The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-11-24
IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD

thing but q 6uDlime, cast
The city OF soloniki. on the gulf OF
that name. in Southern Macedonia and
certain to be Baltimore OF the new
Balkan confederation II there be one.
| Is overwhelmingly Hebrew in It's pop
ulatlon. Some Zion leaders are seeking
whether. IL Palestine fail. owing to rem
nants OF Turkish powers In Asia. Mace
| donna may not be site for a new ZION
\ list nation, and refuge for prosecuted
Jews OF Russia near by. the idea Is
held to be worth canyassing. Jews IN
this country are already taking a re-
newed interest in Zion.
Missionary leaders. Protestant and
Catholic, are already counting upon
larger work In the Balkans. II politically
the Turks are driven out. So eager are
American Protestants that makers OF
programmes for January mission con-
ventions are consldering the topic ana
/ speakers upon It. Christian people or
America, have already had opened 70
them Northern Africa. including even
Morocco. and with startling suddenness
they see a new field opened on the other
side OF the Mediterranean.
Protestants desire to enter this Balkan
field. especially Methodists and Congre-
gationalists. not to reacb Moslems alone
but to bring in there what they deem
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| offered by the Greek Church, while Cath
olics desire to go there because of the
old-tima contention between the COM
munions East and West. or Greek and
Roman, Congregationallsts are encour-
aged to larger work because OF the ap-
probation shown by Bulgar and other
statesmen of their work already done,
and its effect upon the conflict now rag
ing. Robert College, mentioned by the
rarIa n
New York merchant.
The American Bible Society. with an
agency In Constantinople, has laid foun-
dations for mission work from America
In the sale and distribution Of about s. 900
Bibles and Testaments a year for many
years, the total sales in half a century
being nearly $4,000 copies. In Saloniki
Rev. S. c. Cooper is at the head of the
Bible work. and in Adrianople Rev. Paul
Dresser. A pocket edition OF the Bull
garian Bible has Just been issued. and
copies distributed 70 men who have
fought the Turks. Many a Bulgar SOL
der. buried as he fell. has taken 10 the
grave with him an American New Tes-
lament
So diversified are the languages Of
| these Balkan peoples that the Bibles and
Testaments sold and given to them last
year were In four dialects of Armenian,
and fifth printed for the blind. four
Greek, five Slavic. and Turkish, Arabic,
Syriac, Italian, Roumanian, and six 9TH
ers. Even for the Kurds a New Tesla
ment has been prepared.
Oakland. Cal. has long prided herself
on the cleanness and intelligence of her
public officials. But II remains for the
newly-appointed chief OF police. Capt
W. j. Petersen. who recently assumed
this office. and who. by the way, Is also
a Sunday school superintendent to JUS
tify this pride by an Official use OF
classic quotation. He was addressing
his patrolmen concerning the ideals
which he expected them to measure up
to; and then, abiding to the cities on
the east side OF San Francisco Bay as
the Athens OF the West" he gave them
an appropriate motto for their guidance
as public servants in the oath taken
by the Athenian youth In ancient Greece:
I'VE will never bring disgrace upon this.
our city. by any act OF dishonesty or
cowardice. nor ever desert our suffering
comrades in the ranks. We will fight
for the ideals and sacred things OF the
city, both alone and with many. We will
revere and obey the city's laws and do
our best to incite a like respect and
reverence in those above US who are
prone to annul or set them at naught.
We will strive increasingly to quicken
the public sense of civic duty. Thus,
in all ways, We will transmit this city
not less, but greater. better and more
beautiful than It was transmitted to US"
One of the most widely known OF the
coterie OF wise men in Cambridge, Mass.
was Prof. Henry S. Nash. senior mem
illogical School, whose death at the age
OF fifty-eight occurred early last week.
Prof. Nash Is said to have been one
OF the foremost New Testament schol-
ars in this country. A graduate Of Har-
ward College and the Divinity School
In which he has held a professorship
since 1884, he has written several
thoughtful books, an early one being
The Genesis OF the Social Conscience"
and the latest. THE Atoning Life" He
was a member OF the American Oriental
Society and the Society of Biblical Lit
erature and Exegesis. He had been i'll
for more than a year.
There will be a Thanksgiving sermon
preached to all patriotic organizations of
this city under the auspices of the ]. o.
L. A. NJ, Sunday. November "a. at the
Fifth Baptist Church, corner of Six-and-
a-half and E Streets Southwest. The
sermon will be preached by the pastor,
the Rev. ]. E. Briggs. Ali orders are
requested to attend in a body. and will
meet in the basement OF the church at
z D. m. and march in a body. Small
flags will be worn.
At young peoples night OF the annual
association of the Baptist churches of
the District Of Columbia last Thursday
night, the Christian Endeavor societies
among the Baptist churches reported
great progress during the past year. I'm
manuel Endeayorers show an increase
OF 800 per cent in their membership.
while Calvary shows a wonderful record
Of contributions to missions.