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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-07
CHRISTIAN UNITY AND CHURCH
UNION MAKING SLOW PROGRESS
How Denominations May Be ReducedWhat Unity includes
and Ideals That Appeal to Many.

union. On the same day one church
gathering will approve the idea of
union and another will oppose. At
this rate how long will it take to be-
come united? Recently a Lutheran
minister in a distant city opposed the
idea on the ground that the Chris
tian church could not be free If it
were united because of the suppress
sion of freedom of conscience and be-
lief, which a united church would
necessitate. In this clergyman's view
a united church would mean a uni
form theology and this he declares,
would be a compromise of principle.
This view of the possible result of a
united church is apprehensively held
by others.
Very Simple Problem.
On the subject of church union the
Roman Catholic church entertains no
perplexity. The proposition of that
church for a solution of the problem
is very simple. The reformation
churches, or sects, as they are called,
have only to return to the Catho lie
church and become one fold. The
Protestant Episcopal church has a
commission industrially fostering a
church movement for union. 1t has
been Joined by commissions of the
leading denominations of Protestant
by the more careful of the
churches, insistently advocated by
the more enthusiastic and treated
with indifference by the greater
number of Protestant church mem
bers. The cause is not far to
seek. Most church members are not
in their respective denominations be-
cause they are defenders of a par
ticular theology or ecclesiastical
methods, but because their parents
were members, or their friends are,
or because they are socially at home
in one church rather than in another,
The time when church members sat
up late at night discussing points of
their UNCONVENTIONAL doctrines has
largely gone by. They do not take
the trouble to think through the
theology they are supposed to be-
lieve.
The great mass of church members
would readily agree to church union
If their leaders. who are peculiarly
interested in maintaining denomina-
tionai lines.\or think that their de-
nominational prestige or principles
are too valuable and necessary to be
affected or modified, would put the
great Christian truths and spiritual
verities in a position above their de-
nominational specialties.
Difference In Plan.
There is a difference between the
proposition of church union and of
Christian unity. Men who are doubt
full about the former and say that it
never can be brought to pass readily
turn to the latter as the more prac-
ticable. Christian unity includes a
closer spirit of fellowship. a co-ordina-
ton of church agencies and activi-
ties and a cooperation along prac-
teal lines of Christian work 1t in
cludes also a general agreement on
the more important credal views ex-
pressed in the simplest terms Under
such arrangement the denominations
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The movements for Christian unity
and also for church union are not
making the Roadway expected a few
years ago by the more ardent advo-
Gates. For several years negotiations
have been under way by the United
Brethren, Methodist Protestant,
Methodist Episcopal churches and
Congregationalists even, for union
of these bodies in some form. Some
of these are still engaged in cores
pondence and discussion over this
matter, but as yet have not actually
merged. At present the Methodist
Episcopal Church North and the
Methodist Episcopal Church South
have under consideration a union of
these two great bodies. There is
nothing IN the way of it, except
church politics. The unity of the
spirit and the bond of peace are mani
tested and still there is delay. Mean
time the regular Baptist body of the
north and the Free Baptist denomi-
nation have come together as one.
The latest movement proposed, of
the character of a union, is that OF
the Congregational churches and the
Unitarian.
Since the adoption Of the broad and
elastic confession, or creed, by the
Congregationalists at their last ma
tional council meeting at Kansas
City, the way has been paved for a
union of several denominations of the
Congregational order. But whatever
the nature Of union propositions and
discussions, no great progress has
been made. There is going on a play
for time.
The Logical Process.
The logical process for the attain
ment of church union is for each
divided family to unite first Its own
members in name and sympathy.
Instead of seventeen Methodist d.
visions, there should be one; In the
place of twenty-three Lutheran sec
tions there would be one; fifteen Bap-
fist denominations would become one.
and twelve Presbyterian churches
would be reduced to one. In this
way sixty-seven denominations would
become four, and, were the same
process continued and applied to the
denominations of like order as Epis-
copal. Presbyterian or Congregational
politics, the present It's denomina-
tons would be reduced to less than
a dozen. The idea appears plausible,
but is not meeting with any vigorous
Endorsement. Although the spirit of
Christian unity Is stronger than ever
before, the denominations still main
tain their differences.
Annually in conventions and con-
ferences the denominations take
measures to strengthen their fences.
If ii is a Baptist convention a strong
er determination than ever Is made
under the stress of properly induced
enthusiasm to extend Baptist
churches throughout the country and
the world If 1t Is a Methodist con-
ference that is held 1t is made clear
before adjournment that purely Meth
odist churches must be increased in
number If the world is to be saved.
In the same measure other denomi-
nations hedge themselves about while
in theory they approve Of church
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hibits come from ancient Chalden.
or from Italy, Germany or England.
This collection represents practically
the first effort in the country of
Jewish congregation to gather syn
tematically such a collection of
antiquities.
The religious school building con-
tainss besides assembly and class
rooms, teachers room, library,
ladies' meeting room, kitchen and
Janitor's apartment. The school Is
expected to accommodate 800 pupils
The motto of the new temple is
taken from Isaiah 55;6.-"seek God
while He may be found call upon
Him while He is near" The corner
stone bear the inscription in He
brew and in English: God VIII
Give Strength to His People"
The present temple on Washington
street was dedicated August g. 1868
the cornerstone having been laid
May 30, 1867 at which Rabbi
Emeritus Joseph Leucht OBLIGATED. At
the dedication service Rev. DR.. Isaac
M. Wise founder of the first rab-
binical seminary in America pre-
sided. and among those who took
part were Governor Marcus L. Ward,
Mayor Thomas B. Peddie and Cen
tldl ENuiiyOH. Inc congregation or
Bnai Jeshrurun is the oldest in this
city, going back sixty-six years. Be-
fore the present synagogue there
was another between William and
Market streets. built in 1858. and be-
fore this date the congregation
worshiped In differe7t buildings.
Recently the Temple Brotherhood
has been organized. revival of an
earlier body known as the Young
Mems Temple Organization. A
woman $, organization of nearly 800
members is now nearly q year old
For the first time the women are to
meet with the men at the business
meeting next Monday night and
provide social features, entertain
ment and participate In other plans.
The officers of the woman's associa-
ton are: Mrs. Herman Marx, presi-
dent; Mrs. Joseph Goetz. vice-presi-
dent: Mrs. William Mendel, treas
urer; Mrs. William Klein. secretary,
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Training Young
Men and Women
In Church Work

