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The Washington herald., 1913-05-11
Nv HOWARD A. BRIDGMAN.

Editor Of the CongreEntionslist and Christian Work.
MANY a church, like many an indi-
yidual. is handicapped by vagueness OF
aim. The school, the library, the hos
initial. and other institutions of society
serve definite, tangible ends, but the
terms in which the mission of the church
are expressed are often so ambiguous,
SO colored with other worldliness,
that they lose edge and force in the
ears of the modern man accustomed to
concrete realities. So the church has
something to do besides building an edi-
fee with q heavenward pointing spire
and holding services. From time TO time
Il should ask itself the question which
DIR Dale. of Birmingham, England, SAID
a preacher should put with reference to
his sermon, What do you want 1t to
do?"
We venture to suggest four great oo-
ie,tiyes on which the churches should
concentrate endeavor. The programme
outlined is feasible in the city, In the
suburbs. or in the country. 1t is practl-
cable for a large church or middle
sized church, and it is as good pro-
rramme for May as for November.
/ Let the church know its field. There
is no excuse for a church not knowing
the homes in its vicinity, who i've In
them and how they live. Tact is required
In such an investigation as well as per-
The Washington herald., 1913-05-11
Private Dalzell, as Veteran of
Comradeships in War and
Peace, Talks Optimistically
of Humanity as Shown in
His Correspondence with
Great Men.

As Coleridge said OF his reading,
may say of my epistoIary correspond
cnce, il has run long-"a prodigious
circuit Garrulity of the pen came as
naturally to me. / may say, as uncon-
trollably as fluency of speech.
As Charles Lamb says Lord! how
we love to be loved" or Solomon, bet
ter, "They that would have friends
must show themselves friendly"
I always loved my friends. and have
had the good fortune to have hosts of
Them, not for my wealth or position of
prominence, for 1 had neither, but for
some other and more lasting reasons
Friends of the wealthy or prominent
scatter to the winds in the first mo-
ment OF adverse fortune.
1t was not the man but the wealth
he had, or the official Importance he
possessed for a time, that drew those
ephemeral parasites, and fiattery to
him, and when his money or his ohiclal
distinction vanished they left him alone
in his poverty and obscurity. Like By
ron's modern critics, are the Pharisaic
crew who follow you only in wealth
and power or desert you the moment
evil days come upon you.
"A modern critic rs a man who rims
All WAYS all risks to eviliate his duns.
But if an author ask him home 10 dine
And lend him money and give him wine.
However dull the trash the man may write.
His praise the grateful guest will still indite
Such friendship is built on hay and
stubble that will not Withstand the
fiery ordeal of adverse fortune.
do not agree with Goldsmith, and
after the signal experiences he himself
had of pure and devoted friendship
when he was in sore distress-as when
Johnson paid his rent when the land
lady was berating him and threatening
TO evict him from her crazy old lodg-
ings, and many another time when
The Washington herald., 1913-05-11

more. Five or more bishops are to be
elected; also the home and foreign board
secretaries, the general church treasur-
er, the publishing agent, the editors OF
the various periodicals, and other gen
eral officers Important legislative
measures will be up for enactment, and
changes in the fundamental laws OF the
church proposed. A plan for the organic
union of the United Brethren and the
Methodist Protestant denominations will
be before the conference for ratification
or rejection. The membership OF the
United Brethren Church is more than
100000 and of the Methodist Protestant
about 100000
A basis for union Of the Methodist
Protestant Church and the church or the
United Brethren in Christ was unani-
mously agreed upon by commissioners
representing the two denominations AT
Columbus, Ohio, Tuesday. The report
provides that the consolidated society
shall be known as the United Protestant
Church. A new creed was adopted. the
report must be ratified by the generai
conferences Of both churches BEFORE IL
will become effective. The union would
give the new church a total membership
of 100000, and If other denominations
that have signified their intention OF JOIN
ing should do so the total would De IN
creased to 1,000,0 900.
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OF our homes to the private and selfish
interest of the real estate Spectator. Wa
should not hazard the environment and
surroundings of our children to the mer-
cenary interest of the shifting owner
ships of the surrounding tracts of land.
The fronting of residences and placing
OF outbuildings should be so regulated
as not to injure surrounding homes nor
mar the appearance of a neighborhood.
Safeguards of this sort should not be con-
fined to the residential sections of the
well to do. Applied to neighborhoods O.
workmen's cottages. they will prove Just
as great benefit to the community and
Its health and happiness. Lands un-
desirable for building purposes should
De required by the municipality to be
set aside or at least preserved or held
for later requirement for park and
boulevard purposes in residence localities.
Blocks should not necessarily be regu-
lar squares or rectangles. but should he
carefully planned from the standpoint OF
the interest of the people of the city as
a whole. preserving the picturesque
wherever it is possible expediting the
circulation of traffic. avoiding un-
necessarily steep grades. and preserving
every natural beauty desirable for the
people themselves. The planting and the
care of trees should be required upon
all streets in residence property. and
ample parking space for the growing OF
grass should be preserved in every resi-
dence street.
The function of the municipality is
constantly being applied to new fields
At first it was broadened under the
police power of the city. Its successful
advance often against bitter opposition,
foretells the larger use of the right of
eminent domain. by which the munich
palty, for the public good may extend
much further its control over the crea-
ton, development and maintenance of
residence property for the greatest good
to the greatest number.
The Washington herald., 1913-05-11
Four Things Any Church Can Do

