The Washington herald., 1911-08-20

ment 1t was conducted with the CO.
operation Of the social service commits
sion Of the Wisconsin Federation of
Churches and the commissions president.
NJ. g. Dudgeon, Congregational Lead
er, presided. "A community social sur
vey and what II shows" 'Tnterchurch
and community programmes" Social
morality In Wisconsin country towns
and The significance Of rural water
! supply" were some Of the themes that
were treated in an informing fashion.
Prof. w. ]. Mutch, Of Ripon College.
gave series of five lectures on "Reli-
gious education" For the special aid
Of pastors in country churches several
professors In the universitys college Of
agriculture gave lectures and field demon
strations on such subjects as MIX"
Rural sanitation Grain breeding, !"
an THE baby chick"
Among the speakers included in series
Of lectures on Applied Christianity
were DR.. Frank Gunsaulus. Rev. Harvey
Dee Brown, Prof A. 8. Alexander, Prest-
dent F. ]. Mcconnell, Of De Pauw Uni
versity, and Prof. e. A. Ross.
The almost impossible task Of reorgan-
izing Chinese finances. and Of putting the
country on a gold basis. was considered
at an international conference which
opened in London August /. Prof. Jere-
miah jerks. of Cornell. who will probably
be China's financial adviser. and who
happens to be an ardent Congregational
ist, was present.
The American board is appealing for
special gifts to prevent a deficit Of $4,000
for the year, which closes September /.
Recent statements in many newspapers
of gift of s1.0oo.0O0, were misleading.
That money is for certain educational en-
terprises-
In these days when the trend Of things
along educational lines is toward secu-
larization Of the church college, de-
parture for which Mr. Carnegie and his
benefactions toward secular education
is mainly responsible. 1t is satisfactory
indeed to learn that q distinctly church
college, st. Stephens, Annandale-on-
Hudson, has already sixty-one new
students booked for next term and that
all the vacancies for September are
practically filled.
1.-TWO especially interesting men who
will appear on this years programme at
the Winona Lake Bible conference, Au-
gust 20-29. are G.. A. Johnston Ross.
D. D., and C. M. Cobern, d. D.. the
latter OF Meadville, Pa.
Or Ross appearance this year will
not be his first on the Winona confer
ence programme. DR. Dickey, of Vino
ma, once went to London to get his con-
sent to come to Winona Lake. At that
time DR.. Ross made a strong impression.
DIR. Cobern is interesting particularly
because Of his personal work as an
archaeologist. He will give six
addresses. There will be many other
strong men on the conference pro-
gramme.
ceived a communication from Rev.
Thomas F. Coakley.> D. D.. assistant
rector Of st. Paurs Cathedral, Pitts
burg, Pa, telling Of work being accom-
plished by the Pittsburg Catholic
Truth Society on the lines OF the Alloy
sfus Truth Society of Washington.
Word is also received that the Catholic
Truth Society Of San Francisco Is to
be revived, and that 1t will be con-
Quoted by the Paulist fathers. The So
ciety Is to be known as the Newman
Hall Catholic Truth Society.
Although the joint commission repre-
senting the Methodists of the North and
South has reported that the time is not
yet ripe for general reunion Of American
Methodism, conditions In the border
States where the two denominations par
ticularly overlap have become so OBJ
jectionable to sound Christian economy
that strong local movements for fra
ternity have been initiated. In Kentucky
the State conferences Of both churches
have been negotiating. and their repre-
sentatives have drawn up a plan which,
though 1t cannot unite them, VIII GER
tainly abolish rivalry between them.
The preamble to this plan recites that
the existence of two Methodist bodies IN