The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-15
ITEMS OF RELIGIOUS INTEREST

Lambs Creek church has been restor-
e. and the purchaser OF the Bible let
the church buy 1t back.
Is. In Seattle. WASH. a federated eoun-
Gil OF Protestant Churches has been
formed to carry on mission work
among Orientals In that section. The
council u made up Of representatives
of Baptist, Cohkf'egaEionaifst;; Episco-
pal. Methodist and Presbyterian
churches.
NEXT summer win be commemorated
At Bar Harbor the 3o9th anniversary
Of the landing OF tho Jesuit mis-
sionaries on Mount Desert Island Rev.
James OBrion. pastor OF the church
at this resort, win under the direc-
ton Of Bishop Walsh. have charge Of
the celebration ----------.--
General William Booths s,dest
daughter. Mrs. Catherine Booth-Ciib-
born. u planning to come 10 the
United States this fall or winter. Ar
rangementa for her meetings are
being made by the Moody Bible an
stitute OF Chicago to which COM
municattons from churches and other
organizations should be sent
Churches and religious societies OF
the United States will be urged to
give special attention to the obser-
vance Of Tuberculosis Day on October
Attn or on some day during the week
preceding or thu week following that
date. This season has been set apart
and designated a. the Third National
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Aociation for the Study and Proven
ton OF Tuberculosis. The observance
Of Tuberculosis Day In the fall this
year will be utilized by anti-tuber-
culosis workers not only for the gen.
era1 education Of churchgoers on con-
sumption, but also for the purpose
Of interesting them in the sale Of Red
Cross Christmas Seals.
william Gustavus Fischer, the COM
poser, died In Philadelphia on August
18th, aged seventy eight years. He
wrote more than two hundred hymn
tunes. many OF them sung everywhere
and greatly loved. Among the most
famous Of there are the tunes for Il
love to tell the story" whittier than
snow" Il am trusting. Lord. In
thee" and "a little talk with Jesus"
Mr. Fischer was we'll loved for his
fine personal characteristics One of
his notable feats was the directing Of
4 chorus OF more than thousand
xoiees in the famous Moody and
Eankey meetings held in Philadelphia
IA 1875. IN the ord freight depot which
occupied the site OF the present
Wanamaker store.
Rev. Lyman Beecher Tent, .. D.,
has resigned the presidency Of Hart
shorn Memorial college. Richmond.
Va, after Twenty-Five years service.
DIR Taft was connected with Roger
williams university. Nashville, Tenn
for nine years before his election
to the head Of Iartshorn, making
thfrty-etght years devoted to the
education OF the negroes in the
South.
After hearing a song to thu effect
that every race has nag but the
6nInred man. Rev. ]. Lennox, OF
Cleveland. Ohio, bishop of the Zion
African Evangelical Church. designed
al, @ofiicaal enhhiera. which he said MS
Church has decided to adopt. The
flag has twelve stars In field OF pur-
pie, and twelve bars Of red, white and
blue. The purple represents the robe
Christ wore before the crucifixion: the
red ''our sins that shall be made a.
white as snow: the white. the purity
OF the apostles; and the blue. the
Negroes loyalty to the United States.
The Central Union Church Of Homo
lulu. Hawaii, has now 4 membership
OF 1905. The yearbook OF this congre-
cation for the present year shows con-
frfh,iffara ~ at 4kN IN nalf. atlnUlrf