The herald., 1897-12-05

devotion of it's funds when forming an
adjunct Of Presbyterian church; Con-
gregational when attached to a Con-
gregational church, and so on" On the
other hand, The Lutheran claims that
while the society (Christian Endeavor)
processes to teach denominational 10y
atty it practically undermines it. And
thus the wordy war goes merrily on.
A Sunday school convention, composed
of delegates from all Christendom-a
Sunday school convention for the world
is to be held in London July Ills, 1898.
This will be the third gathering of this
character convened in the worlds great
metropolis. May we not see in the
broadening spirit of religious liberation
which such convention typlfes-
"The baby fingers of the giant mass
OF things to come al large?''
AT any rate, it will be expressive of the
churchly opinions of our century which
would bring all mankind into the safe
and friendly fold of Christian brother
hood.
The statement has been made that
the evangelical churches of Utah are
making no sustained efforts to convert
the Mormons. This, according to the
Literary Digest (November) has been
denied by Superintendent Wishard of
the Presbyterian synod of Utah. Mr..
Wishard states that the Methodist
church has 1900 church members in the
Mormon field, large majority of whom
are from Mormon families. The Presby-
fpri9nG of that I, hoay,
less assiduous in the work of Mormon
conversion. That church has 1116 men,
bers, of whom a large proportion were
formerly Mormons. The combined
forces of Professionalism, he says, report
as many as 5101 members, large per-
centage of whom We're either brought up
in or had Joined the Mormon church.
Besides this there are menin the minis
try and church affairs now doing ef1i-
cient work for the churches who were
converted from the school of the Latter
Day Saints. This looks as If the
Protestant churches of Utah were wide
awake and up and doing.
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The churches of Boston have adopted
way of administering to public pleas
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free organ recitals commenced last win
ter and to be continued during the pres
ent season. This series of musical enter
tainments proved a great success and
doubtless tended to realize the purpose
of the art section of the Twentieth Cen
tury club, under whose auspices they
We're conducted, of promoting "a finer
public spirit and better social order"
Pastors, church committees and musi-
clans co-operated in carrying out the
plan, suggested originally, says William
I. Cole (Review of Reviews, Novenber),
By the mention in DR.. Shaw's book on
Municipal Government in Great Brit
ain" of the free organ concerts provided
by the city of Manchester, England.
The general plan was for two r.. tails in
each Of the churches, regard being had
to their location and the quality of their
organ. Admission was by ticket up to
five minutes before the beginning, after
which tickets We're not required. Repe-
tition of standard works was advised,
and the representation of the English
and Italian schools as we'll as the French
and German, requested. But the rem
dition of severely artistic music was to
be avoided, as we'll as movements of
exceptional length. Says Mr.. Cole:
"Since the interest of the public in organ
music could be tested more satisfactorily
by moderately large number of con-
certs than by few, series of twenty
was arranged, ten to be given in the
evening and ten at the noon hour Sat
urday." The noon program was not to
exceed forty minutes, while the evening
program was limited to one hour. The
success of these free church concerto
may be seen in the fact that the average
for the whole series was not
far from eleven hundred.
Is there not in this note hint to Los
Angeles churches to go and do likewise ?,
OF course we cannot be expected to riva,
Boston in this matter but Los Angeles
churches have several grand organs,
while the musical talent of the city and
the desire to promote "a finer public
spirit" are not a whit behind the metrop-
oils of the Old Bay State.
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1t is one of the dreams of the Vatican
to bring back England into the Catholic
faith. AS is well known at home and
abroad, movement to that effect has
been in progress "in the tight little isl
and" for several years, but rather after
the nature Of a forlorn hope than other
wise. The London correspondent of ths
New York Evening Post gives some sta
tistics recently published in LONDON,
which would indicate a retrograde tend
ency in the aforesaid movement. 1t
seems that out of every one thousand
in England and Wales forty
one are Roman Catholic, the same num-
Der as ten years ago. The number has
been as high as fifty-one N853), while so
late as 1881 and 1882 it was forty-flve |
But revolutions, spiritual as we'll as po-
litical, never go backward, and John
Bull is too deeply immersed in the mon
ey making business to turn his church
revenue into Peters pence.
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Notes are aware that schism exists in |
the ranks of the Salvation army, the
volunteers constituting a distinct
branch. A rumor, starting in England |
was afioat that a reunion between these |
spiritual factions would soon take place. |
The Literary Digest (November 2O), |
prints statement by Mrs. Ballingtor |
Booth, which shows that the roots of the |
issues between the army and the vol
lnteers strike too deeply and seriously to |
make present union of the divisionists |
probable. She says: "The story that |
there may be an amalgamation of the
Two organizations is without founda-
lion. Commander Ballington Booth and
Al a rn ~ nt NJ ho1