The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-21

Broughton, ID. D.. recently OF Atlanta.
| Ga. preached at the Auditorium In
Raleigh, n. c., to one of the greatest
! crowds ever assembled In that spa
| clous building DR.. Broughton Is a
native of Raleigh. and the service was
arranged under the auspices OF the
! Board of Trade OF the city. On the
| following day he addressed the stu
dents at Shaw. University.
| Information gathered by the royal
commission in regard to the churches
| OF Wales shows that the free churches
have 550,2S0 members and the Estab-
| ished church 1S3.0s1 members; while
| the former have 671.42S Sunday
school tea chers and scholars. and the
latter 1929 enrolled In its sunday
| schools.
The annual statistical report Of the
| Southern Presbyterian church. re-
| Gently published. shows a total mem
| bership of 2sS.174. an increase OF 4,2os
for the past year. The number OF ad-
djtions on profession of faith was
| t3,4a7, and So churches were organ
| ICED.
The eyery-member canvass for mis-
sions in twenty four United Presbyte-
| rian churches shows an increase over
| last years contributions OF $12.sls. or
an average increase Of $a3I. Only Two
| OF these churches have more than 900
| members each. and fourteen have less
| than geo each.
| Portland, Me-. 10 said to be tne
strongest Congregational city IN the
United states, onethird OF the church
| mem bership of thirty reporting
churches being credited TO that faitn.
Governor woodrow Wilson. of New
Y.-sev. will speak at the banquet OF
| the New York Methodist Social Union
| on April %. The general topic OF the
evening will be Progressive Metho-
| disu.
| CANADIAN Methodit are now taking
| the vote Of all congregations on tne
| question Of church union. from
| eighty-six congregations the vote OF
| members is 12.l01 for union and l..
| go against union. Adherents Voteo
! 1874 for and 211 against union.
The theological faculties of Cam
bridge and oxford Universities. Eng
land. have petitioned for the grant
| ing to Eonconformist students the
| right to take divinity degrees IN
| those institutions. Heretofore only
| church Of England students have en-
ioyed that right.
| The Mount Morris Baptist church
New York city. Rev. ]. Herman Ran
| dali. pastor, has voted to accept into
| full membership Christians in good
| standing presenting letters OF dismis'
| sal and recommendation from Chris.
| tan churches Of other denominations
| provided such letters are not more
| than six months old: also that an,
| persons who has been member Of
| some other Christian church. but wht
| from special reasons has no regular
letter OF dismission. may join tn
church ON giving satisfactory eyidenc,
| OF regeneration and Christian con
duct. The church also has voted tina
persons who had not ben member
Of any Christian church should b.
| received into the church as hereto
! fore, by profession and baptism a!
| practiced by the Baptist Churches OF
| America.
On April 14th the Huguenot church
OF Charleston. s. c.. will celebrat,
the two hunderd and twenty-fifth an
niversary of its foundation. Ser.
vices will be conducted by the pastor
DR.. c. 8. vedder. now In his eighty
fifth year in the forty-sey enth veal
OF his pastorate Of this church. TIL,
, II. s. Demarest. president of Rut
gers College New Brunswick. n. ]
At a recent meeting Of the Repub
lican Club Of New York city the topi,
for discussion was lis Religion,
Faith In America Declining" TIT
subject was discussed by ministers O.
the Presbyterianfi Episcopalian, Con
gregattonal. Roman Catholic. ant
Jewish Churches. All agree tina
there was no decline Of interest in re-
ligion. but that there was an indif
ference to the churches. and this the,
attributed to business pressure ant
engrossment in other things.
Men and Religion Movement will
start In England next January. South
Africa. which loaned the Rev. DaviC
Russell for the American campaign
now ending. appeals to the American
committeeto loan some experts to re.
turn with him to take up a campaign
! there. Australia will start campaign
20 soon A. preparatory work can bf
done. and Japan alreadx .haA one un,aes
| way among her Christian students
Several OF the experts. concluding
their work here this month. have re-
ceived invitations to go TO some o,
these countries.
As result Of . conference between
representatives OF Ave theological col
leges In Canada II In likely that an in
terdenominational postgraduate course
for the special training OF mission.
aries will be established in Toronto
/ The churches interested In this. move.
ment are the Church OF England, the
BAPTIST. the Methodist and the Pres,
byterian.
At the union thanksgiving service OF
representatives OF the various Prctes-
tant churches In China, held at Picking
President Yuan Shi Kai sent d tles.
sage assuring the Christians that I'M
der the new government they might
expect perfect freedom OF worship
The message was sent by one OF the
officials OF the government who Ia q
Christian. DIR. Zen.
In the State Of New York tho Bap
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