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The Washington herald., 1912-08-25
IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD

nrst of sixteen had six home mission
aries. the second Of also sixteen had six
home and one foreign missionaries who
from the class of ISIS spent sixteen years
In Ceyion under the American board.
FROM that date to the present every
class but three made contributions to the
foreign field, and those three gave one
third Of their membership to home mis-
sions- From hve to six thousand men
have gone out from Princeton one-half
again as many as from any other theo-
logical school In the land. of whom one
of every thirteen has gone to the foreign
field. which proportion Is the same as
that Of Newton
Oberlin stands at the head a. q foreign
missionary school,, having sent abroad
1ss Of its 773 theological men.
The first quarter Of its century. Prince
ton sent abroad fifty men. the second
quarter seventy-five. the third quarter
100. and the last quarter. 200. Up to 1876
II sent abroad one of every eighteen
students. Since 1875 It has sent one out
Of nine, and DR.. Speer adds: Those who
the decline of the missionary conviction.
are men who speak in ignorance Of the
simple facts of this institutions life"
Princeton Seminary. standing over
against Princeton University. its largest
feeder. had under instruction last year
10 men coming from twenty-nine States.
nine foreign countries, and eighty-two
colleges Its president. Francis L. Pat
ton. has become q patriarch in Presby-
terrain circles. gaining his first notoriety
in his prosecution for heresy of the ia
nous Prof. Swing, OF Chicago, and in
his later life as president of Princeton
University. at the time of his sudden res
ignation securing the election of Wood
row Wilson as his successor. Princeton's
theological faculty consists Of nineteen
professors, besides half a dozen special
lecturers.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25
CHURCHES MUST HELP SOLVE
WORKING GIRLS PROBLEM

The problem of health, morality. and
education Of the working girl of our
large cities is a very grave and baffiing
one. According to Miss Trenholm, who
is the head worker Of the East Side Set
Element Home and who gave an account
of absorbing and even startling inter-
est in the New York Times Sunday Mag
azine recently. the problem of the work
ing girl is the greatest in New York
and the greatest in the whole country.
The trend Of society is to drive girls
to work for living. she declares In
the large cities they must live under
conditions that tend to destroy home
life. On the East Side there is scarcely
family that has a room where all may
st down TO meal at the same time.
With the loss OF home life Miss Tren-
holm thinks there is entailed a lack of
training for motherhood. and schools OF
mothercraft are needed in all places
where the conditions of home life are
not favorable. Suffrage, in Miss Tren-
holm's opinion. will be useless in help
ing to solve the great problem OF n tine
the growing girls OF the cities to be
women OF the right ideals. The whole
broad problem must be taken up. she
declares. Land values, construction,
rapid transit, besides school planning.
must be considered, while with all there
must be care and guardianship for the
girl by Increased education. Increased
provision for amusement of the right
kind, and a union in various societies
that shall be a defense and help along
the whole line OF life. Here manifestly,
Is to be one OF the most vital problems
with which the churches must cope in
their present endeavor to meet more ag-
excessively the social question Of the
citieS
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25
MORE BIBLES WANTED
IN CHANGING CHINA

Whatever happens to the Chinese re-
public. the Chinese are buying and read
ing American Bibles as never before
The American Bible Society has issued
for the first six months OF the current
year nearly 1000 more volumes than for
the corresponding period last year, and
in addition its agent in China, Rev. John
r. Hykes. of Shanghai, hurries to Amer
lea the statement that he has orders
for 10000 copies. This number Is great
err he reports. than the society is able
to supply.
In spite of large appropriations made
by the society for Bibles for China. the
society reports itself without funds to
print these additional Bibles. This Is
due in part to the high rates Of exchange
resulting from the revolution In China,
which has in effect diminished the value
of funds sent from America to China
by about S.o0D. The society states that
its Bible circulation in China could
easily reach 100000 copies this year II
il We're to supply them. and 1t is. there
fore. appealing for extra funds to meet
this unexpected Chinese demand.
Rev Thomas Terrence. another of the
society's representatives in China, sends
hurried word from Chengtu in the prov
ince of Szechuan. where the revolution
first broke out, that suffering Of Chinese
Christians there was severe, and has not
yet wholly ceased. New officials here and
at other points in the province. some OF
them Christians, are having difficulty
squaring their consciences with the de-
mands of a public not yet up to judicial
ideals. One official had one hundred rob-
bers under lock and key. trying 10 re-
form them. when the populace demanded
that he slice their heads of? The Bible
agent cd that at writing the official
had neither reformed them nor put them
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The Washington herald., 1912-08-25
MORE OF SMITHS REASONS
FOR NOT GOING TO CHURCH