z. p. Gates. field secretary of the
Illinois Christian Endeavor Society,
writes Of this organization as the
West Point of the Church." on ac-
count Of the training in practical
religious work received by many
young people through its facilities.
He says:
Less than 10000 students were
graduated by the 596 universities.
colleges and chronological schools Of
the country last year. To train llaese
students there was required an ex-
penditure Of over s10O,000,O0O and an
equipment in libraries, buildings and
endowment amounting to nearly
S1,0OO00O.000. The Christian Endeavor
societies of America, without one
penny of endowment, graduate
every year over 100000 members
trained for active Christian service.
In addition they pay into the
Golfers of their denomination over
100000 annually in home and
foreign missionary contributions.
"Only one-half of l per cent. of
our young people ever get to col
lege, but more than 100000 are en-
rolled in the ranks of Christian
Endeavor. The society includes in
its membership not only the young
men and young women in college
but the young men and women IN
business as we'll
Through its committee system
its business meetings, its social and
it's weekly meetings for testimony
and prayer, Christian Endeavol
offers to every member a practica
training in business administration
church finance, public testimony
and ali conceivable varieties Of re.
ilgious activity. The society has
appropriately been called The Wesi
POINT of Christian Service
More than $500 missionaries
on the foreign and home fields, min
listers and Christian Association sec
retaries have testified that they re-
ceived the Impulse and training for
service in a Christian endeavor So
ciety
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Hudson's, on psychic research work.
Books of reference on the Sunday
school lesson and Christian Endeavor
topics are regularly consulted. There
is considerab bic call for missionary
books, especially on travel, customs
of other peoples, and especially auto
biographical, or sketches of mission
aries, which are evidently read in the
interest OF later missionary confer
ences. Among books of a general re-
ligious tone, or critical character,
THE Call of the Carpenter" by Buck
White, Is receiving frequent calls.
There Is some demand, too, for books
on rural life, like Back to the
Farm"
Among books on psychotherapy
that attract readers are. Faith and
Health" Brown; Power Of Self
Suggestion" McComb: Healing In
fiuence." Whipple; Mental Medi-
cine" Huckel; Mind. Religion and
Health" Macdonald: Mental Hy-
giene in Everyday Life Fa low. and
Law of Mental Medicine" Hudson.
Among the New Thought" books
which are sought are: Dominion
and Power" Patterson; Every Man
a King" Marden; "AlI,s Right with
the Well" Dresser; winning Of the
Thought" Marden; PHILOSOPHY of
Self Help" Kirkham, and I'm Tune
with the Infinite, Urine. These
books generally are optimistic and
impart a hopeful tone and for this
reason are sought by those who may
be depressed OF who find the reading
of them tn be a nerve tonic
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Striking Story of
Struggling Soul

