The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-19
# - Dr. Conduaedby ID
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ITEMS OF RELIGIOUS INTEREST


formed, is part of an advance decine0
upon at the meeting Of federateG4
Catholic societies held at Columbus iaoE
year. The association will not furnish
news or manuscripts to daily news
papers, but will aim to do so to abOue
ESQ weekites. There will be four OF
fices--one In Providence. another IN Z
New York. third in Chicago, and T. 4
fourth In Rome. The constituency uf
all these wceklies IL about 1000, 900 4
copies. The association announce6f
through one of its incorporators that
a part of its work will be to prepare !
informing historic. doctrinaI and pre- 7
ent-day stories of Catholic work. 3
Young Catholics are ill-informAds y
thinks the association, in things 4
which they ought to know as workers.
Answers TO Misrepresentation will b.
given. especially In reports about the
Vatican. The next meeting of tho &
Catholic societies. which are working
for other reforms. will be held in 4
Louisville next October.
Hon William J. Bryan will be one &
Of the lecturers to be heard during
the session of the general conferences
of the Methodist Episcopal Church at 4
Minneapolis His subject VIII oe Il
The Price of a Soul"
In the pagoda where 100 years ago &
Henry Martyn went and prayed
Henry MartyH,r who said that he
would as soon expect to see someone q
rise from the dead as TO see Brah- 4
man become q Christian--on re- v
cent occasion Brahmans. converted
Mohammedans, men from every Prov &
ince Of India, met TO organize ma Fl
tive missionary society under nativs
management and supported by native b
money.
Three hundred and sixty-nine SUI u
perannuated preachers of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church receive tnig
year as much as s3oo, as compared
with 1856 last year.
The one hundred and twenty-fourth
general assembly of the Presbyterian
Church (U. s. A. will meet at Louis
vile, KY, on May 18th, and Will be
opened with n sermon by Rev. John
F.. Carson, ID. D.. the retiring moder-.
ator.
Rev. Or Herbert Ship1nan. rector
of the Protestant Episcopal Church
of the Heavenly Rest, New York city,
has been invited to accept the rec
torship Of the American Church OF the
Holy Trinity. Paris, France, In sue.
cession to Rev. DR.. John b. MorEan4
who recently died after a service Of
about forty years
Several curious things are revealed
by the last religious census OF the
department of commerce and labor.
Probably the stranges of these Is the
fact that In Puritan New England the
Roman Catholics are shown to have
the largest church membership, rang
ing from three-fourths of all the
4 tnt y0r f~n MaG a-h
setts and Rhode Island to more than
half in Maine. New Hampshire. Con-
necticut and Vermont On the other
hand, in Maryland and Florida. tirst
settled by Catholics, Professionalism 10
In the ascendancy, .contro.it-- two
thirds or the church membership OF
! the former State and eleven-tweifths
! in the latter,
The total income OF the American
| Baptist Foreign Mission society for
the year ending April was $i.i51.-
9T7s7, and the disbursements 81. 16a,-
kfS335. The deficit. sl7,2o5.9s. the
creased the debt of the society 10
$7s,s5943 The income for the year
lust closed was about $4,000 In ex-
cess Of that Of the preceding year.
The Chicago Y. NJ. G. Association
employs Christian Mother" whose
entire time is spent in befriendinS
sick AMI homeless young rasa IA hcs-
pitfalls and boarding houses Only uh0
who has worried over son OK protner
alone In Il great city knows what q
boon this Is t. "hoi-le folks" IS we'll
as to fo-iarn and homeless naea
Last raorth there assen blea n
Shanghai, China, bishops and defe--
gates from the seven churches nf
England one Canadian. aud fhrra
| American dioceses TO effect Inc or
ganization of the Chinese church
| tEpise opaiianl. The united church
will have OIL missionaries, l,408 ma
tive preachers and workers, and 2S.bol
commandments.
Or. A. {. Dixon, of the London
Metropolitan tabernacle, has oecomA
editor of The Sword and Trowel.
founded and edited for many years By
Rev. C. II. Spurgeon, The lattero
son. Rev Thomas Sturgeon, who has
been editor Of the magazine for some
! tine, Is IL deNoIe himself tn, z eant..s
paigll In behalf of the orphanaze and
the lAstors' College.
The annual report OF the Carnegie
Foundation for the Advancement Of
students In the theological seminariee
in the United States increased faster
than the population from 1870 70
1880: from 1899 to 1908 the relative
increase was less than that OF the
population: since sos the students
for the ministry have increased faster
than the population.
The annual business meeting o.
fremont Temple Baptist church. Hos-
ton. was held Tuesday evening. April
Esd. The reports from the various
departments showed il to be tho
greatest year in the history OF the
Temple. Nearly $4,000 was raised
for current expenses and benevoienceA
twice as much as in most single years
" the past. The record showed more
baptisms than any year in the history
OF the Temple, The membership nov
numbers nearly 1000. net gain OK
yer last year. The Sunday-school
numbers 500, having an average att
tendance of LOCO. The congregations
at the Temple are greater than ever
The morning attendance taxes thA
| capacity OF the room. and iii the evensT
| ing every available space is filled ten
| minutes after the doors are opeu96%
! and hundreds are turned away.