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Evening star., 1908-01-19
NOTES OF CHURCH PROGRESS ROUND THE WORLD
is said, than were used after the miracle

| is said, than were used after the miracle
of Pentecost.
| The home mission work among the Ko-
reans in San Francisco is not yet a year
| DID, but it has proven successful be-
| Yond all anticipation.
There are now in this country eighty
| iour societies of the National City Evan
| yelization Union. their annual expendi-
| lures being upward of $780,
The total number of recognized Metho-
dist ministers throughout the world is
fixed by the official .'kalendar'' at 51,311,
with 103. 49, lay preachers.
In forty years Rev Warren II. Coch-
rane, who has just closed his pastorate
at the Presbyterian Church in Antrim,
N. H., has missed only two Sundays.
The Methodsts of Indianapolis have
completed and recently opened for use a
splendid hospital equipped with all the
latest appliances for effective work.
The keynote of Lord Kinnaird's mes
sage last year to the Young Mems Chris
tian Association was Work." which this
year is changed to achievement
| The new Christian Science Church at
Des Moines is ready for dedication a
mortgage of $4,000 having been lifted
nearly a year prior to the time it was
due.
With all but two months of it's financial
year gone, the Wesleyan Missionary So
ciety of England has received but one
| fourth of it's income, and the bank rate
is SO high that interest makes borrowing
| almost out of the question.
Over 100000 is invested in the training
schools, hospitals, homes and other insti-
tutions devoted to the work of the deacon
esses of the Methodist Church in this
country.
For thirty years Rt Rev Mons Cannon
of st. Patricks Church at Lockport, N Y.
has been planning the parochial school,
which he has just seen completed and
ready for use.
Quitting a successful business venture to
enter the ministry, Rev. T. G. Lewis after
serving several churches in Michigan
has now been elected field secretary of the
Baptist Young Peoples Union of the state.
The congregational Union Year Book
for Great Britain shows a total of 4 % ,
churches and mission stations with a
seating accommodation for 1,s01, 447 per-
sons, but the church roll has but 49o 90.
names.
The expenses of the Pan-Angican CON
gress, which is to be held the coming
summer in London, are estimated at abou:
$4,000, nearly all of which will be raised
by the sale of tickets for the yfirious meat
ings.
The Duchess of Portland has opened at
Hucknali Torkard, place near Noting
ham, Eng and, fine church hall in mem
ory of the late Canon Godber, nearly all
the cost being betrayed by the duke
Stoke Hall. recently purchased as resi-
dencs for the new Bishop of Suffolk Eng
land, has been found to contain some
most extraordinary cellars, with beauti-
fully groined roofs of great archaeological
interest.
According to statistics gathered by the
Methodists of England. the membership
of the various sections of the church
throughout the world totals S,44S. 964. this
number including probationers. as agains,
1868, ,o19 two years ago.
Evening star., 1908-01-19

After week of festivities in celebra-
ton of the seventy-fifth anniversary of
the founding of the Concordia Evangelical
northwest, the jubilee will be brought to
a close at the service in the church this
morning at IL o'clock.
The feature of this closing session will
be the presentation to the church of
Bible given by the German emperor.
Kaiser Wilhelm sent the handsome book
to the German embassy in this city, 1t
being received Friday morning. The Ger
man ambassador turned it over to Rev.
Paul A. MenZel, pastor of the church.
yesterday morning, and the formal pres
entation ceremony will take place today.
1t is expected that representative of the
kaiser connected with the local embassy.
will attend the service and formally ten
der the gift to the congregation.
In his inscription in the Bible, the Ger
man Emperor refers to Romans, iii :2S
for which the English version is as fol-
lows. I'VE reckon, therefore, that a
man is justified by faith apart from the
works of the law"
The gift is large altar Bible with
silver trimmings, and in binding and
printing, it is declared, 1t Is fine spcci-
men of the bookbinder's and printers
art
today At all of the previous jubilee serv-
ices, it is explained, ministers of other
churches or representatives of laymen
have been given the principal addresses.
The head of the congregation will give
his anniversary message today.
Evening star., 1908-01-19
New Plan for Raising Funds.

