The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-23


During the nineteen years of it's
work the Bible Institute Colportage as
ISOLATION, of Chicago, founded by d.
l.. Moody, has distributed 5,753,376
colportage library books. 3,245,T13
tracts. and 2,32s.7o2 Bibles or portions
of the Scriptures. The society employs
ope hundred colporteurs.
! An offer Of 500, 600 has been made
4 by John d. Rockefeller 10 the mission
airy education boards of the Baptist
! Church on condition that $4,000 be
/ raised by the churches and individuals
! in excess of last years amount. If
i this amount is secured before April
| LIST Mr.. Rockefeller will give an addi-
tional $4,000.
Central Congregational church,
/ Brooklyn, of which DR. s. Parkes Cad
man is pastor, reports for the church
year recently closed one hundred and
eighty eight members received, one
hundred and six of these on profess
sion of faith. The present member
/ ship is 2,S25, and their contributions
for all purposes during the year were
! s8B.104.S7.
Or. c. /. Schofeld, of New York,
long prominent minister of the Con-
ETeEdtIOHAl tHuEtHt announces his
withdrawal from that church. lie has
been received into the Southern Pres
/ byterian Church at Paris, Tex. lie
/ gives as his reason for the change that
the ConEregationalists are growing TOO
liberal in their theological views Dr,
Schofield is perhaps best known as the
editor of the Scofield Reference Bible.
The Northern Presbyterian board of
home missions, through its department
of immigration, in this present fiscal
year Is cooperating with twenty-five
presbyteries from coast to coast IN
CARRYING on work at siXty-seyen diff
ferent Centers in as many immigrant
communities. For this work, includ-
ing three immigration fellowships,
$4,000 has been granted directly to
the field. Over eighty pastors. visitors
and lay workers have been commits
:; stoned. In this ministry eight Ian
| guages are regularly employed--itai-
| ian, Magyar, Ruthenian, bohemian,
| syrian. Scandinavian, Armenian. and
Polish.
| DR.. Russell II. Conwell, who has
been pastor of the Baptist temple,
| Boston. for thirty years, celebrated
| last month his SEVENTEEN birthday.
| During his pastorate in Boston the
| Baptist temple has grown from a small
| church to one of nearly three thou
| sand members; he founded and di-
/ rected the work of the Temple uni
| yersity, which now has nearly four
| thousand students, and established the
| Samaritan hospital, which has now
| $1,000 patients annually.
II The Atlanta Bible conference Will
Y oonvene in Atlanta, Ga, March 7th
| and close March 18th. Six services
| a day will be held In the Baptist taber-
| nacle OF that city. The speakers who
will be present throughout the con-
ference are DIR. G. Campbell Morgan,
| | T,ondon. DIR. Len G.. Broughton, Lon
| don: DIR, James r. Gray, Chicago: DIR.
| John r, Sampey. Louisville. DR.. ".
| r. Wedderspoon, Washington, ID. C.;
| | Dr. James !. Vance. Nashville, Tenn;
| DR., Lacey Moffett, China; DR. W. M.
Morrison, Africa; Prof. W. G. Pierce
| Chicago.
1 The Columbus (Ohio) correspondent
| Of the Continent gives the following
| report Of the Billy Sunday meeting IN
| that city: BILLY Sunday gave Column
| bus a remarkable example OF strenu-
| oslty, preaching liz sermons CARDS
| were received with 4 ~ "s 4"
| 3s3 persons who signifed their accept
| ance of Christ OF these. about 5000
| came fro mthe meetings conducted for
| children and young people; about
| 900 represented persons from out
| side the city. These figures by no
means include all,a as often the number
| was too large for the force of work
1 ers, and many were not registered.
|! The last three DAYS were specially re-