The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-18
Five Ntable Religious Ones
to Take P~lace-Sunday
Schools at Zurich.

~ rome next fall Will be !QalabFat-
ca the slAtoenth centennial of the
religion Of the Roman empire by the
hmperor Constantine--he of "in hoe
s'lEno Nlnccs' fame, whose naMae il
SILL bofle by Constantinople.
me Sunday schools OF the world
VIII assemble in International Con
.tntlon In Zurich next July. and 1900
Atlertolns are expected to be Fesen
The men and religion foreign depu-
tation, led by Fred c. Smith and Ray
inond Robbins. satls from San Fran
cisco IN january for Japan, China,
the philippines. Austria, South Africa
ana europe. Two large popular depu-
tatlons Will he taken to the orient by
IN commemoration Of the Judsop cen
lehnlal. The Pan Presbyterian alli-
ance Will call together representatives
OF the Presbyterian faith ut Aberdeen
IN july, ana a special steamer will
YAK the American delegates. in ad-
ejtloh TO these tours, the laymen's mis-
sionafy movement is considertng an
enlargement of its plan and practice
1oF the sending Of laymen around the
Woflo TO investigate missions; and the
y. M. e. A. deputslion, led by DIR.
Joho II. Mott, who also represents The
Allied Missionary Societies of the
World, Is at present IN the orient.
itEi't Of History Prom the War.
The centering Of civilizations at
lentloh upon Constantinopls and the
regions of the Apostolic church has
quite generally g%utekened interest III
the Christian history Of this part Of
the world. especially az the present
War Is fundamentally religious In
character. From the viewpoint of the
lsnectai council appointed by Pope
Plus 4 to arranEe for tho celebration
In R0me this fall Of the sixteen cen
turtles ct Christta nifty rs tho faith Of
the t"nan empire. the war has been
a helpful thing. II has aroused a
popular interest tn what might other
wise have been a purely scholastic
and historic went.
Pilgrims from all parts OF tho
world ara expected In ltomo for this
celebration, and the dramatic figure
OF C%0hstantins. the first Christian en-
per"r ut Rome. whose vision of tho
cross n the legend. Tin hoo signO
vinces." has given u common phrase
70 many Languages. will bulk larger
than ever In the popular imagination.
Events are conspirinG to aid the pub.
lilo Ia think Of religion In broader
terms,
sl.ipioads of Sunday School Folk.
In no one direction IL this educa-
tion in internationaiism proceeding
more potentiy than In tho Sunday
schools and young peoples societies.
eNait the idea of great conventions
ON foreign shores. bringing together
Christians of all lands. The World
Sunday School union a successfully
followed this plan with conventions
at london, Jerusalem. Rome. st.
Louis and Washington. Now the
seventh world convention Is scheduled
for Zurich, Switzerland. on July s to
IL, aud the Sunday school leaders
say that there will be at least 1000
delegates from the United States
alone.
With Its 3d. 900 600 members scat
tered over the earth, the Sunday school
does things on a big scale. Prior to
the Zurich convention there will be
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
OF Sunday, July 10, as World Sunday
School day and the literature Is being
put into practically all the tongues pt
the earth. The president Of the World
Sunday School association is DIR.
George W. Bailey Of Philadelphia and
the Rev, Carey Bonner Of London
and Marion Lawrence Of Chicago are
the general secretaries.
l. A6PtlStS HONOR J00EOn.
The comparative modernity Of The
sanda is shown by the recent recur-
renee OF the centenary Of the pioneer
missionary, Adoniram Judson, who
worked in Burma and India, is. the
dominant figure Of the yea in church,
es Of the Baptist order and compre-
hensiNe plans for an immense stimu-
lation of missionary interest are now
in operation.
Following the fashion Of foreign
tours. the Baptist officials have set
apart tho home secretary Of their for
eign. mission society. the Rev. DR..
Fred r. Haggard. to conduct an
acknowledgement missionary deputl-
II travel. they will start from San
francisco in August and return to
New York in March Of 1914. Prac.
tically all the Baptist mission fields
will DO visited, with especial oeiebra-
tons in Burma. The advantage 10
the traveller of n of these tours is
that instead Of tho ignorant hireling
guides at whose mercy tho ordinary
tourist must be-, those church folk
have American ~missionaries, to con.
duct then INTO the interior, men who
understand the language and tho his
tory ind the customs Of the people.
The Baptists are planning. Of
t'S'FS" W Ib'N1Ap " ptc1GlINdt course
in missions for every member of this
deputation, and. to that end have
drafted their best missionaries into
service as guides in the nine mission
fields visited. In order to- share i'm
the celebration in December in Bur-
ina. q special Baptist party viii leave
America in october and go, direct to
burma, retnrning the following Feb.
rldry.
i'rrsbyleGtaMs, to lknOx, Land,
Al The many denominations which
aIheir to the Presbyterian creed and
p"iit!, and these Include the reformed
churches; as we'll as those which bear
the name Presbyterian, are united IN
81 Pan-American alliance which holds
auadrenldal meetings. Next july the
alliance viii gather in Aberdeen.
Scotland. The American delegation
VIII be SO large that IL chartered YES
sci has been secured for the purpose.
~ distinguished array of public men
as we'll as Of cieTgymen. will repre-
sent the United states and Canada IN
tni3 gbtherinB; and liz the official stall,
church Of Scotland is pr%esbyterian
tnere "iil be notable social and semi.
political functions in connection with
the ineetinKs In Aberdeen.
aside from their immediate mr.
poses. AL these world gatherir- ar.
inintstering to the days new mood Of
universal brotherhood. Travel on
!afses mn horizon. and people h
KNOW n another are best uuuliaeu
10 c~o-operste in human service.
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