The Washington herald., 1912-10-13
IN TIE RELIGIOUS WORLD

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chair Of government and busaness ethics.
in the School OF. Commerce. the Rev.
Lyman p. Powell rector OF St Johns
Episcopal Church. Northampton. Mass.
Mr.. Powell VIII be chief asEistAnt 10
Prof. jeremiah W. JenkA formerly OF
Cornell. This professorship y one Of the
first created for the purpose OF consider
ing politics and commerce. from the
ethicn and spiritual standpoint.
The campaign for introducing Bible
teaching into the state schools OF Aus
tria IL being vigorously pursued. The
plan IL to ask for . referendum on the
subject, and this programme II support
ed by Anglicans. Presbyterians. and
Methodists.
The Christian Advocate Of New York
has started new feature called The
Pulpit Of the People" Tho editor de-
tends his feature diplomaticaliy - fol-
lows:
Tho good-natured objection 10 some
times urged against the modern preach
ing service that II does not afford an
opportunity for the hearers to talk
back" The decorum Of public worship
cannot be interrupted by reJoinders. The
Christian Advocate IL not bound BY such
sacred conventions and will give Its an
dience the privilege Of speaking out In
public. Preference win be given to writ
ers who put their thoughts briefly and
tersely. and In case will a lengthy ar
Eument be admitted"
We venture that the same rules applied
to verbal discussion. at least when q
subject admitting Of debate Is up. would
make It possible to open the preaching
service to tho people.
In one of its recent issues The Brit
ish Weekly. the ofacial organ Of English
non-conformity. speaks Of the gravity
of the religious situation. as 1t concerns
the relation between church and Sun
day chool. because Of the small num-
ber OF children attending services In
Non ?conformist churches. A series Of
young peoples convention are being
planned for bringing the young people
Of families and congregations belonging
to the Wesleyan Methodist Church.
Meetings are to be held for young peo-
pie from the ages OF thirteen to twen-
ty. But The British Weekly remarks
that many children are lost to the
church long before they are thirteen. 1t
criticises also various plans that have
been propoed as futile and verbose. OF
the practical steps to be taken. and that
ought to be taken at once unless the
churches are to sink and decay. there Is
no indication.
Who is the worst citizen?' asks the
Rev. ]. Edward Kirbye. OF the Ply
mouth Congregational Church. Of Des
Moines, Iowa. To find out whom other
people consider the worst citizen the
Rev. Mr.. Kirbye has asked for written
answers to this question which are to
be mailed to him at the church. II de-
he ~ 20 "a
fdential. The answers will be the basis
Of sermon.
In a recent issue Of the Churchman.
New York. Bishop Charles H. Brent.
Of the Philippines. says Of the Chicago
Vice Commission:
The Vice Commission appointed by the
Mayor of Chicago owes its existence in
directly II not directly. to the churches.
The publication of the report, The So
cial Evil of Chicago was splendidly
courageous. for it is the declaration Of .
war of determination against. and not
an academic study of. loathsome con-
dition. The moment an evil Is dragged
out into the sunlight, there can be no
truce or sulking In their tents among
Christian Warriors. Dean Sumner. of CID
cago. has become one OF the outstanding
men of his day by adopting practical
eugenfcS IN MS parish as Q preliminary
constructive step in the battle for social
Righteousness. The question OF marriage
is a controverted one among the
churches"
The name Protestant Episcopal is
not entirely satisfactory. It frequently
comes up for consideration in Episcopal
circles. and various suggestions are
made for a change or some modifica-
ton. In the Churchman. Rev. William
Neely Cotton is the last to discuss the
subject. He says:
The trouble with the name Protestant
Episcopal is that the landmarks have
changed since it was coined. Whatever
may have been the arguments for 1t in
17S7, the test is to be found In a prac-
tical view of conditions in the twentieth
century.
What are the facts?| On two sides.
Roman and Protestant, We are robbed
of our heritable while We worship a
fetish. The crux is not in the term
Protestant but in the term Catholic
The world gives the title Catholic to
the Church Of Rome. and every day the
usage solidifies and 1t becomes more diff
ficuIt to regain what We have thrown
away. When the King Of England, in
solemn official address, calls the Church
of Rome the Catholic Church and 'Ro-
manizing because We think Of taking
our rightful title. Is 1t not high time
We did so?'