RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1396, 23 March 1912, Page 9

RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY.

«- — ' NEW BAPTIST MISSIONARY SECRETARY. THE REV. W. Y. FULIERTON. The Rev. \V. Y. Fulierton announced to Jus congregation at .Melbourne luill, Leicester, on February 11, his acceptance of the. invitation to the home sccretarvsliip of tile Baptist .Missionary Soeicfv. The vacancy is occasioned bv I lie approaching retirement of (He Usv. John Brown Myers, whose oltieial po.-iiion at tno .Mission House dates from 18711. As was to be expected, this accent mice has caused much regr-t, not onlv at ibdbourne- Hall, where Mr. Fulierton has ministered sume eighteen years, but in the. town of Leicester generallv. .Mr. Fulierton is an Irishman, who' in his early life was greatly influenced bv the visit of Mr. Moody to Belfast, as he afterwards was by the nice lings of ilenry Drunimoiid in Loudon. After finishing his course at the Pastors' Colligo. Mr. Spttrgeon strongly urged him to devote him.-eif to the work of an evangelist in connection with the college, and I lie missions lie conducted togt'tlier with Manton Smith are still remembered. Of his work at Melbourne, Ila.ll, founded by (he Rev. F. B. .Meyer, it is only necessary to say that all the intcrc-ls have been more than sustained, recent large additions to the church being a striking testimony. The building, which holds 12.H1, only provides accommodation for the present number of members. The now secretary will be no stranger lo the, work upon which he will shortly enter. He has already rendered valuable service as a member of the committee, and about four years ago he ncroir.naiiicd the Rev. C. E. Wilson as a deputation to the mission stations in China.

WESLEYAN MISSIONS CENTENARY.

DR. J. R. MOTT'S ASSURANCE. The most important, of the We.-levan President's Centenary Conferences opened in London on February 7. In the morning and afternoon Dr. Kaigh presided over gatherings of ministers in AVc-lov's Chapel addre.-st-d bv Revs. Dr. Divb-'m F. W. Maedomild, and William Goodie. The feature of the day was the address of Dr. John R. Molt at a luncheon held in Do Koysor's Hotel .between "the sessions, and attended by many influential .laymen, including Mr. T. "it. Feren«, M.l\. and Sir George Stuitli, of Truro. Dr. Moit. who snake' for a full hail'-iiour. declared his belief that the best was still ahead- of the Wesleyau Missionary Society. He venturrd, however, to remind his hearers of the peril lurking in such observances. To his mind the most subtle perils of the Christian Church centred in these commemorations. Ho went, on io describe' the various voices which his cruisings among tho non-Christian people had left ringing in' his ear—(he voice of the experts,'the missionaries, all with one accord appealing to the Church at Home to seize this unparalleled oppurtmiitv for a general advance; the deep undertone of the non-Christian peonies in their misery and degradation, and the voice of triumph calling them to larger things. Dr. Mott thrilled his audience, with tho account of how in the battle of Mukden somo of tho Japaneso regiments and oven divisions were hard pressed. But the general staff, receiving renorts by wireless telegraphy from the whole field, knew that victory was assured. "I am hero 10-day," he said, "from a survey of the whole missionary field, and T tell "you that, while here and there a division' is hard pressed because they are understaffed,' yet I know the victory is assured. The challenge of the times was first of all for all the societies lo revise their methods e.nd plans in relation not to precedents and available rc-.ourees or to obstacles, but to their latent resources and God's powers; secondly, to a great expansive sacrifice: and thirdly to tho larger association of laymen with" the missionary enterprise.

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN UNITED STATES.

NEW APOSTOLIC DELEGATE. The Uoly Father has nominated as Apostolic Dclegato to tho United Stales the Right Rev. Mgr. Bon-ano, D.D., D.C.1.., Hector of the Urban College of the Propaganda. The new Delegate to the United States was born iu 18ti7 at Cnslollnto, in Piedmont, and made his early studies for the priosthoood in the diocesan seminary of Vigevauo. In 188!) the young cleric came to Rome and entered the Pontilical Seminary of SS. Peter and Paul for Foreign Missions, from which he look his departure next year for China. After six years' labour among the heathen of th.e Celestial Umpire, Father lJan;::iiio was constrained to return to Rome owing lo a severe illness. During the stay made then in the Seminary of SS. Peter and Paul the young missionary gave his "time to a deeper study of theology and canon law, in each of which subjects he took out the degree of doctor. He was then recalled to his native diocese to fill the office of VicarGeneral of Vigevauo. This position he filled with marked success until 1!!IH, when Mgr. Cammessei, Rector of the Urban College, vacated that position, being appointed to the Archbishopric, of Nnxos, and t'la years later to the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, whero his Beatitude .now resides. The Vicar-General of Vigevauo, when Mgr. Cammessei vacated the office, received an-invitation to assume the rectorship of the great college founded under Urban VTII for the education of aspirants to the priesthood, regardless of race or colour, and he has filled the post so well as to merit nomination to a position which will probably lead to a still higher honour. ■ With, tho announcement of his selection for the Delegation at Washington, Mgr. Bonz.inn has received notification of his appointment as TitularArchbishop of Mitylenc—"Catholic Times."

THE CHRIST CHURCH PASTORATE

DK. BROUGHTON ACCEPTS. Dr. Len Broughton, of Atlanta. Georgia, has accepted tho pastorate of Christ Church, Westminster Bridge lioad (London), in succession to tha Bov. 1\ B. Meyer, and will begin his ministry on April 1. Dr. Broughton is a Baptist, as was the last minister of this church. The Anglican liturgy which has been used since Dr. Newnuin Hall's days will, we understand, 1>? 'abandoned upon Dr. Broughton's settlement. Like Dr. Dixon, of the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Dr. Broughton stands at the extremest edge of the right wing of orthodoxy. He frankly avows himself a literal inspirationist, and when at Westminster Chapel two years ago he preached what very closely approximated to the old material conception of a hell of fire and brimstone. Evangelical of the Evangelicals, Br. Broughton has popular" gifts which will probably make his Christ Church ministry as phenomenal a success as is that of"J)r. Dixon at the Metropolitan Tabernacle. His S'.-rmons have a racy anecdotal flavour and a native wit which, combined with their buoyant optimism, lend them n character of (heir own. Dr. Broughton himself is a lovable character, tender, genial, and essentially human and big-hearted. He is a Doctor of Medicine, not of Divinity, and at Atlanta he had not only a great church and an enormous Sunday school, but an hospital and a. maze of social agencies—all of which were under his own immediate supervision. Like Dr. Campbell Morgan, he has the knack of raising money for his bi{' schemes. At Christ Church he will run a Bible school for the Sunday school teachers of ftoulh London. In cabling his acceptance. Dr. Broughton said: "Church and friends here sympathetic, lovinjr. and lova! for ine to remain, but I feel | it the will of God."—"Christian World."

METHODIST. CHURCH IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

RAPID DEVELOPMENT. Never before in the history of the Methodist Church, South Australia, have so manv local younj men been I raining for the ministry. There are 10 men trainiue, and on probation. Yet the rapid deTeTopmKit of the different circuits has leit the conlei-'iiee short of workers to meet the situation. The eonlerence has lwn in communication with liov. 1!. Allen, chaplain to the military forces in England, with a view, to his -'eleeti!!? -suitable men for the work in Soulli Australia. The Rev. Mr. Allen replied Hint several men in England desired to come to Australia and enter upon the work of God. Tho conference cabled askinj him to send six men at onc«.