The Washington herald., 1913-08-17
NEWS AND COMMENT.

The American Bible Society reports that
the circulation for the British foreign
Bible society for the last year reached
the astonishing figures Of 1883 900 volumes.
The Bible society of Scotland for the leat
year of record, from the report just at
hand, has a circulation Of 2.35s,sS5 vol
umes II these figures are added to the
issues of the American Bible Society,
which have already been published as
40i96l0 volumes, a superb total OF H.
3Os5g5 volumes represents the missionary
circulation of the Scriptures on the part
of the English-speaking people all over
the world. To this would have 10 ce
added the commercial circulation OF tfe
scriptures by the great Bible presses
oxford, Nelson & Sons, the 1nternationai,
and others. small and large-and the CT
culation of continental Bible societies
Last year there were STA missionaries,
and 15.5O1 native helpers in China: nTe
years before these totals were s,44o ana
990S-
The movement known as Los Won Rom
I'm Austria is making striking headwa>,
saws Zion's Herald. During the last ye1r
there have been established eight sepa-
rate nom -Romanist schools in that coun-
try and fourteen evangelistic missions
and there have been inaugurated nine
new churches where evangelistic Chris
tianity is preached. This movement away
from Rome is most remarkable in mar.y
ways. Between the years 1881 and 1876
there were 1895 conversions to Protes-
tantism, and SSH to liberal Catholicism,
and, besides these, 1850 persons left
Romanism and attached themselves to
no church whatever. The liberal CathciI-
cism is spoken of in this connection is
what is known as the old Catholic church
of which Father" Hyacinthe was such
q conspicuous exponent for many years.
One of the interesting developments of
the Zionist movement is a vote passed
recently by its general executive COM
mIttee. whose headquarters Is IN Berlin,
10 present the question of erecting a
Jewish university in Jerusalem to the
next congress 10 be held in Vienna.
Such an institution is felt to be an alb
solute necessity for the deyelcpment OF
the Jewish populations in Palestine and
elsewhere, in view of the obstacles
placed in the way of Russian Jewish
students desirous of entering the institu-
tions of their native country or of Ger
many. Nahum Eokolow. a member of
the central executive committee, has
been received in Washington by Secre-
tary of State Bryan, and has talked
over the Zionist movement with him. The
friendy offices of the American govern
ment are said to have been promised
the organization in its enterprise. Taken
in connection with the revival of the use
of the Hebrew tongue in some parts of
Palestine. the proposal to establish
Jewish university in Jerusalem is sig
nificant of the progress that is being
made by the Zionist movement-Zion's ;
Herald.
The Federal Council Commission on the
Church and Social Service has issued
its annual call for the observance of
Labor Sunday, which occurs this year
On August 81. In view of the fact that
many of the pastors will not then have
returned from their vacations. the COM
mission recommends that such pastors
give recognition TO the day on either
the first or second Sunday in September.
As the special subject to be considered
in sermons and addresses the commits
sion recommends present Day Tenden-
cies in the Labor Movement" in view
of the fact that the organized labor
movement is at present divided within
itself.