The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23

! ship In round numbers Of $4,000,
] with $4,000 in the Sabbath schools.
/ During the year $500 members were
| received by examination. $3.50, 900
1 was contributed for congrega tional
I expenses. and $326o0 Ia the boards
OF the church. The total contribu-
( tons from those three hundred
! churches and missions reporting was
4 1912. 600.
The report OF the Foreign Mission
society OF the Northern Baptist con-
Nenuon shows that during the past
( year there were 9,37i additions by
! baptism in the mission fields of Asia
and Africa. and 1924 additions in
| European missions The income OF
! the society was $l.2S0 05i - and the
/ dssicit SIS. 1855.
The reports submitted TO The gen
/ ef'ai aaaafahi- Of ti4e t tettstf fareyt15--
( terrain Church showed that there are
IN hat Church ~ rut-ristu1-s.ffffee
congregations. and 1897 members
! IN the nited States. an increase over
! 1871 OF four ministers. fifteen con
J gregations, and 2.s2s members In
! the foreign fields the rnembershlp in
creaEA WAs- more than GA Thousand
! Ane 6hpnst churches nf Brazil
having decided ~ undertake home
mission work In the great western
state OF Matte Crosse, sent Mr. Deter
up va Cofnmba, the most important
| city OF the province, The size OF
Brazil can be realized from the fact
/ that his journey took twenty-oyya
daya of travel by steamer Mr. Deter
found few believers in Corunbe
who had been converted BY the
q n ~ ne yF.S ~ff -f-,
! took him into their homes and for
a month he preached every evening.
/ most of the time in large the;ttrr-
| AZ result. ffty-three persons were
| baptized in the majestic PARAGUAY
river. church was organized. a lot
worth $1,000 presented for a build
ing, sltVo0 raised towards building
fnnd, and $50 u month pledged for
tho support OF a, Brazilian paRtor
}
Al the recent session Of the south,
ern Presbyterian General Assembly q
plan for training school for lay
workers was approved A committed
! was appointed to prepare a general
plan and the curriculum for such
n school and to -recei&.a-- PR. pa 4ti4,n.-
as TO me location of the Institution.
The Mania y NJ G. a. raised on
the ground $40, 900 in ak DAYS for
t~o buildings .,is> Ter t'illnlna st4-
dents, the other for general Filipino
y, work
The Southwestern Conference of
the Young Women's Christian ass1-
cation will be held at Monte Ne,
Ark, June 14th-24th.
| The work Of the Northern Baptists
for the foreign population OF the
| United states is among twenty-one
, nationaHties
| The latest report on the Church
! union proposal by the Methodist,
] churches In Canada shows that 426
congregations voted Gt124l in favor of
union and 9,376 against union.
| BY d unanimous vote the Southern
| Presbyterian General Assembly ap-
/ pointed committee 20 confer with Il
like committee of the United Presby-
terrain Church TO see whether a basis
OF union can be agreed upon
The United Presbyterians, 1857
in number, paid for foreign missions
the past year s222 S43.09. Their con-
tribntions for all purposes were $1S.78
per member
English Baptlsts propose to raise a
sustenatfon fund OF Sl.250 600, which,
is estimated, viii secure for every
minister minimum salary of 5000.
The 2b,0e9 coIored members of the
Northern Presbyterian Church gave
last year for their own Church and
school expenses $4,000.
Norske Nisslonstid nde tells Of
Widespread revival which has broken
out among the Tanala. or forest dwell
ers, of Madagascar. The churches are
packed with heather seeking baptism.
In one village I'll have become cate
chumens. among them the village
chief. Led by him they fell on the old
heather altar of wood, with its two
great wooden horns, on which gener-
ALTON after generation had sacrificed,
and cut II in pieces. Then they made
n great bonfire of IL. and brougt ont
idols and magical apparatus from All
the houses. burning them too. Hymns
OF Thanksgiving went up with the
smoke OF the burning, This scene has
been duplicated in many villages.
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