JOTTINGS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 948, 15 October 1910, Page 9

JOTTINGS.

■ The Baptist Missionary 'Society, doe's, not-seo, its way to, undertake ,• a-,.'new mission .to -America.' The two pioneering expeditions, ? .'the cost l of which was, mfet by the-late Mr. Philip Cadby, of Hnnimersmith, : ' : .haye not resulted / in sufficiently ' encouraging ■ reports: Rev. Robert Glcnnie and Rev.' R. D. Darby explored the Amazon Valley, and Mr. ,Glerinio was accompanied by Mr. (J. S. ,Blaktt,' B.Sc., to Southern' Brazil, Matte Grasso and Bolivia. The object of both' journeys 'was to discover the. Aboriginal Indians,''' as yet untouched— iu adequate mtriibers to, justify, tho establishment of stations. • The "Chfistiari;-World" states suggestion has been made by Mr. P. A. ■ Atkins that British' missionary 'societies should unite in order to form a Publicity Department: and to interest young people- m : missionary work ;is • well worth consideration.': There is, wo aro convinced, nil jmmense. amount of latent; interest in .missions;' ,tho problem, is how to mako it- active. It is, perhaps, unfortunate that: in. this country. any effort' to give. missionary information is so promptly followed by the handling round of the collection plate. People' resent the promptitude.'' It might bo well' to try a policy of casting bread •upon the waters. : , Rev. R. .F. ■ tindsay, ■ M.A., of Dunoon, has won a' prizo of- £100 i'li a competition ;;'opon'to Baptist ministers for the. best essay-on <the subject of the attitude which the Church. should adopt towards : modern ; social Movements.,' :■ -' . The death has v occurred' at tho 'advanced age |of ninety-four j;of tho Rev. J. F.:Poulterj 8.A., who was tho'first Congregational minister to graduate "at Cambridge after the abolition of'Univer- . sity tests.; Mr. Poult-or'was educatedat Queen's; College, _ Cambridge;') and in 1846 entered' the, ministry, as pastor at Wellingborough, where lie' remained for twenty-six. years, ': Removing tlieii to' Mitcham, Surrey, lie .ministered for three yeare; before retiring. Sinco 1874 lie had lived in retirement at -Wimbledon. Ho was the oldtst Congregational minister in,the London 1 area. At the Presbyterian 'General Assembly, which met at Sydney recently, a communication'; was . received : from I'Mrs.. John• Fr.azeiy .fcpiiveying,t-0 'tht .assembly a'gift; of £1000 to, bo used'for the training of missionaries for foreign mission work./ Tho fund is to be known as the "John' Frazer Foreign Mission Fund." The best thanks of the assembly wore ordered to be : conveyed to the donor,.