Should Smith go to church? Meredith
Nicholson's query In the June Atlantic
Monthly has evoked a multitude of COM
ments. That OF "A Churchman." in the
August issue of the same journal, mer-
its special notice among them. II goes
to one root. at least, OF the matter. The
Smiths. says the writer. are an old
family. They were among the first to be
dissatisfied with the medieval church.
They did not md 1t spiritual enough.
With some very secular assistance. the
English Smiths removed from the serv-
ices of the English Church 'as much as
possible that might jar an educated
mind and from her moral teaching they
erased almost everything that might sug-
gest the bearing Of religion upon material
things" The descendants OF these
Smiths dislike creeds and dogmas. hav-
ing made rather a mess of them. But
men in general have a remarkable ca
pacity for believing. Jones and Robin
son are ready to believe that all things
are possible, but il is a pretty severe test
for their faith in the church, so long
as they see the Smiths there still en-
sconced in the church warden's pew with
the air OF conscious, though modest and
restrained power. And now the
cry. goes UP from the Smith family.
matters to US much, for a Smith can
take care OF himself anywhere: but II
puts the ship in such a sorry plight.
Really We must get rid of some more
useless ballast in the shape of creeds and
dogmas, and perhaps our brother will
to be rescued" 1t is, this
thinks, an interesting ques-
ton whether the chance Of ultimately
getting Smith is worth the risk Of losing
the hope of ever gaining Jones or Robin
son. II these are to be reached we
must. he says, begin by converting the
Smiths that are still in the church. For
Jones and Robinson can never be
reached unless It becomes absolutely
clear to them that the Smith family, as
such, has ceased in any degree TO control
church policy. And this cannot become
clear until the doctrine of the church
loses the earmark of Smith simplifica-
ton and until the ethics of the church
become downright materialistic. as they
were when usury was mortal sin, ana
the theory of absolute private ownership
NJ land WAS a heresy,'
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25
NEW YACHT SUNBEAM MIN
listers TO MAINE ISLANDERS

The starting out OF the yacht Sunbeam.
of the Maine Seacoast Missionary So
ciety. on its annual cruise calls atten-
ton to the unique and efficient Chris
tan work of this society, which Bar Har-
Dor summer people can. in a way. call
their own. in that its chief supporters
are the cottagers. The Sunbeam, for
example, is the gift of Mrs. John S.
Kennedy. of New York and Bar Har-
Dor. and a glance at the list of life men,
bers, directors. and officers of the So
ciety reveals names of people prominent
in social circles.
style OF yacht used by DR.. -Grenfell in
his Labrador missionary work. and il is
well adapted to the trying conditions met
with on the Maine seacoast in the win
ter. The Morning Star. a small yacht
previously used by the society. could not
be used the year around, but the SUM-
beam will be in commission all the time.
1t is run by gasoline and is in all senses
a seaworthy little craft. The cost OF
building and equipping it was 5000 %
That the name Sunbeam is an appropri-
ate one may be guessed from a remark of
the missionary, Rev. A. P. Mcdonald
speaking of the rides enjoyed by the
islanders and Sunday schools on the Sum-
beam in the summer-that there is great
rejoicing whenever the boat enters the
harbor.' The Sunbeam won't fail to
call around at a few places near Christ
mas time, either. usurping the old idea
Of a reindeer Santa Claus by substitute
ing one in a modern gasoline cabin yacht.
The work of Rev. Hannah Jewett
Powell. assistant coast missionary. is
one that requires steadfast devotion to
duty amid the most discouraging condi-
tons. In the winter she travels from
island to island. ministering to the spir-
itual and mental needs of isolated coast
dwellers, which is a hard task. for often
she travels many miles in twenty de-
grees below zero weather. Last year
her services were divided among the
islands, Gead Harbor. Crowleys Little
Deer Island. and Outer Long Island.
She was at Head Harbor four months,
and at Crowley's two months, until she
was called in the coolest part of the
winter to Little Deer Isle. where she
remained until sent for from Outer Long
Island to stay over until a resident
teacher could be secured for the planta-
ton school. Il arrived at $50 in the
evening, after travelling from s in the
Miss Powell said. That ev-
ening was spent in visiting two homes
where death had entered. The next day
I ofiiciated at two funerals. After that
taught the school of forty-four pupils
for three weeks alone, and finished the
term in connection with the regular
teacher. During the time also con-
Quoted the services Of the church, con-
drrted another funeral. officiated at sew
c 81 weddings, and made a number Of
calls"
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25
SOME INTERESTING PLANS OF
NEW YORK EVANGELISM

