The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-28

deep religious temperament, he issmofi2 crate while orthodox. and Is a pro- l found enemy of spiritual fads and fa- naticism. pr. Organizers personal in- fiuence with the Kaiser is, perhaps. ont excelled by that of any statesman in the Empire. not even the Imperial Chancellor. Among his other duties. Dr.. Dryander Is charged with the func- | ton of keeping up to date on current literature for his majesty's benefit. He reads all the new books and recom-
 mends to the Kaiser those he thinks 1t worth while for William II. to peruse. Clergyman for Forty-one Years. { He Is vice-president of the Protest ant Supreme Church Council. is 65 years old and became a clergyman at the ageeof 24. At 27 he became assist
 ant pastor of the royal parish and now has seat in the Prussian House of Lords. He was particularly enthu- siastic over the English visit, as he. had long regretted the estrangement between the churches of the two coun-
 tries. I'm afraid." he once remarked
 to an Anglo o-American divine in Ber- lin. "our English brethren rather re-
 gard us as Christians of the second
 rank"
 Dr. Wilhelm Faber, general superin- l tendent of the Berlin Synod, and also great favorite of the Kaiser. like Dr.. Dryander, Is an eloquent pulpiter. his | sermon at the great memorial service | for Bismarck in Berlin being regarded | classic of it's kind. The Kaiser took pr. Faber with him on his majesty's famous trip to the Holy Land to preach l the inaugural sermon at the dedication | of the German "Saviours Church" at Jerusalem. pr. Faber. born at the | foot of the Harz Mountains is 63 years | old and descended from one of Prus-
 sia's oldest clerical families. He also
 is now a Prussian Peer. A distinguished figure among the l German visitors was that of pr. Gus | tav von Studt. late Prussian Minister 1 of Culture and Worship. a Cabinet of-
 flee carrying with 1t supreme direction l over State Church offairs. Dr. von
 Studt was retired from office a year ago
 as a concession to Liberalism, being
 extremely orthodox in his views of
 church and school affairs. Seventy
 years of age. pr. won Studt rose
 through successive ranks of the Civil
 Service to the position of ora of the
 most influential Cabinet officers in Ger
 many. He enjoyed the confidence of
 the Kaiser iI high degree. and at his
 retirement in 1907 received the highest
 German order. the Black Eagle. togeth- l CT with seatin the Prusisan House of Lords.
 President of Protestant Council. Prfvy Councillor Bodo van Voigts
 made the trip in his capacity as Presi- 1 dent of the Protestant Supreme Coun-
 ell. Herr won Voigts was a barrister and later a Judge, but has always taken an active interest in church af- | fairs. While President of the Hanover | Principicial Consistory he revealed
 such marked administrative ability
 that he five years ago was summoned | to kha -R .s,-4. | the whole Prussian church.
 Count Hugo Sholton Douglas, a dis tinguished Lutheran layman, descended | from the historic Scotch family of his name, was member of the party In
 his capacity as honorary president of
 the German Association Of S1maritans
 and founder of the Protestant League. | Count Douglas, who Is also a captain
 of industry. is best known for his &C., tive and successful work as a tenn l perance leader.
 l Frederick Christian Karl von Bodel-
 schwingh. a veteran of 77 years, might
 perhaps be called the General Booth" | of Germany, so far as social reclama-
 tion work goes. He is the Father
 lands greatest philanthropic worker.
 He inaugurated in 1882 at Btelefeld, in
 the heart of the RheiniSh Westphalian
 industrial region, a system of insti- l tutions which have grown from hum-
 ble beginnings to the most important private phiianthropic undertaking in
 the country. The plant. which Is known as Bethel includes an orphan- age, hospitals for epileptics and in-
 ebriates, an asylum for homeless labor
 CTS. and home for idiot and epileptic
 children. A few years ago he estab-
 lished three branch institutions near
 Berlin. Here more than. 10000 va-
 grants have been reclaimed and helped | to earn their own living. His hobby
 is the salvation of tramps