List of the Anglican Bishops.—Michael Solomon Alexander, 1841–1845; Samuel Gobat, 1846–1879; Joseph Barclay, 1879–1881; George Francis Popham Blyth, 1887–1914; Rennie MacInnes, 1914–.
The English Order of S. John of Jerusalem.—This Order is represented in Palestine by an admirable ophthalmic hospital overlooking the Valley of Hinnom in Jerusalem. The Order has fitted up the Chapel of S. John of Jerusalem in S. George's Cathedral, in Jerusalem, and enjoys, through the courtesy of the Orthodox Patriarch, the privilege of celebrating services in the crypt of the Orthodox Church of S. John the Baptist in the old city.
§ 12. The 'American Colony.'
A characteristic community of Jerusalem is that known as the 'American Colony.' This community was established in Jerusalem in 1881 by a lawyer of Chicago, Horatio Spafford, and his wife, and at that time consisted of 14 adults. Its membership is now 90, drawn from 10 different nationalities, among which citizens of the United States and Swedes preponderate. The aims of the colony are religious, and are based on non-dogmatic Christianity. The colony, which is financially self-supporting, performs useful charitable and educational work by maintaining an orphanage and an industrial school.
§ 13. The German Templar Community.
The name of this community, which has no connexion with the Knights Templar, is derived from Ephesians ii., 21. The Templars originated in the middle of the nineteenth century in the Kingdom of Wirttemberg under the leadership of the brothers William and Christopher Hoffman. The Templars considered their task to be, in the first place, to erect the ideal Christian community in the 'land of promise,' and thence to regenerate the social and religious