The work OF the National Bible lnsti-
tute of New York has grown to be one
of the greatest summer evanSeltstic en-
terprises in the country.
Last year the aggregate attendances at
its meetings were counted three-fourths
as l65. 900 men. three-fourths OF whom were
non-Christians. This seasons activity Is
said to be advancing beyond that OF
last year. More than 300 meetings have
already been conducted, at which. be-
sides its regular stan, eighty-five diff
ferent speakers have made addresses.
Its outdoor services are maintained at
stated times each day from Monday to
Friday, with precise regularity, and they
are to continue to October, while Its
indoor meetings in a half-dozen halls
proceed all the same Bible portions in
several languages, with religious htera-
ture, are distributed at its meetings.
Its ministry is extending to other cities,
a branch already doing similar work in
Germantown. Its service Is also grew .n:s
In variety, a branch in uptown New Tcrk
this year giving vacation weeks In the
country. The National title OF the
society appears to he making good, and
the most astonishing feature of 1t all
is that the institute is but about six
years Of age.
Other types or New YORK evangelism
were brought out at the Stony Brook
Assembly recently. The Hadley Rescue
Mission on the Bowery reported through
Rev. John Callahan that lodging. CLOTH
ing, and food had beeB-furnished to
over 10000 men, and that more than
5000 penitents had come forward to en-
ter the Christian life. Mission work is
a great game of fishing" he said. You
have to bait the hook with food. clothes.
and dollar bills. and you must not kick
IL the fish get the bait off the hook. II
you keep at 1t long enough you're bound
to land a good many. It is not what
you say but what you do that makes
the men you are after accept Christ"
Rev. John Wyburn, superintendent Of
the Jere McAuley Water Street Mission,
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25
The Church, the City,
and the Social Unrest

The church and the city are drawing
nearer together, to their mutual gain.
So says Mr.. Graham Taylor in the elev-
Survey on Religion in Social Action"
II the reborn civic spirit is extending IT.
self more and more into fields once ex-
clusiveiy possessed by the church this
does but show. in his view, that reli-
gion was never more irrepressible than
now that II canrot contain itself within
church walls, but has leavened the COM
mon life OF the race. II religion Is to
realize its ideal and fulhll its functions
not only In personal piety, but In public
policy, he says. the church by itself
alone Is not sufficient. Indeed. as human
lives become mere interdependent, and
therefore more dependent upon the con-
ditions and Jaws of the organized COM
munity. the church Is less and less able
to save even the individual life through
its own organized agencies only and
without the cooperation Of the local
community and the larger state in the
work of hum1n' redemption. The State
Is not more committed TO the humaniz-
ing Of religion than the church in the
spiritualizing and sanctifying of the
State" declares DR.. Taylor.
Only by the religious passion in poll
tics and the passion OF patriotism in
religion can the mighty task of read
justing the church and the State TO each
other be undertaken or fulfilled. They
must be aligned first in the individual
lives of those who are citizens, because
they are churchmen. and churchmen. be-
cause they are citizens: those whose re-
Iigion insists upon expressing itself in
the political and civic terms of real life;
those to whom 1.-THE church is an institu-
ton. whose highest mission Is to build
the community up out of itself. not itself
out of the community; those who cannot
and will not abide a community OF Chris
tians which is not Christian commu-
nifty"
Debate is on among New York City
as to the church's activity in
political affairs. sharp distinction
seems to be drawn between Municipal pol
itics and national; but the whole trend
OF the public meeting Of citizens last
week, anent the Rosenthal murder and
alleged police department graft. was in
the direction OF emphasizing churches
activity in the moral life OF the commu-
nifty.
In comment on the question the New
York Churchman has this TO say:
Let the church be as separate as II
will from the great agencies of govern
ment: let II keep as sharply as may be
the line OF separation in matters OF
II cannot avoid, and
should not seek to avoid. the closest pos
sible relations In matters affecting good
morals and practical righteousness. In
one of his memorable sermons at Grace
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25
PRINCETON SEMINARY GRADU-
ATES MAKE MISSION RECORD

