The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-12
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ITEMS OF RELIGIOUS INTEREST

Rev. Henry varley, the English
evangelist whose visits to this coun-
try years ago will be remembered by
many. died recently at his home ~
Brigton, England, aged seventy six
years.
In Southern Brazil there are nov
| $4,000 Protestant Germans, and the
| German Evangelical Society has for
! this population gao church. seventy
| pastors, and four hundred schools. .
AT the recent meeting If the House
| of Bishops Of the Protestant Episco-
| pal church. Rev. George BiIler. Ir..
| dean of the cathedral at Sioux Falls,
I S svas-eieetcti- i1isttop Of Sotftf'
| Dakota, and Rev. Herman Page. y.
| d. rector Of ST. Paul's church, Chi
cago. was elected bishop of New
| Mexico.
DR.. Fayette L. Thompson. general
secretary of the Methodist Brother
| hood, died at East Orange. n j., Fri
| day His health broke down during
| the winter after an exhaustins ser
| vice in the Men and Religion Forws ri
! Movement. of which he WAS the assoc
ciate campaign leader. Dr, Thomp-
| son was born In Michigan
| At the meeting of the executive
| committee of the Board of Missions
! of the Methodist church In Canada,
/ held recently at Toronto. thirteen ncw
missionaries were appointed to work
| In the foreign feld-three TO Japan
| and ten to China.
Abdul Bahia Abhas, a Persian
/ prophet Of worldwide peace and
/ brotherliness is now in this coun-
| try. His purpose M coming to
| America he says. 'is to unity the re-
! lirions of the world and to talk IN
| the interest of universal peace Tie
| claims to have twenty million fol
| lowers.
! TIL Northern Presbyterian Board
| of Foreign Missions reports receipts
| from all sources for the twelve
/ 1T onths ending April ! of sI,950,000,
this total being far ahead of The re-
ceipts for any previous year. oiifts
| from churches We're $4,000 less than
t for last year. hut contributions from
| individuals increased $40, 00o; from
| ieEacies. s7o.00o. and from the wp.
mems societies, s200.00e ...
/ The annual report of the Carnegie
OunQalfpn Tor the Advancement Oh
| Tes ching says that Methodist tnao.
logical seminaries received "a pei
cent. of their students from Metno-
dist colleges; Baptist seminaries. II
per cent. from Baptist colleges: Pres
yterian seminaries 81 per cent. fro..
Presbyterian colleges; Episcopal sem.
inaries. per cent. from Episcopal
cuiIeges
| Fears having been expressed thp'
the restrictions placed upon the pro
posed Baptist school In St, Peters
burg by the Russian government
might hinder the prosecution of this
enterprise or lessen the influence OF
the school when opened. Or. Ciiiiort
and Mr.. Shakespeare write that There
~ no reason for apprehension on hi
rusnt. The limit of 5000 ronhlei
ts-.5o0> for the purchase of a site u
a standing limitation on all ext et,
government schools. 1t Is believe
ii a. snecial consent can hs lhttinet
( u. thu purchase of . larger ettnpGs
and two commissi mars nave been
sent to arrange the matter before ~,
meetings OF the Northern and s u u
ern Baptist conventions. rhA ron's
L. cesssry for the purchase of cam
pus is I'm the hands of the treasurer
OF the European cam nj -see.
The new IRE fnisas # the NcAuleS