sistency. Where other churches are in
the same field an understanding must he
had with them, and cooperation, IL pos
sible, secured. But all the men, women.
and children who are the fair objects OF
Christian approach should not only have
their names listed in the card catalogue
of the church. but their moral welfare
made the object of thought, prayer, and
effort.
2 The church can serve its own men,
bers. peculiar obligation exists to-
ward the members of the same house.
hold of faith. Is any among them af-
flicted, or sick, or bereaved, or mired
in debt, or out of a job, or destitute,
or a wandered in the far country. the
church ought to be prompt with its
succor. We know some churches whose
corporate sympathy always finds ex-
preston when any of its members are
in need either in gifts of flowers or of
money or in something better than
money or flowers.
3. 1t can effectively provide for and
administer it's finances and benevolences.
We blush to think of the shiftless BUSH
ness methods that prevail in some
churches. We rejoice in the coming of
a better era. Many a church would
surprise itself if it once resoIutely set
ABOUT the TASK OF developing Its own
financial resources. of providing ade-
quate compensation for the minister, Of
meeting it's proper apportionment for
benevolence.
4. 1t can claim and hold the young for
Jesus Christ OF such is the Kingdom
of Heaven and of such is the kingdom
on earth. Any church which lets this
promising material slip out of its
hands will never, by evangelizing
adults, make good the loss 1t suffers
from neglecting the child life at its
very doors. DIR. Robertson Nicoll has
recently said, Until the gap between
the church and the children can be
filled up, there is before organized
Christianity a long period of eclipse"
But at this point We all hail the coming
of a new day.
Four simple glorious detectives. But
such work as this by the church does
not solve the city problem, or the rural
problem, or the industrial problem. or
the problem of the immigrant. Wait
and see. And while you wait. work.
The Washington herald., 1913-05-11
RELIGION AND SOCIAL SERVICE

coming summer assembly at Chautauqua.
N. Y, beginning with the last Sunday
of June, as follows:
June q. Bishop Joseph F. Berry, Meth
odist Episcopal Church. Philadelphia;
July 6, Rev. Arthur G. Hill. North Con-
successor to DIR. G. Campbell Morgan:
July 10, DR.. William ]. Williamson, Third
Baptist Church, ST. Louis; July 20, DR..
Samuel NJ. Crothers. First Church, Cam
bridge, Mass; July q, DR.. Smaller Math-
ews. dean Divinity School, University. Of
Chicago, president Federal Council of
Churches.
August g. Bishop Charles d. Williams.
Protestant Episcopal. bishop of Michigan,
Detroit: August 10. Bishop John III. Vim
cent. chancellor Chautauqua Institution,
August II, DR.. John Timothy Stone,
Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago;
August "a. Professor Graham Taylor.
! warden Chicago Commons.
The demand for a larger participation
of women in church affairs is taking
vigorous shape In the Methodist Episco-
pal Church South. The first number of
a paper called the "Laity Advocate is
issued by the women in aid of their
struggle for womens rights in Metho-
uISHl Inc uiSClpIlHe Oh tnlS CHuTCH SCdtcS
that woman, elected superintendent of
a Sunday School, may not thereby be
a member Of the quarterly conference.
Women may not be stewards. and may
not be members of a. district conference.
The women point out that they are re-
ceived into all the rights of member
ship. but that some other rights are de-
liberately denied by the men.
1t Is also given by the women rea-
sons why they should have full lay
rights that they number 100000 men,
bers and give to missions within 100000
as much as all the men and women in
the church, the woman's amount last
year having been $500. 900: that of 354
missionaries on the foreign field 247 are
women; that women do the greater part
of the work. and that they constitute
the main teaching force of the Sunday
Schools. part of the grievance Of the
women is that questions affecting the
administration of women's missionary
societies are submitted to boards COM
posed wholly of men. Laity Leagues are
being formed throughout the Methodism
of the South.
Why not observe Ascension Day and
Penecost? asks lions Herald. These
are both important days in the history
Of the Christian The events that they
commemorate are of transcendent sig
niflcance to the very life of Christianity.
The Washington herald., 1913-05-11
UNITED BRETHREN MEET
IN ANNUAL CONVENTION

