The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-09

Testament, or later with the whole Bible
| there be published commentaries, all Of
them to be edited with care, giving the
church's construction Of certain passags.
To this end the wealth of the Vatican
libraries and the scholarship of the
church may be drawn upon for the bene-
fit Of English and American Catholics.
1t is said the making of Catholic Bibles
| in cheap form, save for such as can
not afford good form, is not encour-
aged. The aim instead will be. IL the
revision can be &C ,omplishcd, to make
a really handsome volume or volumes.
and to educate Catholics to the point Of
desiring Gods Word in a dress worthy
of it.
| couraged and to some extent stimulated
by the appearance just nov of a new
revision Of the Bible in French, and its
presentation in handsom. and popular
form for the laity. This French Bible is
! issued by the Italian Society of st.
Jerome, and is said to hav3 had the en-
couragement in its preparation of Tope
| Plus X.
| Protestant scholars of England and
America. joining in the revision of tho
King James version, made out indif-
ferently, and ended by each making a
revision, later calieI the Ei,S'i:h and the
American. Finally the American came
to be the standard in this country. IN
| officially so at any rate. Catholic
scholars in this country say that, under
the general supervision OF TIA Holy See,
| English and American revisior;sts can CO.
1 Cpsr; e At present the Ensiio scholars
ere -eading in the matter.
Fisk and $500, 900.
Fisk University, at Nashville. not a
local but a national factor in the pos
sible solution of the negro problem in
America, was founded by the American
Missionary Association, and is a mis-
! sionary agency in every sense. The
| General Education Board has just
granted to it 10000, upon condition that
a further sum of $4,000 be secured to-
ward enlargement of facilities and en-
dowment Trustees of the university de-
clare that not 100000 only, but $4,000,
must be had properly to equip and ad-
vance the institution. Fisk has about
| 800 colored students, and since its foun-
! dalton Immediately following the close
! of the civil war it has sent out 715 grad
yates. Most of these are teachers in
schools for the negro race, and many
are men and women of influence in their
communities. 1t is estimated that at
the moment 15.O00 negro children are in
classes taught by graduates of Fisk
| The trustees say that white and colored
men, most familiar with race conditions
and needs, are convinced that education,
chiefly industrial. under trained leader
ship by men and women of the colored
race. alone will solve the problem of
the races, now looming large. Fisk and
the American Missionary Association,
which is Congregational home work, CO.
operate in the largest sense with Tuske-
gee. Hampton, Lawrenceville, and other
industrial training agencies for colored
youth.
Will Discuss Child Welfare.
At the national conference on child
welfare. to be held in Washington April
IS to May .. the Religious Education
Association will take at least two and
probably three sessions. This national
congress is an absolutely nonsectarian
body, but rightly evaluates religion and
ethical instruction in relation to the
ton of parents in child welfare?" Rev
F. Cope. of Chicago. general secretary
of the Religious Education Association
has charge of these sessions which will
he held on May l, and the list OF
speakers who will participate. with their
respective topics of discussion. include
Rev. Clayton II. Ranck, Third Reformed
Church, Baltimore. Md. on THE church
as a social kindergarten" Mr.. Walter
M w opQ, central 1 NJ. (. A, PhlldQel-
phia. on What can be done for instruc-
tion of parents in child welfare?' Rev
William Cleveland Hicks, secretary of
the general board of religious education
of the Protestant Episcopal Church, on
The church and the welfare of the crild:"
Mr.. Patterson Dubois. author and lit
erary adviser. Philadelphia. on The
childrens castle:' Mrs. Lemuel c.
Barnes. New York City, on The church
az he al ar ort -; ~
Rabbi Abram Simon, Washington Heb
rev Congregation. on THE Jewish
Church and the welfare of the child
Rev Floyd W. Tomkins. D. D.. Church
of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia, on
THE care of children sign of civiliza-
ton" and Mr.. Henry F. Cope, general
secretary of the Religious Education AS
ISOLATION, on Taking the home in re-
ligious terms
Washington Methodists will be deeply
interested in the action of the Laymen's
Association, a part of the annual Metho-
dist conference of New York, unofficial
but composed of influential men, in pro-
posing to American Methodism four
radical things. all four of them going
to the very foundations of Methodist
polity. The propositions will now go to
laymen associations in all other Metho-
dist annual conferences. and are ex-
pected to have important bearing upon
the election of delegates to the quad
rennial general conference to be held in
Minneapolis next year, which elections
begin at once. The four propositions
are:
!. Abolish the Office OF district SUPER
intendent, or, it is better known, pre-
siding elder. This office has existed in
American Methodism since 1884.
> Elect general superintendents, COM
monty called bishops, in sufficient num-
Der to enable comparatively small dis
triCtS each to have its own, and locate
each bishop for a period of at least four
years in one field. Some favor their
permanent location.
3. Give laymen membership in the an
nual conference. Equal representation is
not asked. Laymen are now members
of the general body, the quadrennial
general conference, and so even are
women, if any happen to be elected. But
annual conferences have always been
limited, ito ministers.
4. Restore the pastoral time limit,
making a uniform period of five years,
and prohibiting absolutely the transfer
of ministers who command high salaries
and prominent pupits in all cases where.
under similar circumstances, the small
salaried minister, occupying the incon-
spicuous pulpit. might not be transferred.
New York Methodist laymen come out
boldly and declare that there is unrest
throughout Methodism on all four of
these matters. They further say that
because of this unrest, and because of