The Washington herald., 1913-05-18
RELIGION AND SOCIAL SERVICE
NEWS AND COMMENT.

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Thirty-six hours before the time limit
the Hartford (Conn-) Y. NJ. C. A. build
ing fund OF $4,000 was completed Mr..
Appleton r. Hillyer started the bali with
sl5o.ooo, and the Etna Life Insurance
Company made possible the last sums
required. s
Episcopal Church laymen have just
formed a Protestant League to save the
word Protestant in the name of their
church and to prevent IL possible the
plans Of the singh church party. said to
be clergy chiefly, from adopting the
name of Catholic" Eminent lawyers
among the Episcopal low party are say
Ing that the general convention of their
church has no power to change the name
and that were II to assume to do so in
individual churches 1t would refuse to
change their titles. and in the old name
might bring suit in the courts to hold
Episcopal church property. generally as
well as local. The same legal author
tiles point to Wee Free" court decision
In Scotland and the Cumberland Presby-
terrain decision in Tennessee as decisions
certain to govern in American courts
The highs have replied to the lows
among the Episcopal laymen that this
subject of legal titles was fought out
fifteen years ago. and decision by the
general convention itself was made that
II has Jurisdiction over the name of its
own church. 1t Is admitted that no d.
rect decision by the convention was rem
dered. but merely that II acted In 50 far
as TO give consideration to the matter.
after lawyers belonging to II stated their
views upon Its floor and in Its commit
IL al h.
try are preaching sermons on the change
of name and papers are preparing in
several dioceses for presentation to con-
ventions 10 be held this month and next.
looking TO the bringing of the question
legally into the general convention In
October. Interest runs high and party
spirit Is active.
May is the great month of national re-
ngious gatherings. This month is looked
upon with alarm by many Christian peo-
pie. The inroads of the higher criticism.
the reputation of not few parts OF the
Bible, the making OF ministers out of
young men who boldly say that they do
not believe essential doctrines, the quar-
rels in some quarters over ritual, the de-
fections of Protestants to the Church OF
Rome in search OF stability ard author
ity-all these things make this month
the most disturbing in religious circles
of many years. Presbyterians North.
South, and United all meet in Atlanta,
the first time three Presbyterian general
assemblies have met in the same city at
the same time.
Rev. Thomas Hare, D. D., of Ohio,
national organizer Of the the Anti
Saloon League. will speak on The Raw
ages Of Rum" at Fifth Baptist Church
tomorrow morning. At night Rev. John
E Briggs will speak on Peace and
War" Mrs. Scarito, wife of DR.. Mich
olas ]. Scarito, the Italian missionary of
this city. will speak at the Ladies' Mis-
sionary Society Tuesday night. On Fri
day night. May q the Farther Light
Circle will celebrate its sixteenth ami
versary.
Rev. B. d. Cav. pastor of the West
Washington church, has returned TO the
city after an absence OF ten days. during
which time he has been at Clifton
Springs, n. Y. He will occupy his pulpit
at both services tomorrow. At the
evening service there will be baptism.
Rev. S. II. Greene returned to the city
this week and will occupy his pulpit
Rev Paul Berry Warrington, pastor OF
Maryland Avenue Baptist Church, will
preach from the Gospel Wagon of the
Central Union Mission, this after
noon at 4 O'Clock. at Four-and-a-Half and
c Streets Southwest. Rev. A. r. Kul-
dell will also speak, and musical pro-
gramme given. At the evening service
at $50 o'clock. at the corner of Seventh
Street and Pennsylvania. Rev. Theron
Outwater. pastor of Kendall Baptist
will preach the sermon Of the
occasion.
One of the services of Pope Plus Y to
his church has been the overhauling Of
he administration of the Vatican and
he cutting down of the expenses of
the same by about $4,000
fear. 1t now costs about 81. 900 year
o keep the Pope. his palace and the
central administration OF the Catholic
Church in Rome. Offerings in st. Peters
Ind in Rome churches, even such IA
nous ones as ST. Johns OF the Lateran,
ire not to be compared in amount with
,ferings in churches in America, and
70 Vatican and central administration
expenses must come from Peters Pence
md from gifts OF the faithful not in
tally. but in all the world
Under Pope Leo XIII and Cardinal
aampolla as secretary of state Vatican
lacked system and ate up
'ast sums of money. A new major domo |
md a new policy have changed things |
even by retaining most of the |
ormer prelates and under men, the latter !
making up a fair sized army in numbers. |
rhe 81, 10000 a year covers the mainte- |
lance Of cardinals of the Curia, whose |
is 5000 a year each, with |
allowances for support Of establishments |
,eftting their rank and of many secre- |
aries of congregations. together with
requent contributions, which the Pope |
$ compelled to make to causes in every |
art of the world. Not Italy but France |
contributes the largest part Of this Vati- |
an support. with the United States well |
ID in the list of liberal givers- During |
he present illness of the Pope the sys-
EN- and the saving are reported to be
,oing on without interruption.
Rev. Charles Sickle, superintendent Of
he Presbyterian bureau of social service, /
as been requested jointly by the publish
RS of all the daily papers OF New York
lily and by the various unions that In
lude the mechanical employees OF these
to become the permanent ar
itrator of all trade disputes arising In
he newspaper offices. Mr.. Sickle has
lready arbitrated four cases in this line
{ industry in Manhattan, and has on his
ands now four more. In the last of these
asses to be taken up seven suggestions
or an arbitrator were submitted by each
ide, and Mr.. Sickle was the only one
satisfactory to both parties. These cases
re left to Mr.. Sickle with the under
landing that there shall be no appeal
nd that his decision is final In the cases
o far handled Mr.. Sickle has returned
majority OF his decisions in favor of