The general conference of the Church
of the United Brethren in Christ con-
vened Thursday, May s, at Decatur, Ill.
This is the quadrennal meeting of the
highest legislative body of the denomina-
ton. 1t is composed of an equal number
OF lay and ministerial delegates, chosen
by popular ballot of the membership of
the church residing in the more than
forty annual conference districts of the
United States and the five foreign mis-
sion conferences. Both men and women
are eligible as delegates. The conference
will continue in session for ten days or
The Washington herald., 1913-05-11

Yet for the most part they are ignored
by Professionalism. Wesley was wont to
urge his preachers to take ADVANTAGE Of
all feast days. to preach upon them, and
emphasize the profound truths that they
proclaim. Forty days after Easter Christ
"ascended into heaven" where he "sit-
teth at the right hand of God the Father
Almighty"
Why not take advantage of the oc
casion. which falls on Thursday. tn
preach concerning the ascension on the
sunday before or following II? Youth
ana older ones also, need to be told of
the event and its tremendous Significance
to US. And then there is Pentecost. How
important Is that day, The DiscipIes
waited in earnest prayer for its coming.
And when it came then they were bold
and mighty. Is there not message
In that day for the Christian Church,
we may well take advantage of IT to
the edfhcation and profit of ALL 1t IL
not so very long ago that there was
prejudice among Protestant churches
against the observance of Christmas and
Easter But We have overcome that. and
valuable are the messages that come to
US on these days. So may it be with
Ascension Day and Pentecosti
A Few weeks ago a Christian scholar
ana gentleman Of the first rank and one
OF the ablest scientists in the Turkish
Empire. teacher of exceptional ability
and a modest, tireless Christian worker
oied at Aintab. Turkey, at the age OF
seventy-six. Seldom has a funeral in
that part of the world evoked moro
heartfelt and widespread grief than was
MANIFESTED when the students of Central
Turkey College carried his casket tn the
frotestant Cemetery. AS boy Professor
BezJian was taught to read, when most
OF the people did not know how and
when the ArmenoTurkish translation ~
the Bible first came to Aintab he was
IN great demand to read it to listening
groups. AT fifteen DIR. Schneider mis-
sfonary in Aintab, placed him as a nuniI
in DIR. Hamlin's school at Bebek. He
was there all through the Crfmean War
DIR. Hamlin made on him a deep personal
impression that was never lost or for
gotten. At twenty he returned to Ain
tab and Immediately began work as
teacher. First in Aintab and then in
Marash, he was connected with the
mission work, and when plans were
adopted for a college at Aintab-now
Central Turkey College-at great sacri-
flee he went to America and took two
years of study at Yale, to prepare him
self for the professorship in physical
science in the new institution. He re-
ceived the degree of Phi. B. in 1874
The Washington herald., 1913-05-11
EPISCOPAL PARISH
HAS MEMORIAL SILVER