"The Rise Of Jennie Cushing" by
Mary S. Watts, is a striking story Of
the struggle of a soul 70 be true 70
itself through adverse circumstances
that again and again appear to con
spire to thwart the principles and
purposes that are working their way
in the life Of character Of the book.
Jennie Gushing. This book is also q
criticism Of the tendencies in society
today, the refined cruelties and dis
torted social conventions that are
sometimes experienced
Jennie Gushing is waif brought
up in the slurns. The only early
training she received was at the
hands Of others than her parents
whom she does not know. She pos
sesses sharp. native wits. an intuition
of the right, spirit OF he,pfulness
for the weak, artistic appreciation.
moral aspiration, and an ambition 70
do thoroughly any work that she MAJ
undertake. A street fight to reseue
an animal from a cruel boy, arrest
and subsequent commitment Of Jen-
ME to q reform school. give the au
thor opportunity to point out the in
adequate methods of courts in deal
ing with children. In the reform
school Jennie learns and develops.
and on release becomes a servant In
the home Of an aged country couple
Her life which has its difficult
periods, is spent in different employ
ments, but she maintains her in
tegrity, and by becoming an artists
model reveals sympathetic apprecia-
ton of art The artist Is an amiabis
Young man. unconventional but of a
prominent family in society. Fa Ing
n love he proposes marriage but
Jennie refuses on the ground of d1f-
ference in station. While persisflng
in refusal she finally goes to Europe
with him and lives with him. By her
announcement in his art he is able
to attain great success. IN time she
leaves him when an old aunt of MS
ISLANDERS her and seeks to induce him
to see how his own people look on
his connection. She returns TO
America and though he followed
and besous1t her to marry him she
still refuses because she does not
want to drag him down and because
she believes she has work for so
ciety This she finds in the care q
waits on the old farm where s3e had
been a servant.
The author deals frankly THOUGH In
| literary style with matters OF love
without marriage. taking opportunity
| To treat critically the difference in
| the penalty the woman is Obliged 70
nav and the social welcome usually
accorded the mon The story in its
! main chara cteristics IL not one OF
Fancy but deals with the facts and
| ,-apsrfes of human lie For this rea-
son " tekes grin on the interest Of
| he reader. The material of the story
| 3 modern and this makes y Ffv'a
| md familiar II workmanship the
story is thoughtful sna shows an 81.
| eort %o maintain . high standard OF
| literary merit. The p'rhl'sre-s are
the Macmillan Cornnany. New York.
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Principles of Citizenship

Secretary of State Jordan. OF CAL
ifornia, is sponsor for the States new
slogan. Increase the number of vof
ing precincts in California from 4.45S
To S ono or more" The secretary says,
Ballots will be so voluminous that
it will be beyond human endurance
for the election officials TO count them
without interruption as required by
the constitution, unless the number
of polling places is more than
doubled"
To the average American, the bal
lot. the vote is everything and gov
eminent itself a matter of secondary
deration-something for legisla-
tc~s and statesmen to squabble over
while he goes about his own bust
ness. The anarchist position is, In
reality, more tenable. The anarchist
is opposed to government and there
fore does not concern himself with
II The American who remains IN
ignorance of the principles on which
his city. State and country is gov
erned is an anarchist in act il not
in intention.
The new Encyclopedia OF American
Government, by Appleton & Co., New
York. contains much Of interest TO
American citizenship.
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Methodist Episcopal

At Union Street Methodist Episco-
pal Church Green and Union streets,
Ironbound district, Warren Patten
Coon, minister, will preach tomorrow
morning on "Christ's Portrait of
Himself" In the evening on "a
Workingman's Religion" Sabbath
school in the afternoon. Quarterly
conference on Thursday evening.
Rev. DR.. William Eakins will
preach tomorrow morning in the
Franklin Street M. E. Church, OPP
posite City Hall annex. Subject, 1.-THE
Drawing Power of Christ" In the
evening a gospel team of prominent
laymen who are interested In the
Lyric Theatre movement win conduct
an evangelistic service.
At the Central Methodist Episcopal
Church the pastor, Rev. Dr. H. Y.
Murkland, will preach tomorrow
morning on Living in the Open"
and in the evening on THE Prophet
of Enthusiasm" Sunday school in
the afternoon. win My Chum
Week. will be observed by the Ep-
worth League by meetings every
evening from Tuesday to Friday.
AT the Rosevllle Methodist Episco-
pal Church, the pastor, Rev. Dorr
Frank Diefendorf, will preach to-
morrow evening on symbolism and
Life.h In the morning informal adj
dresses will be given by the heads
of the various departments of the
Sunday schools. AT the evening SER
vice Roseville Lodge No. 14S, F. and
A. M, will worship with the con-
gregation. Delos Becker, tenor, will
sing.
At st. Luke's Methodist Episcopal
Church, Rev. ]. H. Macdonald, the
pastor, will preach tomorrow morn
ing on ITO Him Be the Glory" AMI
in the evening on 1.-THE Sin of Hy-
pocrisy."
At st. Luke's NJ. E. Church the
morning music will be: Organ prelude,
"Andante Moderate" Hesse; anthem,
Barbour; offertory, Romance in A
fiat" wely; solo for soprano, "The
Earth is the Lords" Williams, Miss
May Korb; postlude, "Postlude in D.
Merkel. Evening, prelude, "Offertoire
in 3 fiat" Grison; anthem, Fierce
Was the Wild Billow," Noble; offer
tory, "Idylle," Kerr; anthem. Our
Day of Praise Is Done" Demarest;
postlude, "Marche in A." MacFarren.
In the Centenary Methodist Epls-
copal Church the pastor. Rev. DR..
Ralph B. Urmy, will preach Morning
subject, 1.-THE Task of Christi" eve
ming, "Why Men Go Wrong" Music
as follows: Morning--Organ numbers,
"Romanza," Won Wilm; "Lento."
Henseit; "Postlude in D." Markell;
anthem, christian, the Morn Breaks
Sweetly Ger Thee" Shelley. Eve
ning-0rgan numbers, "Adagio," Gull
mant; "Pastorale," Wilson; March"
Callaerts; anthems. "Thy Hallowed
Presence" Carter; even Me-" War
rem. Mrs. Edith Ten Brock Krick
viii sing "Sun of My Soul" soprano
solo by HUM.
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MUSICAL PROGRAMS AND PULPIT
SUBJECTS FOR SUNDAY SERVICES
Variety of Interests Illustrated in Sermon Themes-Musc of
Worshipfu Character to Be Rendered.

