Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-01

ever, is to revert to the use of English a
fact which will strengthen the efforts Of
the conference committees to devise q
plan by which both can work in harmony
The English lutherans now have two col
ieges-one in North Carolina and one in
kansas-and a publishing house in Pitts
burg.
1t is reported that two Mormon mission
aries are on their way to this city A few
days ago they Were heard from in the low
sr part of Virginia, where they are said to
nave created considerable excitement
among the country people. AS the men
travel only on foot their progress is neces-
sarily SLOW. They derive their sustenanoe
from those who are willing TO contribute.
and if when night overtakes them there Is
no house for them to lodge in they sleep In
barn or hay NOV. When refused food
they travel until they find friends. It
is said they will not carry money with them
and are willing to endure all manner Of
privaticn, hoping thereby to advance the
interests of their cause.
Persons who attended the great auniver-
sary meetings of the Baptist churches of
the United States in San Francisco and
who have returned here say they were not
Only among the very best ever held by the
Baptists. but the holding of them on the
Pacific coast was itself an achievement OF a
nigh order. over 400 persons crossed the
continent to attend them, and twice as
many more received them at San Francisco
Great meetings We're held at Omaha Col
orado Springs, Salt Lake and Los Angeles
on the way out. and at Portland, Ore. and
other places on the return journey.
The work of the Association of the Pro-
pasdtlon OF the Faith in the United States
is & subject in which great interest is felt
among Catholics in this city. During the
year recently ended. according to the an
nual report, which has just been issued
the association received from all sources
sl,33S.3ll SO, all of which WIS spent In sf-
~ hDr ha, Of hr. rny,t.x
tor.
The society. which now has branches in
all parts of the world. was organized as a
result of appeal by Bishop Dubourg of
New Orleans. in 1915 This appeal was
heard by two French ladies then visiting in
that city. Upon their return to their home
in Lyons they set about collecting funds
for the benefit of the diocese Of New Or
leans. and succeeded in getting Il number of
the factory girls to agree to contribute one
cent week for the purpose. From this small
commencement the work spread until asso-
Citations for the propagation of the faith
were formed in all the Catholic countries
of Europe.
Contributions are sent to the associa ton
from every part of the world, and II ia the
principal source of the support of Catholic
missions throughout the globe and through
this means thousands of missionaries are
maintained, either entirely Or in part. II is
said there is scarcely a diocese in the
United States that is not benefited by 1t.
In an address delivered a few DAYS aso
Cardinal Gibbons, in referring to the work
of the society said that had it not been for
the financial aid received from this associa-
ton it would have been impossible for him
to accomplish the work he did while at the
mead of the Ficariate-Apostolic of North
Carolina.
There is no complexity about the organ
lzatlon. In each parish there is branch,
the members of which pay one cent Il week,
or hfty-tWo cents year. The chief officer
or the organization in this country is Rev
Or. Magnen, president of St. Mary's Semi
hary, with Rev. Dr. II. Granjon mission
airy apostolic. Both these ministers have
devoted much time and energy to the work
since they were requested to take hold of
the matter, about year ago, and the re-
sur mas been that the contributions In the
United States for the twelve months iusf
ended were over $4,000 more than they
We're TWO years since.