CHURCH UNION IN SCOTLAND.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 146, 14 March 1908, Page 10

CHURCH UNION IN SCOTLAND.

MAKING HEADWAY. ' The movement for co-operation—not to say ' 'union—among the churches iii Scotland must bo- admitted' to be making 1 headway; ■ The Catechism which was issued by a committee representing all the Reformed Churches north of thb Border is a -marked—some authorities have'called, it'an oxtrabrdinary— i tribute to tlio real unity ■'und.brlying all tho sectional differences of the denomina- : tions.. The Asselribly of hist year- : wero conspicuous for thb declarations made -. i upon the subject of. Union. Thereafter iol- ' lowed the formation of. the-Laymen's Asso-_ > eiation .for .the - furtherance, of: .combined — 1 effort, 'and _ the new 'issdeiatiori ' Has beeh'/-.;. ; working assi3uoiiSly : .during the year to th&t ,> . ! bnd. < And'' riow ariothbr' stop 'has! bbdn' taken : by the General Council, of. Glasgow Uriivcrr ' ; sity:. The, Council has adopted a report:,by • its committee . on.. bducatioiial. .policy Tand " ; 'methods dealirig with tho theological colleges • | and the. Universities.', Thb of t•• ! thb.'cbmmittec were, iri ' thb following tefnis: , lr The faculty ! -of • Theology : should bd rbt, tained in tho Universities. . 2. Iri order to jn'diribtc tlio better.-;dfgarii-satioil df theologicalstudies,. t-hd:' ficitltj'"- ' should 'be';' enlarged)',' and-, this, could'bb at->.- j tained _ without iegidlition' by; the Churches' ,' - immbdiately cdricbrried securing' the fdiih'da- : ' ; tibn : of chairs iri the, Uriiybrsity"; uhder;.fcoriditions satisfactory, to the';. University; Court ; and to the Churches. - 'i;. ; ' ■ ; 3. The; patronage of all. the. chair's"'iii. such, .enlargbd faculty -should bb vested iri a Board •-- ot. Curators drawn .from all'i-lid cliufbli.eS .iri • ' Scotland represented iii the Faculty-tif Theb- ,, 4. .Tha. profeMdrS, irij'tKb 'brilarged 'faculty ; should riot, .ori' thbirap'pbiritriieht, be siib- I '.' 5 ' ; jeeted'to.'..tests; whether -doctrinal or ecclo- ;. ' siastical; '//Vr'v-'. : :The I merit fcareful consideratibri by the Churches.. ... LONDON /HOSPITAL SUNDAY FUND. Tho "National Church,"; thb 'official .organ ' of tlio Church Defence arid Instruction; Co- r! , ,inittee; : ' gives'-the 'Subjoined analysis, of the •.- ' i contributioris to the London. Hospital' Fund " for 1907: The collections made.in tlio.Lon-? ;don cliurchbs,,and chapels' fbr-;;tlio-;.Hdspitil . Sunday; Fund, last ', year jare. £18-13 lesS' r thah the.'sum'.raised '".' v : , s;• Church of England ' i ... 34,473 ■ 1 3- : Congregationahsts ... : . 1,813 ,'• 7 7- ■ Jews- • ... :.. ... - ... 1,518' 6 5 Presbyterians" . ...• - ... - ■ 1/1121 3-7 • Wesloyans •" ... ' . 032 3••8 • - .Baptists ' ... , ... , 830 ;8 11 • . ; Rbmari Catholics ■.' ' i.." ' i..." ' 705,16' 3 i Uriitarians • ; 3CG 13 0. '• of .Scotland : ' 205'" 8 i" (i - r Catholic' Apostolic ; v; ; -; '.vl; 98 13/ 3 ; jQreek/Phurch ••• .r.; 87 .2 (i: .Gei'mari.Lutherans . - 1 8G 14• - 'Society of; Friends: ■ -'75 10 ;-rl -■ • IFbreigii Protestants . ; ..;C;'G6 13 . 