The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-02
IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD

The continuation committee appointed
by the World Missionary Conference, a,
Edinburgh, Scotland, last June, is to have
its first long business session in England
May Is to 90 The committee consists
of thirty-five members, ten representing
mission boards of the United States and
Canada, ten British societies, ten the
continent of Europe, and five from South
Africa. Australasia, japan, China, and
India The United States furnishes the
chairman in Mr.. John r Mott, and other
American members include the Rev. DR..
T. S. Barbour. Boston. Baptist; the Rev.
DR.. J. L Barton, Boston, Congregational;
the Rev. DR.. Arthur ]. Brown, New York,
Presbyterian; the Rev. DR.. J. T. Goucher,
Baltimore, Methodist North: the Rev.
DIR. w. R. Lambuth. Nashville, Metho-
dist South; Canon Tucker. of Toronto
Cathedral. Anglican; the Rev. DR..
Charles r. Watson, Philadelphia, United
Presbyterian. and Mr.. Silas McBee, New
York, Episcopal. Practically all of these
men Will Sattend, some crossing the
ocean expressly to do so. Questions to
be acted upon include occupation of
fields to prevent duplication, Christian
literature on the fields and missionary
information at home, the founding of
an International Missionary Review" a
permanent body to deal with matters
arising between missions and govern
ments, and the wisdom o. providing an
interna tional missionary committee. The
Bishop of Durham has invited the men,
bers of the committee to be his guests
at Auckland Castle. near Durham, while
the committee is in session.
Gospel of Printers Ink.
The American Tract Society. just end
ing its year, points out that millions
of Christian people in America do not
regularly attend church services, and
that apart from them there are at least
100000 people in America who are not
Christians, but who must, from the
Christian point of view be reached in
some way. The society urges that only
by the printed page can any large pro-
portion of these millions be reached. To
prosecute this big task it declares ST.
GG0,GG0 none too much money.
The printed lealet and book are said
by the society to have had vital relation
TO careers of famous men, especially re-
formers, and to have inaugurated more
than one world reformation. 1t was,
says the society, tract written by Mar
tin Luther that fell into the hands of
John Bunyan, and Pilgrims Progress
resulted.
The Tract Society. just ending its
cighty-siXth year, publishes not merely
tracts but books, and does so in both
forms in upward of 100 languages. The
grand total of its publications reaches
3.5Se 600 copies. Besides these copies, it
makes grants of money to publishing
houses in foreign lands. which in those
lands print and circulate Christian liter
AZURE to be used by missionaries.
Now the society is enldrging its per-
spCctive and its achievement that it may
issue more Christian literature for use
of Americans who do not go to church
either on Sundays or week days, and
for children of immigrants. and in some
cases immigrants themselves.
Three of the leaders who are now push
ing the society's work are Mr.. William
Phillips Hall, the manufacturer. who has
come to be a foremost Methodist lay
man. and who has done much to bring
about the present era of Bible study;
Rev. DR.. Judson Swift, a Presbyterian
leader of many years service, and
Rev. Dr.. David J. Burreu. minister of the
Reformed Church, and a foremost
preacher of America.
Gibbons Gift General.
Baltimore and Washington friends of
Cardinal Gibbons coveted the honor of
giving the entire $4,000 needed to erect
at the Catholic University the Gibbons
Memorial Hall, to become a dornitory
for lay students. but so many are the |
friends of the cardinal in all parts of the |