The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-22

Of the work of the school Is German.
thoroughly equipped Bohemian
course parallels the German course
and the sciences apd mathematics are
taught in English; ~hiie other IAN
guages are taught as required.
The New York Bible society re-
ports for the month of July dis
trih,,,,on ~ over $4,000 volumes, an
increase of over one hundred per
cent above any preceding month.
The next great missionary exp9Sa-
ton ia The World in Baltimore 10
10 be,d October cath to November
Goth.
OF the one hundred and sixty min
,stars Of the Northern PRESBYTERIAN
church who died during the past year
eighty had lived to be more IMAM
soy enty years of age. and thirty hVe
NJ that number were more than eighty
years old.
The increase in the ,ieno minationsI
strength in India during ha past Ten
years is as follows; Baptlsta from
600 to $1,000: Episoopaiiacs'
fron, s0s 900 TO $4,000; Congreg a
'aions1ists from $1,000 to 81 ooe,
axbyyerdans from - reAts 10 lsssaoe.
na,hedists. from IS. 4Ae to iS2.epS'
/ .u,herans from $4,000 to alT,eoe.
There are eight Presbyterian
churches in the PresbvterY of Ph''a-
dolphin with more than one thons-
aud members each. mo largest fnTfh-
berehip IS reported by Bethany
church,, ASS
The American Presbyterian ef'afca
OF Montreal Canada gave during the
past year ss,502 for foreign missions
and 1854 for home missions ine
total membership ef this church Is
1855.
Nine professors in the Imperial
university of kyote. Japan. are regu-
lar lecturers In the Doshisha, the
Christian university. while TWO or the
Dosnishas foreign staff are employed
also as lecturers in the Imperial uni
@erEity.
A national movement ia on TO have
a day OF PRAYER for schools, and the
second Sunday IN September is des!g-
mated as this special day. For seven
ty years or more Christian people
have observed a day of prayer for
colleges, and it is now proposed to
have day for all the schools OF the
country The National Reform asso-
citation Will send free Of charge TO
ell pastors who wish to observe the
day a valuable treatise on The Bible
in tho Sohools' Address DIR. J. s.
Martin, 60s-ao4 Publication Building.
Pittsburg. Pa.
exrtl A. t..S of y
Congregational Church numbers L..
3Ss,Ss2 persona OF which. beside the
73s,76I in the United States. Great
Britain has about 100000. Japan about
$4,000 and the churches under the
auspices of the American Board of
Foreisn Missions, 1850.
The contributions for all purposes
by members of the Northern Presby-
terrain Church we're ss.44o,l2I in 1870
and s26.796.61S for the year just
Der. however. was $3.50 in 1870 and
$Is.S6 for 1919
The Southern Prssbyterians have
four churches with one thousand or
more members. The largest MEM
bsrship IL reported by the F7rst
church, Nashville. Tenn. Lao; Cen
trail church. Atlanta. Ga. has llss
members: First church. HOUSTON, Tex ),
l,o4e, Second church. Charlorts n
G.. 1000
The Baptists of Berlin. csrmany
have just celebrated the seventy fifth
anniversary Of the founding nf the
First Baptist church Of that CITY hy
Or. J. q. Oncken. the baptist Apos-
tie Of Germany There are now In
Berlin more than 1000 Baptist church
members.
The American Presbyterian Church
In Montreal is banner mission
church. 1t actually supports eight mis-
sionaries abroad and stands behind
double that number on the hpnns field
It has recently sent out a trained
nurse for the hospital AT Mt. Silinda
In Rhodesia, and has added special
contribution of one thousand dollars
for Industrial machinery and nipple
merltS far the mission Tiara