The Washington herald., 1912-08-24
The Trend Of Things

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has accepted call to be associated
with Fletcher g. Brockman. national
secretary Of the Y. N. C. A.. In China
Mr. Brockman 10 representative of the
wenty-four-hour-a-day Club. of Wash
ington, of which 8. w. Woodward Is
president As Mr. Lobenstine was self
supporting. an appeal has been made to
Central Church for funds to support
some one in his place.
| A recent tabulation Of benevolence In
Canadian churches the last three years,
since the Laymen's Missionary Move
ment was inaugurated, sxhibits the
Methodists gaining from <vS, 100 to $7is.-
| 81; the Anglicans from $252,9l to $354,-
lls; the Baptists from so07.67s to $685.
$50: the Congregationalists, from s2ssAs
to sl1,5oo: the Disciples, from ss.o67 to
ss.S75. and the Lutherans. from ss.6S to
SIS. .4s2.
A cable from Lisbon. dated August Is.
states that the Patriarch of Lisbon is
giving marked publicity to a message
he has received bearing the signatures
OF Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New
York. and Cardinal O'Connell, Archbish-
op of Boston. The American cardinals
In the message regret the persistent at
tacks directed toward Catholics in Portu-
liberty of conscience.
The Presbyterian Board of Foreign
Missions has twenty-six missions. con-
| tanning 1s2 stations, H. ,oS3 foreign mission,
aries, including married women. and
SOL native preachers. teachers. and Bi-
BILE readers. Its native communicants In
all lands number lis, ,976. Its 3.451 Sun
day-schools have more than 10000 pu-
sfx.Hfr
presses published I36, 100000 pages. In its
/ 167 hospitals and dispensaries nearly
SOC, 600 patients were treated. One Of the
| most striking features of its work Is
the fact that contributions Of native
Christians last year totalled $Sol,lSz.
The board has under Its care 1.7G educa-
tional Institutions of all grades. from pri-
mary schools TO universities.
Twenty thousand preachers have thus
far signified their intention to deliver
labor and social service sermons on Ia
Dor Sunday. September 1. These are
scattered in all parts of the country In
few instances, owing to people being
absent on vacation. later dates for these
sermons have been selected. A prom
inent feature of each sermon will be the
wisdom of granting and using one days
rest in seven for all industrial workmen.
have part in these sermons! In many
instances iaymen have been secured to
give the addresses.
The Federal Council of Churches,
through its social service committee.
suggests to preachers and their lay help
ers the getting together Of all organiza-
tions devoted to the interests of labor.
the inviting OF labor organization on
GERS, and the study and communities for
presentation either in verbal or printed
form Where possible, II is urged that
the Central Labor Union be induced to
name committees on literature and at
tendance upon the demonstration in be-
half of labor. Finally, preachers are
asked to furnish reporters with abstracts
Of their sermons, to the end that the
largest publicity may be secured. Ef-
forts are now making by the federal
councils committee to increase the num-
Der of sermons on Labor Suday to 3o,ooo
The Church Times advises Australian
churchmen to be bold and cut away
their moorings so far as their legal
connection with the Church of England
is concerned. and bids them remember
how successfully the Free Church Of
Scotland dealt with their legal dificul,
ties and refused to be terrorized by court
decisions.
The present demands of the Australian
church and its present difficulties are
well put in the inaugural address Of the
Archbishop of Brisbane to his provision
al synod. What We want" he said. 'is
local autonomy within the Anglican
communion We want for Australia the
local autonomy which the Church Of Scot
land and the Church of the Province of
South Africa enjoys. In none of these
cases is there any legal nexus with the
Church in England. and yet who will
venture to question their loyalty, or
doubt for a moment their solid unity
in all spiritual matters with the Mother
Church? Our church in this land Is in
a wholly anomalous position, for while
she appears to enjoy local autonomy
she is really an instance Of centralized
government, and that of a peculiarly un-
satisfactory nature. We are excluded
from having any voice in the revision of
the prayer book. We are excluded from
any direct approach to the privy coun-
ell. or, in other words, We are bound ny
an authority before whom we are ex-
cluded from pleading. We are hindered
in our general growth and development
by leading strings which We have out
grown. We are seeking freedom"
Chaplains, retired and active, Of the
army and navy, the National Guard.
and the volunteers in the civil and Span
ish wars are invited to a conference in
Los Angeles, to be held in connection
with the Grand Army reunion from Sep
tember to IA. The call issues from q
recent meeting of retired officers Of the
army, now residents of Southern Cali
fornia. The purpose is threefold: First,
to discuss problems of the active service;
second, to consider what can be done
to increase the efficiency of the chaplains
and to promote the moral and religious
welfare .of the fhen; third. and possibly
more Immediately necessary than either
Of these others. to awaken in the
churches and the general Christian pub
lie a deep and more active interest in
the officers, soldiers, and sailors under
the flag.
TT is felt" say the signers of the call.
that these men under arms are not In
the hearts of the Christian people as
they should be- Prayers are seldom
heard in public assemblies in their be-
half, and they are seldom referred to in
the religious press. 1t is believ-
ed that public attention should be call
ed to the importance OF the service these
men are rendering, and that they should
feel that in the Christian public there is
a profound interest and sympathy in
their behalf. Admiral Stockton's recent
men of the navy seems to have stirred
a lively interest in army circles, also"
The New York Federation Of Churches
will next winter launch a plan for COM
prehensive use of laymen in missionary,
Sunday school and social service work.
The primary part of the plan is educa-
tional There will be series of 'fnsti-