The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-20


event. they may very probably mark
the general Sunday closing of post
Offices as one of the most significant
things morally that happened along
about 1910. And they ought also TO
be able to record that the year ls :
completed the change and brought
about the statutory Sunday closing
Of all postoffice that had not pre-
viously been closed by public opinion
The Baptists OF North Carolina. who
held their convention last week, have
made a gain during the year of for
ty-ffve churches and 5000 members.
They now have 1850 churches with
a membership OF 23o.222. Baptisms
reported from portion H the
churches total 1880, and It In con-
sidered safe 10 estimate that the
whole number baptized during the
year was at least 1860. The 10
900 mark has never been reached
b-s .once before. The aggregate OF
gifts Tram tina churches for missions
and benevolence is about sf50,ooe.
Hon. Bird S. Coler, OF New oriS
city. in a recent interview said: F or
a long time ! have believed that
nothing but positive religious instruc-
ton can protect the country. The
schools are being conducted on basis
fundamentally wrong. and they are
responsible for the spread OF So
cialism Seven out Of every ten
teachers in the New York city schools
are socialists, and they are teaching
The children discomfort"
DIT. Henry Afford Porter has cele-
brated the fourth anniversary of his
pastorate with the Walnut-Street
church. Louisville. Ky. During his
passionate 1904 persons have been re-
eei@ad- into the church. The pastor
has held five revival meetings In
which he did the preaching. The
church has raised and expended in its
1T (ofk ea dto 1on'5 aupra ETAplN
own work $3s,213.sS and in bene-
ficence. s51.042.6e.
The Madison avenue church In New
York city, Rev. DIR, Charles A. Eaton
pastor has changed the character OF
It's work within three years from a
family place OF worship, with rented
pews. to an institutional type. with
many organizations. II has secured
an endowment of nearly $500. 600. and
will undertake TO. secure 100000. II
finds, SO its pastor reprts. larger mum
bers of people to minister to than
ever before. and is able, this autumn,
TO draw into It's worship and work
larger numbers than were ever In
them in It's supposedly best DAYS In
the past. Not only has all thought of
it's removal been henished. but IL Is
now considering several lines Of ex-
tension work, the foundation at Mad
ison avenue and Thirty-flr street be-
ing the center.
The Protestant Churches have In
China 42ea foreign missionaries, H.
Gel: motive preachers. teachers. and
evsnge,ists: 34s5 stations; 2,o29
primary schools: 1.Ils academies and
colleges: 10 hospitals: II orphanages;
Is leper asyluIns: IL institutions for
the blind and for deaf mutes; 100
opium refugees; s,3ti churches with
27s.s2s members: and Christian
community of 10000.
The leaders In Social Service In
seventeen religious bodies held re-
cent meeting. A committee OF Sam
pei Zane Batten. Graham Taylor,
Walter Rauschenbush, Harry r. Ward
and Jacob Riis was appointed to pre-
pare series OF hand books to be used
by the students OF social conditions.
The convention urged that Social
Service be taught in theological sem
inaries. A nationwide campaign for
one day of rest in seven for industrial
workers win soon be launched.
Rev. Thomas c. Yarnall, u. d, who
died on November IS at Hamilton,
Pa. was at his death the oldest clergy
man of the Protestant Episcopal
Church In America He was born
in 1915. ordained in 1s43. and con-
From fsts to- 1888 ne was rector OF
St Mary's church, Hamilton. Pa. and
since 1898 had been rector emeritus OF
that church.
The fourth annual meeting Of the
Medical Missionary Conference. held
under the auspices OF the American
Medical Missionary BOARD will be
held at the sa nitarium In Battle Creek,
Mich, on January rs. Rev. Lemuel
/, c. Barnes. field secretary of the Bap-
list Home Mission Board. will preside.
ssastls Creek Sanasarturn Offers free
entertainment for one week to all the
missionaries who attend the meeting
and the Invitation Is to all evangelical
missionaries regardless of denomina-
tons. INQUIRIES may be addressed to
George c. Tenney. Battle Creek. Mich,
The English BAPTIST Hospital
| Palwal- In. india has had reeard
attendance OF s2,9S4 In its dispen-
sary during the last year. This VIA:
due 10 an epidemic of ulcers at the
height OF which. in September. 5.6ot
| patients were treated. An American
| traveller and former Unitarian min
| ister. Mr. Price Collier, has said thai
/ the government would be glad to set
| the missionaries all leave India. This
| Is, OF course. not true, But even II
| 1t were. 1t could not be said OF this
! sick OF India.
| The church at Work. DR.. Mer'
cier Gamble. Of the English Baptis'
| Hospital at San Salvador, Portu'
! guese Africa, writes:
! II have over sixty cases of sleep
! ing sickness. This work Is becoming
| unmanagebly heavy. In the dis
/ pensary there have been In the las
year 1885, attendanccs. and we have
| made 1904 visits in the town be
| Sides"
/ The German State insurance de-
partment has begun to send drunk
ards wfe draw invalid old-aKe pen
sions to hospitals for aicoholists
where they are kept ut their own
I cost until cured. Those who are not
cured are being placed permanently
In work colonies. their Insurance