Evening star., 1900-12-22

| tapers. The first evening was lighted,
J the second two, and SO on until the eighth
| evening when there will be eight
I burning. All the synagogues both ortho-
| dox and reformed, observed the feast In
| the manner already stated and by special
music.
Mention has already been made that q
| movement to evangelize the world was
started recently In New York. The move
ment has already attracted great attention,
| and the following have signified their in
tention of cooperating in the work: The
| Moody evangelistic enterprises. The United
| Society of Christian Endeavor, the Kings
| Daughters and Sons, the International
| Young Mems Christian Association. the Ma
| tional Young Women's Christian Associa-
! ton and leading editors of church papers
and representative ministers of all denom-
nations.
| central committee to direct the move
| ment has been formed as follows: MIR. Will
| lam Phillips Hall, millionaire evangelist,
| chairman; Mr.. John H. Converse. president
| of the Baldwin Locomotives Works, Phila- :
| delphia Mr.. William r. Moody of North
! field, Mass; Mr.. John Willis Baer OF Bos-
| ton. general secretary Of the United Socie-
| ty of Christian Endeavor; Mrs. Margaret
Bottome, president Of the International So
! ciety of Kings Daughters and Sons; Rev.
Baptist Church. New York; Rev. DR.. Z. p.
| Ingersol, Gen. o. o. Howard. Rev.
| Or. Asa Blackburn, Rev. Dr. Henry
Motlet, Rev DR., Theodore s. Hen
bur Chapman, Mr.. James Talcott, Rev. DR..
l D. j. Burrell, Rev. DR.. J. +. Carson, Rev.
| DR.. ]. l. Vance, Rev. DIR. D. S. Gregory all
| of New York; II. NJ. Moore of Boston; Miss
Mary McElroy, president OF the National
| Young Womens Christian Association; Rev.
| DR.. S. Parks Cadman, Rev. b. Q. Denham,
| Rev DR.. Cortland Meyer and Rev. DR.. A.
| c. Dixon.
| OF all the questions which at the present
| time interesting church people one OF
imnnrtant iS ha cd
| of the Catholic forces Of this country. The
| suggestion has been made by a prominent
| pastor in that denomination that those who
| are managing the matter take into consid-
| Grafton the International Catholic Truth
Society OF Brooklyn. N Y, which is al :
| ready organized. This society has selected
work in which the Truth Society a a whole :
is engaged may be summed up as follows !
The refutation Of all misrepresentation. /
calumnies. etc, against the Catholic
Church. the creation of demand for Cath
olic literature and the distribution of such :
literature in sparsely settled districts,
among Catholics and non-Catholcs, by re-
questing members of the church to remail
their Catholic papers and magazines. The
society is willing also, 1t IS stated to assist
In remedying injustice when called upon.
and It's executive committee will gather all
data relating to a case presented. obtaining
legal advice, and, when satisfied that action
is necessary, quietly bring the matter be-
fore the proper authorities 1t Is further :
suggested that truth society might he
established in every diocese and diocesan
branches added may be found feasible
Mr.. ]. f. Moorland, secretary of the local
branch Of the American Missionary Asso- ;
ciation has prepared report on special
work among colored men, in which he
states there are two lines of work-that
among students and that among young men
in cities. There are, he says, siXty-one as
sociations in various schools, and that forty
or fifty more can be organized.
Mr.. MOOTlanI further states that the first
substantial efforts among the colored young
men were at Norfolk, Va, In 1888. This
work is more difficult than the student
work. In most of the cities, he says. es-
pecially southern, there is no respectable
place, outside OF home and church, for a
colored young man to profitably spend his
evenings. There Is secretary giving his
entire time to the work in this city, at Bal
timore. Norfolk. Va; Richmond, Va; Louis
vile, KY, and Springfield, Ohio. The asso-
Citations are in possession of property ag-
gregating $4,000 in value An important
feature of the work is the conferences held
each year. when delegates are assembled
from each association. Methods in Bible
study and of association are discussed at
these meetings.