Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-16
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to Indianapolis to attend the national con
vention Of Christian Missionary societies
and is not expected to return to Washing
ton before the close of next week. At tn,
| recent meeting of the Christian Missionary
Society Of Maryland, Delaware and the Dis
| trtct of Columbia, held in Hagerstown, Md.
| DR.. Power was elected president for the en-
suing year.
The annual meeting of the Catholic arch
| bishops of the United States will be held
In this city during next week. Carolina
| Gibbons will preside and it is expected thai
| all the archbiskops, except one, will be IL
| attendance. Among the matters to be con
| sidered will be a plan of administra
| ton OF Catholic Indian missions 1t is said
| that archbishops who have Indians in thei,
| archdiocese will themselves undertake
| their care and instruction, the same as they
| have always done in the case of orphans
| and that the bureau of Indian missions, as
| at present constituted, and which has beer
| main tanning missions and schools for many
| years. will be abolished.
In accordance with the recommendation
| of the general M. E. conference permanent
| committee on temperance and prohibition
| tomorrow will be observed as temperance
| day In the churches of that denomination
| here, in place of the fourth Sunday in No
| vember, as heretofore.
A prominent Christian Endeavorer of this
| city has received communication from
Mr. John Willis Baer, general secretary OF
| the United Societies of Christian Endeavor
| on subject concerning which there is
| much difference of opinion among many
| OF the members. namely, whether or not
| the Christian Endeavcr societies are or are
| not undenominational.
| Mr.. Baer says. Now and then We hear
some Christian Endeavor speakers who
| really ought to know better. use the term
| undenominatio nal. and picture the death OF
the denomination. Well, l am not a prophet
| or the son of a prophet and l always feel
| my limitations at such times, for my vision
| Ill Its less extensive sweep never takes in
Such possibility, because there would
have to be complete reorganization of
| Christian Endeavor principles if Christian
Endeavor is to destroy denominations and
| become undenominational.
Each Endeavorer is pledged to his own
| church, remember. and long as that is
| true Christian Endeavor can take no steps
| without its church's leadership, and each
| church Will have to give UP its denomi-
! national utilization before Christian En-
deavor can be undenominationaL
we have today in the Christian En-
deavor convention the bes, example
| know of interdenominational fellowship.
and like and believe in it, and praise the
Lord for 1t. and want more of it: but at
! the same tir1e never expect to see unde-
| nominate 'nalism promoted by Christian
Endeavor principles"
leading Baptist of this city In talkiEy
with Star reporter. sad that he regarded
1t as peculiarly unfortunate just at this
stage of the development of negro Bap-
| lists. that there should be on their part as
| is quite evident In some quarters, any lack
! of appreciation of what has been done for
| them by their white brethren. '.All that
they are" said he land all that they have
| been able to achieve by their own efforts
| has been made possible for them largely
| through the schools established and main
tanned for them through their white
friends, and through the help which has
been extended TO them along many lines by
those whose only motive has been to be
| helpful. believe that toward the close of
| the century TIE negro Baptists in this
country will probably number very nearly,
| Ii not quite, 1000 OOO-a number as great
| as that of all the white Baptists. north
| and south The development of this mass
| of people along right lines industrially in
tellectIally. morally. relgiously. politically,
socially, is a Eerculean task that will tax
to the utmost the wisdom of those among
them upon whom necessarily rests the
leadership of responsibility
report has been received here of an ad-
dress delivered few days ago by Bishop
Hurst before the lay association of the
Central Illinois conference. The bishop
stated that he became prouder of the Meth
odist laity every year. The laity had al
ways been loyal to the doctrines and pol
| 1ty of the church, and when secessions had
| taken place the laity who seeded had fol
lowed the lead of some minister. This has
| Deen Characteristic also of the laity in all
| the history of the Christian church He
| had always believed in lay representa- ton
| In the general conference, he said, and in
! time the laymen would doubtless obtain
| equal representation in the annual confer
| ence. He saw no reason why having rep
resentation in the general conference the
| laity should not be represented in the an
| nual conference. with powers 10 pass upon
many matters which come before that
body, but not to vote upon the passage
| OF the character Of ministers or upon the
making of appointments. Such is the high
respect in which the laity is held by the
ministry that possibly before long the lat
ter would admit laymen to a share in the
powers of the annual conference
The granting of representation in the
general conference had greatly increased
| the interest and activity of laymen, he
said, and had resulted in more generous
support of the educational and benevolent
| interests of the church. He congratulated
| the association on Its organization and ex-
| pressed the wish that every conference in
| the church might have a similar associa-
ton. Their discussions were valuable to
| themselves and the church. In the con.
sfderation Of the important denominations
| questions to which laymen are now giving
| attention, he suggested patience and an
extensive reading Of the history of the
church.
It is stated that the address was received
| with marked evidence of appreciation and
will be an event in the history of the Cen
trail Illinois Association
| rev Lewis X. Dunn, D. D.. Of East
| orange, N. j., has given his library OF
~oooe A'ooO SoiuiIicS 10 tQ0 American Uni
! Versity, and Mrs. DIR. Harmon of Balti.
| more Is now arranging to transfer to the
same institution the library of her former
| husband, the late Prof. Henry M. Harmon
| of Dickinson College
Rev. DR.. S. NJ. Newman, pastor of the
First Congregational Church in this city
| has sent letter to Father Francis 81
| Clark, president Of the United Society OF
Christian Endeavor, in reference to the
anniversary of the orga nization which has
Just taken place. in which he says:
The Christian Endeavor Society of nv
church In its three branches, junior. inter
mediate and senior, is and has always been
q most helpful and loyal factor in our
church life. My church trusts the society
completely and looks to it as a large in.
nuence In securing future growth and
spiritual power. TIE society is utterly true
| TO the pastor. to the church and to the
denomination. At the same time its snirit
OF fraternity with all Christians is most
beautiful os'
The Baltimore Epworth League Union
has under consideration. in Connection
with the other young peoples unions in
that city, plan by which fraternal CO.
operation on various questions of mutna,
| interest can be secured, and have requested
| each OF the following to appoint a com
mittee of three persons to have a confer
ence on the subject: Christian Endeayor.
Epworth League, Baptist Young Peoples
| Union, Epworth League NJ 81 Church
South Brotherhood of st. Andrew and