The Washington herald., 1913-02-08
NEWS AND COMMENT.


The International Sunday School As
sociatior reports 100000 under twenty.
i'm all Sunday schools, and 100000 OF
the young people of the United States
under twenty years of age who are not
IN Sunday schools
The warm regard felt for Prof. Francis
G. Peabody, D. D., of Harvard, by men
in many Christian bodies was made con-
soicuous at a dinner last Thursday ten
dered him at the Hotel Nendome. New
York. by his colleagues of the faculty
and a number of graduates, and attend
cd bv eminent representatives both OF
the university and Of other denomlna-
tions as well. The reason for extending
this special courtesy at this particular
time is that after thirty years of service
he is retiring from the Plummer protes-
sorship OF Christian morals. His work in
the classroom and in Appleton Chapel
has brought him in contact with a most
Of students who have felt the touch OF
lis earnest personality and derived splr-
itual impulse from his sermons ana more
familiar talks. He is best known to the
general public through his mastertui
nook on Jesus Christ and the social
Question"
As indicating the trend of things IN the
churches, note this from the Baptist En-
aminer:
I'VE are going to have in the near fu-
fure n series OF letters from representa-
live men Of other denominations telling
49,, what Prcsbvtarians Are Saying and
noinC.' What Methodists Are Saying and
Doing What CongrcSationalists Are
Saving and Doing What EpiscopallahS
Ar, Saving and Doing What Lutherlns
Arc Saving and Doing and so on
through the list of the larger denofniha-
lions We have much TO learn from our
brethren, and we bid them all God
speed"
MANY generous gifts have lately flowed
into III. treasures of the churches, but
probably the largest sum ever given by
one person was the bequest of an Eng
!ish reclusa, who died some six or seven
years ago. but whose leSacies have lust
hacn announced The will of the late
Robert Arlington. of Teignmnuth. dis
noses of over 5000, COO. Of which $i,|hU"J
.-oes TO the cause OF foreign missions
- Oll 900 to the London Missionary Soci-
cty CCongrcgQtionaD and Se,J0O,OO - the
Elptist Missionary Society Of Lond"h-
Mr. ArthingIOn wishes that every trlbs
OF mankind tina. has them not ana Whlch
Snfaks Il language distinct from all "th-
crs.' shall have accurate and faithful
corics of St John ST. Luke, and the
Arts Of the Apostles printed in the Ian
.,rIaCe of the tribe, and that at least
dozen persons in the tribe shall be taught
Ia read these books. Sums have already
been spent from tits bequest but part
~ il Is to accumulate until l9"o ohe
wonders VIII Il people will be left to evan
::riZe by that time.
The progress of the Jews in America
is an important fact to be taken fully
into consideration In any survey Of the
religious life of the country, as also ot
the social and moral attainments which
from time to time are chronicled. In
charities and amelioratiVe endeaNors IS
racl in this country is prominent
In achieving this progress. the greatest
factor that has been the inspiration 10
the religious enthusiasm, humanitarian
rndeavOr and cnlighteed citizenship OF
the American Jews is the organization
known as the Union of America Hebrew
Congregations which met last week in
the city of Cincinnati for its twenty-third
biennial convention.
Though only forty years old. the actN-
iry of this congregational union, cover
ing the period of tremendous Jewish i'm
migration from various countries OF the
old world to America. has produced in
stitutionS Of enduring worth TO American
Israel The truly representative charac-
ter of this organization has been OFTEN
emphasized. The synagogue as the typ
icsl Jewish organization is the basis OF
representation.
Important as Jewish charities may he.
rhcv do not measure the standard Of
Jewish loyalty, for a man may he never
so goCd-hearted. he is nevertheless re-
carded As contributing little to the per
nctuation of the faith unless he is rep
resented in the sanctuary. Jewish clubs
and societies whose functions may be of
q wholesome inuence, if they be outside
the religious sphere, arc not valuable TO
the Jewish cause as expressed in the
religious life. The dictum of the Sages
Of old is the standard of present-day Jew
ish loyalty, Thou shalt not withdraw
from the congregation