Advent Parish, though scarcely hall
a generation old, has a complete and
very beautiful set of parish silver,
every piece Of which is memorial The
aims basin recalls several Communicates
of the parish; the beautiful fiagon, OF
exquisite design. is in memory of one
who was purified by suffering; a chalice
and paten of fine workmanship were
given as precious remembrance of
beautiful and loveabe woman by her
husband. a Roman Catholic gentleman
Of distinguished family; two other
chalices and patens and an exquisite
silver bowl for private baptism, one of
the chalices being in memory Of hus-
band and wife who lived many years
examples and patterns to all who had
the privilege of knowing their true
Christian graces.
The committee at work among the
colored people for the year ended
April 80. 1913, in its report to the board
of managers for missions makes mention
of very interesting fact-the starting
of most successful work at Calvary
Mission for the colored deaf mutes OF
the city. There are said to be about
fifty Of these in the city. and thirty
of them have been already enrolled in
the mission. This special effort is be-
lieved to be the only work of it's Pc
culiar kind which Is now being done by
the general church.
Trinity p E. Church-the P. r.
standing not for present expediency but
for Protestant Episcopal-has Chinese
Sunday school which meets from to
p. m. at Trinity Church, corner Third
and C Streets Northwest
The Washington herald., 1913-05-11
Royalty Get. Tattooed.

From the New York Press.
Prince George Of Greece has flying
dragon of many colors that he carries
everywhere he goes. It's worked into
his arm with indelible ink. The Grand
Duke Alexis of Russia, who is Glass
AA of the tattooed noblemep, has .
rather elaborate set of interior decora-
tions. and the Queen of Greece isn't
white all over. Prince Francis of Teck
likes action, SO every time he looks at
his right forearm he sees a cute little
frog leaping for a small beetle.
Tattooed blue b1oods have nothing on
an engineer on a White Star liner,
whose body down to the waist looks
like picture gallery. A wonderful re-
production of da Vincfs The Last
Supper" is on his chest, and neatly let
tered on his back in the Lords Prayer
The hymn, Nearer, My God, to Thee"
also is on his skin.
The Washington herald., 1913-05-11

AS practical business man.
who has successfully applied his
ideas to the development of a
thousand-acre tract in Kansas
City, Mr.. Nichols urges the ad-
vantages of more systematic
planning of residential subdi-
visions by real estate men and
municipal authorities. The Kan
sas City development has at
tracted widespread attention and
favorable comment. and DUR
chasers of homes in the tract
welcome the manifold restric-
tions as being a valuable protec-
ton of their best interests rather
than an invasion of their rights.
All of this gives added signin-
canoe to the article which he
writes on this page.
The Washington herald., 1913-05-11
Ghost Seeks Burnt Money.

Calfon IN. j. Dispatch to New York Tribune
The little settlement of Mountainville
near here, is agitated by recent vista
lions from a ghost, said to be that of a
miser who died fifteen years ago, shortly
after barn in which he had hidden S10,-
600 in bills was burned by vindictive
relative and the bill destroyed. The
miser was named Teets. and the inter-
probation of the wraith's almost nightly
appearances is that Teets is searching
for the lost wealth.
Henry F. Apgar, whose farm is on the
site of the miser's home. was the first to
see the apparition. His brother Lewis
and william A. Champion are among
others who corroborate the story. Their
reports Of the creepy experiences they
have had at the foot Of Hell Mountain
have spurred the youth of the entire Sec
ton to curiosity and speculation as to
the possibilities Of laying the ghost.
The Washington herald., 1913-05-11
WILL THE PRESBYTERIANS
REPUDIATE UNION SEM.

