The Washington herald., 1911-11-12

an advance of s195, 200 over the previous
year. At the head of the board Is Mrs.
! w. F. Mcdowell, the wife of Bishop Nc
| Dowell. Efforts were made to pass the
100000 figure, but that is now to be the
stunt for 1912. The women who work for
home missions gave s7S4. 800. which is
more than 100000 In excess Of any pre-
| vious year.
Women of most religious bodice either
turn their offerings over to the regular
societies, managed by men, or at least
| they turn over a considerable part Of
them, often designating to which causes
| some or all Of their gifts may go. Metho-
| dist women, unlike others, give money
and in executive boards Of their own
direct its expenditure. It is said there
| is less interchange Of money and workers
between Methodist Official societies. men
and women, than any other missionary
body In the world.
| The following facts regarding the
church in China, cleaned from the San
Francisco Monitor, are interesting on ac-
count OF the mighty upheaval now taxi
ing place in the Orient. The earliest
missionaries that reached China were two
Franciscans and Benedictine sent by
Pope Innocent " in 1245. They reached
the court Of Kuyuk Khan in 1247, but
|
! fathers appear to have gained a great
reputation among the natives, as math-
ematics, many OF them holding high po-
sitions as teachers of astronomy. The
famous Francis Xavier, after evangel-
| iZing India and Japan, set out for China,
but died on the way. Other missionaries
have been Dominicans, Augustinians,
Lazarists. and many others. From time
to time they have suffered terrible per-
secutions and hundreds have died mar
| tyrs. From 1876 to 1870 many were mur-
dered. During the SOS the European
governments were obliged to interfere,
and the Boxer war was full OF terrible
incidents. There are now in China 1,213
foreign priests, $50 native priests, sS1. 400
Christians, 4O2,A2 catechumens, 5,652
churches and chapels. Our Saviour's Ca
thedral in Pekin and the church at
Chang-kia Chawang are imposing struc-
lures. Many sisterhoods are also en-
gagged in the missions.
After thirty years Of assiduous and
uninterrupted work the tomb of Plus TX
in the ancient BasilIca OF st. Lorenzo.
outside the walls to which pilgrims wend
their way in great numbers, has just
been completed by the addition Of the
last mosaics.
On Wednesday and Thursday. Novem-
Der % and g. there will be an enter
tainment in the new parish hall Of Epiph-
any Church, beginning each evening at
s o'clock.
A class Of young people from the Young
Women's Christian Association will give
Swedish, Irish, and other national dances
in costume. Other features OF the en-
tertaInment will be a squad drill by
young men from Epiphany Chapel. d.
rf hV A.
An idyll of war songs, with realistic stage
setting for both Federal and Confederate
camps, will be sung by thirty children.
supported by men OF the chorus choir and
accompanied by the first cornetist OF the
Marine Band
Everything points to a successful fair
and bazaar being held IN Trinity parish
on November H. ID, 16, and II. The en-
tire proceeds OF the fair are for the
parish debt. Mrs. J. W. Van Fossen.
wife Of the new rector of Trinity. is in
charge OF the luncheon, which will be
served on the first three days of the fair.
The committee expect to make not less
than s, 900.
The meetings Of Trinity Chapter,
Brotherhood of st. Andrew, are being
made unusually interesting by a series
OF lectures on the history of the Church
of England. The meeting nights are on
the second and fourth Mondays at 8
o'clock. and all men, whether members of
the brotherhood or not, are made welcome.
The Church OF the Advent, LeDroit
Park, still continues its steady forward
movement. With the aid Of the Ladies'
Guild of the parish, the vestry has just
bought a fine lot on the south side of
the church, on which they will build a
parish hall.
A mems club started last summer has
already a large and interested member
ship of the men of the church, while the
rector is already preparing a class OF
young people for confirmation by the
bishop OF the diocese, so the good work
grows.
The names Of two of our clergy are
up for election as member OF the Cosmos
Club-that of the Rev. James T. Rus
sell, who is residing at the Highlands,
for resident membership, and that of the
Rev. George William Douglas, D. D., |
canon of the Cathedral of st. John the !
Divine, New York City, for nonresident
membership. DR.. Douglas was at one |
time rector of st. Johns Church, La
fayette Square.
President c. ]. Hicks, Of the River |
dale Presbyterian Society. has appointed |
as temporary officers OF that organiza- !
ton, Miss Ada l. Poole reporter, and |
Mr. R. P. Cafruthers, secretary of liter
ature.
Mr. H. Greenewald, Of Mount Pleasant |
Congregational Society, who has been in |
charge of the District Unions department |
of literature, will leave the city on the |
Eth instant, to accept a transfer to the |
station of the United States Bureau Of
Standards at Pittsburg.
The Fifteenth Street Christian Young |
Peoples Society has chosen Miss Amy |
Little as president to fill an unexpired |
term and Mr.. Charles Hudson as chair
man Of the prayer meeting committee.
Gunton-Temple Presbyterian and Yer
mont Avenue Christian Societies will hold |
their November business meetings on |
Tuesday evening, the former at the /
chapel in Fourteenth street, the latter /
at the home Of the president, Mr.. c. c.
Reif. -~ s 10.
The intermediate Society of Emmanuel
Baptist Church will hold its business
meeting tonight at the home OF the presi-
dent. Mr. Morrill, Illsley, $500 Thirteenth
street.
To-morrow's meeting of the Young Peo-
pies Society OF Mount Pleasant Congre-