The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30

preached on Sunday.
knights OF MethodLsm" Is the
name of "A new organization in the
Methodist Episcopal Church. The OBJ
ject of the organiza ton ia an at
tempt to solve the boy problem.
The American Seaman's Friend So
eiety. OF IS Wall Street. New York
City. carries on a system Of Libraries
on vessels. Last year 22s libraries
of forty or more volumes were thus
sent out, reaching 3,300 seamen, CIV
ing them good action. with religious
and educational books in English.
German. Norwe gian and swedish.
There are l.52z members Of college
football teams and 1.402 members OF
college baseball teams who are col
lege Bible students. says Mr.. Clayton
Cooper, who gives. among other sta
tistics, reply to the accusation that
college men are ignorant of the BIZ
BILE.
A special meeting OF the House OF
Episcopal Bishops Is called for in
New York on October rs. 1t Is pro-
posed that an independent episcopal
which would no doubt mean q sepa-
rate jurisdiction for negroes. This
Is considered by some church folk as
uncatholic in its tradition.
Among the chaplains of the United
States army the churches are repre-
scented as follows. Roman Catholic.
l6; Protestant Episcopal IA; Presby-
terrain, T; Methodist Episcopal. Z:
Baptist, 8: Congregational. 8: Method
st Episcopal, South, g. Unitarian, 2;
Lutheran. 2; Christian. /: United
Brethren, /, African Methodist. 2:
Colored Baptist, i.
The Army and Navy Department
of the Young Mans Christian Asso-
citation viii open its new Newport
building in October. The building
cost $3.50. 600, with $4,000 more for
the furnishings. The buildings was
given by Mrs. Mary Emery, of Gin
cinnati, and the furnishings were
given by individuals and organiza :
tons The Young Mems Christian
Association expects to erect at Pan
anna an association building that will
equal the Newport one, since the
canal Notifications are to surpass In
extent almost any other American
naval station.
All during the summer the Ma
tional Bible Institute. OF New YORK.
has carried on It's daily out OF doors
evangelistic meetings. While they will
he continued for another month, al
ready nearly 500 such meetings have
been held. with an aggregate attend
ancA OF nearly 1870, 900, In which some
1000 have publicly responded TO the
invitation TO lead a Christian lie or
have asked for special prayer.
The State Y. NJ c. A. has just
completed a building at Greenville
which will be devoted to the inter
ests of lumbermen. 1t Is the frat to
be- erected for that purpose In Maine
and liz an exact copy OF the railroad
Y. NJ, c. A. building at Waterville,
The fromai opening of the building
Will take place October /.
Jacob Bernhein. who Ia in charge
of the Polish work OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church In Chicago, says
that there are In Europe six hundred
Jews or sons of Jews who are ocou-
pying the pulptts OF Protestant
churches. -Four hundred and nifty OF
fnSs@ are IN ASFNat britain
The Student Volunteer Movement,
whose report Is just out. furnished to
missionary societies last year for SER
vice on foreign fields 36S men and wo-
men. who went out under ffty-thres
different societies Up TO the begin
ming OF the calendar year the voiun-
teers had furnished s.7s% mission
a f~faH 10 all fields.
The Second International Confer
encs of State and College Secretaries
OF tho Y NJ c. A. was held recentls
at Lake Forest, Ill, One hundred anc
twenty-seven Y. NJ. G. A. workers
were In attendance.
Sixty students of Marking Untver'
sity, China, have lately announest
their purpose to give their lives 10 tn'
work OF the Christian ministry. Thh
institution Is supported by the Pre9
byterian Disciples. and Methods
churches,
The graduating exercises of th'
Moody Biolo Institute, Chicago. wer'
held lately, The graduating class fo
this term numbers nifty sixr~~thtrty
six men aud twenty women.
Colonel y. Flowers. Of Jakin. Ga.
has an unhroken record or l,7ss sun
days behind him as Is Sunday snhoo
scholar. lie claims TO be the cham
pion Sunday school scholar OF aeor'
gia~
Agents Of the Portuguese govern
ment Nhila taking All Inventory O
church property. have found IN th'
underground vaults OF thu eathedra
ct oporto great amount 81 treasure
the property of sncisnt friaFs mos
Of which the authorities Of tina ehuros
had little idea existed The aoeu
mutations OF wealth date from cen
turtles when Portugal was riei
colonial power. The chests dlsaay
cred are allied with gold inwots ans
plates. the Keld ornaments studdes
with enormous ruhlea. The altar fur
niture Ia Of pure gold,
News has been received at TN,
headquarters OF the Sevsnth Day AZ
veatist denomination at Washington
d. c., that Rev. q, ", Davis. super
intendcnt % the Rritish Guiana Nils
saon Of that denomination, was nur