The anniversary exercises OF Union
Theological Seminary are to be held at
broadway and One Hundred and TWen-
tieth Street, New York, May IL TO IA.
The Lords Supper will be celebrated
on Sunday. The annual alumni dinner
will occur at Hotel Savoy Monoay
evening. Speeches will be made oy
Rev. David McC. Steele on Effective
Activities of the City Church Rev
John II. House. of Salonika, on The
Balkan Situation from the Side of the
Balkan" and by Prof. Howard S. Bliss.
of BEIRUT Tuesday, President Frances
Brown will address the Associated
Alumni. ard on Tuesday evening at the
graduating exercises Prof. George A.
Coe will make the address on The
Problem and the outlook in Religious
Education" The presidents OF the di-
rectors and of the faculty will also
speak"
The Union School of Religion"
maintained by the seminary. about
closing its third annual season, is
movement peculiar TO the establish
mont. the aim of which is to employ in
religious education both modern knowl-
edge and methods Of teaching approved
by the best educational practice, to
train workers and to accumulate ex-
perience valuable to Sunday schools.
The school is carried on in eight sep
arate grades, under the supervision OF
members OF the faculty with other
prominent educators. The curriculum
embraces stories from the life of Jesus,
the historical material of the Old Tesla
ment and the New, down through the
history of the martys and some Of the
t-Biblical pioneers. The course of the
training class combines systematic OBJ
servation, with reports, discussions. and
library work This movement is avail
able to students who may not be
equipped for the general curriculum OF
the seminary but who desire training
for practical Christian work. 1t is a
decided departure from the traditional
theological method and is believed to
he a valuable adjunct to the classical
courses for the better culture of lay
men.
The Presbyterian board of foreign mis-
sions had an income the past fiscal year
that places II fourth in the list of the
foremost missionary societies of the world.
The other three are the Church Mission
airy Society of England, the Methodist
Episcopal foreign mission board of the
United States and the Roman Catholic
Society for the Propagation of the
Faith, France. The Presbyterian board
will report at Atlanta next month to the
general assembly an income of s, ISL $40.
From Presbyterian churches came last
year 81. 800 more than for the preceding
year. and from Presbyterian women
81, 100 more.
Nevertheless, the Presbyterian board
will report a deficit OF s63,3Oo, because ap-
propriations had been made of $14S000
more than for the preceding year in an
ticipauon of growth. Including profit
from the Presbyterian building in New
York the total income Of this mission
board was last year S1.S4S,3S3.
Emperor William is said to be planning
to retire most of the veteran German
army staff officers, intending to replace
The Washington herald., 1913-05-11
Where Goldsmith Was Wrong.

1t was not true in his own experience,
nor is il true in any case where friend
ship is founded on the firm foundation
of mutual faith and love. There ii is
rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun. No
cloud of misfortune can dim it's luster,
but rather draws to the gloom of our
darkest nights the transcendent glow
and brilliancy of lights that never
were on land or sea-"
The great Roman orator made friend
ship the theme of his finest monograph,
entitled De Americitia." Virgil could
go no further than to pray for his
The Washington herald., 1913-05-11

Emperor William is said to be planning
to retire most of the veteran German
army staff officers, intending to replace
them with younger men. The veterans
will be pensioned.
The Washington herald., 1913-05-11

Philadelphia. May 10.-The formal open
ing of the Phipps' Institute. the 81, Co.,
600 gift of Henry Phipps of New York
to the University of Pennsylvania, took
place today. The institute is con-
sidered the most complete institution for
the study Of tuberculosis in this country.
At the ceremonies Mr.. Phipps will re-
ceive . degree Of Doctor of Laws.
The Washington herald., 1913-05-11

Los Angeles recently received 2S new
settlers in a body from Calgary.
The Washington herald., 1913-05-11

Why not observe Ascension Day and
Penecost? asks lions Herald. These
are both important days in the history
Of the Christian. The events that they
commemorate are of transcendent sig
nifcance to the very life of Christianity.
The Washington herald., 1913-05-11
NEWS AND COMMENT.

The announcement is made that~tne
Bureau of Catholic Information mas
been formed by a group of Catholic lay
men to arouse Opposition to custom
that in some States has become almost
habit-using Catholic societies for point
ical profit" The promoters OF the new
bureau pledge themselves to oppose TOT
the head Of any Catholic society any
man or woman who Is now holding or
aims to hold a political position Tney
expect to awaken the antagonism OF Dotn
priests and laymen by their "radicai
departure" and do not therefore seek
clerical approval "in the usual manner
OF such bodies" II they have the grit
to stick by their programme against all
antagonism 1t will be an excellent aid to
mutual confidence among Americans OF
diverse faiths
The Washington herald., 1913-05-11

For the two months Of July ana August
preachers OF national reputation have
been secured for Sunday sermons, at the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-05

The committee railroads mot last nisht with
representatives of railroad employees and officials
relative TO tho EdgheIli bill. which would Compc!
railroads TO Increase the number of men on
large drains. The employees declared more men
necessary for the safety OF tho employees and
the travelling public. The officials opposed any
law compelling them TO increase the train crews.