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About Christian herald. (Portland ;) 1882-18?? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1883)
CHRISTIAN HERALD. 3£eH-tdeasedwitlidhelaw^^tdy.- - »Solicitation r Mrs. Marti z will carry with him as I would be pleased at any time E. Percival. cine as his limited means can sup .to hear from any of my friends, Adjourned to meet on the 1st ply, and establish a free dispensary ^class-mates or students in Oregon, Saturday in Dec., 1883. in Tokat. His services as physi fand would cheerfully respond at cian will’be in great and constant A New Mission. < any time. demand, and this will at once open We stated last week that the the door for him to carry the gpspel | There are several churches (de- biominations) represented in this Board of Alanagers of the Foreign to the hearts of the people. Know Bounty, but they seem to languish Christian Missionary Society had ing him intimately, we feel great Ifrom some cause. Education is« appointed Bro. Garibed Kevorkian confidence in his fitness for this • • » rn I . * • n < • somewhat on the improve in the ounty. rsusmess is in general TJuF^ade fsWouTJ perTiapsTTke to pensatioh of providence, that he has ood. Health good- In fact, know some of the particulars con given us such a man for such a Du th-west Alo., is in a prosperous cerning Bro. Kevorkian and his work. We shall hope for good re ondition.' sults from this new mission. His proposed labors. A lbert H odges . Tokat is a city of about 25,000 knowledge of the- customs of the ¡-country Notice. 150 miles south of the Black Sea, He understands the habits and pre and about 500 miles west from judices of the natives, and can easily o the Brethren of Columbia Co., Constantinople, by land. In point adapt himself to theetiquette of his W T • • • u£ religion, its inhabitants -ure Mo people._ .Aior4U>vcr, the fFtends of | would *say that my work will hammedan, Armenian, Greek, Cath his childhood are there, as are also Smence as soon as it will be olic and Jews, There are also a his relatives in the flesh. These are ®ible for me to leave home. few Protestants. Dr. Van Lennep, certainly important considerations Ing to circumstances over which a well known missionary, who lab in his favor. lave no control I cannot com- ored many years in -Turkey, under Bro. Kevorkian will leave Louis bee earlier than in December. I the auspices ef the American Board, ville for New York in a”few days. | give due notice of the time (CongregationaJist,) was the first to From New York he will sail very en I can commence. introduce the Protestant religion in soon for the far off field of his fu- T. Al. AI organ . Tokat..... This ,.eameaLjuan,:^jGad-* luxftJAhonu.« established a college at Tokat for way of England, where he thinks Missionary. the training of young men for the of spending a few days in purchas The Woman’s Christian Mission- ministry. This college was destroy ing such articles as he will need in ^ Society met in the Christian ed by fire after being successfully his work. -- '• • • * —— operated several years. It has prch at Amity, Nov. 11,1883. [The meeting was called to order never been rebuilt. eCurrent Religious News. Bro. Kevorkian was born and I Mrs. A. M. Bedwell, acting as The first Thanksgiving Day of resident. After introductory re reared in Tokat. He was converted the year will be observed through larks by the President, Mr. H. M. to Christianity at the age of fifteen. out Canada on November 8. Presi taller favored the meeting with a Being turned out of his father’s dent Arthur has appointed Thurs fry encouraging speech, after house for his faith, he found a home day, November 29, for Thanksviv- hich the pledge was circulated with Dr. Van Lennep, in whose ing in the United States, and #the Id an encouraging list of names family,and under whose instruction, State Govenors w’ill doubtless ap he spent many years. At the sug cured. point the same day. 'The society then organized with gestion of his teacher and benefac ie following officers : Pres., Airs. E. tor he visited America. After he In memory of Airs. T. C. Doremus, Dok ; Vice Pres., Airs. C. Aladdox; came to this country he was thrown, the first President of the Woman’s ec. Sec., Airs. F. Garrison ; Cor. by chance, among the disciples. He Union Alissionary Society, the new sc., Miss N. Springer; Treasurer, was pleased with the simplicity and Home in Calcutta has been named, apostolicity of our worship, and at “ The Doremus American Zenana rs. R. Putman. once severed his connection with the Mission.” N ancy S pringer , Congregationalists and cast his lot Cor. Sec. W. C. Al. S. with us. At the suggestion of a The American Sunday-school The Woman’s Christian Alission- friend and brother he went to Lex Union at its late meeting resolved, fy Society of AT on mouth,* Oregon, ington, Ky., with a view to qualify in view of the new field of religious jet November 17th, at 2 o’clock, himself to return to.his native land work which the Northern Pacific rs. A. M. Bedwell acting Preei- as a missionary. Knowing the ad Railroad will develop, " to under klt. After singing the 9th chap, vantage of medical knowledge to a take to establish and maintain a second Cor. was read ; prayer by missionary in Turkey, the brethren Sunday-school in every needy com rs. E. Percival ; singing ; then the at Lexington advised him to come munity in the vast territory be- bnstltution" was read by Mrs? to Louisville and take a full course tween the eastern base of the Rocky Wwell; after which remarks by in the Medical College. He took Alountains and the Pacific Ocean.” hers. Then proceeded to reor- their advice, and graduated here mize and elect officers as follows : last June. Dr. Talmage’s church in Brooklyn Bro. Kevorkian is a close and has a membership of 2,775* They rs. A. M. Bedwell, Pres.; Mrs. H. . Adkins, Vice Pres.; Aliss Etta constant student of the Bible, and gave last year to Home Missions a-vidson, Rec. Sec.; Aliss Alary a man of much piety. He proposes $192, and to Foreign Missions $112. cCarty, Cor. Sec.; Mrs. Jane to go to Tokat and establish a med- They gave to the cause of education wund, Treasurer. Committee on | ical mission. That is to say, he $95, This largest Presbyterian KIF • a 7 chufcrm theUnRed’^teXW« less for these objects than many among the poorest. In contrast to this, the First Presbyterian Church of New York, with only 418 mem bers, gave to Home Missions $12,- 056, and to Foreign Missions, $26,- 517, The thirty-seventh annual meet ing of the American Missionary As- sociauon began its session in the Central Congregational Church, Brooklyn, on Tuesday, October 30, continuing until the following Thursday evening. The treasurer’s , h a lanoo ow September 30 of $54,832. The total receipts for the year amounted to $312,557, an increase of $14,983 over the previous-yo&ft—A14 -the missions were reported as success ful. In the Woman’s Bureau 3,000 women have been employed as mis sionaries and teachers. The wants for the coming year are, for current work, $1,000 for every day in the year, and endowments in the sev eral educational institutions in The Rev. Mr. Pettengill, a Bap tist clergyman of Whitesboro, New York, last week was suddenly beg ged to enter a car on one of the trains halting at the Utica depot. He followed his conductor, an el derly gentleman, to the side of a lady of mature years, and at their apologetic request married them, then and there, with neatness «nd dispatch. Both parties to the cere mony were old friends and the ar gued point had probably just been settled. The bride’s mother was present, congratulations were ex changed, a pleasant little chat over, and Air. Pettengill stepped off the departing train not a little enter tained. It is now reported that Monsig nor C apel is to be made Archbishop of Sydney, and have his debts paid by a rich Roman Catholic peer in England. This sets Capel’s visit to this country in the usual light—like most other foreigners he came to make money. Oscar Wilde was over head and ears in debt before hQ -fiaHKL here .and even Alatthevr Arnold says that he hopes to make money enough here to “ retire.” The Mormon apostles, who travel in luxurious sleeping coaches and represent themselves as being mod eled on the apostleships of the primitive times, own and run a. bank, street railroads. an oper^