Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-10

600. OF tf1e4e 300. 90 are In Turkey In
Europe; II. ooo, 60 II, western ASH and
Isfndostan; 10000 ,0o0 In China; 50. 100000
In northern and northeastern Africa,
and $4,000, 900 are scattered in other,
parts Of the world a.
THE HOLY NAME SOCIETY.
The Holy Nan1t societyi is a Catholic
organization that has inaugurated q
crusade against profanity The Holy
Name societies OF brooklyn recently.
assembled iii that city and marched
thru the streets In great procession.
The thousands Of smen in line represent
ed no lees than sixty societies u the
Holy Name attached to az many
churches.
I CRUDrTIES OF PUBLIC PRAYER.
IChicago Standard.l
For five ministers that can preach
to the edificatioh OF Intelligent Chris
tians, there Is hardly one that can gem
timely lead" In prayer. The rest oc-
cupy certain conventional number of
minutes in the enumeration of desired
blessings, In language of a recognized
dialect, neither Biblical nor colloqnia;.
and round out the prayer TO a familiar
close. The beginning of the trouble IS
that, so far as we know. no serious
attention is given in theological semi
naries to the training Of young minis-
ters In public prayer. Little orsno time
Is given to the study of the best ex-
amples OF such prayers. in the Bible,
1.-THE writings OF saints and sages. the
Book OF Common Prayer the works
of modern preachers. The young mar
OF limited education has his sermons
Erigidly criticised by his instructors. as
to material ARRANGEMENT, style. deliv-
cry. In his public prayers he clings to
provincialisms of speech. such as for
give us ofsouf sins, 7 to the childish OF
too familiar dear Jesus. 10 THE hack
neyed phrases of. the prayer meeting
room Bless all Tor whom We should
pray May thy Spirit rest down upon
us" and that to bless. this branch
Of thy Zion and the like. He cortin-
ues to utter prayers without dignity
without depth Without reality; and In
all this he goes on without "a guide,
learning better. IL he ever does, by OBJ
serving the faults of others and com
pairing them with his own. This is ali
wrong. The public prayer. tho limited
In time. is equally important with the
sermons as a means of raising human
hearts to the level5of things divine. II
is worth studying and worth teaching
We venture to say that many prayers
are spoken every sunday morning
which the speakers would not be will
| ing to have appear in print unrevised
simply because their crud:ties-gram
NAUTICAL. rhetorical. -thaologi cal-woult
be too obvious. The notion prevails ii
many quarters that prayer should be
lientirely extemporaneous. and evidence
abounds that some ministers give nc
portant part of their public duties.
ssentence that is too vague, too weak
itoo repetitious fol. sermon is not a
4 for prayer. Language that would no
pass muster in q sermon can never b
worthy OF the sacred mystery ant
miracle of prayer.
THE RUSSIAN MISSION IN PERSIA
E[Joel Werda, in the New York Exam
iner.l
.Abou t three years ago the news of TIL,
entrance of the Russian tnissionarie!
4 into Persia created an effect rathe
i than sensation. The presence Of til,
4 Museovite priests in Grlnia caused nj
little uneasiness among the missionar.
4 circles of both America and England
4 In fact. whether 1t was due to eithel
4 pure acknowledgment on the part of TIL
British mission. on account of an ap
I pafently spontaneous Willingness of TIL
4 Assyrian Christians to subscribe +,
! the articles of the Russian faith. o
perhaps to some other apprehension Of
A their part of which we may be entirel,
4 in Ignorance the authorities Of tn
English church determined to give vi
their missionary operations in the ad
Joining territory Of KoordiStan, in tn
4 Turkish empire The representatives y
4 the American mission could not. Q
course. ever think OF following the ex
4 ample of their English brethren. Blu
4 even they felt impelled TO reduce thei
Il native force and close not a few {
. their rural mlssi0us The Russia
4 priests. meanwhile, conducted by thei
4 new native bishop, lost no time ii, can
4 wasting every village and giving til
people the most brilliant hopes of a
Immediate political chang induce
u nent which alone was sufficient I
3 make the people sign their names
q the Book Of Redemption. as fas
land as eagerly as the American vote
who wishes to cast his ballot al pres
idential election. They carried Wit
5lsthem the greetings Of the empress 4
q Russia telling the poor and ignprar
villagers that at the next Easter hol
a day every family that embraced til
q .orthodox faith" would receive an er
itire years provisions, together witt, :
rubles in cash as a token of love frol
her ma esty.6the czarina.
The methods employed by the Rus
81 sian priests. which have noted III m
a previous article are by no means orig
inal. They have followed the exampl
4 OF the shrewdness of the Roma
a priests. who promised the molntai
"A HISTORIANS every protection again:
the Turkish atrocities on the nonditio
that they should accept the suprsmac
n of the pope The Russian priests
pursuing this method have SO far m,
With decided failure. Their voice he
not been needed in the Persian court
q they have failed In rendering any MA t,
rial assistance to their followers whe
in political trouble, they have Kept III
wires between Urmia. Tabriz and II
y heran busy. but for reasons ,lnknoW
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