The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-27
IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD
NEWS AND COMMENT.


Four great mission boards, ending then
fiscal years with April /, find last year &C
have been unsatisfactory, with little OF
the expected increase in receipts coming
from recent convention campaigns. The
four are the Presbyterian and the Baptist
home and foreign each. The Presbyterian
Home had receipts of Sl.4l9,000 as COM
pared with s1,49100o the previous year.
While most of the falling off was in
legacies. still the churches shrank 5000
The board had a balance of $4,000 left
from the previous year. and so was able
to put into it's work 81, 40. 900 during the
year and yet close without debt. The
Baptist Home Society increased by So, 900.
with receipts of s44S,0o0. A considerable
part was, however, increase in special
gifts John d. Rockefeller offered
bonuses for increases. and ii is estimated
that all Baptist mission boards will re-
ceive $4,000.
The PRESBYTERIAN and Baptist foreign
boards have not at this writing completed
their footings, but il is stated that both
of them will report deficits and the latter
a considerable increase in debt. Legacies
have been fewer in number and amount,
but the churches have not. as expected,
responded to appeals. General benevo-
lence, apart from relief in cases of dis
aster, has had an unsatisfactory year,
receipts from farm products. calculated
upon to reach Missions in some amounts,
are reported as having shown up less
than in many years. The large churches
in cities have responded with such in
creases as are reported, and not the
churches in smaller towns. supposedly
nearer the farmers. So far, nobody can
be found who claims to be able to see
any Improvement aheaed.
The country is to have another big
series of missionary conventions. 1t is
announced by the Laymen's Missionary
Movement that it will undertake to hold
no fewer than 100 conventions between
September Is and February Is next, and
il calls upon ministers and laymen in all
parts of the country to join it. The
movement will try TO hold conventions
in all towns of 5000 population and over.
and il proposes a great number of teams
of speakers, four to six men in each, to
go from CITY to city. two days in each.
Missions of all kinds are to be propa-
gated. not simply foreign missions. as
the movement essayed when ii started
a few years ago.
The movement proposes institutes for
ministers, enormous quantities of litera-
ture about missions, and the flooding OF
daily and ether newspaper offices with
information about its plans. One whole
department of the movement Will be de-
voted to negro churches. 1t ANNOUNCES
that this series of conventions is to be-
come an annual event with perfection
of organization in course of time that
will carry the convention lessons into
every cross roads.
The ultimate aim of the conventions is
the taking up of a vast collection OF
money for missionary wark at home ana
abroad. This money end of the plan is
to come next March. All societies of all
names and objects are in the plan. Along
with the conventions is to go an educa-
tional series to be conducted by the
Missionary Education Movement. The
aim of this education is not merely to
get money, but to introduce efficiency
methods into money raising in the
churches for missions. The amount at
present given by all Protestant churches
for all missions is a little short of $780,
0OG. 0G9 a year. Of which $40, 100000 to 49,
OOc.O0e is for missions at home. The
coming summer is to be spent by mis-
sionary leaders preparing for the Sep
TENDER opening.
The newly organized Bible Students
Club held its first meeting for the cleo
ton of officers on Friday evening last, at
the Y w c. A. Vacation Lodge, Cherry
dale. Twenty-Five members were present
and officers and committees chosen for
the ensuing year. This club is open to
any young woman who is interested in
advanced Bible study, whether a MEM
her of the Y w c. A. or not. Appli-
cation for membership may he made
10 Miss Alice NJ. Holmes, the director of
religious work, at the association Office,
1885, F Street
Secretary Cooper returned yesterday
from visit to his formed home in Spring
field. Mass, where the Y. NJ. c. A just
completed a successful nine-days' cam
paign Cor new buildings. Over s215,0oO
was raised. The work Of soliciting funds
was done by 300 men. divided into teams.
large clock face was erected in the
heart Of the city on Court Square and
each day the hand was moved to indi- |
cate the total mount secured up to that
time. The building plans provide for
large structure embodying the latest and
best ideas i'm Y. NJ. c. A. buildings |
TWENTY-FIVE members of the Y. NJ. c. |
A BOYS Department have entered the |
examinations in Bible work |
held every year throughout the Y. NJ. |
C. A. s Of the country by the international |
of the Young Mems Christian |
Associate The examinations this year |
are all prepared in New York |
and are sent on in advance, in sealed |
envelopes. to be opened on the date. uni |
formly set everywhere, for the examina- |
lions
Two classes of awards will he made. |
The Y. NJ G. a. Boys Department show |
ing the highest proportion of its entire |
passing the examinations will |
receive the Dan Macdonald silver loving |
cup. tn remain in its possession for one \
year. and to become its permanent prop
erty if won in three successive years.
The other award will be certificates |
to the ten associations showing the |
largest number of members taking the |
Last year the Washing
tor Y. NJ. c. A. Boys Department won
one of these certificates.
The members of the Washington Y. M.
c. A Boys Department to take the ex-
animation this year are Harry Bursley,
Herbert Alden. Terry Morehouse. Morti-
mer Morehouse Allan Newman, Charlie
Smith, Charles Adams, Wallace Bows,
Melville Leonard, Luman Carpenter,
Samuel Cissel. George Dewey, John Rup-
pert Martin Abbott, Ben Abbott, Miner
Stout. Roger Baldwin, Carroll Fleming,
Herbert Graves, John Eisman, Victor
Hartshorn. and Joseph Baldwin. The
boys, who range in age from twelve to
seventeen, have been taught by Robert
H. Clark a volunteer instructor, and the
following Y. NJ. c. A. officers: L. Gordon
Leech, assistant director of boys work;
H. A. Elson, assistant secretary Of re-
igious work, and W. c. Gilmore, as
sistant director Of the department Of
service