The Washington herald., 1913-03-23
IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD
NEWS AND COMMENT.

NEWS AND CUMMkNl.
Within three hours after orders had
been given to send American troops to
the Mexican border, Maj. Gen. Wood
teIegraphed the international COMMITTEES
of the Y. NJ. c. A. requesting 1t to for
vard secretaries with their equipment
OF tents. writing materials. moving pic
res music, and the usual equipment
Tor ministering to the soldiers in camp
\ similar request came from tne ao-
miral commanding the fleet, and Whnul
half an hour a secretary was On niS
way and equipment was oelng ASSEM-
bled. When the men at the marine par
racks learned they were about 10 DC
sent to the Gulf Of Mexico. they imme-
diately hailed the secretary with, we
are TO board the transports immediately
and YOU must go with us" There VIII
be at least 10000 soldiers for six months
on the Mexican border, and lo,oV men
are in the assembled fleet the oniy
facts received at headquarters from tne
association in the City of Mexico whose
building has been seized for fortress
first by one side and then the otner Is
All safe, but building damaged sie'o"'
Warner n, Van Norden. who has trav-
eled widely in China-the son, by the
way. Of one of the most efhclent lay
members of the Presbyterian foreisn
board-says there is no other conniiioi,
story about the Chinese quite SO aosuiu
as the frequently repeated statement
that physicians in China are paid iees
only while their patients stay well OUT
not when the patients get SICK Mr.. van
den says that in point of fact the
nese- like Americans and other hon
neonle. nav their doctors when they
.-. service of them.
B., l. reported that on the Sabbath
r Billy Sunday ended his great meet
r,. ; at Columbus, Ohio. 5000 persons
ed the various churches OF that CITY
Confession of faith The next Sab
p. n the additions TO churches were
and the Sabbath after, l.VU. a
,her of congregations, following es-
isbed custom. are postponing the re-
ion of members until Easter, ana
sabbath will see the number OF
rch members increased by hundreus
pcrhaps thousands more. Ii is re-
g. ly stated that the sale OF liquors !"
Imbus fell off % per cent III cons
,ce of the sunday meetings. TWO
dred ncichborhood Bible classes are
ting weckly in Christian homes ana
oNntowu noon meeting for women
kers in stores and offices is attended
by large numbers.
pr,f Charles Richmond Henderson.
head OF the department ol prac'icai
sn.iolocv in the University OF thlcaso'
who ha9 been the Barrows lecturer t'i
six months in the chief cities of India
China and Japan. will resume MS reSu-
lar work at the University near the
unenine of the spring quarter. Prof Hen
derson's lectures were on the SUBJECT "I
Social Programmes of the West ana
they are being published in the orient
hy the Macmillan COMPANY. Professor
UenderSon's- lectures in India were re-
,.iycd with cordial appreciation and ap-
proval and while in China he was called
into conference with Chinese officials Tor
his views on prison conditions IN that
country and suggestions for their i'm
prOVement.
Bishop Charles Edward Cheney. of Chi
cacu. has just completed his hftN-thlrd
wear aS rector of Christs reformed
Episcopal Church. He is the first and
"uly rector the church has had. blshop
Cheney says that the unusual minlstra-
tion Of nfty-three years with one con-
gresation had been easily managed. lie
,aid that no minister ever had A more
attributed his success to waiting, watch
ing. working. and praying.
Rev. O. Campbell Morgan. of the West
minister Chapel. London. who has been
at the Atlantic Bible Conference. helped
the evargelistic committee Of New York
City in the tent. open-air and shop cam
paign which began Tuesday evening.
Vice President Marshall will speak in
the City Hall Springfield. Mass, Sunday
under the auspices Of the Y. NJ. c. A
1t will he Mr.. Marshalrs first public ad-
dress since he became Vice President and
it will be the first time that the hall
has been used for a meeting of this kind.
Spiritualists OF New York and vicinity,
numbering about 12.COO. although only
about 1000 actually enroll in congrega-
tions or societies. plan the erection of
S2C0.O1O temple. located near Central Park,
the chief feature OF which will be
psychic room wherein is to he assembled
such electric outfit for spiritualistic dem
ontsartiOns as will exist nowhere else in
the world. About $4,000 is in hand al
ready toward the perfect temple that is
to be 1t is claimed that when the tenn
pie is built. and the psychic room is in
use. the prejudice against spiritualsts
will SO disappear that many of the 1000
who now stay out will come into the
societies.
There are about 10000 spiritualists in
the whole country. it is claimed. 1t is
also claimed by their leaders in Wash
ington. where the national spiritualist
headquarters is, that within the past
two or three years marked progress has
been made in spiritualistic demonstra-
ti"n, and in enrolling in the societies
many who formerly manned out of
them. In a way the proposed new New
York Spiritualist Temple will be national
in its scope and work.
The opening and formal dedication of
the Alliance House at rs Four-and- d-a-half
Street southwest last week empha sizes
the extent and value of the social and
ilanthropiC work done by the National
Council of Jewish Women. which has
just completed its chain of sections and
agents in the South through the organ
ization of Jewish women in Galveston
Houston. and Dallas in Texas, in Little
Rock, and Hot Springs. Ark, and the
providing of additional secretaries for
social service in sections already formed
in cities of the South and Middle West
The councils purpose. in SO far as this
new plan is concerned. is the care of
Jewish girls coming to America and
seeking work and homes in and near
these cities. 1t is claimed that the most
perfect system of immigrant protection
for girls has been built up by the coun-
Gil.
A unique part of this Jewish immigra-
ton work extends also to foreign coun-
tries, MANY girls COMING IN America ,ra