6 . ;Metho'distS'..(Welsh: Calviriistic) 4014 vtfi-.'i " i ;Refdrriied • Episcopal: Church I'.V ; I '. '3.0^14; ;( '6 'Mothbdist : (Unitea,;Frc'e Church); , 24vi0 ;'O-''?■• -Metiiodists (Primitive) 17 13 3-■ 'Swedenbdrgiiirts^i; " ;..• . - .17 11 10 i iFreb. Chu'reh' df/England:"'l^ : lo To' Moravians . - 210 : 8 ' Methodist:(New Connexion)' 1. =■ 1- 0 :■>; Vanous 236 13 11 : J:'; ■7 i; ' £42;78G ;8 11 i : _Sfc:\Paiil's. .Catlibdralagain heads* jlid ; : list - ; with ja 1 collection, '' £4687,'.; wliild' Michael's, Chester, Square, seiids ;fl2G2,:and- ; ; ." j iCh'rist iCliui'ch; -Laricastef Gatej l £1004:" ' i -.'t , , •■,.. .... .-: JOTTINGS : The i Porie.: assisted: recently at; tho; fmSl ; stago;iri 'the processes' of. beatification of . two •; .vbnerable.sdrvants";df.' God (states .the' Erig-';••"• :' lisli' : ( wieri.;;thb.. l .Dbcfcd i -;Tiito was : A read.i'pKJcla&ihfe reasbri!:lo}- l ' ! '-' prevent ofi'Mary Mapf.ialen-';-n B.arat,- foundress of .the Ladies of. tho Sacred : - ' Heart; arid ,oi:Brother Gabriel 'of -the- : • - lorata .df thd-Piiss'ioriists;' It is pdssiblb. that'<"■ r . < -.the .solemrii bo ••-: .earned' 'out - with great pomp iri St. Peter's on,; May . 24.;. ■' •;Vdry.; tdd;. : "the • • present 1 r.yeir'; will'- witriess; ,the beatification . ; of- the .- . , V.enerablo -Jdari;of arid the caiioriisatiori ;• -? .-. of the; Blq'ssed Jlargaret' '-'Mary and tlio Bltjssed Cleirierit 'Hofb'auer. . The Rev. H. Gv' .Collinsbrii 'of' Millgate ■ Baptist Church"; Rochdalo,; by, way of pro- ' pariitiori; for; ari address "foriWhat can tho ■ ..Church :;do .'to- >.sblre, 'tho''..Sb'cinl. .Problem,'' v disguised himself ,'as';a- .trarijp and' sperit two J lor;.' ;^^\ ; : da^' : 4'lateiy-'l.:iji'.• visiting,the i sluinsjfthd '■ dos's-hdiises," arid the. prison of i Ma'nclieston.. ■' Hb : mixedwith -. tho. meri; bn- i • tered -iritb cbriye'rsatfdii.fwith .thbm; and riar-' 'rbwly; dScapikVvlia'virig. 'tp fight. : with', olid of i lodgers.-'- .'Hb was I iimoiigsf < tUdiii;; ?:Tw ; o.',had. .bebri jblergyfiierii- . one ,wai i tho son of a Baptist.miriistbr,, wliilo anothel > had; recently, • Squandereda ; largd',' foftiine j otlierS; .of-a louver-class, b'bast-ed of their,ex- j pldits / .as burglars. Hj:went'into. Strange. ? . ways Gaol, arid wai' inipfbsSdd.by : .thd.callou. [j indifferenco to::their 'position;; shown; 'by thi , irimatesl'. ' The ;l Sariie v seiisb of cdnfentmen-. p with": tlieir.'lot was; to : - be ;sben v anibrigst -thi ' f ; ''d\r6li4rs. i iri-;'the''.slMs ; .!6f{Anmts;'....'-HS;d^. ! - , hbtiee'd- thb ,rescue;ftorE;WliicH' t is;'eamed, or f . by Jfr. S.'. F. .GollierV'of :tlib Wbslbyan Gen-;; and'was iiiipfessed ;by the: fabl t tliat';.whilst; many;were sirh'p'ly shouting for ! . the■'amelioration-, aiid uplifting ■; of. - tlio pCbple.' i tho' Churches -'.wftVb' on, re ' demptivb' .work, arid hastening the; coining, at•« Chr'isfc'v'Eirigdofn. -v : ;v' "I Eigiiteeri t miriisiers, havo recently. advo'catbd- tlio'-"'revision; of -'thb; WbHriiirist-e'r ! Cdnfessieri. ];,.They; all; agree"'that ;tlio Ceil- J fcssicfrit canriot 'bo subscribed with a. literal. ac'cefjtanco of all its clhiises:- Sorrie bf .them,'... howeveij, revering'.- it as- "a vcnorablc lhonu- '. -me'nt.df a great religibus 6'risis':of. the past,'.';'. , . are prepared to retain it as a formula for subscfiptibn; p^Tid^vtliat."'^}\i^^tt;Jij^Hrail; ••..;• iriterpro'tatibri is pcrinittcd- of.'its: dbndxibiis > '; ! claus(:s:"';':.; : .-- ■: .'...: ;;;:-f.ii'-,;.;';-

