El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-21

These Deople are both men and women
and they viii give from a week 10
month, in all cases paYinS theIr w.
travelling expenses, and in many cases
their own entertainment a vast ma
ioritv of them come from the RANKS
Of foremost leaders in profession, N
business and in society. 50 Lar as ce1n
he learned. America never before knew
an autumn when so many Chrlstlah
leaders and supporters VIII pc PiaH-
ming together to spread the gospel
These 10000 persons will assemble
in five different cities. NOT IeWer
than $4,000 Will journey to New AorA
10 attend the Brotherhood of ST An
49, Convention and the Episcopal
general convention. Fifteen thousanu
will go to Boston to take part IN tne
second Missionary congress there. II,
teen to 10000 Disciples of ChrlsC VII
go to Toronto, their first VISIT 10 d
dominion city, for their annual con-
vention. Three thousand delegates VAL
90 to indianapolis to help Methodlsl
missions. This is the number of dele
gates How many visitors viii accom-
many them cannot be predicted me
number will be large FIVE thousa LllC-
Salvation Army workers from every
part will go TO New York 10 greer
Gen. BramWell Booth, the new heaQ
of the salvation Armies of the Worlu,
and to confer with him. At least SuOV
Congretionalists possibly many more
in their Rationale ounell seventy
thousand is a low estimate for all
EpiscOpaIians to Make Change.
Episcopalians IN New York viii
make some changes in the Book OF
Common Prayer. so as to give greater
variety to the Episcopal church public
worship; vii reorganiZe their general
missionary machinery; will elect new
bishops for New Mexico, southern flor
ida Porto Rico, q suffragan or coaoJu-
tor bishop for work among indians OF
South Dakota and probably creeta a
new district of Panama, to include
much of Central America, and elect
bishop for it.
At one time indications pointed to
lively wrangle over a change IN the
name of the Episcopal church, drop
ping the word Protestant and posi-
blv putting in the words American
Catholic" but the controversy spent
itself in advance, and signs just now
point toward peace The women VIII
present some 5000 600 for missions, the
saving of three years, and there viii
be a discussion Of the basis of repre-
sentation, urged by the big diOceses,
and opposed by the small ones
Organize Catholic Home Missions.
Within the last five or six years Ro-
man Catholics. led by archbishops
Louis, Messmer of Milwaukee. and
other young and wide awake prelates,
have organized effectively for Catholic
home missions. and have made ire
mendous strides for the short time
they have been at work. A more Wig
orous and business like propaganda Is
hardly to be found elsewhere, certain
~ not if all of the Catholic countries
of Europe.
The pope has appointed apostolic
delegate BOnzanO to represent him.
Cardinal OConnel will welcome them.
Every form of missions, including
thriving wOman's auxiliary lately
started, vii be presented Mass meet
ings in numbers will be held, and
| speakers will be heard in all the Cath
Ollie churches of eastern Massachusetts,
on the Sunday covered by the con-
vcntiOn.
Disciples of Christ to Canada.
Just how many thousands of Disci-
pies of Christ will go to Canada to en-
courage Canadian Disciples IS not fully
known yet. but the number will be
large. The meeting is not legislative.
but is a missionary rally in the largest
sense, organized home and foreign
work by both women and men, Sunday
school work, and more than all the
spiritual renewal and fellowship, aC-
quaintance and exchange of ideas. that
come from great gatherings. Strenuous
efforts have been made this year to
Increase missionary gifts, and indica-
lions at this writing are that they
Big Methodist Convention.
Eight or ten years ago MethOdists
planned and held in Cleveland a VOlun-
teer convention in favor of missions,
home and foreign. There was a crisis
it was held. and something had to be
done to meet it This year. with new
secretaries in some of their societies,
Methodists are planning another con-
ventiOn. 1t is to be held in Indiana
polls, and limited to 5000 delegates.
The foremost MethOdists, from bishops
down. are to be on hand. There is
to be aroused all possible enthusiasm
Tor missions and for MethOdism. but
there viii be searhced out also leaders
who can be counted on later to help
on Methodist missionary work.
Gen. Booth n Business Leader.
General Bramwell Booth, the new
head of the Salvation Army OF the
world, is said to be putting into Army
affairs a great deal better business
system than ever his father. the Ar
my's founder, put into it. He is ocm-
ing to America on his tour of the
world, in part to inspect Army work
here, in part to secure 1000 Americans
to go to London next Nav to attend a
World Salvation Army convention and
in part to complete the 81, 600 600 fund
that is to build Booth Memorial Train
ing schools in Chicago and New York
one for the western district and one for
the eastern There is to be a confer
ence in New York at which 1000 to
1000 Army leaders will be asked to
give counsel about immediate enlarge
ment of Army work.
COngregatiOnaIisfs to Mo-
Last, Congregationalists will moot l.
Kansas City in their national co1noi IL
This council is an advisory bodv he
It IS found that Christian peonIe obe,t
advice, when given in the right sniriS
about as generally as thew do -
and so a national council of Congreeaa1'
Conallsts accomplishes in its Tsr-
ABOUT as much as a Presbyterian 60
eral assembly or a Reformed aa1sr11
synod does by their law making no,1-o %
The council has been meeting 80,
every three years, but is likely nov -
change to biennial sessions # Iii
without doubt readjust its benevofa,i+
machinery, and so in time have three
societies instead of seven, create -
ficiency and less cost being the ain,
and there is Slmost certain to he 80
ated a commission on missione 80
may give better coordination 10
ing up to the radical recommend5+ie-
of this Kansas City council tbera LCIt
been controversy and conferences -
most without number, but the ai =
now clear, and this November MEANS
is more than likely to witness g :
is said on all sides, the Greatest - ~
thusiaSm and most unani1nouS -
ming, that American Congress ti PIaii-
ism has yet seen.