The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-03

Is about $4,000. and this sum Will
be available for the erection of one
large building, with institutions
equipment, and possibly otices for
DISCIPLES headquarters work in the 4
East. The + frst church Is one OF the
oldest religious organizations in the
| counery.
| Among the three hundred fhous-
and Indians in the United States.
| the Pvesbyterians are spending for
| missionary work $4,000 year; the
!! Congregationalists, $4,000; Episco-
paiIans,, $4,000 Baptists, $4,000
| Before the close Of 1911 the quar-
| ter million dollar fund for aged and
! disabled ministers of the Baptist
church NORTH was completed. Two
hundred thousand dollars was raised,
| thHs meeting the condition on winch
| hfty thousand dollars additional was
| pledged by Baptist iayman.
-
The statistics Of the Protestant
Missionary society of the word tor
1874, as pubiisned in the Missionary
| Review OF the World Off January,
show that during the past year laL.-
z1S members were received inLhe va
rious foreign fields. Thine total foreign
membership in z,304,aIS. net gam
OF l.426 for the year.
| Reports of Episcopal Church
| growth for the year ia10-i1. now
completed, show per cent. increase
in commandments. and $sea.o 900 in
| gifts The number of members is
now 963.Gu0 indicating that the L.
| o00,oo9 membership mark Will he
passed in 1913. The total gifts IRE
| almost sle.o0o,ooe, or szp per mem
| her average. The numaer of Episeo-
pal church Is now s,0s5, an Increase
| Of rs for tho year. The unfavorabie
showing is made by the sunday
schools Always among. the lowest of
religious bodies in proportion Of scho-
| lars to adult members, the church lost
G.33I scholars last year. and Is now
/ down to tsa.s3S. The report gives out
| no information as to the cause OF this
! loss, nor can any steps be traced In
any quarter TO recover ii.
Or, Griffith John. the distinguished
/ China missionary. liz returning to Eng
/ land on account of his health
| Brick Presbyterian church. New
York city. DIR. William r. Merrill, pas
| tor, has inaugurated daily MONDAY
services. This church Is located in
the heart of the city. ana it is hoped
| by these services to reach some Of the
great rawd that thrones the streets
uuring the luncheon hour
| The famous Trappist monastery
/ AT 81 Norbert Manitoba. MAS burn
I'd on Thursday. Sixty monks, who
never speak and who live entirely on
vegetables. are left homeless. The
loss Is sIUe.oao
/ Rev. John r. Graeey. u. D.. n
founder of the International Missien@
| airy Union, and Its president from
its organization, died at Clifton
Springs. y, Y. Frl.ay He was
formerly a Methodist missionary In
| india. For years he was editor of
| the Noriehrn Christian Advocate. and
one fthe editors OF the Missionary
Review of the world.
The Woman's Missionary Society Of
the Canadian Methodist church had
curing the past year an income Of
| Slse.oo0 as compared with an income
Of $4,000 ten years ago. The num-
Der OF missionaries I'm the field has
! increased during ten years from thirty
nine TO more than seventy.
The annual report of the China In
land Mission has just been published.
! turing the year ss new workers have
been added 10 the mission. Taking
away the losses among the mission
aries during the year there is still
net gain ef 80. which brings the
number OF workers under this So
c'ety up 10 PCS. besides 2,e3s Chi
hese preachers and e*angelists of va
rious KINDS, OF which se2 are self
supporting or maintained by the ma
tive churches For the past ten
years we are told, The average num-
Der or bapfisrns have been about 1000,
and the call is made fer an effort to
bring that Inquire up to $500 for the
next four years. as fitting way OF
, celebrating the Jubilee OF the mis-
sion, which occurs at the end Of that
time.
/
Enr The year lail-sa membership
81 me rfotestant Episcopal Church
per cent. and the proportion Of COM
munfeants to population Increased
during the past few years from one
hundred and seven TO one In ninety
nine.
The Methodist Churches of Toron-
to. Canada. with a total membership
of e2ts46, paid for missions during
the conference wear 1901 x1sO.Ifsa3