The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-02

mas puDiished. for the first time il
Is said, the statistical statement of
that orsaniza tons enrolment. The
present number is over 100000. with
nearly half of this in England and
oo,ooo more in the United States and
Canada. The numbers seem to show a
considerable falling off in England,
An exchange says that on recent
Sunday the congregations of fourteen
prominent Protestant churches in diff
ferent parts of the country were
counted. The aggregate membership
OF The churches selected liz tT,5oo. and
the number present on this particular
Sunday vas $4,000. of which number
$500 We're men. This is much
larger number of men than was found
ten years ago when a similar count
was made.
Rev. G. NJ. Curl. of Claremont. y.
H., one of the most widely known
Methodist clergymen of the State. and
department chaplain OF the New
Hampshire g A. r.. was found dead
in his bed at Concord hotel ON
Thursday morning The cause of
death was pronounced organic heart
disease. lie was 60 years of age.
1t is said that Baptists lead, all
other denominations in America in
the number Of young men studying for
Inc ministry in theological seminaries
They number 1865
The Methodist Episcopal church has
made public the report OF it's work
Tor the support Of its superannuated
ministers. During the year Ss35,S43
was distributed In pensions an in
crease OF s1s2,s3 over 1905. The
total number OF claimants was 623
or whom 1851 were ministers 2Teg
WIDOWS or ministers and 2s6 children
only one person received $500 a year.
three received between s5o1 and $500.
sixty eight received between s40I and
$500. between 1901 and $500 there
were lss beneioiaries, and $50 be-
tween s2ei and $500. Four-fifths of
the whole received $500 wear or
iess, and l.4oo received less than 500.
The British and Foreign Bible So
ciefy Is said to have withdrawn from
the book market the entire edition
of the revised IceIandic Bible he
cause the old Lutheran hishop and
the Old Lutheran pastors protested
against its distribution. The revis-
ers were professor in the seminary
at Heikyawik and a number of young
men who had been caught by the
spirit Of higher" criticism while
STUDYING al Copenhagen They re-
Nised the sacred text according 10
their views giving just ofrense to the
ga Lutheran bishop and pastors.
scottish Congregationelis ism claims
thus year about $4,000 members 1873
churches and l76 pastors, with 20
other ministers, The figures show
no appreciable advance over 1so9-f0.
During the first three months OF
the new fiscal year commencing on
April ! the receipts OF the America
bible Society We're slt9.74s5s AS
compared with s25.09i7s for tne
same months in 1910. I,egacies In
creased from s6.72l TO ssa.sls
church collections. from sl3.2245k
81, absis gifts from individuals
from sa.4ss7l to s4.3sI.5s. There
was slight decrease in gifts from
suxiiiaries
Inc graduating exercises Of the
Moody Bible Institute. Chicago. were
held last week The graduating clio IS
for this term numbers fifty-six, thir-
ty-stx men and twenty women This
~ the largest class in the history r,f
tho institute.
EVangelisHc work In tents and omen
ar Is being carried on successfully In
Pnlladelphie this month by thu Pres
pNterlhn fsNangehstio COMMITTEES. Dur
ing the first week OF the campafgn
eighty seven services were held. al
tended by d total of over thirty thou
sand persons Many conversions were
reported
On August Q the Doe Run PA ,
Presbyterian church celebrated IT'S
one hundred and seventy-frst ami
Nersary, In l7sT Rev George White
field preached at this church, and a
great revival followed At tho pres
ent anniversary celebration an ONT
door service was held com mem orative
of the preaching of Whtefeid.
w, y. Hartshorn. vice presiden, of
the Worlds Sunday School Associa-
ton. sailed for Europe last TUESDAY
10 determine upon the place OF the
holding Of the seventh convention Of
the association, which VIII meet
somewhere in Europe in 1913. Mr.
Hartshorn will visit Frankfort. Ber
lin, London and other cities, and
VIII be absent five weeks
The new Tabernacle church. At
lanta, Ga. Of which pr Len q
Broughton is pastor, will be dedicated
September io-lT Or. G. Camphei
Morgan, of London. England. viii
preach each day.
The secretaries of the American
Bible Society report foreign oons!gn-
ments during the month OF June as
follows To Brazil. ls.097 volumes:
value s2.iss.ss. To Ia Plata 2o2o
volumes; value. s4S0.lS. To Japan.
1870 volumes; value, sls4.1s. To
Mexico. 2.3i3 volumes: value, 81
oso,4l. To the West Indies, 27,524
volumes; value, E.7S7.s0 Total.
1883 volumes. value, s5.s1121. Is
sues from the Bible House during the
months Of June numbered 172,s11
volumes.
DIR. John Clifford. one Of the best
known Baptist ministers OF England.
has for the twenty ninth time been
summoned before a British court for
his refusal 10 pay the tax which goes
to the support OF denominations,
schools os the Church Of England.
Thus far he has not been given a
sentence, OUT mas SUFFERED the
seizure and sale OF his household goods
to satisfy the tax levy
Rev. DIR. William Curtis Stiles, as
sociate editor OF The Homiletic Re-
view. and one OF the editors OF The
STANDARD Dictionary. died In Brooklyn
ON Tuesday. He was born In Stone
ham. MINNIE, June "a 1851.
A new Catholic church was dedicated