bulletin has just been issued OF the
centennial celebration OF Princeton Theo-
logical Seminary. which occurred in
May. 1t was the occasion Of gather
ing of formal delegations from twenty
one assemblies, synods, and presbyteries
of the Reformed Church bodies of Great
Britain and the United States, fifteen
foreign theological faculties, twenty
missionary seminaries from all parts of
the world. nine Presbyterian theological
Summaries In the United States. fifty-one
theological schools OF other denomina-
tons. and thirty -nine colleges and uni
versities. besides 800 alumni. representing
most of the classes from that of 1871 to
1872 DIR. Robert E Speer, secretary of
the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Mis-
sions. brought out. in an address. the fol-
lowing Interesting facts bearing on the
Christian altruism Of its classes: The
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25
RELIEF Is PROMISED
SUFFERERS IN PERU

In spite of the proclamation by the
President of Peru that Protestant
agencies will not be allowed to go to the
upper Amazon rubber field to enter upon
relief work for the Putumayo Indians.
owing to an article in the Peru constitu-
ton, limiting Christian work to Catho
lies, IL is stated that these agencies will
not cease agitation. and that they expect
to get into the field Peru is almost the
last of South American republics to re-
sist religious liberty. and even II has re-
Taxed considerably within the last five
years. The laws remain but public SEN
timent has advanced and Protestant mis-
sion and Bible work Is carried on with
success. American Methodists have a
church In Lima. centrally located and
named Central Church, that has 800 menu
bers. There are some legal restrictions
but even these are relaxing.
American Catholics are bestirring Cardi-
nal Gibbons having been appealed TO.
British Professionals represented by the
British and Foreign Bible Society. the
South American Missionary Society, and
the Evangelical Union for South America,
the last named located, in South Amer
lea, but backed by English contributions,
are charging their Peru forces. They
disclaim the Peru government that they
have no political ambitions. Advances
have been made by the South American
Society representing the Church of Eng
land. for cooperation with the Catholics
in protection of Indians from cruelty, but
as yet no reply has been received from
Catholics. The negotiations are going on
Rene and not through Cardinal
About 5000 has already been
in London for the Putumayo
relief work. American societies have net
yet acted. in part because of August va
cations of managers, but there is dis
position to cooperate. and no fear of
Catholic opposition that will prove effec-
tive. 1t Is said that atrocities continue.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25

detailed his own conversion at that
place He said. 1T is easy enough to
love your friends. but il is loving the
urlovely that accomplishes results to-
ward the redemption of men sunk in sin
and depravity. After the labor of days
and weeks and years you can have no
greater Joy than to see the light come
to some sin-sodden face" The McAuley
work Is one of the redeeming features
OF the lower East Side. Housed in new
quarters this past year or two. at cost
of an extra hundred thousand dollars, II
has taken on new popularity and power
and is backed by some Of the notables
of New York churches.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25

