Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-20
IN THE G H U RC H E S

I'm THE CHURC H S
An appeal has been made by Mr.. Dwight
l.. Moody, the well-known evangelist, for
funds to carry on the work of the Christian
| commission among the soldiers in the vari-
| Gus camps. LII part Mr.. Moody says
MANY things in camp tend to work
| against a religious life. Take the canteens,
for example. L suppose those who have
| never visited the camp nave no idea about
the tremendous pressure there is upon a
| man to drink beer / fear that many a
man is finding it irresistible. Then there are
| impurity and all the temptations that come
in any sucn large body of men. idle much
| of the time. Gambling, profanity and foul
| speech abound on every hand.
| ITO meet this need many of the chap
| laius are doing excellent work and are a
| great blessing to the men. Then the army
| and navy Christian commission has been
| formed to help them. The purpose of this
| organization is to reach the men and lead
| them to Christie an open confession of
| Christ and an out-and-out Christian life.
| The great means that God has ordained
for doing this is the preaching of the gos-
| pei. We are therefore sending men to the
| different camps to preach. We have sent
! the best men We could find in the country
| men of ability and experience in such work
! such as General O. Q. Howard. Major
| Whittle, Mr.. Sankey, DR.. Dixon, DR..
| Wharton and DR.. Torrey. They have been
! preaching with wonderful results. Major
| Whittle says he never saw such a revival
| as that now going on among the soldiers
| in Camp Thomas. Upward of 900 men
| at this one camp have made public profess
! sion OF their faith in Christ. Nearly as
many have profesed conversion at Tampa.
I ha1 s.air
| ing a decided stand before their comrades.
| Hundreds take part in the meetings for
| testimony, and their changed lives and the
| changed moral atmosphere of many of
the camps prove that the work is true
and deep one.
The commission, workers do not confne
| themselves to preaching. There are three
other departments to the work, adj how
ever, supplementary to the great work of
| preaching the gospel and with the same
end in view. One of these methods of work
| is the erection of a tent in each brigade to
serve as a reading room. The tents are
| equipped with the current newspapers
| magazines, etc. and also furnish the men
with writing, paper, envelopes, pen and Ink
and a comfortable place to write their
| letters home. Then each tent has an ice
water barcelona Of the most effective
| ways founl for keeping men away from
the beer canteens."
| The directors of the Central Union Mis-
| sion in Washington have authorized the
| organization OF q ScnOOl TO De KNOWN as
the Bible Training School Until the con-
| ditions warrant change the school will
| be an organic part of the Central Union
l Mission, under the management of the
| board of directors, but its finances will be
| kept separate, until regulations are adopt
| ed by the board, and the conduct of the
! school will be intrusted to a selected body
| of men. to be known as the trustees of
| the school, who will be designated by the
mission board. to hold office at the will
of the board.
| The school will offer four courses of study
as follows: (a) A course in the study of
| the English Bible. CD A course in the
| church history (c) A course in English
| composition and vocal culture. (d) A
course in practical methods of work, in
| Guiding practical experience. To these ends
will be added training in special lines, as
occasion may arise. The courses will cover
| two years of training, and those who COM
plete them satisfactorily will be awarded
| certificates of graduation.
The ministers and members OF the Afri-
| can NJ. E. Church in Washington and vi
| cinity have received notice that the COM
mittee appointed to select place OF meet
| ing for the general conference OF 1870 have
determined upon Columbus, ONO, as the
most suitable location
This general conference promises to be of
great Importance, as it will have many
! great questions to settle, Among these VIII
be the management of the mission work in
| Africa, Porto Rico, Philippines and Cuba,
| together with the election of two home
| bishops and perhaps two African bishops,
| one for South Africa and one for west
Africa. Then the financial part OF the
| church needs remedel!nG, it Is said, and to
| be put in better working order.
| The committee of arrangements is com
posed of Bishop B. F. Lee. DID. Lib
chairman, Wilberforce. Ohio; Rev. ]. H.
| Jones, DID,, Columbus, Ohio; Rev l. n.
Ross. Columbus. Ohio; Rev. w. s. Lowery.
| PIttsburg, Pa; Rev. Charles Bundy. Cleve-
| land, Ohio; Rev. James M. Townsend, Gin
| cinnati Ohio; Rev. W. j. Johnson. DID,,
| Springfield. Ohio; Rev. j. G. GazaWay,
| DID. Pittsburg. Pa; Mr.. r. F. Williams.
| Columbus Ohio; Mr., Sandy Carlton. Co
| lrmbus, Ohio: Bishop w. D. Derrick. DID,,
hartman; Bishop B. w. Arnett, DID,. sec
| retary; Rev. M M. Moore. DID,. treasurer,
general conference commission.
| A prominent church worker of this city,
| who recently visited New York, said to
Star reporter:
| Some Spaniards in Cuba are apparently
determi, ed to be amused. though ot,ers
starve The American Church Missionary
Society learns that its chapel and mission
| house in Matanzas, which 1t feared at one
| time might be destroyed by the lombard
| ment. has been turned into a vaudeville
| theater. at which the attendance. until
very recently, at least. was large. The
chapel and mission house are located on
| St.-John-of-God street, and those who wor-
| shipped in it before the war called them
selves the 'Faithful-to-Jesus' congregation.
1.-The property was purchased eleven
years ago, at cost of 1880 In golc. and
the society exDcfidt0 e--ttV upon H. IL was
| the first Episcopal church to be built in
Cuba. There are four rooms in the upper
story and eight in the lower, with a
| kitchen and store room. Originally at the
| back there were three large rooms. These
were thrown into one, and day school
was maintained in it. The school had
about $50 pupils. and the congregation
numbered 300. Until 1882 the Bible was
not circulated in Cuba. In that year the
American Bible Society sent its first agents
there: One of them was the Rev. Mr.;
Quartz in charge of the chapel and school
| at Matanzas, until driven out by the war
The society is preparing to reopen its
work and drive out the theater imme-
diately Matanzas comes into American
hands
"It is said that the oldest Catholic sister
In America belongs to the archdiocese of
Baltimore. This is Sister Ellen Joseph of
the Oblate Sisters of Providence who is
said to have lived more than century
She Is now sick in Baltimore. but her con-
d,uon is not considered serious. Her ply
sieIan has, however, given very strict or
ders forbidding all visitors, and to prevent
the occurrence in her presence OF anything
that would tend to excite her. Sister Ellen
Joseph Is now one hundred and seven