The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-04
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fessor OF homiietics in Bangor Theo-
logical Seminary from 1876 to 1908.
Since the latter year he has been
professor-emeritus, but has engaged
in literary work.
The General Conference of the
Evangelical Association was held re-
Gently in Cleveland, o. The report
for the quadrennium just closed
showed 60,ss7 members received. and
q net increase Of s,443.
New York University offers course
of religious education for Sunday
school teachers and others interested
lures in the course will treat OF
Jesus As a Religious Teacher
An institutional church in San
Francisco for the Japanese is pro-
posed. Behind 1t are some OF the
leading japanese citizens; the presi-
dent and yice-president of the Japa-
nese associations of America. the
japanese consul, the managers OF the
Oriental Steamship and of the Mftsui
companies, and Mr.. F'ujihara, OF the
Yokohama Specie Bank
We, over 1000 of them are in the
Sunday school of a single Methodist
church Twelve hundred OF these
are in a mems dass. This is the pre-
mier Sunday school of the world.
The total circulation of the Bible
and portions of the scriptures py
the American Bible Society in Mex
leo during the past year reached the
unprecedented number Of ss,ols vol
umes.
University Methodist Episcopal
church, Los Angeles. Cal. with near
" LOO members, raised during the
asst conference year sb,5s7 for mis-
siops. an increase OF s2,29e over the
previous year
Rev. Henry A. Freeman. Of Brewer.
for many years pastor of Congrega-
tional churches in Maine, died oc-
tober II. after a long illness, aged s.
years.
Rev. Elliott b. Barber has resigned
the pastorate of the Cniversalist
church at Rumford, and has accepted
call TO Danbury. Conn, where he
begins his work November j.
Portland, Me-. is to he the place of
next years business meeting of the
American Board Of Commissioners for
Foreign Missions. as decided Thurs
day bysa vote Of the body in session
at Milwaukee.
The agent of the American Bible
Society in Japan, Rev. Henry Loonis.
reports fer last year a circulation of
II
and I3e.T23 portions ofthe Scriptures.
Thee total, so1.la0 volumes. is an in
crease OF I4o.145 volumes over the
preceding year.
In Allegheny. Pa, are three Pres-
byterian theological seminaries. The
Reformed Presbyterian Seminary rep
resen;s a sIeo,0 900 Investment and has
nine students; the United Presby-
terrain. an investment of $780, 600 and
forty-two students; the Presbyterian,
I. s. A. 100000 and eighty-eight stu
dents.
The tuenty-hfth anniversary of the
founding of the Student Volunteer
Movement was commemorated Sep
tenber at Mout Hermon, the place
OF its birth. Among the speakers were
Mr.. John r. Mott. Rev. Drs. ]. Ross
Stevenson and Arthur J. Brown, u. w.
AeWilliams, Esq, and Mrs. W. r.
Moody.
The General Committee Of Home
Missions and Church Extension of the
Methodist Episcopal Church will meet
in Denver col, on Noveber lnf and
the General Committee OF Foreign
Missions in the same city on .Novem-
Der 49,
The Presbyterian philadelphia
states that the Methodist ministers Of
Philadelphia at recent meeting
adopted a resolution con-
demning the insertion of thee doc
trims of the higher critics in the Sun
day-schooi literature OF their Church.
| Wish.
\ dog saw cat on the top OF q
high wall. and said: Il wish l could
get UP thereg 1t must be 80 nice to
sit up so high. but l cannot climb
And sc was cross, and would not wag
his tail
Then he came to pond and saw
a fish In H. And he said. II wish
could live in pond all the day' Then
! should not be so hot as / am now"
And he would not look at the fish. but
shut his eyes, and lay down on ths
grass.
Then he heard the fish say; "Oh, l
wish could lie down on the fresh
green grass. like that dog. 1t does
look so nice and warm out there"
F he deg sat up and went back by
the road he had come.
AS he went. he saw the bird, and
he heard ii say: y wish ! could play
all day long like that dog. and have
house made for me to live In.
have to make n nest. and my wings
ara so ti1sd! vet l must fly to and
fro. day by day. till II Is DONE"
Then he saw the cat on the WALL
and heard her say: There goes that
spoiled old dog home to get his plate
of meat. ! wish I was well on. and
could get nsaai like shim.s ] haxe had
no food all this long day. I wish
l was like that dogi'--Selected.