Church a decade and a half ago. Dr.
Huntington drew q picture Of the future
of the church In America-when with
statesmanlike vigor II had seized the op-
portunity to make itself expressive OF
the ideals Of patriotism and Of righteous
ness and had become a leader OF the ma
ton In the paths of truth and justice.
With clear vision as to what Is the true
relations to the State. we shall be able
to take up our responsibilities In such
matters as city government with fuller
confidence and with fuller power. But
until religious men take their share In
the tasks of citizenship and awake TO
their full responsibility, It Is not to be ex-
pected that the shame Of our cities can
be cured. and 1t would be a providential
outcome of the recent crime II It were to
prove the beginning of a steadfast and
enduring movement for civic righteous
ness"
Leland Stanford, Jr., University, in SIM
liar vein writes of Unrest and Prog
ress'' in the Independent.
THE final remedy does not lie in
changing our machinery" declares Presi-
dent Jordan. The strength Of machin-
ery-xs James Watt once demonstrated.
complex. The national Constitution
could doubtless be improved in spots.
but these improvements have no primary
importance. No change in ways Of do
ing things is going TO get rid Of the
party hack. the demagog. the CRATER.
or the timeserver. Political progress Is
not bound UP in the referendum The
recall is only a confession that our first
choice is made in careless haste. The
Initiative Is an assertion that our Repre-
sentatives fail to represent US. II SO,
that is our own FAULT. Perhaps they rep
r, sent US too well. Its value is local
and temporary TO dislodge some petty
tyrant. but the days work of a great
nation demands more adjustable machin-
cry. II We want better representation
We must have better units.
ITO this end. there are only two ways
to bring in better men, or to insist on
better morals and better training for the
men we have. Better men do not come
fer the asking. The glorious wars of
the past have thinned out the breed.
We must look after better environment
to help out those We have. The future
Of the nation is written in the schools
OF to-day. No man is a good citizen
until he can take care of himself and
has something left over for the common
welfare. II economically and morally
alike he is a nonproducer. he is no Mt
member of a democracy. He Is a public
nuisance. II he earns no more than his
keep, rich or poor. he is an economic
nonentity. II he eXerts no influence for
good, he is a moral nonentity. To have
nothing and to rail at those who have
Is not in the line of social progress"
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25
LITERARY NOTES.

THE Lady Of the Decoration" is said
to be stin one of the best sellers on the
Century Company's list, although the
book was issued six years ago. Forty
one editions have been printed in Amer
lea. a sequel is to appear in October.
Alice Hogan Rice's little book. MRS.
Wigs Of The Cabbage Patch" has made
one of the most successful plays ever
produced It is said that six stock COM
panies are playing it all the time The
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25
Far Different.

Frnm Judge.
Little Johnny-Pa- the dictionary says
the words narrative and relation are
synonymous. Is that right?
Father-In a sense only. my son. Lis
tening TO a poor narrative is a far diff
ferent matter from listening to a poor
relation.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25

Heine's Harzreise. for better or worse,
has become a standard text in our col
leges. A new edition Of this ''senti-
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25

a recently discovered story by
"Ouida," entitled The Marriage Plate"
This story, We are informed. was written
many years ago. but for some reason or
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25

George Meredith, in one of his letters
to Robert Louis Stevenson. published In
the September Scribner's speaks in high
praise of his Travels with Donkey
and of his article on Thoreau. The
friendship of Stevenson and Meredith
began when Stevenson lived for short
time at Dorking.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25

Prof. p. w. Dykema, Of the Ethical
Culture School. New York, associate edi-
tor with Prof. Percival Chubb Of the new
book. Festivals and Plays" is now lee
turing at the summer school of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, at Madison Prof.
Dykema regards this work as recrea-
ton and much prefers it to an idle vaca-
ton.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-20
MINISTER AUTOIST
IS ACCUSED AGAIN
BY CHURCH WOMEN

STERLING ILL, Nov 20-Rev Charles
Raymond, pastor Of the First Lutheran
church OF Peoria, who was the subject of
an investigation, conducted by the North
ern Illinois synod in this city last year
is again undergoing an investigation. The
charges last year were brought by Mrs.
Katherine Rowland, d former member Of
his church. charging him with affairs
with the women Of the church. The syn
cd found him not guilty at that time.
The new charges are similar in their
sensational character and also charge the
minister with living beyond his means
maintaining an automobile and the largest
collection OF diamonds in Peoria on an
$500 salary. The committee named by
the president Of the synod TO conduct
the investEa tiou is composed of Revs
DOrnba2er. Keller and BranCdmp, Of Chi
cago, 7. =. HOltgrieve, Of Washington,
H., and Howard Berlimsn, of Joliet
The accused minister declares he courts
invesli gatinu and believes the committee
will md the charges were trumped w by
Jealous women Of his gregation.