Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-25
Taft Will Receive Members of
Worlds Alliance.
COMING HERE TOMORROW
Several Well Known Clergymen Will
Be in the Party.
RUSSIA HAS REPRESENTATIVES,
Rev. Vassila Pavloff Bears Marks of
Chains He Wore in Siberian
Prisons.

A group OF distinguished members OF
the Baptist Church. representing many
nations. will call on President Taft at
the White House tomorrow afternoon at
$50 o'clock. They will carry to the
President the greetings and good wishes
of the great convention Of the Worlds
Baptist Alliance, which has just closed
in Philadelphia
Among those who will come to Wash
ington are Rev. DIR. r. s. Macarthur.
pastor Of Calvary Baptist Church In
New York city. who has been elected
president Of the Worlds Baptist ALI
ance. DR.. Macarthur. 1t is reported. will
resign his position as pastor of Calvary
Baptist Church and give all his time TO
the work Of the alliance. which repre-
sents 100000 people Rev. DR.. Jonn
Clifford Of England. former president OF
the alliance. and Rev. DR.. f. B. Meyer.
another Englishman, will be in the party.
The secretary Of the alliance, Rev. DR..
j. H. Shakespeare, q collateral descend
ant of William Shakespeare, Will be IN
the party.
Perhaps the most interesting members
of the party will be the delegates from
Russia, where the Baptists nave peen
imprisoned for preaching tireir belie1.
Some of them bear the marks of Siberi-
an prisons upon them still. ana one Oh
the number. although only forty-one
years old, looks to be man OF seventy.
Delegates From Russia.
Rev. Vassila Pavloff and Rev. w. Fet-
Ter are two Of the prominent Russians
who will be here. Pavloff bears the
marks of the chains which for eight
years he wore In Siberia He was born
in Tifiis in 1850. The Baptist doctrines
were brought to his home city by Ger
man while Pavloff was still boy, and
when he was sixteen years old he was
baptised and became a member OF the
church. Later he went to Hamburg and
studied in the Baptist Theological Semi
nary. He has done much to establish
Baptist churches in many parts of Rus
STA. Beatings, imprisonments and two
terms of exile, which he claims to have
undergone, have not shaken him in his
course.
Rev, W. Fetler was born in Courland.
Baltic provinces, and is the son of
baptized and became a member OF the
therefore classed as ''non-orthodox," Fet-
Ter had certain liberties denied the native
born Russian subject. He has done much
work in Moscow and ST. Petersburg, and
is at present under bond to return to
Moscow and stand trial for his preach
ings there.
1t is planned to establish a great Bap-
fist theological school in st. Petersburg.
and during the convention Of the ALI
ance 100000 was raised to erect build
ings for the school. England has agreed
to pay for the site. A committee to call
on the czar and ask him to permit the
establishment of the school has been
named. 1t will include Rev. DR.. Russell
H. Conwell of Philadelphia, Rev. DR.. R.
s. Macarthur, Rev. DR.. John Clifford and
Rev. DR.. ]. H. Shakespeare
Loyal to the Gear.
The Russian Baptists who attended the
conventions are loyal to the car. not
withstanding their alleged prosecutions.
They believe that the car ultimately
will grant religious freedom to all sects
The party Is coming to Washington In
a special train. It will meet in Calvary
Baptist Church here at o'clock before
going to the White House. A number OF
the visitors will occupy local pulpits dur
ing the coming week. Tomorrow evening
big rally will be held at Calvary Church
and a number Of delegates will speak. in
Guiding Rev. Thomas Phillips Of London,
England, and Rev. w. Fetler OF Russia
Some members of the party, it is expect
ed, will stay in Washington for the re-
mainder of the week.