The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-08
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ITEMS OF RELIGIOUS INTEREST
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the World.
In the islands OF the oceAM eA1o1
in Oceania, there are still 1,oe4e
pagans untouched by the gospel.
The British Censfesatt0Ra48stA aS1z
1T seems az II not 50 many American
preachers We're taking ConGregatfoAa1
pulpits during the summer holidays ~
usual. Last year the incursion 49,
notable, but Americans have returned
earlier this year to their country "a
that II has not been possible 10 ~
range so many pulpits sn9agemtnts
0ne wonders whether It wottfd nat
mutually advantageous for more bySt-
ish preachers to spend holiday H.
America and Canada So many Exit.
ish folks so across the ocean tAAt
visits OF paEtors from the Old Country
would be very welcome"
writer in the Christian Observed
says: 1.-TWO hundred and Afty
churches tSouthern Presbyteriany
adopting the every member cauvass
have given over seven dollars pr
capita to benevolences. while the
strongest churches OF the assembly mot
using the canvass are swing at less
than half that rate TAse same tweJ
hundred and ffty churches showedX
last year a marked increase n the
number Of conversions to Christ asa
while they claimed no direct cOnnee-
ton between the two, 1t was . ntf4k-
ing fact. at least, that the two MnAsI
OF advance in giving and In soul
winning should be coincident"
The annual report of hhe South
a.. ~ ~ ~
the Southern Baptist Convention.
states that IN all probability 100 Of
the s20 higher officials In the CAnton
Province are Christians. The report
also uss this significant languaxe:
THE democratic principles ana uFne-
tees of the Baptists appeal TO the
time, when they are AwakAnin9 10 .
sense of Individual liberty q action
and at the same time Of patriotism.
During the eighty-seven yeass Of |
Its history the American Tract society |
has issued s0,sa9,sa3 English volu1mea
|s9a.i42.0o7 English tracts. and 15s..
247.643 English periodically making
the same period the society has tssued |
A.es2.SS3 foreign velumea st.tse.4ee |
foreign tracts. and 34,o78.s7S foreign
periodicals. making total Of s7.e1s.-
1877 copies Of foreign publications.
In America .thAres sss enc medical
man for every SIT or the population.
In heather lands there IN one 10
every 100000 There are 42s medical
missionaries In China with n &oe,-
600. 600 Inhabitants Imagine three or
four doctors for the whole Of Canada
Plymouth Congregational church.
san Francisco. Cal. With property
valued at $4,000. has been crowded
cut OF its neisfborhood by the In
merged with the FIRST Congregational
church and will build an auditorium
by exposition year which will equal
anything on the whole slope In cost.
beauty. and dimensionA
In 1872 there was no organised
Protestant church In Jspaa: in 1888
there were A,3sl Protestant Chris
tiansi In 1900 there were IL. 900; TO-
day there are $4,000. Until recently
the government IT JapAa vas sorne-
wst'at antaguniSttc to Chris enity, but
great change has tAxen place In
tina country. Last February, the
representatives OF the government II
Japan called together prominent nnen
representing Protestant Chsistdanity.
Buddhism and Shintoism. 10 confer
on the question of establishing bet
ter basis Of morality In the empire.
RMS was the first time that Japaa
Recognized Christianity by inviting its
representatives to such q conferences
AS a result many japanese officials
are turning to the Protestant churches.
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The Swedish government proposes
to set apart ten thousand kroner to
warn the swedish people by lectures
and literature against dangerous and
aisheHest Mormon propaganda ThSI
Norwegian government - to appro-
PIRATE eight thousand kroner to thA
same end. Mormons who are Ameri-
can ciuzens ara being expelled from
Sweden.
A great difficulty In African mis-
sions II the number Of langdaEe4 ~
which there are 52s, with $50 dialects.
The Jew1 society Of L0nAon IN u
getting out an edition Of Bunyans
Pilgrims Progress IN Ytddish-
Mrs. John 8, Kennedy, Of New
York, has given ssagoing yacht 10
the Maine Sea Coast Missionary So
ciety, TO be used In eyaneelastie work
along the New England coast
It is said that there ere 1890
churches in America that did not rive
one cent to missiohs last ysat
Tho Park-StxeSt Pfeshytsr4ss
church OF Portland has extended
caH to Rev. andrew Nackson % CIeve-
land. Ohio, who has been supplying
the pulpit for sevesAi wseks The
call has -basn accepted. and the pas-
torate begins at onoe,
concsrning the duty OF mesnb4rs u j
attend regularly the weekly class
meeting. the British Weslsyan Meth
odist conference adopted the follow
ing: "Inasmuch as feiiowship forms
q vital bond Of the Christian socisty
and has always been = characteristic
note OF the Methodist Church, 1t ~
required Of all who ere admitted q
chuDoh membership tAa1 thAy ehalI
In some effective way conform q this
law OF Christ The weakly claas meae-
Ing has from the beginning proved u
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