Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-13
UNION IS FAR OFF
Proposed Evangelical Union Fails in
South Africa.
BIG REVIVAL sTRs CH1PPEwAs
FFeachera Tell Of some Remarkable
Conventions Among the Indinns
on white Earth Reserva-
tion in Minnesota.
BY d. v. FRANCIS.

Presbyterian church deciding against II.
In the opinion Of many earnest and OBJ
servant churchmen Of all denominations,
ali such movements are bound to fan. for
many years to come at all events.
That there Is a strange set towards
church federation. the dividing up Of work
IN which all Christian churches can labor
together so that there shall be the least
waste OF effort and the least overlapping
OF effort there can be no doubt. but that
the time is ripe for organic union IL open
10 grave doubt
The only real differences now between
the Evangelical churches are Of church
governments. with concert Of action which
will avoid conflict Of effort assured Il IL
q question whether the organic union OF
the churches is really TO be desired
Indians stirred By RevivatistH.
A remarkable religious awakening and
genuine old-fashioned revival with all the
characteristics Of earlier revivals, have
been in progress for two weeks az Duane,
MINI. thirty miles from White Earth.
in the very heart Of the Indian reserva~
ton. The revival preachers have returned
TO their homes. but the religious wave
continues and the stories OF several 10
markable conversions Of the Chippewas
are told
Strangers and government officials from
washington were somewhat surprised TO
see a large number Of Indian tents and tep-
ees pitched around the Methodist Episco-
pal church grounds at Duane, and night
and day for over two weeks could be
heard the singing OF "Jesus, Lover Of My
Soul" Rock or Ages" and other favorite
hymns in the peculiar and melodious and
plainuve Chippewa language.
Chief May-zhu-ze-Be-shig head of all tha
h..
II. Mckee. district superintendent, F'ergis
Falls, had fine chair placed in the
church, where the big chief could rest
himself and hear the gospel OF the Great
Spirit The chief is old and deeply wrin-
kled, but stately and very friendly to the
white people, and has been Christian
for thlrty-four years
In an eloquent story in the church he
told Of his conversion to Christianity
Stretching out his long, bony hands the
chief said:
"our only hope Of ever getting justice
from the white man lies in our being true
to the Great Spirit, Jesus Christ All
other appeals have failed.
whenever ] have asked the govern
ment for anything have first prayed the
Great Spirit for guidance and have never
asked for anything for myself. Four times
/ have been TO Washington, but not once
have I got anything Tor myself OF family
always for my people. I always pray to
God 70 help us get justice and the best
thing for the Indian"
This was the testimony Of chief who
had led the Chippewas in ten battles and
taken five scalps
Opening Sc. Johns Cathedral.
Except for a few minor furnishings. the
choir and crossing Of the cathedral OF St
49,
which will take place st. Johns day, Do
cember q. nineteenth anniversary Of the
laying of the cornerstone. This will be the
principal event In the recent history Of the
Episcopal church in New York. Bishop
Greer win preach the sermon and also
consecrats the Belmont and King chapels.
Men have been busy for weeks installing
the sixty thousand-dollar organ given by
Nr and Mrs Levi p. Morton In memory
Of a daughter who died six years ego.
The historic stone from the reputed burial
place OF tho apostle, John. which came to
the cathedral through Bishop kinsman Of
Delaware. has been placed In the dling
directly IN front Of the high altar. II Is
surrounded by brass border, on which,
in ancient lettering. 10 this inscriptions
whoever shall have prayed ~ this spot
shall have pressed with his feet q tile from
the ancient Church Of 81. John the Divine,
built by the Emperor Justina At Ephesus,
IN the year go. over the traditional grave
OF ST. John the Divine
CannGbaIs head the BIbiss
More than 1900 cannibals on the south
coast OF British New Guinea now are en-
abled TO read the Gospel OF St Matthew
ana St. John, through the efforts OF the
British and Foreign Bible society. The
translation has been made in Naman. the
dialect spoken BY the savage tribes
During last year St. Matthew has been
published IN onSom. the speech OF a power
ful Bantu tribe inhabiting the basin OF the
Gabun river In the French Congo For the
bettermsnt Of the tribe In New Caledonia.
81. Mark and ST.. John have been translated
into Houailau and st. Mark into Ponen-
houen. Those Of the Solomon Islanders
who dwell In the islet OF Mwala can read
the Gospel OF ST. Matthew in the Bin dia-
lect. while 81 Luke has been translated
into RogA for the natives OF New Hebrides,
who live II Whitsuntide Island
The society aftnouncea that the great
progress awakening In Indla, japan and
China has necossitatsd DETERMINATIONS OF
the English Eiihle "a eliminate mistakes
An the first translahons. due 70 tmperfec'
acquaintance withsthose languages. In In,
ala, on this account the Marathi ant
kanarese Bibles are undergoing revision
In China both the Wenn and Mandarin
versions are being now translated. and
the Korean revised version is RAPIDLY ap
proeching completion. r.
The Bible Is now published In seventy
give tongues and dialects in Europe. In Is
in Asia. In l0S IN Africa. IN thirty-two II
America and sixty-two IN oceanio--i2l n
ell More than $4,000 complete Bibles
l,sOo.O00 New Testaments and 4.6oO0Oo Dor
lions OF the Bible have been pubHshe,
and distributed. Nearly three-quarters O.
the total distribution was ia London. Tn,
Bible in raised type for the blind has beeI
translated and printed IN Welsh, Spanish
Italian, Gujsrati and two Chinese dialects
For the SOOoooo Semitic inhabitants In tn
Tigro province OF Abyssinia . complete
New Testament has ben provided.
Against Opium Traffic.
Towards the end Of September a Unite,
Christian appeal for the ending OF th
Irdo-Chinese opium traffic" supported b.
the archbishops Of Canterbury ind York
and signed by twenty-one religious leader,
was addressed 10 churches throughout IN
British empire.
The appeal urged that memorials be pre-
scented 10 the home government az near a