The herald., 1897-11-21
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CHURCHLY NOTES
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Is 1t possible that the church sooner
. or later will discourage rather thar
otherwise international conventions OF
religious societies like those of the Ep-
worth league? This would seem to bt
the logical inference of an article con.
tributed by NJ. b. Chapman, D. D.. to
the Western Christian Advocate. under
the caption DO Great Conventions
Pay" Among other things DR.. Chap
man, referring to his denominational So
ciety. says: The original design of the
Epworth league was to keep our young
people loyal to our own church and train
them for service for the Master, and
do not believe that these great interna-
tional conventions promote either of
these objects"
The learned doctor is right. What
ever may by justly said of the broaden
ing of religious opinion as one of the re-
suits of great churchly conventions,
there is a certain tendency in such gath
erings to so liberalize denominational
views, that in the calmer atmosphere of
subsequent review the conventional rem
dition is found not exactly in line with
stablished denominational teaching.
Then. observation affords proof that un-
I regenerate human nature is constantly
in evidence among excursionists to such
conventions, and, indeed among the de-
I legates during the session of the con-
vention. One has but to note the free
and-easy conduct of a trainload of these
excellent people en- route to general rem
devious to be made aware of this. If
not told the lookeron in Venice would
never suspect the gay and festive eX
cursionists were members of some
j Christian organization. He might be
excused for being amazed at the orderly
dignity and decorum which We're con-
spicuous by their absence from the
churchly delegates on the train. DR..
Chapman has. evidently. seen fruit of
this Seeding in the lives of the post
delegates from his church to the great
conventions of last summer, and hence
concludes that in point of loyalty to
denominational thinking and in training
men and women for better service to the
Master international conventions are
failures.
Everybody bids godspeed to Com
mander Booth Tucker of the Salvation
Army. in his efforts to find permanent
homes and means of self-support for the
homeless men and women of the United
States. He has selected a fertile and
beautiful tract of land in the Arkansas
valley where hundreds of families from
the great cities of our country will be
located on farms of their own and learn
the dignity and peace of mind which
spring from self-support. Speaking of
the location selected Adjutant NJ ].
Ferre. attorney and general counsel
for the army. says: Il think the country
something grand-the veritable para
disc of America. l think we will need
in all for our first colonization project
about six thousand acres, and we expect
to locate about six hundred families up
on it,
The Herald has frequently spoken in
terms of praise of these people-particu-
larly of this phase of the policy of the
Salvation Army-doirg good to others.
/ That organization is ahead of all other
Christian associations in the matter of
putting the teachings of the Christ into
every day life. The Christian world has
too long wandered lin f1oWery beds Of
ease" satisfied with talking and preach
ing Christianity and leaving the doing
of Christian work severely alone. Teach
ing is good. but by their fruits shall ye
know Them is Christly tenet embrac-
ing the very kernel of the whole Chris
tian doctrine-"al the law and the
prophets"
Mention was made in our last Sundays
Churchly Notes of the charge made by
Rev. Frank Nrooman. that the liberal Cn
point of doctrinal views) churches of
Chicago did not pay their pastors living
salaries. This has since beelt denied by
number of clergymen connected with
the churches referred to. Rev. Thomas
B. Gregory of the Church of the Re
deemer says on this matter: Mr.. Nroo-
mans charge of meanness on the part of
liberal congregations toward their clergy
is a mistake. With the exception of the
Jewish, no clergy receive such large
salaries as do the Universalist and Uni
tartan. The average salary of the lib
era minister is larger tnan that of any
other-and this, too, without any fear
of hell. 1t comes as freely as the grace
of God" AS far as Mr.. Vrooman is
concerned, this last remark of Mr..
Gregory lis the unkndest cut of ALL"
The INDIAN Witness (Calcutta) thinks
that Christendom should aid the Chris
tian nations of Armenia Greece and
Crete in efforts to overthrow the Turk
NO wonder" says that paper, that the
feeling is gaining ground in Moham-
medan lands that Islam is invincible,
and that the aggressive forces of Chris
tianity have no power to turn the fol-
lowers of Mohammed from their faith.
In our advance against heathenism and
idolatry we are leaving an implacable
enem< on our flank, and if we do not turn
aside now to undermine the foundations
live to repent the days when we neglected
to make any adequate effort to over
throw one of the greatest manifesto
tions of the powers of evil which the
world has ever seen"
Now, this is all very well, but it sug-
gests the question why Armenia and
Crete did not turn out and help Greece
in the late war between Greece and Tur-
key? 1t also recalls the utter want of
cohesion and common sense among the
Greeks themselves during that struggle.
The world has painful sense, even yet,
of its disappointment in the outcome of
that war, mainly owing to the demorali-
cation Of the Greek armies, the inca
pacity of nearly all their military (and