1t is announced that revival meetings
are being conducted at Shiloh Baptist
Church, on l. street near 18th street,
every night.
Shiloh Baptist Church has introduced
a new and unique method of raising
church funds. Each member is given an
offertory calendar containing an envelope
for each Sunday in the year In these
envelopes is deposited the money for
the current expenses. In addition TO the
calendars each member is given a small
savings bank, the. key of which is held
by the church treasurer, and in these
little banks is deposited the offering of
the people toward the liquidation o. the
church debt. These banks emptied
by the officers of the church once a
month The offerings for missions are
gathered in glass birthday banks"
which are passed at the close of the ser
mon each Sunday by eight young women.
Evening star., 1908-01-19
FIFTH TOUR OF WORLD.
Bishop Wilson's Trip Covers Nearly
10000 Miles.

Bishop Alpheus W. Wilson of the Meth
odI;t E,piscoual Church South has returned
+, his home in Baltimore from a trir
around the world, on which he covered
about 1000 miles. This was his fifth
tour around the world. the former ones
having been made in 1856. 1883, 1850 and
1898.
During his sojourn through Korea on
his recent trip, Bishop Wilson met Bishop
Ea.l Cranston the resident bishop OF
the Methodist Episcopal Church in Wash
Ington. who was lin the orient inspecting
the missions of that church.
The occasion of the last trip OF BISHOP
Wilson to the orient was the centenary
celebration of the establishment of the
first PRESBYTERIAN mission in emma by
Robert Morrison which was held at
Shanghai.
After the mission conference in Shang-
hai. Bishop Wilson went To Japan, where
he attended the first general conference
of the Japanese Methodist Episcopal
Church at Toxic He returned to Shang-
hal at the close of the general confer
anca and then went directly 10 Seoul,
Korea. 10 inspect the Korean mission
lie Id a branch of the Chinese mission.
From Korea. Bishop wilson Went 10
Peking. spent the summer IN Japan ana
.ater visited Ceylon, India, the Medlter-
ranean and London
Evening star., 1908-01-19
Colored Y. M. C.. A. Events.

Rev W. NJ. Clair. pastor, of Asbury
Methodist Episcopal Church. corner OF
11th and X streets northwest, is to b.
the principal speaker at the Y NJ C. A.
meeting for colored men at the True Re-
formers Hall. corner 18th and u streets.
this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. His sub
ject will be THE Higher Life Mr.. Ma
thanel Guy an elocutionist of this city.
will contribute several readings.
Benjamin Washington. the secretary.
announces that preparations are being
made for DIR. Lyman B. Sperry. who will
deliver a series of lectures in this cav
under the auspices of the Y. NJ c. A.
the last week in this month. Friday.
January 81. DIR. Sperry will appear at the
colored branch at 7:45 o'clock to talk on
Personal Purity" The clergy and the
laity are to be invited to this lecture.
but no boys under fifteen will be ad-
mitted.
January 10 Mr.. w. f. Andrews. auditor
of the United States Treasury. will de-
liver an address upon Builders and Their
Models
Evening star., 1908-01-19
Cons Of Literature.
Two Billion Pieces Are Circulated Among Prot.
estant Denominations ACKNOWLEDGMENT for
Publications Increasing Enormously.

pieces sent out in twelve months. There
were 2.Sl4 .?6J copies of books and tracts
and a2SsS.l .l"3 periodicals. together with
$3.50 annual reports. These were distrib-
uted through Philadelphia. New York.
Chicago, St. Louis, San Francisco and
Nashville principally. The sales brought
In a total Of s6S6. "a. and as good
part of the work. brings no profit II lis
fair To assume that the outlay was nearly
that amount
The Baptist Publication Society in one
day school papers and magazines alone.
These ran from a sixty four-page full
magazine-siZe print down to the tiny leaf
lets used in the primary classes, the sales
reaching a total of S66i 695.6-
The Lutheran printing house turns out
an average of nearly 3i5 900 pieces month
~, or total Of over 4,o,OOoo in twelve
months. All of these have TO do with the
Sunday school lessons.
over :30O.ooo tracts, coco copies OF
the UNCONVENTIONAL magazine. 1900 year
books and thousands of larger publica-
tions came from the Unitarian Associa-
tion house.
There are no figures available to give an
exact idea of the number of pieces put
out by the American Sunday School
Union. but il has distributed over $40
600 uA worth of literature free during its
existence and sold many times that
amount so that 1t is safe to place its out
put at close to 55,O00000 pieces yearly
The American Tract Society printed. as
shown in the last report 2,Tl6.4g9 copies
of ct, 204 ,613 pages and since its formation
has put out S6.sS5,40I copies.
Evening star., 1908-01-19

