Survey. Present success I'm setting
girls right comes from understand
ing that what they need is not re-
generation. but merely enlighten-
meut and ASSISTANCE, says I'VE find
that only God can change a heart
and life 've"~'' -'r-''e' ''- on 49, -''
The i3ls'ss Italian, -iers1sass TERRAIN
church in Philadelphia has a plant
worth 100000; tbs. Second Italian
Presbyterian church was organized
last year The First hungarian Pres
hyterian church has a property val
ued at $4,000. debt free.
A memorial church IL to be erect
ed in Osmanieh in Asia Minor In re-
OF the American mission
aries and Armenian. Greek and Syrian
pastors who suffered martyrdom April
1909. while on their way 70 the
annual conference OF the Cicilian
Church Union. This group OF VIC
Tins of Mona mmedaa ferocit$ mum
bered 80 pastors, teachers and evan
CYCLISTS. The church win he built
on the ruins OF the earlier church
nd. as the carrier one. Will be the