The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-12

other Yearly Meetings In America
and the total membership is about
100000. AT the celebration exercises
held in Providence. II. l., Representa-
tiyes Of all the meetings were pres
ent, and there were two from Lon
con. Other Christian bodies sent IRA
ternai representatives. bearing cordial
greetings
The Methodist church, at South
Paris has worshipped In the Baptist
edlliVe for the past year A new
Tor dedication.
In response 70 the Invitation of the
Protestant Episcopal Church for the
appointment OF commissioners from all
the churches for a conference on
Church Union, the Executive Com
niitee Of the Methodist Protestant
church. at its meeting last month in
Atlantic CITY. n J.. named the FOL
lowing commission; Rev r. n, Lew
IS, Rev. q. vs.. Anthony Mr.. W H.
SanAty. and Mr.. 4. &. Miller
At the recent meeting of the Exccu-
tive Committee of Foreign Missions or
the southern Presbyterian church
authority was given their Mia China
Mission to arrange with the mission
of the Northern Baptist Church for
cooperation IN the work Of the girls'
school AZ Hangchow 4 previous ar
rahgemeul to this effect had been
made With the mission Of the North
stH Presbyterian Church
The old Testament IN Korean has
been completed, thus making the
whole Bible available for the people
Of Korea for the FIRST time in their
history
A young Lutheran minister tn Wis
cousin recently surprised bis people by
announcing Ia the pulpit that since ms
people were so determined to read
sunday newspapers he was going to
help them by organizing q sunday
new spaper club. The astouishmeut of
'the congregation subsidized, however
when the speaker came 10 the point
Of taking subscriptions for the de
nominaumal paper, which lac told
them WAS what they and their children
ought to he reading on Sunday In
stead Of their secular journals.
At the open-air services held IN
! Regent Park. London. on recent
Sunday the Bishop Of London was the
speaker az the morning service and
Rev. F ~ Meyer, at the afternoon
meeting
The board Of managers of the Tenn
l'tt An,'' N"'tetE "1 the Methodist epis-
1"P@i uNItH ash9 the blshPps 10 IN
,Iu''' d" ""rh on temperance IN the
80 nee course OF STUDY for und'r-
,,,
fal Refer of the southern Presby-
/ teflau church IL now S30a,7S6 A spe-
amount ia S50o o0a .'l's '','
This endorsement fnnH - =, a15ittn,, ~
the annual cnnfrihufis31g or tLn
churches for ministeriai relief '''U
out OF a total enrolment of TWO
htndred and thirty-four students at
C0ncordid College. Fort WAYNE. Ind.
two hundred have the ministry n
view as life work. e,onearata Col
lege ia Lutheran institution
The Christian Advocate New York;
@a}s that Punta Arenas. In South
America. IS the most southern town
on the globe. that Hammnrfest. in
Norway. is the northernmost. ana
mat there are Methodist Episconal
Tho building OF the Central Pres
b3 terrain church Cincinnati q vbIrb
had been abandoned because OF the
changing population and the union
of the congregation with another
Presbyterian church. IS now used for
! work among the Italians A few
Wet ks ago an Italian church was or
sanJzed in The abandoned building.
fcrty charter members being en-
The Tooth anniversary Of M. First
Parish Unitarian church or Belfast
WAS observed FRIDAY evening Rev.
Adolph Roshbach. the nastDr p,.ve
au historical address. and the amt
! Hersary sermon was preached bv Roy
Lewis g. Wilson. secretary or me
American Unitarian Assocjation Tha
church huiIdIne was er.cted ia 1919
and stands as originally built In ms
of Hau1 Revere II na nna ~ ~
lew Revere bells now in axfstauca
TEt .Jndruasps,3at3t,y,s.l t.ay,,,,.,.s.,
Missionary Movement Conferences
vii be held as follows Iatn t,ana,s,
August rs. silver Lake New YORK.
August b-lO. Mt. f;rstna "a August
2y-SDpt g.
no unite all Nnr,yeseiau I.uth,,rans
in the United States in ona hndv is
the purpose Of q iotu, committee, ~
constituted hv anDnint,n.r+ - ,hoc1
several bodies in their recent con-
ventions. II they succeed thnr, LII
be on. Norwegian stn,,d oLo,,t oon
ministers 3. 500 congregn,iong ana