" HE new laws of the Catholic Church
governing the engagements and
marriages of Catholics will be pro-
mulgated in all the local churches of that
denomination within a short time. and
they will go into effect Easter Sunday.
Under the new regulations engagements
of Catholics are not considered valid un-
less made in writing and signed by. the
two principal parties and the parish priest
or two witnesses.
Marriages of Catholics are not regarded
by tine church as valid unless they are
performed by a Catholic priest or ordi-
nary in the presence OF two witnesses.
Previously the marriage of Catholics by
Protestant ministers or by legal officers
was considered valid although such cere-
monies laid the contracting couples open
To accommodation from the church.
The new laws We're made by the sacred
congregation of the council, under in
structions from Pope Plus X
The decree begins by reciting the rea-
sons for its adoption. 1t declares that
under the old laws regarding marriages
there have been many unions which We're
null because of lack of definite instruc-
tions on some points. To remedy the
defects and adopt some notifications the
preparation of the new laws was ordered.
Regarding engagements the new laws
say: "Ony those are considered valid
and produce canoncal effects which have
been contracted in writing. signed by both
parties and by either the parish priest
or the ordinary of the place or at least by
two Witnesses The laws also provide
that if either of the parties cannot write
that fact must be noted in the agreement
and another witness required.
Regarding. marriages the decree says:
Evening star., 1908-01-19
BISHOPS OF A. M. E. ZION
CHURCH WILL MEET HERE

Plans are now being made for the enter
tainment of the board of bishops of the
African VI. E. Zion Church, which is to
meet in the Union Wesley Zion Methodist
Episcopal Church, on 23d street, for
several days beginning February 5.
For the opening session of the conven-
tion the following program has been ar
ranged: Rev. DR.. w. H. Davenport. pastor
of Union Wesley Church, will call the
meeting of bishops to order and introduce
Resident Bishop J. w. Smith. who will
preside Recorder of Deeds John c. Dan
cy will deliver the welcome address on
behalf of the citizens of the District ana
Bishop Alexander Walters of New Jersey
will respond. Rev. S. l.. Corrothers will
welcome the visitors on behalf of the local
churches and Bishop John Wesley Al
stork of Alabama will respond. Prof.
Kelly Miller Will extend the welcome for
educational institutions and Prof. s. G..
Atkins of North Carolina will respond
During the convention week music will
be rendered Wednesday night by Union
Wesley choir: Thursday evening, by John
Wesley vested choir; Friday evening by
Metropolitan Wesley choir. Sunday at 3
pm. by Trinity choir. The reception to
the bishops and general officers will take
place at Galbraith Church at a date to
be fixed later.
The following bishops are expected to
attend: j. W. Smith, DID,. G. w. Clinton,
DID,; Cicero r. Harris. DID,; ]. w. Hood,
ID; Alexander Walters ID; j. 3.
Caldwell. ID; j. W. Alstork, ID. Cen
eral officers are expected as follows: u.
L. Blackwell. DID,, Pennsylvania. gem
eral secretary; f. NJ Jacobs, DID, New
York assistant general secretary; Nj. X.
Franklin, DID,, Pennsylvania, financial
secretary; Simon G. Atkins. North Caro-
lima. corresponding secretary os educa-
ton; w. H. Coffey. DID,, Pennsylvania,
corresponding secretary of church exten-
sion; G. L. B ackwell, DID,. Pennsylvania.
corresponding secretary OF missions;
John I. Mcmillan. Alabama, secretary
Varick Christian Endeavor Union; George
C.-Clement, DID,, North Carolina, editor
Star of Zion: r. B. Bruce DID. North
Carolina. Sunday school literature: John
c. Dancy. LID. District of Columbia.
quarterly review; ]. Harvey Anderson,
book: J. I. Mcmillan, Alabama. Varick
Endeavor; George l.. Blackwell DID.
missionary seer: f. G. Biddle. ID, Con-
necticut. Zion Trumpet; w. II. Goier.
DID,. North Carolina. president Living
stone College: John F. Moreland. Ph.D..
North Carolina. manager publication
house; William Sutton. DID. North Caro-
lima, principal +. n. c. Industrial Acad-
emy; NJ d. Lee. AM, South Carolina,
principal Lancaster Normal Industrial
Institute; B. F. Wheeler. DID, Alabama,
principal Zion Institute; +. II. Hill. DID,
North Carolina, assistant manager pub
lication house: III. L. Simmons. ID. d.;
James Edward Mason and DIR. r. A. Nor
rissey.
Bishop j. w. Smith stated that a joint
meeting of the bishops of the A. NJ. T.,
A. NJ. E. Zion and c. M. E. churches VIII
be held in Metropolitan A. NJ. E. Church.
on M street, February H. The question
of organic union and church federation
will be considered by the gathering
Evening star., 1908-01-19

