The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-29
ITEMS OF RELIGIOUS INTEREST

infirm cIergymen OF the diocese of
Western New York.
A few days ago on his fiftieth birth
day anniversary Mr.. julius Rosen-
valid. Hebrew, of Chicago, made
gifts aggregating $6S7,500. Of this
amount. s25000 was given to the
University Of Chicago, and like
amount 10 Hebrew charities in Chi
easo.
General Bramwell Booth has issued
an appeal for $4,000 with which TO
erect, equip, and maintain new
training college for Salvation ARMY
officers as memorial TO his father.
The executive committee of the
Southern Presbyterian Church. at
meeting In Nashville, Tenn, last
week. accepted and appointed a num-
Der of missionaries 10 foreign fields.
LEADERS of mission interests In Eng
land and America are asking the
Christian people OF both countries to
observe october 18th as day of pray
er for the conversion of Islam to Jesus
Christ. The date is the one hun
dredth anniversary Of the death Of
Henry Martyr, the Christian pioneer
in attempts to- convert Mosiems, The
appeal 10 America comes from both
Established Church and Nonformist in
England and is Endorsed by leaders Of
all religious bodies in this country
Private prayer, family prayers and the
holding OF public meetings for gen
erai prayer are asked
fa nrEF 1,r Yys a1fa
Chapman Grafton, OF the Protestant
Episcopal Church. listed his property
at $1,000, He had given sT0o.oo0 to
his church during his episcopate.
Last wears returns Indicate that the
Conversational church throughout the
world gained Ills in membership put
lost $4,000 Sunday school scholars
The total church membership is now
1,&7ss60, with 1.5ss.1sa sunday school
scholars
Dr. John r. Mott will at an early
date set out on his trip around the
world TO investigate the different mis-
sionary agencies OF the world
From the Christian Guardian we
learn that In the Saskatchewan and
Alberta conferences there are one
hundred fields not supplied with
preachers
The famous mosque OF Santa So
Rha. built hy IHstinian IN the sixth
century, was considerably damaged,
IL Is thought, by the recent earthquake
iii Furorean Turkey,
The Third International Prohibition
Conference Will he held n Milan, italy.
September &2-2s. 1913.
The Fuchartstic congress was for
matF opened in ST STEPHENS t'avt7e=-
dral, Vienna. on September nth
The World In Baltimore Mis-
sionary Exposition will open on oeso-I
her 25th, and viii continue urEel No
Vemher 50th.
handsome memorial tablet has
been placed in position on the wall of
st SaViour's church Bar Harbor, la
memory of Dr. Robert Amory. who
was identified with St Savtour's from
The earliest days Of the church The
tablet has been fixed 10 the wall in
the south transept Of the church. nesr
where br. Amory usually sat, and
bears the inscription: To the glory
Of God and the memory Of Robert
Amory. doctor of medicine, 1s4s-
1910" II IS a gift Of his daughter,
Mrs Augustus Thorndiks.
The following are some Protestant
statistics fer the United States: ChuEch
members 22,o0o. GOO; church adher-
enrs. 50. coo. Que; sunday school on
rollnent. $4,000, geo; ordained minis
tefs $4,000; church organizations.
5000. church buildings, 100000;
value OF church property. $500. 0oo,-
0ao. The Roman Catholics claim all
their Rdherents as members, and they
number. according to tha- Catholics,
about "a 600, 600 II they should count
their members rs Protestants~ count
their members. there would be only
a little over s. 600, GOO Catholics in the
'nited states.
According 10 the United States cen
sus. the Baptists of this country in
1920 had II churches for every or
da med minister. In 1905, 3 churches
Between 1899 and 1905 the number of
ministers increased / per cent faster
than the growth of the denomination.
In spite of the proclamation by
the president Of Peru that Protestant
agencies Will not he allowed to go to
the upper Amazon rubber field to be- |
gin relief work for the Putumayo In |
dams, owing to an article in the Peru !
constitution limiting Christian work !!
To, Catholics. IL Is stated that these
agencies will not cease agitation, and
that they expect to ge into the field
Peru is almost the last South sAmeri-
can republic TO restrict religious
liberty.
A remarkable monument Of Amert- |
can henevolenee has just been dedi. /
Gated in Paris, the 50 called Royal |
Palace" Of the McAli mission. on the |
Rt,n Pierre Levee The building con- |
tains two meeting halls for public ser |
vice Bat it's particularly striking !
fea ture is very commodious provi- |
sion for social work or the sort which |
Christian associations do in Ameri- |
can cities Hitherto the McAll mis- |
sion has confined its lahors To evan /
gelistic preaching. The new building |
includes in the center large covered !
court, which is TO be used for a gym /
rasium. It will be opened to the pub |
lie in October,
At the ALI European Christian En- |
deaver convention. held recently at |
Christiana. Norway, there We're one |
thousand delegates. representing prac- I
tically every country in Europe. One |
of the convention WAS /
that each National Endaavor union |