The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-14
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ITEMS OF RELIGIOUS INTEREST

The support OF these schools IL borne
by the government.
The total number Of theological stu
dents in the Protestant seminarfes OF
the United States snow an increase
each year since 1904, In that year
there were 5.7s2, while during 1910
there were 1888.
There are more members OF Us
Methodist Episcopal church in OhiJ
than In any other state pr the Union.
the total for the year just closed beink
324.5s3. New York and Pennsyl-
vania have more than 100000 each.
A Methodist deaconees at work Ia
Utah says that poiygArny 10 still pfac-
ticed In that state. Recent articles
in Everybody's and McClure's give
evidence to the same effect.
Students and faculty members OK
colleges in the Tinted states ard
Canada contributed during the last
collegiate year s13f.7si.ss for mis-
sione, 27.lss making contributions.
Chief Justice Edward ID. White IS
the second Roman Catholic to be ai,-
pointed chief justice Of the supreme
court of the United States Chief
Justice fancy having been OF that
faith.
posed by the vatican that the theo-
logical professors Of the University
of Munich take an oath disaSowing
Modernism. one professor has WITH
drawn from the Roman Catholic
church and several others have abAf1-
doned their spiritual functions rather
than take the oath demanded.
Remakinx on the gift of $4,000, geo
a. -, ~~tt NJ TehtfU hv Mr.
Rockefeller. The Advance says that
II makes the Midway Institution far
and away the richest In the country.
n not In the world. Harvard and
Leland Stanford have been for some
time Chicago's only rivals 20 fAr -
actual wealth gods. but the Rookie
Teller gift of 1910 has put Chicago far
In the lead" Its total In now Slls-
s0s,T5s. and The Advance further
says;
Leland Stanford. Jr.. University.
founded by former Senator Leland
Stanford as a memorial to his son.
has. according to recent dispatches
from San Francisco. an endowment
OF $40, eoe, goo or SCI. 0oo. 900. Figures
show that Harvard had last year pro-
ductive funds totalinE e2s.1I61Ss.
Adding 100000 "a value Of land
/ and buildings would give Harvard m
, ~
against a much greater value for tho
University OF Chicagos buildings and
| funds. Yale. the ngures show, has
productive funds amounting to &i0.-
| s5l,s30 from benefactions amounting
to tl.4ss,sis. and total income Of
! ti.2o4.20s. The value OF the Yale
holdings IL estimated at about els.-
900. eco. as against Chicaeo's $1,000
| 600. Princeton. one OF the countfy's
! ~ ~ vxe
! tice funds amounting only to et,fSt.-
! 800, receipts from benefactions Of
| sfss.2ss ana a total income OF $780,
/ $50. The total income of the INT
versity of Chicago last year was mora
| than three times Prfncetons income
| or s1.sea,765.
! 4 or the ten thousand people Of
! Brasil, Ind. more than one-fourth
| the First Methodist Sunday school.
A campaign II on foot to increass
! the enrolment by one thousand dur
| ing the next sixty days
| The religious census OF Toronto,
| Canada. shows the following: Angelo
can. 13.4os: Methodist. 4a.so2: Pres
tsbyterisn. 4o.sso; Roman Catholic.
21,sss; Baptist, IL.
/ one OF the greatest religious events
| of the year will be the missionary
exposition called Tine World In Bos-
| tom to be held in Boston. Mas,
( April ~ to May 20. Exhibits win
/ be there from eveAS mission field Of
t-the world. and In vivid and stirring
fashion will be shown the fransfor-
nations which Christian missions are
enecting in every part of the earth.
Twenty-Five years ago the General
Assembly OF tho Presbyterian church
established a permanent Temperance
Committee. whose duty has been 10
inform and stimulate their people on
| this subject. This committee an
! nuAiIy distributes millions OF pa9ea
of literature in several languages.
( and maintains \ corps Of heid work
ers who are at the service OF any
OF their churches.