The Washington herald., 1911-02-19

er In mutual confidence and harmony.
men of the Presbyterian Church are
| responding is shown in the fourth ma
| tional convention of the Presbyterian
Brotherhood of America, to be held in
St Louis, February q to ..
A strong programme has been prepared.
| The opening, address will be delivered
| by DR.. William Hiram Foulkes of Port
| land, Oreg., on THE brotherhood of the
| body of Christ" This will be followed
| by the communion service conducted by
DIR. Charles Little, moderator OF the gen.
eraI assembly, assisted by DR.. Samuel
] J. Niccolls, DR.. Baxter P. Fullerton and
DR.. ]. f. Cannon, former moderators liv
| ing in st. Louis, and to be ministered by
the pastors of the city. DIR. Clarence
A. Barbour, of the International commit
tee, Young Mems Christian Association,
will outline the men and religion for
! ward movement, while DR.. James l.
Vance, Of Nashville, Tenn, will give the
| inspirational aspect of this movement
| DR.. Maitland Alexander, of Pittsburg,
will present the theme: The brother
hood and individual responsibility in the
church" Another practical aspect of the
convention will be the symposium on
Present day problems" when such
questions will be discussed as Religion
I in the home" Sabbath observance"
'"The brotherhood and the laboring man."
| '"The foreigner at our DOORS" and The
place of the church in the life Of the
community" Two other most interesting
addresses will be by Eugene c. Foster,
| of Detroit, Mich. on The boy prob
lem,' and DR.. Warren H Wilson, Of
New York, on The brotherhood and the
country church"
To emphasize the spiritual and devo-
tional aspect Of the convention. Hon
Henry B. +. Macfarland. of this city,
| is expected to speak on Prayer" Prof.
Charles R Erdman, of Princeton, n. J.,
on the brotherhood and the Bible and
Charles G. TrumbuIl, of Philadelphia, on
THE life that wins" In addition, sew
eral prayer periods have been arranged.
which will greatly intensity this phase
| OF the convention, one of them being
led by DR.. John Timothy Stone, of Chi
cago.
On Wednesday night, at the Coliseum,
Hon. William Jennings Bryan will give
an address on the subject: The fruits
of the tree" At the closing session
Thursday night, Gov. Chase E. Osborn,
of Michigan, another strong Presbyterian
layman, will speak. DR.. John Douglas
Adams. Of East Orange. n. J., makes the
concluding speech, on The conversion of
power into work"
VIII Aid Parental Teaching.
The American Tract Society announces
new angle, as it calls it, 1t believes
that parental teaching has waned, and
states that in some States are school
districts where religious services have not
been held for generations. Its new angle
would pay closer attention to the child,
and do it more largely than heretofore
through literature so attractively pre-
oro1 nd rlan in +b,,E AaI
masses may be reached. The society
points to the activity of the divorce
courts and the immortality in business
dealings as proofs of the need. This So
ciety, not at all eelipsed by modern ones,
has published the Gospel in ia languages
and dialects, and its colporters have made
II, ,122,000 visits upon families. 1t is and
has been the strong right arm of the
foreign missionary societies in providing
printed matter in languages OF the new
people reached. The society seeks to in
crease enormously its colportage system
as something that goes direct to indi-
viduals and to families without waiting
for the people to be attracted, and it
states that at least $1,000,0oo can be used
at once.
Broad Church Leaders Busy.
Committees on publication and on
finance, and a general executive commit
tee in charge of the whole plan, have
been named by Low and Broad Church
Episcopal leaders, clergymen, and laymen,
to defend from attacks within their own
body what Epscopalians of these ways
of thinking regard as the historic posi- |
ton OF their church. The head of the |
movement is the Rev. DIR. Randolph H. |
McKin1 of Washington, who is president !
of the house of deputies of the general |
FTNI.
OF the committee is Mr.. Roland S. Nor |
ris, Philadelphia lawyer and Episcopal |
layman. Members include the Rev. Drs !
Stires and Grosvenor, of New York; the |
Rev Drs. Gremmer and Harding, of /
Philadelphia; the Messrs. Hamilton |
Wright Mabie, the author; Francis A. |
Lewis, the most prominent layman in the |
general convention, and Judge |
Henry, of Des Moines, Iowa.
Others said to be identified with the |
movement include Mr.. Joseph Packard,
of Baltimore; Judge Old. of Norfolk; |
Gen. Skiddy, of Connecticut, who is
of the general convention: the
Rev. DIR. Roland Cotton Smith, rector of
ST. Johns Church, opposite /
the White House, Washington; Judge An
drews. OF Syracuse; Prof. Wash. of Cam
bridge, and the Rev. DIR. leighton Parks.
of well-to-do St. Bartholomew, New
York Their purpose. as set forth in
their statement, is ito educate the people
Of the Episcopal Church in the history
and name OF the Protestant Episcopal
Church."
Protesting EccIesiastfcaI High-brown.
Concerning the movement. two state
ments are made. both informal and both /
By men said to be either members OF the