The Washington herald., 1914-08-23

LNohBSISliC meetings IN Ne" 1oA
City are said to be having the great
est audiences in their history. Rev.
F. B. Meyer, Rev. John Mcneil, and
other famous preachers have assisted
in the work. Special prayers are Of
fered daily by the National Bible In
stitute for the quick ending of the
European war. Meetings in 1913 CEN
tiers and in eight different languages
are reported by the evangelistic COM
mittee.
Following the reports of the great re-
vival in Scotland during the past winter
comes the report that in that country
is growing a host Of young men commit
ted passionaaely to the great essentials
Of evangelical Christianity. II is be-
lieved by some that a movement has
begun in the Scottish churches as power
full in its purposes as the oxford move
ment was in the Church OF England in
the middle OF the nineteenth century.
while the oxford movement gave an i'm
petus to Journalism and sectarianism this
new Scottish movement is touching only
the great universal elements OF Chris
tianity.
The two hundred Churches Of the red
eral Council Of Churches in Cleveland are
october 4. to be followed by a month
OF evangelistic service. the various neigh
borhoods Of the city being taken as the
unit OF organized and cooperative effort.
The Catholics of the United States are
advancing to first place in support of
Catholic missions OF the world, accord
ing TO figures quoted in the Central
Christian Advocate. They are supplant-
ing France in that respect. Ten years
ago Catholics OF France gave $4,000; hVe
years ago. ss75. 900. and last year, ac-
cording to reports just made public.
$500 900. Ten years ago Catholics OF the
United States gave $4,000 year, and
last year, according to the same report.
$40 OOO The great givers to Catholic
world missions are among American
dioceses, New York. with gifts last year
amounting to 1851 900; Boston. $1,000. and
Philadelphia, $4,000 Not a city in Cath
ole countries like Austria. Italy, Bel
GUM. and Spain, declares the Freeman's
Journal, comes anywhere near the gifts
Of these generous Catholic American
cities. St Louis far outranks Rome;
Minneapolis outranks Vienna; New Or
leans gives more than London. and Pitts
burgh Catholics give more than do those
OF Liverpool.
The Christian churches OF Japan have
entered into an evangelistic campaign to
continue for three years. The movement
is the result of the visit last year of DR..
John r. Mott in connection with the
work Of the continuation committee OF
the Edinburgh conference. The foremost
leaders Of all the denominations are
making united and determined efforts. as
though this were TO be the last and most
telling effort Of a lifetime. The propa-
ganda began in March and IL is thought
will prove a great spiritual awakening.
The political reformation Of a half CEN
fury ago has been chiefly intellectual,
Industrial, commercial, financial The
time is ripe for religious revolution.
The old existing religions are without
vitalizing life and power. This campaign
is predicted as the harbinger OF a great
er and divine movement. Tokyo is chosen
for the next worlds Sunday school con-
vention, which is timed to come in about
the close of this evangelistic enterprise.
A peace centenary committee. repre-
senting all Evangelical churches in the
United States. has now secured action
by the general official bodies OF Presby-
terians, MeIhodists South and the Re-
formed churches. and will apply TO the
general convention of the Disciples Of
Christ in October. approving centenary
plans. Action has also been secured by
the Epworth League, the Christian En-
deavor. the Luther League and most OF
the Brotherhoods. The committee is act
ing through the Federal Councils Of
Churches
1t has been decided that Peace Sun
day shall be February IA. 1918. the one
falling nearest to the exact date when
the present one hundred years Of unin-
terrupted peace between the United
States and Great Britain began.
For all young peoples meetings, and
also for all Sunday schools, the COM
mittee is preparing patriotic services,
the aim being to have all hold such serv-
ices. and have the exercises substan-
TALLY uniform. Appeal is to be made
later to ministers OF all bodies. whether
called Evangelical or not, to preach SER
mons on the Sunday named on the sub
ject Of peace, and to do so even II
Europe and half OF the rest of the world
be actually at war at the time. The
committee reports finding marked inter
est in the plans. and even greater in
terest since reports came Of declarations
Of war by principal European nations.