The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-22


The sixty-sixth annual meeting OF
! the American Missionary association
! (CongregationalisD will be held a,
| Buffalo, n. Y, October 32d-24th.
| Philadelphia has had during the
| past summer ffty-seyen vacation
| Bible schools. with an enrolment OF
| $4,000 and an average daily attend :
ance of $3.50
| Evangelist Harry Taylor Is at his
| home in Andover, Mass, preparing
| for his fall and winter campeiE Ign
which opens soon in Canada He re
| Gently underwent an operation at the
! Pine Tree sanitarium for a throat
! trouble, which was entirely success
| full, so that he is now preaching
! with his old time vigor.
| has been associated with Mr.. Taylor
| In evanxelistic work for many years
| has been obliged to retire from the
| service, and Is now the business man
| ager of the Pine Tree ssnitarium al
| Weila Me.
The minutes of the general assem-
/ bly, Of the Presbyterian Church
! North show that there are twelve
| churches OF that denomination with
more than twe Thousand members
each. The FIVE churches reporting
the largest membership are: Brick
| Rochester, n. Y, ASS; University
| Place, New York city. ASS; Manila,
| Philippines. s,o5s: Bethany. Philadel-
phia, s4ss; First. Seattle, $500.
| There are sixty eight churches OF this
| denomination with more than one
| thousand members each, twelve OF
| these being in New York city and
[ Brooklyn.
| The Continent says: From West
edrvilie. Ohio. comes a notice that on
the Sunday nearest the next New
Years Day. Christian people OF the
nation Will be asked to pray for the
| realization of Christian brotherh God
among races and nationaiities In this
| land. 1t seems the double idea by
this means Of prayer TO break down
race prejudice ana to bllld up negro
and alien eyangsltxation. The Cont
nest, for It's part, does not feel much
like encouraging any more special
days OF observance In American
churches, but 1t Is mighty true that
praying Is the most needed aid for
solving both the race problem and
| the immigration problem In this coun-
| try. The spirit of brotherhood can
not be argued into men very we'll. but
praying Ii into them Is q method
! which always has resuItx'
| Mt. Hermon Boys school and North
field semnary, commonly known as
! the Mortified school have entered
upon their thirty-fourth year with
the largest student enrolment Ia their
history. There are 1900 young men
and women, coming from every State
| In the Union, and. Including thirty
| nationaIttteA. entered upon the new
school year. Mr.. Moodys purpose
was to afford an opportunity to poor
but seif-reiiAnt youth to acquire the
advantages OF an education. The 400
new students enrolled this year have
been selected from more than / ,200
applications, prior consideration be-
ing given to those representing the
greatest need and most earnest pur-
pose in life.
Bishop Rowe. Protestant Episcopal
| Bishop. OF Alaska, declines Ia be made
bishop of Southern Ohio. This ID the
| third time he has refused to leave his
Alaskan work for an easier nsid.
The thirteenth season of the Pres
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paisn in the city Of Philadelphia
closed the latter part of August with
an aggregate attendance upon the
open-air meetings OF zoe. 900
| A Roman Catholic church for
| Spanish-speaking people in New York
city has lately been completed. A
Protestant, Mr.. Archer NJ Hunting
ton. gave the lot; and of the one
hundred thousand dollars expended
for the building. he contributed more
than one-haIf
Professor Wilhelm Peterson, Chi
cago. Instructor in the Lutheran
Theological seminary has acoepted q
calf 10 the First Lutheran church,
Portland. aud will commence his pas
iterate early in November. He sue
ceads Rev X. o. Etorli. who resigned
to accept a call to the Lutheran
church, Oslo. TeI. Professor Peter
son Is to be ordained at Minneapolis.
MINI.
1t ~ denied at the Vatican that an
other cardinal has been or 10 to be
created. whether an American or OF
any other nation.
| The actual scarcity Of ministers In
| the PRESBYTERIAN Church, according
| to Secretary Cochran, Of the Presby
| terrain board. cal not be set aside by
arguments drawn from the smallness
| of MANY congregations. Allowing
| for everything that can be alleged
OF churches that ought to be wiped
out and churches that viii have to be
grouped ,stfs' or der to gsr0vfds fsasts,rni
| support, Or. Cochran 10 sure that the
| Presbyterian Church needs more thar
! seven thousand pastors to man III
puiptts, He goes further and stetes
that his denomination has less thar
| six Thousand men available for pas
torates. This deficit Of one thous-
and men Ii rhe ground far an anpeal
by. DR. Cochran. saE more candidates
| for this ministry
Catholics plan. IN theoiogica'
seminary to be instituted. move
method III foreign work 30 far u
! known. It ID new II Il the xccuuu.
fat4on ~ - f.aiaeee stndAn& HuAd
with this fssn6 u e. wsssa