Evening star., 1901-01-05

in mission tefds tha hay S be be- speciSea H SeaF BY
individual donors. III D.
In harmony with jqhe direction of the
third sunday in November r 1eoi' has" has BEEN een
designated as the das for receiving the
thank Offering of eath,Ichurch.
In letter received here from Mr. John
M. Dean, army setretary of the Young
Mems Christian Association, it is stated
that there has justfheen erected at Jaro,
Philippine Islands, the first Baptist church
to be constructed In that part of the world.
1t is built. the lettRf zgoes on to say of
mating and bamboosc and is located at the
place above namedhthree miles north of
Iloilo, and an important native center.
Here Is the mercado for thirty villages. a
gossiping and trading spot thronging every
Thursday with hundreds of mountain and
new church is a better edifice than the
First Baptist Church of Jerusalem could
boast, and the Jaro river three blocks
away. is far larger than Hezekiah's pool
which was near the Jerusalem church.
The eleventh annual conference of the
Colored Young Mems Christian Associa-
tions of the District of Columbia Virginia
week in Baltimore. About thirty delegates
were in attendance. The address of well
come was made by General Secretary w.
E. Williams of the Baltimore city associa-
W. H. Stokes of Richmond, Va. Addresses
on various topics were made by ]. E. More
land. D. o. Shelton of New York. S. c.
Burrell of Richmond. Va, l.. B. Moore of
Washington, George F. Tibbitts and W. A.
Hunton.
The movement started for the purpose of
waking up America religously is the carry
ing out of an idea advanced by the late
Dwight l.. Moody, the wOrld-famous evan
gelist originally suggested by the forward
movement inaugurated by the Methodist
Episcopal Church. The object is the con-
version Of 100000 souls and to raise S20,-
O0.0O0 for denominational Christian work
before January 1. 1902. Mr.. William Phil
lips Hail. who Is now at the head of the
resulting movement was among the first
to inaugurate it. He called successive con-
ferences of clergymen to discuss the Ques-
ton. Since then hundreds have become in
terested and headquarters have been opened
in New York, and the work is now well
under way Correspondence has been held
with all sections of the country. and will
be continued until every possible Christian
agency has been reached and invited to
share in the work.
This movement Is regarded rs the first
occasion in history when men of all denonii-
nations and church societies have united
In an interdenominational movement to pro-
an entire nation. The cardinal principles
upon which the plan Is to be developed
are comprised in the following: The move
ment is to be directed by representative
tian churches. and by leading representa-
tives of the Christian societies. Their effort
will be "a union movement effected by such
persons as individual Christians, and not as
official representatives of their respective
churches and societies. The movement will
have but one object in view-the simple
preaching of and the witnessing to Christ
and Him crucified, for the regeneration of
the unsayed and the sanctification of be-
levers: 1t is to be a movement founded
upon the Bible, viewed as the inspired word
Of God and upon the evangelical basis; by
common consent all doctrinal controversy
is to be barred from the movement.
Special services for the week Of prayer,
commencing Monday next, will be held in
the Assemblys Presbyterian Church. Rev.
Geo. P. Wilson, DID,. pastor, will be as
sisted by the following ministers and lay
men: Monday evening, Rev. Wallace Rad
cliffe. d. D.; Tuesday evening, former Judge
Stanton J. Peelle; "Wednesday evening, Mer-
rill E. Gates. LID: Thursday evening. Mr..
VIM. f. Andrews: Friday evening, Rev.
Teunis S. Hamlin, DID. l.