Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-10

Efforts are soon to be made, it is said, to
establish in this city one or more branches
of the brotherhood of st. Paul. A circular
received from the general secretary of the
order. among other things, says:
AT the close of 1899 this Methodist fra
ternity reports year of progress and finds
itself, next to the Brotherhood of ST An
drew of the Protestant Episcopal Church,
and the Brotherhood of Andrew and Philip,
which Is Observation-Disclosures, the largest
Protestant brotherhood
THE increase for the year was sixty-two
chapters, containing 1000 men, besides
chapters of the Knights of st. Paul for
boys. These new chapters are located in
many atates, the larger number being in
New York, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, I'LL
nots and Pennsylvania. Among the cities
where several chapters are now organized
are: Buffalo, Syracuse and Utica. N. Y;
New Castle, Pa; Baltimore, Md: Cleve-
land, Ohio; Detroit, Mich; Chicago and
Topeka, Kan.
Cardinal Gibbons has received the long
expected and anxiously awaited ruling Of
Faith at Rome, to which was referred the
controversy between the American branch
OF the Christian Brothers and the superiors
Of the order in France about the teaching
OF the classics In schools, and colleges of
the order In this country. Cardinal Glib
bons received notification of the decision of
the congregation at Rome last week. The
decision is that the teaching of the classics
brothers themselves
While it was hoped that a different de-
cision. would have been given by the au-
thorities at Rome those Thoroughly famfI-
lar with the questions at issue and the OBJ
1ects for which the order Of the brothers of
the Christian schools was organized are
not at all surprised at the ruling which has
Just been made, but which has not yet been
officially made public in this country. AL
though the ruling is against the American
branch OF the order, its application is to be
hot H.
institutions Of the order will not be i'm
paired.
The nineteenth anniversary of the Chris
tian EndeaVor Society, which was cele-
brated in most of the cities of the world
this week. marked the anniversary of one
OF the greatest religious organizations of
the Protestant Christian world-an organ
lZauon which has, in less than half GEN.
tury. gathered over 3.000,0 900 members into
its ranks.
The Christian Endeavor Society has done
Tor intelligent Christianity what Column
bus did for navigation and geographical
has circumnavigated the globe. Its earnest
leaders have made it known the world over:
consequently Christian Endeavor day oc-
CURED the same date on five continents and
any number of islands. Like all great
bodies, it's beginning was humble but its
rapid growth, even in primary state, sig
mtied that it was something more than the
usual organization planned for the sake of
social Christianity. The hold it took on
the young people was but little short of
marvellous, and in a brief time its record
Of rising membership became an unprece-
dented story. AS society for bringing the
younger church membership into a closer
acquaintance it was all that It's president
had hoped it would be.
DR.. Francis E. Clark was It's first presi-
dent, and Is serving in the same capacity
today. He has gone around the world once
in the interest Of the society, and at the
present time is repeating the mission-this
time being accompanied by Mrs. Clark.
The revival services which were In prog
ress at North Carolina Avenue NJ P
Church, Rev. A. N Ward, pastor, for a
number Of weeks have been closed. As
result of the special efforts put forth about
twenty-five persons We're added to the roll
of membership.
The Young Peoples Club Of the same
church, recently organized. is in a highly
prosperous condition. Meetings are held
Monday of each week. The officers of the
organization are: John G. lockwood pres
ident: Miss Martha Hummer, secretary,
and Herbert E. Martyr, treasurer.
r, Or. Talnage will preach for the Ladies
Society tomorrow afternoon at the Church |
of the Covenant, at O. clock,