The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-26
ITEMS OF RELIGIOUS INTEREST
ton. Later rocking chair and books
were presented to him.

About one hundred students of Bos-
ton Theological Seminary supply
churches in Boston and vicinity. The
students not thus employed arr or
Banized into gospel teams for revival
meetings During tho present session
these volunteer workers visited thirty
churches held one hundred and
eighty evangeistic services. resulting
in more than three hundred and fifty
conversions
DR.. John clifford. the president of
the Baptist World Alliance, is a great
fighter for his principles. The Bap-
fist Times. London. says: DR. Clifford
has Just made his twenty-seventh APP
pearance before the Paddington mag
istrate as passive register, DR.. Cliff
ord has never been one Of the pro-
test and then pay resisters. He let's
the law take It's full course. The
bailin goes to hts house and takes
away property TO cover the refused
rates Or. Clifford told the magis-
trates on Thursday that Mrs. Clifford
is beginning to wonder whether there
will be much left by the time the
passive resisters' grievances have been
| rem edied."
The Presbyterian Church Extension
Society of New York has invested the
100000 received from the estate
of the late John S. Kennedy. and the
annual income Of $4,000 will be used
to build new churches In Manhattan
and the Bronx
The Church News Association Is
suthority for tho statement that Of
4 1txR.r - r.,
United States 2,100 20 without pas
tors OF these vacant pulpits. 1900
are in churches having fewer than
| nifty mem bers each, showing that men
are not willing to take up work where
the support Is so limited, and that
| many Of the churches ought never to
have been established.
| The tent eva~eel committee OF
| New York City will conduct its sum
mer work as usual during 1911.
Tent evansel will be located on the
same grounds West One Hundred and
| Twenty Attn streets. near Morningside
avenue, and will be enlarged to ac-
oommodate three thousand persons
This will be tho thirty-second year of
| tent evangel in New York, and the
ninth under the direction Of Rev. q.
| is planned to enlarge the open air
work, conduct the usual revival Sc
ries by preachers Of international note
! also children's services, and some
weeks Of Bible conference work. in
which will be heard some Of the best
known OF the Mortified summer
| speakers
In reply to the protests of various
religious and patriotic organizations
against allowing Utah to donate to
| the hattleship Utah a silver service
bearing a portrait of Brigham Young
the secretary of the navy says that
the Federal government has no au-
| thortty in a case like this.
DR. James C. Hepburn, of East Or
ange. n. j.. the oldest living graduate
OF Princeton University this month
reached his ninety sixth birthday. He
was medical missionary In Japan
and China for almost fifty years. and
WAS the first TO translate tho New
Testament into japanese
The Laymen's Association of the
| Methodist Episcopal Church of New
York. meeting simultaneously with
the New York conference, voted by
the General Conference to establish
diocesan bishops abolish the Office
OF district superintendent (presidiug
| elder) rearrange the conference boun-
darleB throughout the United States,
give laymen representation In annual
and general conferences and extend
tho terms of pastorates from two TO
Ave years. This program. II is un-
derstood, embraces the most radical
changes confronting Methodism since
the days Of John Wesley. and marks,
1t IL said. the beginning of far
reaching campaign In which the as
ISOLATION will enlist the support of
every similar organization and annual
conference in the country to be held
during 1911-l2, or prior to tae con-
vsnttan OF tbs General e,Qni.Asr asaee
| in Minneapolis in May OF next year
Many conferences are in session now
and those which cannot be reached
before adjournment will have tho pro-
I poaed changes placed before them
for action next year. Each confer
ence WITH be asked TO join In the pc
tltion.
Some results of twenty years OF
home mission work by the Virginia
Synod of the Presbyterian church are:
Presbyterian churches planted in so
counties where there were none be-
fore; over 5000 members added to
the church; 65 new churches organ
| lied, and 40 feeble churches aided
In securing and keeping pastors.
The general deaconess board OF the
Methodist Episcopal church has real
estate and endowment as follows:
Methodist Deaconess Association. ST.
770.559; German central deaconess
board. $4,000; deaconess work In
Europe, sS74.350. This does not In
clude the property and endowment
of the Chicago training school, val
ued at $S42.403.
recent census OF all the churches
Of every name and afffliation in the
city of New York showed that of the
entire membership, $4,000 were not
in the churches on a given Sunday
OF these 405.000 were Roman Catho-
lies, and 1900 were non-Cath olics.
or Protestants. The Catholic church
claims a membership OF $4,000, the
Professionals $4,000. This goes 10
show that, OF the two. the Protastants
were more generally In the churches
| than were the Romanists, notw!th-
standing we are sometimes called to
remark the marvellous devotion Of the
Catholic population.
The Congregational church in Mil
| nnocket recently celebrated the sew
enth anniversary OF It's organization
by. giving a church birthday party;
| which was partici patad In nv averv