The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19

The American Baptist (NorthetHl
Missionary society has in the foreign
field TIA missionaries and 1SS,ssf
church members.
woodward Avenue Presbyterian
church, Detroit, Mich, organized flVe
years ago, has 1,42s members ana
1,425 enrolled in It's Sunday school.
During the twelve years Of the pres
ent century the membership OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church has IN
creased 679,015, an average of 3d.
5s5.
Or. William Carter. until recently
pastor of Madison Avenue Reformed
church, New York, has been elected
general secretary OF the international
peace forum.
During the six weeks meetings at
Mckeesport, Pa, conducted by Evan
gelist BILLY" Sunday. the total at
tendance reached 100000. and I0,02S
persons professed conversion.
Three foreign missionary societies
of the United states report more than
one hundred thousand members each
In the foreign Enthusiastically Epis-
copai. I74.s76; Northern Baptist. 1861
Ss7; Northern Presbyterian, 1887.
The First Presbyterian church Of
Jamaica. Long Island, said'to be the
oldest Presbyterian church IN Amer
lea, celebrated recently Its two hun
bred and fftieth anniversary.
The First Presbyterian church. Of
Chicago. whose history IL az old as
the city, was on Sunday, January 9Th,
united with the Forty rst-Street
church. Seventy nine years ago, OF
the first Sunday in January. First
church was organized.
The first Christian church among
the Mojave indians was organized on
December sth, at Needles, Cal, with,
ten charter members. 1t Is a Pres
byterian church, and its organisation
IL the result or ten years OF hard
labor by Rev. A. c, Edgar. a mis-
siensry to t1rse Indians.
President Henry Churchill King, d.
D.. OF Oberltn college, has accepted.
the invitation 10 deliver the non
resident lectures on religion before
the teachers college OF Columbia urti-
versity. New York city. The special
foundation providing fer this lecture
ship calls for five lectures early in
February.
There has lately been organized in
New York city a Religious Press club.
Mem bership liz open TO editors and
business managers Of New YORK re-
ligious weeklies and also 10 New YORK
correspondents of such publications In
other cities. The president Is Rev.
/ Dew Mason, d. D. of the Christian
IntelliRencer: Vice president. Rev
Frederick Lynch, Of the CongreSa-
tionalist, secretary and treasurer, w.
r. Parker, business head OF the
Churchman.
| According to reports made at the
| annual meeting OF the National Re-
/ form association In Pittsburg ON De-
, cember 50, over 1000 delegates have
! already been appointed to the Worlds
/ Christian Citizenship conference to ne
! held In Portland. Ore. from June
/ 2eth to July 9Th.
| The government of Egypt. through
! the minister Of education, recently
( ordered 400 Bibles 400 New Tesla
! ments, twenty reference Bibles ana
| twenty copies of the concordance for
/ their schools. This is the fret time
! the Bible has been introduced inSo
/ the government schools of Egypt.
!
| Rev. Otis O. Dale, pastor OF the
| FIRST Presbyterian church. La Jnnta.
/ Col. has worked out an efficiency
! standard" for pastors To be up TO
the standard a pastor must preach
/ twice, conduct the midweek meeting,
I teach one special class each week.
respond promptly day or night to
| sickness or distress. and visit zach
| family OF the congregation at least
once In six months
| The latest missionary statistics es
1 given in the Missionary Review OF
| the World for January, show that In
| the foreign fields of the Protestant
| church of the world there are 2A.ass
| missionaries, including wives of mis-
| eionaries; 1f1.Ss3 native helpers
| 1895 organized churches. and o.
| Ss4,fTe communicates.
| Toronto, Canada. Methcdists began
| the year by launching two big new
/ projects: III The raising of large
| free town building fund for new
= churches in the suburban districts
| and adjoining new communities In
| Greater Toronto. tsl The purchaSe
/ of a central site for g. DOWNTOWN IN"
| stitutional Methodist building.
( Churches and suburban missions in
| New York are using larger numbers of
! laymen than heretofore In their work.
| Colleges and societies are the agencies
| for supplying such help, but many
| churches are developing and using
! ,tfseir own men. IRE Tsfnfe teacffefs'
training school in New York Ia far
| nishing about one hundred and TWEEN
l +u.ana man and women. the Christian
| union twenty -four the National Bible
| institute forty eight, while union and
general theological seminaries supply
| about thirty men each.
| Over five hundred students have
| parsed out of the Gordon Memorial
| college at khartum, Egypt, and are
| now employed in various capacities
! by the Sudan government. Amongst
| these not more than ten per cent have
| failed to give complete satisfaction.
1.-THE whole tone OF the natives" says
| Lord Kitchener, In forwarding the
| annual report TO the government
| body 'is raised by the example set