The Washington times., 1913-09-20
lutheran

Lutheran Church Work. the official
organ Of the general synod, has begun
the publication of an interesting serial,
Prince Frederick and the Dawn of the
Reformation" translated from the Ger
man of Richard Roth by Mrs. Mary E.
Ireland, of this city. Mrs. Ireland, al
though a Presbyterian. has translated
a number OF works from the German
and written many stories for publication
by the Lutherans.
DR.. Lydia Woerner. of the Rajahmun-
dry Mission, India. has been given the
Kaiser-1tnd silver medal as a recOgni-
ton of her services as a medical mis-
sionary. These medals are gwen as spe-
etal new years honOrs by the king-Em-
peror. and the nantes OF those thus dis
t!nBuished are printed in all Indian pa
pers directly after their announcement
in England
The Hague Norwegian synod numbers
communicates. The ex x!ent of It's for
e!sn mission work s especially remark
able. 1t supports seventeen American
and siXty-nine native workers on its
field in China. The town Of Fancheng
Is the center of Its missionary opera
tions. and there a high school. hos
pital, an orphanage. and boys and girls
schools are maintained. Its other i'm
portant stations are Taipintien, Tscho.
and Hsinych
Besides its operations on the foreign
miss on field. the Hauge synod is ac-
lively engaged in doing its share in
gather ng the unchUrched Norwegia MS
in America by contributing to the sup
port Of thirty missionaries and their su-
perlntendent In the home field. The
Hauge synod also maintains its own
theological seminary in this country.
1t has also under consideration a plan
OF ministerial pension which. If carried
out. would give a pension of 500 to its
pastors in their old age.
According to reports made OF the re-
cent Luther League convention at Ha-
zlcion. Pa. there are 3SS local leagues
connected with the State organization
They have a total membership of IS 924
For local church work these leagues
ra sed lG524.g3: for benevo.ence, s. 351 81
and devotional v orx CT the league
which are the Chief features of the
work. no statistics, naturally. are pos
sble.
While several Lutheran Churches n
this city have Luther Leagues, a large
number have Christian k,ndeavor So
ciettes. which are affiliated with the
District G. E. Union.
Rey J. 8; Rcm"nsnydor. - D. IL.
80 W ~ Ns n plrS.ttlil Oh tne ICn-
t!hl SE'.pd, Speaking Tin Lutheran
Church Work } OF. and indO-sing tn,
ftdera! council Of the churches and
church unity. s2ra:
1T may US" Il personal illustration, in
my long pastoral" in this city, / have
MADE II a point TO rninglr most freely
With leading clerical representatives. Of
all Protestant derom II..t.ons, and with
such Catholics as Father I.aveiie, rec
tor OF the Cathedral, und such Jewish
rahhis as DIR. Silverman, of the Fifth
Avenue Synagogue, and not only has it
never compromised my faith in thci,.
eyes. but ! believe ii has done far more
TO gain recoGn tion for the Lutheran
church than the exclusive policy. Wa
LLtherans stand for the pure doctrine.
but co not some l.ntheVans forget that
unity is our Lord 5 positive com mand
and that therefore II constitutes an cs-
Sentl3l article OF the pure dortrinc2
Not alone is unity one of the highest
Christian ideals. bur from a urdctlraI
point of view, IL is priceless in import
ance. The difficulties tina; besct the
Church In our time are almost incalcu-
liable. ard who can doubt that IL al! tn.
surdercd COmmdGioEs V ho hold to the
essentials OF the faith, wee united in
one great organization. and Christianity
could thus present an unbroken front
her ability to meet these dangers woull
be immea hly increased? Besides
how many souls are bewildered AT our
divisions and in doubt as to which is the
true church, conclude that there is none
at all and remain without.
Hence, ] am not content to leave the