Evening star., 1907-10-19
General Church hQw8.
Ama1gamation of Three Denominations Favored
by Committee Report-Ra11y Day Ce1ebra-
tons by Several Local Congregations.

Jesus Christ and the Modern Spirit "
The Christian Religion ard the Human
Race, individual Righteousness and the
| Great Salvation" The Dearth of Minis.
ters The Gail of the World" and THE
Fires of Eathusiasm"
Ihat the Methodist Episcopal pulpits of
iowa conferences are being deserted by
pastors, owing to the smallness of the
pay. and that the question of higher pay
mas reached crisis in the church, is
shown by reports received in Sioux City.
Inc generally expressed opinion is that
rcnglous work Will soon suffer for lack of
ministers unless wages are increased.
IN me conferences just held there were a
| number of preachers who left their
charges to enter business life.
The Rev. George w. King, pastor of
Dumharton Avenue Methodist Episcopal
Church, Georgetown, will leave here the
latter part of the month to assume the
pastcrata of the Peoples Temple Metho-
dlst Church in Boston. Mass.
AT special meeting the official board
OF the church issuad call to the Rev.
James Madison Swadener of Kokomo
Ind, and . telegram has been received
from hirl in which he said he would
accept the call and come to Washington
as soon as possible. DIR. King will preach
MS farewell sermon Sunday, october 81,
and will assume his new pastorate in
Boston the first Sunday in November
Dr. Swadenar is one of the most noted
preachers and lecturers in the middle
west. In kokomo he succeeded in lifting
heavy church debt. besides increasing
tho size of his congregation. which was
one of the biggest in that city.
Mrs SWadener is a Washington woman
ana the announcement OF her husbands g
coming the city was welcome news to
her many friends.
Services at Trinity Church Sd and c
streets northwest, tomorrow will be In
charge of two prominent clergymen who
are visiting in the Capital city In the
morning the sermon Will be delivered by
the Rt. Rev. Logan A. Roats. missionary
bishop from Hankow, China, and in the
evening the Rt. Rev F. w. Keator,
Bishop of Olympia. state of Washington.
will make an address.
The NEXT annual session of the Allie
gheny Synod, Lutheran Church. to which
st. Stephens Church. Cumberland be-
longs. will be one of unusual interest.
An attempt will be mada to discipline
Rev. DR. William Alfred Shipman of
Johnstown for his non-belief in q personal
devil. In a sermon which he recently
preached in the pulpit of Rev. Robert l..
Patterson, president of the synod and
pastor of the Somerset Church, he said:
Il do not believe in fate. I no more
believe in fate than I do In a personal
devil and if I believed in either 1 would
pray God for annihilation."
Rev. Mr. Patterson took exception to
the doctrine. which is contrary to what
he has been teaching from the same pull
pit and he sought to have the recent ses-
sion of the synod take up the alleged
heresy of Rev. DR.. Shipman. He offered
a resolution which called on the synod to
repudiate the language of Dr. Shipman.
but the chair ruled that such a charge
could not be made until after fifteen
n6 hla ,ri--
so the matter goes over until next year
when the incident will probably be the
most important matter discussed. Dr.
Patterson in discussing DR.. Shipman's at
utude said: Il believe it to be an avowal
of his disbelief of the Fundamental doc
trine of the Scriptures and of the Lu-
theran Church as stated in its creed, the
Augsburg confession. article 49,,