The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-31


OF interdenominational schools ami
lated with the Hartford Theological
.,S.sna.s, ~ =, Aih .vi .i.e IL. .vus new
professions Of Christian servic6 and
philanthropy, a meeting Of the hoard
OF trustees Of the seminary received
the announcement that gift had al
ready been received from Mrs. John
Stewart Kennedy. OF New York, of
s2s0,0O0 for the endowment Of tho
Hartford School Of Missions and the
Hartford School of Religious Ped
agogy already established. Mrs. Ken
nedy has also offered to give another
s:50,000, on condition that $4,000
be raised. To meet this challenge, a
friend who desires to remain anony-
nous has already promised to give
100000. In addition, Mrs. Kennedy
has promised to give 100000 for the
new buildings. especially directing her
gift toward the building necessary for
the housing of students In the two
schools already named. The trustees,
on receiving this report, adopted a
minute conveying to Mrs. Kennedy
and to the anonymous donor their
deep gratitude for these generous
g;fts, and agreed to undertake the re-
sponsibilitieA which they impose. II
was decided that an effort will be
made TO raise 100000 within the
next twelve months. for endowment.
DR.. Wiifred T. Grenfell. the I.abra-
dor missionary. requests that the
statement be made In the public press
of America that tho order Of knight
hood conferred on him by the King
Of England was merely companion
ship OF st. Michael and st. George,
and carries no title with 1t.
OF the one hundred and eighty-one
members of the Baltimore Confer
encs. OF the Methodist Episcopal
Church, only seven have been in their
present charges more than five years.
There is said to be an overwhelming
sentIment in that Conference In favor
Of restoring the time limit
Religious work of the New York
ChautauQua Is to he reorganized this
summer. and even a larger empha-
sis than heretofore set upon II. Pro-
lessor Smaller Mathews will be head
OF the faculty Of religious instruc-
ton. and other members will be: Dr.
John A. Rice. Fort Worth. Tex, =.
Harvard: Bishop w. r. Mcdowell. Of
the Methodist Episcopal church: Rev.
g. A. Johnston Ross. Of Montreal.
Canada: DR.. James A. Francis. of
Boston, and Or. J. L. Hurlbut.
The sixth coiored Y. NJ c. A. to
be built on the Rosenwald offer. comes
to Indianapolis. A colored woman
gave $4,000. and the United Stat, D
minister to Hayti $500. The WISH
| ington colored Y. NJ. G. A. ministers
to 1000 students Of Howard Univer-
sity. 1000 high school boys. thousands
Of walters and men servants, and
many thousand men In the depart
| ment services.
At the recent interdenominatior..l
conference OF the women's boards OF
foreign missions In the United States
and Canada, held In Philadelphia, Il
was announced that the womens year
+, In excess OF 81, 100000 for the TO sign
boards, one hundred new missionary
organizations. and $500 new mem
bers.
Both the Baptist and Congregatio1 al
churches, Somerset, Mass. have taken
nearly unanimously. favorable action
on the proposed church federation In
that town. There is little doubt that
:
| ton will likewise be in favo.' of
merging the three Protestant evan
geItcal societies in the village INTO one
church.. which will occupy the Bap-
tist edifice. the largest and most cen
trally located of the three.
A decade tls01 to lslD IF foreign
missionary work by the Presbyterian
church tNorth) shows the foltowins
IT,, 81 n
| 1890; native force, 1871 to 4.353
orga n.zed churches, 3aS to 1853. com
municants, 41,59s to ia. 1855: sunday
school scholars. s8.l27 to 152.05I. ie'
Ceipts from all sources. $ss7,5s1 it
/ 81 676,124.
| DR.. J. H. Jowett. of the Fifth Ave.
nue. Presbyterian church, Now AorH
ha1 asked the ushers not to put ~
any more *No Room signs nt I'M
door OF the church on Sunday morn
inx, notwithstanding the fact tii:'
,h. church IL full he thinks tina: such
A sign does not look we'll on church
II. ,uust -. admitted that thy urt
lrtt common on churches.
| The Episcopal Church in South Car
| DINA will elect a negro bishop TO-
Its negro members In that state. I'M
I new Dl1nOp tO UC hAC " $50"
race to be elected by the Eptscopa
| Church in America.
l. The National Reform Association
| and allied associations have issued
| cali asking that the week OF Apfi
I I4ci Be observed AZ d week OF praye
for the better observance OF tn
| Lords day.
Christ church OF Piscataway. n. j.
protestant EpiscopaD. has reccivet
a legacy OF $4,000 from the estate
| OF Miss Ellen Cotheal who died II
| New York q year and half ago
| The church, which IL 200 years old
| recently received another bcquest o
! $4,000. ~.
Charging that political activity i
being cioaked under the guise OF mis-
sion work, the Japanese government
had adopted rigid attitude towart
missions throughout Korea. Chris
| tia nixed Koreans and American mis-
sionaries are preparing to appeal t
! President Taft to protect them from
Japanese persecution. The Japanes
government claims that the Korean
Y. NJ. c. A. has become politica
| organization, and that tn leaders ar'
attempting TO hatch . plot to fire.
! Korea from Japanese rule.