The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-17

Two million dollars for the support
of superannuated preachers OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church was de-
cided on by the board of conference
claimants of the national body which
met February l In Chicago. OF this
sum 100000 Will be for distribu-
ton the coming year to retired
preachers. the widows of deceased
pastors and dependent children. The
other $1,000, eco IL to be invested for
future use.
A wealthy American lady has given
100000 for Protestant church In
Rome, to be in charge of the Walden
slams. 1t is to be situated near the
Plaza Cavour and will seat 1899 peo-
pie.
Rev. J. H Shakespeare has accept
ed an invitation from Harvard Uni
versity to preach in it's chapel June
IL, and conduct prayers during the
week following. This will precede
the meeting of the Baptist World AL
lance in Philadelphia. DIR. John Clif-
ford has had similar invitation from
Ethe University of Chicago. Both are
honors well deserved.
North Dakota has an interdenomi-
national comfy commission now in
the second year of existence. Pres
byterians. Baptists. Congregational
lists and Methodists are all represent
ed on 1t. The new president of the
commission for 1911 Is a Baptist, Rev.
+. w. Walker Push, pastor of the
First church, of Grand Forks.
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The recent Medical Missionary Con.
| ference held at the Sanitarium in Bat
tie Creek, Mich. was brought to "a
close on the Sth OF January and was
universally pronounced the most sue
| cessful meeting OF the kind yet held.
One hundred and fifty missionaries,
representing nearly all the mission
AIRY boards and societies, and pracu-
cally the entire mission field. were
present Fully two-thirds OF the
members we're medical men and wo-
men. The session was presided over
by Rev. Charles c. Creegan, ID. D.,
for many years district secretary on
the American Board. now president
of Fargo College. The vice-presidents
| were Bishop J. NJ. Thoburn. Robert
| Nj. Nassau. NJ. b, d. d.. and Charles
L. Stewart, M. d. The schedule in,
cluded many missionary doctors OF
them being Drs. Wanless, Scudder
Mary Noble and Smith, OF India:
Tucker, Mrs Marian Headland. Whit
ney, and Lowry, of China; Shepard.
OF Turkey. and Nassau and Thomp-
son, of Africa. The next conference
was appointed for the same place and
time next year.
The report of the workers from the
Bible Society of Maine who have been
taking the religious census of Houlton
during the month of January was
handed in last week. Some fourteen
hundred families were visited and
were divided among the different
churches as follows: Roman Catholic,
a49: Baptist, 24S; Free Baptist. 224;
Methodist 204: Episcopalian, 113;
Unitarian. Sc; Presbyterian. so: Con-
gregauonal. 58; universalist. A. Ad
ventist, q: no church preference, So.
The census takers, Miss Kinney and
Miss Nelson, paid Houlton a compli-
ment in saying 1t was one of the best
church going towns they had met so
FAR in all their work in the State OF
Maine.
The Baptists have In the State of
New York forty-three associations.
sST churches. lo5,oso members.
While there was d slight decrease in
mem bership for the year just closed.
their Sunday school enrolment In
creased by more than 800.
The missionary societies Of all the
evangelical denominations at work in
Manchuria have decided to unite In
the founding of a medical school for
Christian natives. The Viceroy of
Manchuria has announced that he win
contribute $4,000 annually for ten
years.
The Michigan Christian Advocate
says that the average. 4length of the
pastoral term among Methodist
preachers In Michigan increavd from
1.S609 years In 1900 to 1857 Year,
in 1910. If that rate Of increase Is
maintained. It will require only two