: 'f, At the opening of; the' new 'missions-Dig-; ; .-. ; uoth—fSuiiclotl -byHiiii in;;Birmiiigliarn, •the ltov. -J; H. Jow'ctt.said woiild.staiid. fbr'clesn' hearts, clean' iips,'., clean ears,-; nncl clean ibiiiids ; N it would stand -. ■for,- 'cloatl,. reading, : cleari- -'lecturcS,v clean,; amusomesnts, clean recreation, arid clean .bil-.. linrdsJ ' Alexander Maclareii lmd warned him, a' fewvivccks ago, that, "it .-will -take'.a lot of , Ho " agreed; "butj" added Miv Jowett,fuirmug to - . ■ Dr':: 'Morgan and ' Mr. : - Silvester ; Eforiio, re takes a lot of golf to make a anil' • he' confessed,' laughingly, and amid loud, laughter; : -thai' hii ,'own -poor • efforts - lit golf v - almost ioft him with the-Conclusion-'that;, ha •" might have to. his ministry if he'pur- . 'sued tlio. game very, far., .'/We, don't expect ~ to make..Gh^stians,by^. , .blllla^:ds,• l , interid to try to tcacli men; that ,tlicy,: can ; - ' play a • clean. game, ofbilliards: . . Whatever .; devilry tliwo is'in billiards ; ,tho Son .of Man camo'to "destroy.: Wei. want.to'.present bil--liard? freedom. everything':. that,ever, makes the jgamd. uricleaiij'.sQ .that: a.,man who ,is .. , f6undmi-his.lifS. 6n Jesu3. may. bo able , to enrich i hi : S;,'c6'iis<!c'ration vows ■by recreation ~ under -'conditions such as wo. shall offer.'.' In . a thorough canvass of two populous ■ districts iii tlicj city, of: Glasgow, 190 church visitors; recently; called upon; 5439'-families,- • iii which'wer6il3js9S persons.. Of tliesft iidiilts.,wore cohiicctetr.withj'.chufches iti-the v ' districts ; visited,.-and' '687,: with chur-clieii'•-iiiadjacent - wards.-- -, Over 1040 - claimed membership'in. city churchcS-.more ... remote, while , sixty "held - letters'" from .' churches' , iii other cities or towns. Only ■ scyenty-Jix declared theriisclttss, hostile to . • religion: ' Promises seek .soiiic chiircli.con--.. 'ri.6t)tiori. wero made by ,140 persons. The noil- ~ ■ chureligoiiig . numbered: only: 17 por cent, of -.- -the whole,'while 83 jier. cent. claimed some uioro' ot; less definite church ■ relation. - . Rev. : Wm. superintendent of- the! now.liigbcth Institute' at. Birmingliaiii, was at one tuno in chargo of a mission among the Jews' in Manchester: VHo.. was doubtful- to; what/cxtent;.he was really got-\ .'•> tiiig genuine Jews to attend tbo mcothigs at tho .hall, but . one night \ . a woman camo lo t-lio door, and called' out, " Abraham, . you're - wan-. ; ~ tod.'' 1 At onco a .third, of the men pro- ...r sent got up and went out. Mr. Jouos know: then that he bad an-audiond6 of Jews: He : is satisGe'd that if -the woman had called out . '.'Abraham, Isaacs and- ? Jacob, you're wantedi" the entire cbngregation would bavo gone out.