The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-26

of discourtesy or unbrotherliness, which 1 goes to show that Christians are ripening for closer fellowship
 For my own part I do not think the divisions of Christendom are so insupera- ble that they cannot be overcome All hold the faith in Jesus Christ as | the only begotten Son of God and Savior. to the work of the Holy Spirit in regener- ation and sanctifcation, and in the Scrip lures as the inspired Word of God. That Is, we are united upon vital Christianity l but divided upon formal Christianity It must not be forgotten that division upon formal Christianity assaults the founda- /, tion of vital Christianity, so that the unity of Christians is essential to the perpetuation of Christianity"
 The Chinese Students Christian associ- ation, composed of men and women stu dents in Yale, Columbia, Oberlin, Chi cago, Leland Stanford, and other univer- sities in the United States and Canada. makes appeal for the help for Chinese l in the famine district, where it states that 2,Oo0,O0o people are suffering from lack of food. The association branch of welfare movement, through which gov ernment students, their support assured and well-to-do Chinense residents in his | country take up relief and educational work among Chinese laboring classes here. Their method includes evening schools. Steps have just been taken to extend the work into additional cities Two summer conferences this year are ] planned for men and one for women. The l association has several hundred members I is managed wholly by Chinese. and has eastern, middle west, western and wom- ems departments.
 |
 Justice H. H. Lurton of the United States supreme court has accepted the position of general chairman to make ar engagements for the twenty-ninth church | congress. which is to be held in Wash ington on April 9 to 29.
 l This announcement was made by the Right Rev. Alfred Harding and was re- peated in all the Protestant Episcopal churches of the Washington diocese. | Speaking of next month meeting Bishop Harding said:
 i The church congress provides an open ! forum for the free discussion of subjects vital to the church at large. It meets annually in important centers through out the United States This is the sec ond time it has come to Washington. the first meeting having been held here 20 years ago. Speakers prominent in church. civic, educational, business and social life will take part in the four days dis cussion."
 The celebration of the tercentenary of the printing of the James I version of the Bible will include a mass meeting in this city at Carnegie Hall on April 25. The speakers have not yet been an- nounced.
 Sunday, April 23 has been set aside for the celebration in tbe churches, and
 many pastors will preach appropriate ser mons all over the country. l. It may be fitting to give here the chron- 1 ology of the English printed Bible: John Wycliffe's translation, circulated in man. uscrpt oElS, about 1860 or 1884 William lTw0~s New Testament. 1925; Tindale's Pentateuch, 1530; Miles Coverdale's Bible
 1885; Matthew's Oohn Rogers) Bible 1857; the great Bible, 1539; Taverner's
 Bible, 1529; Whttngham's New Testa-
 ment, 1657; the Genevan Bible, 1860: the Bishops Bible 156S; the Rheims or Douay.
 New Testament, 1882; Old Testament 16Os- 10; authorized version (King James), 161t;
 the revised version of the New Testa-
 ment. 1881; complete Bible, 1885, American
 standard version, 1901.