Ewin. A. l.. Swartwout. ]. w. Tull. Robert
l.. Dutton. George w. Callahan and Rev.
T. NJ. Hare.
The organization meeting of the execu-
tive committee of the league was held
last Friday night and the following chair
men of committees were chosen: Legisla-
tive. \. E. Shoemaker: cooperation.
George w. Callahan; public meetings.
Rev. George w. Miller; literature f. F,
Brown; protest and law enforcement. A.
T.. Shoemaker; publication. James l..
Ewn. 1t was also voted to send delega-
tion to the hearing before the District
Commissioners Thursday. when citizens of
the District will be given opportunity
TO give their views on the prohibition bills
before Congress. Another meeting of the
executive committee will be held Wednes-
day evening at which time the full MEM
bership of the various committees will be
announced and their work outlined.
An active campaign is planned by the
Anti-Saloon League to be carried on in
February. Several speakers will come here
at that time, and a Sunday to be de-
termined later will conduct ten meetings
in various parts of the city at the same
time. The afternoon of that day. it is also
expected. mass meeting will be held
The definite plans for this campaign are
expected To be arranged in the near flu
ture.
Evening star., 1908-01-19
PROHIBIT TION

~ LANS for an active continuation OF
the campaign for prohibition in the
= District are being made by several
local organizations. and the movement Is
expected to be pushed more actively than
ever during the next few weeks
a conference regarded as important will
be held in the assembly room of the Y
NJ. c. A. building tomorrow afternoon at
2:3O o'clock. To it three representatives of
each church denomination and each gen.
eral temperance organization in the Dis
trict have been invited, and full num-
ber of delegates are expected. Its object
is to crystalline sentiment for prohibition
along some definite line and to get the
various organizations to work along that
line
The plan for the meeting originated with
the Methodist Preachers Association. 1t
was felt that the clergymen of the city
should be united in the present move
ment, and in order to provide for their
general cooperation with the temperance
organizations, invitations were extended
not only to the church denominations but
to the other societies..
Evening star., 1908-01-19
PASTOR IN CONTEMPT.
Minister Found Guilty of Disrespect
of Court.


NEW YORK. January 1S.-Canon Will
liam S. Chase, pastor of the Christ Epis-
copal Church in Brooklyn. has been ad-
judged guilty of contempt of court by
Supreme Court Justice Marean. Sen
tence was suspended, the court holding
that inasmuch as the defendant was a
clergyman the mere finding of guilt was
sufficient punishment.
The charge against Canon Chase came
as a sequel to a newspaper article In
which he was quoted as having criticised
Justice Marean in connection with a di-
rection regarding the Sunday closing law
In the interview in question Canon Chase
was quoted as saying that Justice Marean
had no legal right to prevent the police
from making arrest where there is a
violation. that ii was their business to
obey ;he law and not him This criti-
cism. sect ding TO the article, was based
on an Injunction that Justice Marean was
said 10 have issued restraining the police
from interfering with a moving picture
conce.n OH Sunday.
Evening star., 1908-01-19
Laws Of MarriaAe.
New Catholic Decree Will Soon Be Promulgated
Here, to Go Into Effect After Easter.

"Only those marriages are valid which are
contracted before the parish priest or by
the ordinary of the place or by priest
designated by either of these and at least
two Witnesses in accordance with rules
later laid down.
The laws say that a priest may validly
assist at a wedding only after he has
entered upon his office, only within the
limits of the territory to Which he is as
signed and when asked by the contracting
parties. They act licitly, the decree says,
after they have ascertained the free state
of the contracting parties and after they
have learned that one of the contracting
parties has a domcile or has lived for a
month in the place where the ceremony is
performed. If this latter condition is not
met the consent of the parish priest in
the parish where either of the contract
ing parties does live must be given.
The laws provide that in every case
let it be held as the rule that the mar
riage is to be celebrated before the par
sh priest of the bride. unless some Just
cause excuses from this
X K
When the danger of death Is imminent
and the parish priest is not available at
once it is provided that the ceremony can
be properly performed by any priest in
the presence of two witnesses. This also
is the rule In case the parish priest or
ordinary is found not available for a
month, provided the contracting parties
declare their consent in the presence of
two witnesses
The decree also requires the regiStra-
ton of the marriage, with the names or
the contracting parties and the witnesses.
in the parish book of marriages and IN
the book of baptisms of the parishes
where the contracting parties We're bap-
tized.
The laws apply. it is provided. to all
Catholics and to Catholics who become
engaged to or marry non-Catholics.
Evening star., 1908-01-19
To Discuss Hague Conference.