a survey Of the themes on which
clergymen will speak tomorrow show
variety OF interests. Some are of
practical indlvidualistic application.
Others are designed to teach the
moral lessons of the war. Still others
indicate a subjective quality and dwell
on the necessity of daily thoughts of
God. Some seek to meet the perplexi-
ties of the questioning man. while
Others consider the nature of the
Christian life. One treats of the ele-
ments vital to a successful church,
and another finds that some church
members are disgrace to the church.
The eyangelistic meetings held each
Sunday afternoon are coming in touch
with some of the churches. The pro-
gram of music and subjects Of pastors
follow:
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About Prison Life

The tragedy of the colored man
who was sentenced to Jail for nifty
years for stealing fifty cents has re-
ceiv ed wide publicity, but few OF the
daily newspaper readers who glanced
at the paragraph will give 1t sec
oud thought One man who is not
satisfied to pass a wrong of this KIND
by with shrug is Thomas Mott Os-
borne. In his new book, Within
Prison Walls" he has written some
true stories of prison life that will
rouse the world to a realization OF
the barbarity that goes on in the
name of justice. One of the most
thrilling stories in the book Is a
Night in He'll" Mr.. Osborne, who
had himself committed to prison in
order that he might study conditions
from the inside deliberately went on
strike during his sentence and was
sent to the dungeon as a punishment.
"A Night in He'll describes what
happened in that fearful place. Mr..
Osborne Is well-known Auburn
IN. W manufacturer. and Is chair
man of the New York State Prison
Reform Association. Appleton & Co.,
New York, publishers.
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HOW SCHOOL MADE NECESSARY
A NEW JEWISH TEMPLE
Exhibit Room of Antiquities to Be Feature-Recent Aux
larry Organizations of Congregation.

The building of the new Jewish
temple for the congregation B'nai
Jeshurun is the story of the way the
necessity o. a religious school in
duced interest in enlargement, not
only for the school Itself. but also
for the advancement of the work of
the congregation in other directions.
The basement floor of the temple in
Washington street has been used for
many years as a school until it be-
came necessary to make ample pro-
vision for the children of the school.
This need has been met by the new
three-story school building at the
rear of the new temple, now nearing
completion at High street and Wav-
erly avenue. The school has now
about $50 pupils and Is said to be the
largest Jewish religious school in
NeNark.
The school costs $4,000 additional
to the cost of the temple, $500 600 to
be about the cost of the entire struc-
ture. The temple is in Italian renais-
sance architecture. The material is
buff brick and the whole bui ding is
to cover nearly the entire tract of
land, 9S feet by $50 feet. The dome,
with small windows for light, Is a
memorial windows are a. so Included
in the plans Entrance to the audi
forum is through broad vestibule,
and on three sides of the auditorium
are to be galleries. The temple is
built to seat loo, making it one of
the largest Jewish congregations in
the United States. The interior is to
be finished in a type of tile that aids
in providing for correct acoustic
properties, an idea that Is new in the
construction of large buildings.
The lighting system of the temple
is to be indirect. On the lower floor
are to be coat rooms. toilet rooms,
and also rooms for the trustees and
the rabbi. A room that is new Is
one in the school building for an
exhibit of Jewish antiquities. This
collection includes manuscript. types
of dress, articles and implements,
curios. whatever may illustrate
Jewish history, whether these ex-