The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-12

Mission, els Water strest. erected 3is
ti.a old site. were aneual en SUNDAY.
! Apil 81. A tablet dedicated 10 John
| s. Huyler lofis one nj the missions
81 generous supporters. was TN.
yelled. 4 he rev pr4ms ss have bee:s
hUi ding year.
The Committee of 81, under whose
direction the Men and Religion Move
ment began after its organization Ia
| May. 1901. disbanded after the last
IL sson OF the Conservation tsouIse
Thursday nlght. In speaking of tbs
two years campaign which has been
carr led on in sixty NJ the principal
cities Of the United States. Chairman
james Cannon said Il had reached
.Gss other cities and towns, had
brought sorpe 10000 men, principally
layffT;n. in'n active work In the move
ment. and IL ha.i .'eactttd more than
/ 300 geo men and boys throughout
the country. Nearly f1,eoa meetings
have been neld
Or. Charles NJ. Levister who has
been competed witt the I}altimort
Methodist tMeti1udtSt h;;f,tsettestt~
churchl Tor the past six years resigns
the editorship OF that paper. RI" gives
az his reason the meager support CIV
,sn tE.e pa ner by its home Conference
and the seeming indifference manhest-
ed toward it"
t'oneresa tlenelist statistics lt.,-
. that in Illinois that church has o6.ofo
members, a loss OF SgS for the past
year; in Wisconsin, 2L7a2 members.
q gain of ST., In Michigan, 32.-4i
members "a loss of 22o; IN Iowa, se,-
S31 members. loss of $50: IN Ohio he
net gain In membership is SO. The
net loss IN the five States the past
/ year was So2.
Tho Welsh disestablishment bilt
passed its first reading in the House
of Commons by vote of 35l To 2ha.
April ~. This bill provides that aft
er July |, the four Welsh dioceses with
cease to form part Of the province OF
Canterbury. and for the appointnsnt
Of commissioners to take possessiofa
Lof the Church property and distribute
H. The Church OF England In Wales.
according to the Home Secretary, VIII
be LETT with an income of Saha,eaa etiis
of the existing endownents of si.@ou.-
{ 900
! In the sunday schools of the Metho
dist Episcopal church there are 5.lse
adult Bible classes with membership
! of 155, $50.
| The Chicago Tract Society employs
I missionaries speaking twenty four Ian
guaees and who distribute literature
printed in thirty-fiv languages.
| Rev. Reginald Campbell. of the CITY
| Temple. London. SAYS that the thing
! that most impressed him on his visit
! to America was 'the unexpected growth
| Of the influence Of the Roman Catholic
4 rbf1ry}a Hea ha4 hA Arssr frot
/ press shows more Difference to Roman
i ism than II does to Protestanism.
! Two hundred and fifteen congre.
J cations Of the Methodist church Of
/ Canada report 29453 members voting
in favor of church union. and 4.e3s
against union. Adherents of these
churches voted 5.4a5 for and 729 aguinst
union. About eighty-eight per cent OF
/ the total vote is In favor of union.
LII The ~ members Of the German
| Reichstag. i7s are Professionals. 1850
| Roman Catholics. Jews and the re-
! fFainder either say they have no reli-
gteus faith or refuse to give any ir-
/ fcf nation. Twenty-Five Socialist
! deputies are Protestants. are Ro.
man Catholics, are Jews while 81
are not connected with any church.
! proposition Is on foot for the
federation of all the Christian broth
eFhood organizations In Canada and
the afiiiiation of such federation with
! 4 similar one In Great Britain 10
! ms end convention will meet in
/ T".onto. Canada. May 1913, and $50
! delegates from the Brotherhood Fed.
Grafton Of Great Britain Will attend.
/ br W, w. Boyce, in charge Of taa
I foreign mission work Of the Ass.r-
ciated Reform Presbyterian Church