Two addresses. it is announced. are to
be delivered at the meeting of the Dis
trict Methodist Preachers Association in
the assembly room OF the Y. NJ. c. A.
building at Ii 30 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing Rev Borden p. Brown, professor
of Boston University, will give the fist
talk and Edward q. Mead will speak
later on The Second Hague Peace Con
ference and Afterward.
Evening star., 1908-01-19
Brotherhood Formed,

The men of the Central Presbyterian
Church have organized brotherhood. of
which the officers are: c. III. Milligan.
president; H. p. Rogers. vice president:
Z. S. Woolf secretary and treasurer The
society holds meetings twice each month
one religious, the other social. The
brotherhood plans to have Mr.. John Bar
rett. ,director of the bureau of American
republics. make an address at it's meeting
Monday evening, January ~.
Evening star., 1908-01-19
1.-TWO billion separate pieces of r

" WO billion separate pieces of re-
ligious literature are circulated
among the Protestant denomina-
tons in this country annually Tire total
may possibly run higher than that al
most staggering figure. for every year
finds an increase in the publication husi-
ness. activity in the church world being
met with corresponding growth in the
demand for the books. papers. pamphlets
and other printed products that are neces-
sary in the live church and Sunday school
The cost of this work is enormous
enough TO run two or three good-sized
cities-and the money is derived from as
iicationS. Great shops are pushed to the
limit to meet the constantly widening
call for literature to interest the old.
young and middle-aged The Presby-
terians. Baptists. Lutherans and Tnitar-
ians have publication houses OF their own.
The Methodists and Episcopalians prac-
tically control printing houses. The
American Tract Society and the Ameri-
can Sunday School Union each do a vast
business i'm their printeres. Finally
there is the American Bible Society, whose
issues run into hundreds of thousands
annually and whose outlay is greater in
proportion to its work than any Of the
others.
Take the Presbyterian publication board
as an example THE last accessible fig
ures show an aggregate of o',1l1 .s'S
Evening star., 1908-01-19

More than fifty years ago it was decided
that there should be new Episcopal
diocese in South Wales. but the necessary
SO 900 for the establishment of a bishop
ric has only just been forthcoming and
that through the death of ]. A. Doyle
who beQueathed the amount.
Evening star., 1908-01-19
Spoke on Korean Missions.

The Young Peoples quarterly meeting
of the District Womans Foreign Mis-
sionary Society was held last Wednesday
evening at the Union NJ. f. Church and
a large audience was present. Miss Hodge
presided. Miss Flora Briggs of Trinity
sang a solo, IF | Were a Voice" Miss
Minerva Guthapfel missionary from
Korea. gave an interesting account OF
the work there. She spoke especially OF
the need of medical missionaries
Seven new members were received in
the various auxiliaries at the meeting.
Evening star., 1908-01-19

The First Presbyterian Church OF San
Francisco once each year holds a special
service for its Scotch members.
Evening star., 1908-01-19

The Baptist churches of Atlanta have
arranged for u great revival in April.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-09-03
A Travelling Mans Experience.

81 must tell you my experience on an
east bound o. R. & n. h. r. train from
Pendleton to LIE Grande, Ore, ;" writes
Sam A. CARRIER, a we'll known travelling
man. 81 was in the smoking depart
ment with some other travelling men
when one of them went out into the
coach and came back and said, There
is a woman sick unto death in the car
| at once got up and went out, found
her very i'll with cramp collie; her hands
and arms were drawn up so you could
not straighten them, and with death
like look on her face. Two or three
ladies we're working with her and Civ
ing her whisky. | went to my suit case
and got my bottle of Chamberlain 8
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
q never travel without it,, ran to the
water tank, put a double dose of the
medicine IL the glass, poured some wa
ter into it and stirred it with pencil !;
then had quite time to get the ladies'
to let me give it to her, but succeed
ed. | could at once see the effect and
l worked with her, rubbing her hands,
and in twenty minutes | gave her an
other dose. By this time we were al
most into LIE Grande, where l was to
leave the train. l gave the bottle to
the husband to be used in case another
dose should be needed, but by the time
the train ran into lie Grande she was
all right, and received the thanks Of
every passenger in the car" For sale
by Fl. O. Miller.