The Washington herald., 1913-01-12
With the Washington Churches
NEWS AND COMMENT.

Commenting upon George Remnants re,
view in the Outlook of Japan's cast
against the Korean Christians, the Con,
tinent says:
'As to the main question which heads
Mr.. Remnants discussion of the matter
he would have known, IL he had fol-
lowed the course of church opinion on
the subject more clearly, that the idea
OF strictly religious persecution In
Korea has already. without his aid. been
driven from the minds that first enter
tained II. Japanese. We are sure, have
no prejudice against Christianity as a
religion. But in Korea they do fear
the growth OF an independent native
Christian church. because II must In
evitably be culture bed for Korean
national consciousness. and that Is pre-
cisely what the present administration
In Japan's peninsular province means
not TO have there. To repress IL not to
suppress. the church is requisite there
fore for the existing japanese colonial
policy, and that is the meaning of the
set-up' form Of Justice which Japan
mas exhibited In Seoul 1t is not religious
persecution of Christianity, but II is DO
litical persecution of the church"
The Stewart brothers, of Los Angeles,
who are the Two Christian Laymen''
that publish the widely distributed series
or pamphlets entitled THE Fundamen-
tais' have put more than s125,Ooo into
the work ans circulated well over
loUo,Ooo copies Of the nine volumes in
the series which have thus far appeared.
Rev Louis Meyer is now serving as
editor OF the series
Dr. william 7. Manning. Of New York.
as chairman OF the committee on plan
and scope for a World Conference on
Faith and Order" has Just issued a com
munication, from which this significant
extract Is made:
Inc first question is whether we
CHRISTIANS really desire reunion. Have
VIC that deep and definite faith IN the one
LORD which must I'LL us with the desire
to reunite in His one body? What are
faith and membership in Christ? Is the
relation OF the Christian to Christ mere
~ Individual or does II constitute mem
cership In body? Is that body merely
n human organization, self-originating or
Is II the living. continuous body of the
one. Lord? Do We know whether or not
the brethren from whom We have been
separated for centuries possess any Of
the precious things of which we are stew
ards or which, perhaps. we do not our
selves possess? Can we learn anything
from each other? What is the church?
Has 1t any authority. and II so, what?
What is the basis of its claims? What is
Its mission? Is there any sufficient rea-
son for the continued separate existence
OF the communions to which We sever
ally belongr'
Searching questions, these. which
should be faced and answered by every
one who desires a real unity of all who
follow the same Master. World Con-
ference of Faith and Order must be pre-
coded by many smaller assemblies
keyed to the same thought With this in
mind. the Episcopal commission is rec
ommending that many such small and
informal gatherings he held, In which the
devotional side shall he emphasized
throughout and the effort be to discuss
really fundamental questions To facil-
itate the holding OF such meetings the
commission offers to send suggestive lit
erature, including a bibliography on
church unity. TO all who will apply to its
chairman. Robert II. Gardiner, at Gard
liner. Me.
The Baptlsts and other nonconformists
in England are engaged in contest for
fair schools. They complain that since
1872 they have been suffering grievances
from which they have been promised re-
lief. but now are Obliged to wait further
on the government promise of legislation
this year. The charge is that both the
Anglican and Roman Catholic churches
are largely supported through their
schools from public funds, and that the
control Is almost wholly clerical and not
popular. 1t Is even charged that teach