Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-07-21
APPEAL FOR PEACE.
Executive Committee ASK Aid in Carry.
Ing Forward Their Work.
70 REACH EASTERN CHURCHES.

cure the Endorsement of Petitions
co substitute Arbitration for War
4 DR.. uogc's Practical Suggestion.
Va The Public:
a Representative assemblies OF the
Echgrclcs Of the leading denominations
To- the Unitcd States have an Executive
C5mm.ttcc. located in Richmond. Va
e. which has been committed The eXoeu-
ton OF an enterprise whose Influence 1t
Is hoped. viii extend over the Christian
world The end aimed NJ Is To bring TO
bear the combined influence Of the
churches OF Chrletcndom uIon the gov
srnmcnts OF Christian nations with a
view t. securing tho substitution Of ar
bitrauon for war in settling international
disputes. a petition. adopted by the as
scmbly that FIRST moved in this natter is
in hand. addressed % tho heads Of thirty
two governments. In the respective Ian
guagc Of each. Tho part Of The Execu-
ty, Committee Is 20 secure. as far as
possible. concurrence in this petition by
=
o. every land: and then, through inauen-
tai populations In each country. to have
So presented 10 the government. To carry
thie out, cooperating committees are TO
bc appointed IN each country.
Waist the Executive Committee has
had announcement and moral support.
81 n3s had very little financial support in
t.e aTduous task laid uuon IT, 1t may be
that some VINO use thslr money literally
in other departments Of Christian work
have not responded to the committees
call for contributions. because they re-
gard the undertaking as chimcrical That
such "a view might have been entertained
at the beginning OF this movement would
not have been strange. And yet is II
not reasonable TO suppose that the com
bincl voice OF the Christian churches Of
tho world. or OF any large portion OF these
churches. would have influence with
governments?
SUPPORT IT HAS RECEIVED.
But. whatever may have been thought
at the outset. ought not the impression
that this scheme Is visionary 10 be dis
PEELED by the support 81 has received?
The petition has been concurrcd I'm by
most of the representative bodies Of the
leading denominations IN the United
States, some Of them representing the
entire denomination: Baptist, Catho-
lie, Christian. Episcopal. Fri.nds. Ger
man Evangelical. Lutheran, Methodist,
Presbyterian. Reformed. and juiVcrsdlist.
Did these church assemblies. composed
Of tho able ministers and laymen Of these
several denominations. give nearly ana.
IN some cases. unanimous vote 10 en-
dorsc "a ch.mera? Al The annual assem-
llics OF thc several denominations in
Great Britain and Ireland have concurred
in the petition. D!I these conservative
bodies, without an exception, give their
vote 90 support an lille fancy? The
members OF the Executive Committee are
themselves the more persuaded or the
Importance and hopcfulness of the en-
terprisc. the more they have 10 do with IT,
These members are. ". II. Pleasdnts.
Esq. John $. Elicit, Esq. lion. j. Tay-
lor Ellyson. Hev. Moses ID. Hose, i. -"
Rev. Paul l.. Mcnzcl. -. D., John Morton
ESD. Right Rev. a. NJ. Randolph, -. D.,
j. IT. Nhitty. LsI., ana the chairman
whose name as appended 20 this appeal.
Untu his death the lamcnteI rev. L. a.
Peterson j.. d., was am interested ana
most valuable member of the committee;
and Colonel &. O'B. COwdrdin, OF the
p.spatch. was member deeply inter-
estel I'm the work until other duties pre-
vented bis attending the meetings OF the
committee Is not the endOrsation OF
These men enough for those VINO Know
them? And should not their friends
seeing them stopped for want of iunds IN
a work near their hearts, come 10 the!F
RELIEF
STRONG MEN on COMMITTEES.
If more authority is needed II may
I. found ia the prominent men that sup
port the movement as committees OF cor
respondcnce for the different denoini-
nations. only the names OF Inc chNI-
men can bc here given: ). William Jones
j. D.. BAPTIST; william j. Onahan' LSq'
chicago. Catholic; Henry y. llazen, ID.
D.. Boston. Congregationalist' hev. ..
n Garrison. 81. Louis Disciples Right
nov Thomas L. Dudley, -. D., OF Ken
,ucixv. Episcopalian, Josiah W. Leeds
philadclphia, Friend; Paul l.. Mcneil, j..
l.. German Evangelical, j, q. Bulleg'
- D.. Washington. Lutheran; Blslop
charles B. Galloway. ID. d., NashNllie'
Methodist: John Hail. j. D., New ork'
presbvterian. Talbot ". Chambers, ID.
ID New York, Reformed; David ). Bur
reu. ID. d.. New York. for other denoni-
nations. Would these men ana their
many able ana widely-known associates
l. the representative supporters Oh
measure OF no Importance
Front the Executive Committee III ION
Iat-ne committee by our Richmond c. m
r.lttee. and the general counsel OF the
Arbitration Alliance which they asso-
r.taa with themselves to carry out TINS
f....pre in Great Britain, ana some
r..nlte measures, q very long list OF
ai.. men could be given. Let a short
or. .ufncc. The efficient secretary, VINO
ms l.l the movement there ". Evans
Darby. Ii. D.; sixteen members OF ar
l..urut. Right Hon and Most Key. LOra
I..nket. j.. H., Archbishop OF Dubhh'
IIeht Rev. B. +. Westcott, ID. d., bishop
OF Durham: two other bishops, number
of yoll-Nmown canons ana deans, e'sht
principals Of colleges; W. +. stead, Gator
OF the Review OF Reviews, the venerable
Friend, Isaac sharp. G.. ID. Mathews
H. H.. 5. H. Booth -. D., i. II. Meyer
D. D.. Alexander Maclaren, ID. D., James
stalker ID. H., and those popular Lonuoh
preachers, Joseph Parker, Newman nan
md Hugh price Hughes-but space rams
a. enumerate all who are known on ms
side. as wei as on the other SIDE OF inc
Atlantic
WHY MONEY Is NEEDED.
Those who are asked 20 give viii wish
g. know Tor what the money IS wanted
The committee has had 10 issue num-
ber OF circulars, some Of them ~ two or
three languages. Thirty-two editions Oh
Tho petition IN the languages OF the az
f.rgrt countries have been printed IN
style suitable for signature and presenta-
ton % the governments. The iunds TO
meet these expenses have been coh'll-
buteI by the members Of the committee
ana friends In Richmond and elsewhere
VINO helped them from time TO time.
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