The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-05

member TO teach or be taught in the
Sundays 90 Every church TO
serve the social needs of It's COM
munity. go Cooperation with
other local churches for Increased
fellowship and efficiency. t6, Non
resident membership reduced 10
minimum
The statistics reported at their an
nual meeting held last week show
that the white Baptists have In a la
bama 2,oo2 churches with lS4.306
mem bers, and ,204 Sunday-sch oois
with a total enrolment of gz,T39
The churches gave for missions the
past wear s6s,6 sos, OF thirty-seren
cents per member
The second woman to become pas
tor uf Congregational church in
Connecticut, Miss Grace l.. Edwards,
of SaYville. t. l.. was ordained In the
South congregational church. Ne
paus. last week. The ordination ser
mon Was preached by Rev. Joel Ives,
aud the closing prayer made by the
f1rst woman Congregational minister.
Rev. Marion Il. Johns. Staffordvile
Two other women are engaged ar
pastors Of small Congregational
churches, Miss Martha Il. MiIlen and
Miss Lydia Hartig, of South killingly
News Of the separation of church
and state In Portugal was received,
according to FL Cristiano, Of Madrid,
in the provinces with public jubila-
ton, Numerous kilograms Of CON
graduation came To the governm ent
offices from all countries.
The brave little Protestant church
In L.fege, Belgium, has opened a
clinic for the sick poor. In 1910,
gS6 persons We're treated without
charge. A capable Protestant ply
stefan and deaconess carry on the
work. Belgium Protestants. in spite
Of their nMmerfca Weakness and pow
erty. have undertaken foreign mis-
sion work on the Congo In addition
10 their active evangelzatien work
at home.
The American Bible Society's
agency in Korea reports l16,4
volumes Of the Scriptures sold in that
country during the past year This
represents an increase of sixty-six
per cent. over the previous year.
In Canton, China. at a union SER
vice. more than one thousand Chris
=
general secretary for Asia of the
Young Mems Christian Association
, In Hongkong evening meetings for
Chinese students were held for some
days. and the average attendance at
these services was nearly seven hun
! dred. while over one hundred students
( publicly confessed Christ.
| It Is understood that through the
I sudden death OF Mayor Smith ELY.
fof New York, the Fifth Avenue Pres
! hyterian church has lost gift of
500. 600 The proposal, which was
made To the church at the time of
! Or. Jowett Il arrival from Engia nd.
/ involved the raising of a half mil
Hon dollar endowment, and the new
! pastor was enthusiastic over the plans
/ which would have given the Fifth
I Avenue parish the largest endowment
i of its kind In the city The officers,
however, were inclined to postpone
/ the campaign To raise the other $500
! 600 among the congregation untn
fall and persuaded MIR. Ely 10 keep
! his offer open.
Three churches in the mountains
Iof the Philippine islandsGare com
sposed entirely OF people who were
formerly bandits. When the mis-
sionaries came whole villages left off
robhing and settled down To farm
| ing.
| The announcement or five travel
/ ing secretaries. to he put into the
field next fall shows that the Boy
Scout movement is only beginning to
get under way. For this extension
| s25 GOO yearly will be required The
work Of these new men win not be
so much in the line Of agitation or
| fnanciering as in the direction OF
Inpbuilding and guidance. Wherever
tendencies hurtful 10 the growth and
| influence of the movement are dis
/ rovered these new secretaries viii
! toe supposed to take proper steps
| DIR Willis q. Craig who died re-
Gently in Chicago, had been profess
scr i'm Mccormick Seminary twenty
nine years and a preacher in the
/ Presbyterian church North fifty
years He was born in Danville. Ky,
on September -, 1885
| The pioneer Young Mems Christian
A ssociation ia London. England Is
! erecting miilion-doIlar building
| More than one-half OF the amount
needed has been secured and Ii is
expected that the building will be
dedicated free OF debt in the fall
Billy sundays six weeks revi-
val campaign in Erie. Pa. resulted in
/ 5.S12 conversions.
! The Christian kndeaVor aatehword
/ during the past two wears has been
! Enlargement" The watchword pro-
! posed by Dr Clark for the next two
i year period Is Efficiency"
/ During che last hundred years
I the missionaries have translated the
| Bible into ga Of the languages and
dialects Of the earth. This IL with
out any possible exception the great
est literary achievement of all his
tory
Among the chaplains OF the United
states army the churches are repre-
sented az follows. Roman Catholics.
i6, Protestant Episcopal, IA; Presby-
tertan I; Methodist Episcopal, Z:
! Baptist, 6; Congrega tomb, 3; Meth
odst Episcopal South 8: Unitarian,
2; Lutheran. 2 Christian, /: United
Brethren. l. African Methodist. 2.
CoIored Baptist, J.
The new principal OF WESLEYAN
Theological College. Montreal. Can
ada is Rev. James Smyth, IL. u
'a Rroml4sesis minister or tfie Method
&t church in ireland. He has been