The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-01-22
five NOTABLE
PILGRIMACES
Planned by Religious Bodies
Sunday Schools Assembly

New York Jan 30 With the circu-
lars Of this years official foreign tours
by religious bodies before him, an oh
server could scarcely call Christianity
provincial. The cosmopoltanism OF
present-day religion is sukinsy
shown by the fact that at least i've
notable pilgrimages overseas are ar
RANGED for the present year, and two
of these will girdle the globe The
Protestants and the Catholics alike are
20 show their interest and relation
ship by celebrations that will take
hundreds. if not thousands of Amcri'
cans across one or more oceans.
In Rome next fall will be celebrated
the sixteenth centennial of the forma.
adoption of Christianity as the religion
Of the Roman empire by the Emperor
Constantinc--he of In hoe signp
vinces' fame, who's name is still
borne 10y Sonstantinople
The Sunday schools of the world will
assemble in international convention
in Zurich next July. and 2.o0c Ameri-
cans are expected 10 he present The
men and religion foreign Gcputaticn.
led ny Fred Il. Smith and Raymond
Robbins sails from san Francisco in
Jan II for Japan. China, the Philip
rines, Australia, SoJth Africa AMI
Europe. TWO large popular doputa.
tions VIII be taken to the orient by the
Baptist beard of foreign missions, in
commemoration of the Judsou ccntcn-
NAL. The Pan Presbyterian alliance
viii call together representatives of the
PRESBYTERIAN faith at Aberdeen in July.
ana a special steamer viii take The
American delegates IN addition tpI
these tours the laymeu's missionary
movement is considering an enlarge
ment Of its plan and practice for Che
sending of laymcn around the world 10
investigate missions, and the Y. NJ. G..
\. deputaticn, led by Dr. John II.
Mott. who also represents the Allied
Sooictics of the World, is
at present in the Orient.
Light of History From War.
The centering OF civilizations atten-
ton upon Constantinoplc and the re
g'ons of the Apostolic church has Quit"
generally quickenod interest i'm IN"
Christian history Of this part of IN"
world, especially as tho present war is
religious in character,
From the viewpoint of the spociuI
council appointed 10y Pope Plus y To-
arrange for the celebration in Rome
this fall ~ the sixteen centuries OF
as the faith of the Roman
empire, the war has been a helpful,
thing. 1t has aroused a popular inter
est in what might otherwise have been
Il purely scholastic aud historic event
Pilgrims from all parts of the world
are expected in Rome for this cclcbra-
tom and the dramatic figure Of Con
stantinc the first Christian emperor of
Rome whose vision of tho cross AMI
the legend. In hoe signo vinces," has
given common phrase to many Ian
guages, viii bulk larger than eyer in
the popular imagination Events arr
to aid the public to think Of
religion in broader terms.
Skip loads of Sunday School Folk
In no one direction is this education
IN int"rn"tionalism proceeding more
potently than i'm the Sunday schools
md young peoples societies. Christian
EndeaVor was the first to evalt TN"
icea of great conventions on foreign
shores. bringiug together Christians of
all lands. The World SUNDAY School
union has successfully followed this
plan with conventions at London. Jcr-
nsalem. Rome It. Louis and Washnc-
ton. Now the seventh world con-
vcntion is scheduled for Zurich, Swift
orland. on July s to ~, and the sun
lay school leaders say that there will
10 ~ least 1000 delegates from tn.
United States alone
With it's 10000, 600 members scatter
ed over the earth. the Sunday school
does things On - big scale. Prior To-
the Zurich convention there will D.,
many foreign tours Of Sunday school
workers including one which will en-
circle the globe Already the SUNDAY
school leaders of all lands have been
making provision for the celebration
If SUNDAY. July II. as World Sunday
School day and tse literature Is bein-
put into practically all the tongues of
the earth. The president of the World
School association is Hr
George W. Bailey Of Philadelphia ana
the Rev. Carey Bonner of London aud