The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-28


are planning to erect a 100000 build
ing instead of the old house built by
McAuley in 1875,
Rev. Loren ID. Osborn, Ph. D., has
resigned the presidency Of Des MONIES
College at Des Motnes, Iowa. after six
years OF arduous and efficient service,
during which time about s20o,0oo
has been added to the property of the
college in cash ana pledges, and
new building costing 100000 has been
erected HIS successor is DT. John
A. Earf, pastor Of the Belden Avenue
church. Chicago, who will begin his
service With the nest academic year.
The Madras Mail gives AN account
II the opening meeting OF the United
! Theological College tor South India
and Ceyion The principal is the
/ Rev. james Mathers. The interna
tioual character OF the college coun-
! ell is interesting England Scotland.
/ ireland. America and Denmark have
/ zach their representatives.. The
Wesleyan mission has decided 10 par
I ttcipate In the work and support OF
+ the college. and has made nomina-
tion of n professor. the members OF
! the staff include a Danish Lutheran
an Irish Presbyterian, q Wesleyan and
member of the South Indian United
church. II Is expected that the es-
Enlistment OF This college win mark
an era in the prNgress of Indian Chris
tianitN
fangor Theological Seminary win
receive oniS $4,000 and not $4,000
from the estate OF Miss Anna Burnett,
of Hilton, \ j., through q ruling in
ts-gfts
WAS made q beneficiary to the extent
T4yt 's25,aoe ~if1 totiieii fffstead 81 in
the body az the VIII. In a second
codtcil Miss Rprnett doubled the an
rnutties and htpucsts of the original
viii. The court ruled that the pro-
vision for doubling the requests did
not apply 10 the codici.
The World ri boston il an expo
sition having for it's purpose the
( s3prena 81 kn2#iedge of the. enterprises
+ of world~%ldr Christian missions.
/ Nothing OF tn" kind has ever been
/ held in the United States before, The
purpose does not contemplate profit.
! ff the exposition pays its own ex-
/ penses and enables the trustees to re-
ttyn 10 Boston men the guarante G
| fund of $so,ohn, they viii be entirely
satisfied Should there be any profit,
/ however II VIII be turned into the
| treasury ~ tho Young Peoples Ais
| sionary Movement.
The Third congress OF the National
| Federation of Eeiigious Liberals win
! he held in New York city April rs
| to Is.
| General liootn. head OF the Saliva
/ tlon Army. IN london. celebrated his
/ eighty second hirthday on Monday by
addressing huge meeting OF his fol-
love- for an hour In the evening.
| lie sppke with mercy and buoyancy
of the future of the organization OF
which he Is he commander. He
/ hopes, after his coming tour through
the United States and Canada. TO have
the cataract on his eye operated upon
| in the fall.
i Rev. George i}atchelder. -. D.. for
/ a number of years editor of the Chris
/ tian Register, the organ of the Unita-
rian churches, announces that on the
! seventX~nfth anuiversary OF his birth
! July 3, he viii retire from the editor
ship of that paper. Ills retirement
VIII mean "A distinct loss to religious
(. journalism. an dwill be noted with
regret hS the many readers of the
tartan communion as Wei as within
IT.
! pT. fynatz zajson, Of Wien. Austria
i a well known jew, In lecture stated
that large number of Jews have
been received into the Christian
church during the last century, From
!! ls0os torLao0 pa0t~slaSs. = than. 22Aa, 90 o.
Jews have left their RELIGION and ena-
/ hraced Christianity. The following
countries ara represented In Ger
many, 22,opt jews became Christians:
TN England and her colonies. $4,000:
in Austria HUNGARY. $4,000; in Rus
STA "a, uo0 aAd $4,000 in America.
ear by Year more Jews are accepting
Christianity. IN the year 1890 300
Jews in one oliy left their religion
and received CHRISTIAN baptism. and
IN the same City coo Jews became
Christians IND 1904.
/ President Toft has tentatively ac-
cepted an invitation to address the
/ Worlds Chrisfiau Endeavor Conven-
ton at AtlaQ'ie City nevt July. his
lacceptaroe heiN-s CONTINGENT upQn the
Adjournment % Congress before that
time.