The Washington herald., 1911-03-05
IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD

Finity's MONDAY Benten Service.
trinity Church, at the head Of Wal
street. New York, seats 800, but during
ehe 1orty days of Lent last year, and in
eiuoing Easter Day, attendance upon its
/. services reached 51,135, the largest num-
by far attending any American
during a similar period. The rea-
extraordinarily successful noon
which last Lent packed the
doors Many Washington
take in these services when
e metropolis during Lent
for these services this year
Up Gaiior, of Tennessee; the Rev.
Marquis, of ST. Pauls, Detroit;
Mccormick. of Western Michigan;
Rev. ]. o. S. Huntington, of the
of the Holy Cross; Bishop Tuttle,
Missouri, and the Rev. DR.. J. Neville
ggis, of the. English Community of the
esurrection- Each preacher serves a
week, in the order named, beginning with
March and concluding on Good Friday,
April II. The services lasts from u to 1,
but so nearly balanced in New York are
the numbers of business men who go to
luncheon between 1 and that there is
demand that preachers give their ad-
dresses twice, first at a service lasting
from Il to 1870, and, second from
! to 80 Conditions are declared to be
such in Wall street and its vicinity in
Lower Manhattan that two congregations
would as readily gather as one. The men
selected as the preachers this year are
said to belong to the extreme orthodox,
and certain as last year to devote much
, time and stress upon Christology.
What Lent Seeks to Do.
During the Lenten season inNthe Epis-
-copal and Catholic churches, in addition
to the usual daily services, brief special
services are held sharply limited in
time, and largely attended. Men en-
crossed in business, clerks and employees,
take twenty minutes out of their short
luncheon hour for worship and medita-
ton, and while the usual throngs are
passing in the streets and the cars
rush along with 4clanging gongs, in some
church in the very center of the turmoil
a throng of worshipers find the silence
and repose in which the still small voice
OF God may be heard once more. Carlyle
once gave expression to the passionate
longing of hosts of men and women in
the despairing wish that God would
speak again. In earlier days he thought
he could hear the voice of the Infinite
in the speech and life of great souls.
but for many decades no voice had come
from the heart of the universe no sound
of recognition or of guidance had light
ened rhe burdens or guided the feet of
14en.
Material Interests Prevail.
Commenting upon the age and its
needs, a thoughtful writer says:
THE age is, in an unusual degree, alb
sorbed in material interests and given
over to material pursuits. In the evolu-
ton of society there has come a period
when rirr FAA-SeA aAsds of the race are
great, and its opportunities on a scale
never dreamed of in earlier periods
Forces and tools are now in hands of
men of almost magical potency. and
great tasks are laid upon their shoulders
in all parts of the globe. That these tasks
are absorbing TOO much energy and that
men are neglecting for the moment other
interests is evident; but those who con-
denim the age because it is less comfort
able than some of the ages which pre-
ceded it show very great blindness of
vision to its possible issues, and many of
those whose artistic tastes are more thor
ougSfy educated than their Insight, whose |
idea of art is enjoyment rather than free |
expression of vital energy. are wasting
in idle laments for the skill and feeling |
of other years, the force which might !
better be used in bringing out the aes- |
thetic uses of present conditions"
Opportunity Is Needed.
The greatest need of to-day is the op-
portunity of hearing the voice of God. |
That voice is speaking in this year of
bur Lord 1911 as distinctly as it has
spoken in every year since man began
10 reckon time. The trouble is that men
10 not listen; in the noise and rush of
he age they do not seek the silence and
he repose in which the still, small voice
becomes audible. The open Church on
he crowded thOroughfare at the rush
ng noontide: the quiet of a true Lenten
eaSon in the very center of the turmoil;
he thoughts memories, and prayers of
piritual Lent in the sweep and stir of
IN age of intoxicating activity-this is
orely needed. We shall not find peace
" escaping from our age into cIoisters
Ior by evading its hard conditions; we
hall find rest and refreshment and keep
ur souls alive by SpiritUalizing work
nd listening revereptly to the voice of
Tod who speaks above the din and
lamor of a world of things and calls
S to a life filled with the goodness and
0ve of Himself.
Fishing for Men and Boys.
A campaign aiming TO put into the
eads and hearts of the men and boys
s-ztmerica more old-fashioned Gospel;
eligion during the next eighteen months,
las decided upon conventions in no fewer
han eighty-four cities In the United
States and Canada. In many of the cities
committees representing all Protestant
,odies here have agreed to get to work
N convention details. and in full half
he cases similar conventions are planned
n smaller cities of which the one named
S central point
The convention cities just decided upon 1
re: Albany, Atlanta, Baltimore, Bangor. |
Ie Billings, Mont; Birmingham Ala; I
3Oise Idaho; Boston, Brandon. Manitoba; !
5roo klyn. Buffalo, Burlington, VT; Cal
AIRY. Alberta; Cedar Rapids, Charleston,
c.: Charleston, w. Va; Charlotte, n.
:; Chattanooga, Chicago, Cincinnati, Co !
lmbus, Dallas. Dayton, Denver, Detroit,
ultith, Edmonton. Alberta, Grand Forks.
. Dak,: Grand Rapids, Halifax, Nova
Gotta: Hamilton, Ontario; Hartford.
custom. Tex: Indianapolis, Jackson,
ISL Esnsas City, Lincoln, Little Rock, y
Is geles. Louisville, Memphis. Mime
. Milwaukee, Montreal, Nashville, Il
ark. New Orleans, New York, Oak a
d, Cal; Oklahoma City, Omaha, Ot-l +,
"a, Philadelphia. Pittsburg Portland, :
Portland, Greg; Providence, Peublo,
hmond. Reno. Nevada; Rochester,
Lake City, San Antonio. San Fran
30, Seattle, Scranton. Sioux Falls,
lth Bend, Spokane, Springfield, Mass;
John, n. B. d; St. Louis, ST. Paul, sgd .
= Nova Scotia; Syracuse, Toledo, To-
IA, Toronto. Vancouver, Walla Walla,
ash; Wichita, Kans.; Winnipeg, and