The Washington herald., 1914-07-19

Congress has finally changed the law OF
1872 90 as TO provide for the navy an
adequate supply OF chaplAins," says The
Churchman. in a leading editorial this
week. More than four months ago
the House Committee on Naval Affairs
gave hearing on the subject to the
representatives Of the Federal Council of
the Churches OF Christ in America. All
representatives at the hearing asked for
an increase Of chaplains, for the creation
of the grade of acting chaplain for proba-
tionary purposes, and for the removal of
the discrimination against chaplains in
the matter Of apy-chaplains being the
only officers whose maximum Of pay stops
with the grade Of lieutenant-commander
The new law gives an increase Of twenty
eight chaplains. raising the limit from
twenty-four to flfty-two, and establishes
the grade of acting chaplains, which re-
quires three years service before q per-
manent commission can be given. No
change is made in the matter Of pay. The
general feeling both in the House and in
the Senate was favorable to the pro-
visions reported by the House commit
tee. but there was some active opposition
and point Of order was made against
them in the House as new legislation in
an appropriation bill, and they went out
EACcNOISO lu6 ScIldlcr lnCy "CIC 1lud4ly
accepted by the House on its conference
committees report The provisions were
opposed by secularists and others on con-
stitutional grounds, and numerous letters
and circulars came to Senators and
members Of Congress in the last few
weeks, particularly from the Pacific
Coast. asserting that they were Of sec
tartan origin and for sectarian advantage,
and demanding that they be voted out.
There was absolutely no ground for the
assertions, for. by common consent, the
Federal Council, which represents thirty
different evangelical churches, took the
lead at the hearing. offering the pro-
visions, prepared by Chaplain Bayard of
the navy. clergyman OF the Episcopal
Church, for the committees acceptance,
and afterward supporting them continu-
ously and diligently. Perhaps for the
first time practically all Christian de-
nominations united in asking for the
legislation. Appointments are, as hereto
fore IN the hands Of the President and
the Secretary Of the Navy"
The American Bible Society is sending
Rev. William /. Haven, D. D., one of its
secretaries. to visit its agencies in the
Far East, including Japan, Korea China
the Philippines, Siam, and on the way
back the agency In the Levant, with
headquarters at Constantinople. Rev.
DR.. Haven win sail from San Francisco
on August Is, and will be absent moro
than six months.
For a considerable period the society
has sent American money into these
fields to the amount of 500 900 a year, and
this large sum has been supplemented
by earnings Of colporters in Manila
Bangkok. Shanghai, Seoul. Yokahoma
and Constantinople, who number more
than co. The Bible distribution arising
from all OF this effort reaches nearly
100000 volumes a year.
What Is regarded as OF quite as much
importance as Bible sales Is Bible trans
lation into languages spoken by the peo-
pie. A japanese version Of the Bible is
now being revised, the Korean Bible is
Just coming out in new form. two COM
mittees are at work on translations and
revfsions for Chinese, and the Bible IN
whole OF in part has been published in
ten dialects and languages for Fflipinos,
two for the Siamese while In the poly-
giot Balkans Bibles in no fewer than
thirty languages are supplied.
Announcement has Just been made Of
the aff1liation Of Chicago Theological
Seminary. which has long been the rep
Congregational theological
Of the West with the Divinity |
School, Of Chicago University The cor |
porate identity Of each institution will |
be preserved, but work done in either |
institution win receive credit IN the other |
one. 1t is proposed to plan for immediate |
execution a seminary into which only !
graduates Of theological institutions may
be admitted thus making this institution |
unique among all the theological semi |
naries OF the country.
Rev. Charles Sickle. pastor of the
Peoples Tabernacle, New York city, who
n his early life held a Job in a ma
chine shop. contributes to the current
Outlook "A Shop Talk to Machinists,"
which contains truth for every worker.
TO overcome influences when they are
bad We need to have big ideals. There
Ire some workingmen whose motto in
ife is simply. Meat. malt. and mattress
eat drink, and sleep. Mighty poor IDEAL
ion't you think so? You apprentices
and young mechanics in particular don't
sver permit yourselves to degenerate into
worldngmen. I mean men
who become careless OF their manners
md their dress and who think Of no
higher things in life than to drift into
he saloon at the end Of the days work.
md then go home. half drowsy, and make
themselves a nuisance to their wives and
children, who may be struggling to main
ain some degree Of culture and refine
nent-
There is no reason why even an ordI-
nary workingman may not enjoy the
very best things in life-the things that
-sally count for most He may enjoy
/ beautiful sunset; why not? You think
hats 'dopy' sort OF thing for a work
ngman? Do you? Well, then, I feel
'orry for you. For the rich man enjoys
10 better sunset. True, he may enjoy
more Of them; but not any Of them are
'etter than yours. The workingman may
cad the same books that the rich man
.n3oys. He may see the same pictures
He may be thrilled by the same music.
The flowers are the same Don't cheaper
'ourself by saying that these things are
Tot for you. They are by far the most
beautiful things that enter into any
mans life-except triendships-and these
nay be yours. too. But there's a verse
n the Bible that says, in effect, II a
nan would have friends, he must show
himself friendly. Don't get on into a
orner and suIk. and regard yourself
.bused because nobody makes much Of
-ou; come out and be a friend to some
'ody else!
I'VE hear a lot these days about anti
'overty societies. but, take, 1t from me,
10 society can do for a man what he
will not try to do for himself. The sue
essful man does not look out for op-
ortunities; he looks in for that's where
most Of the chances come from.
eWlaf would vO1I think ~ q ,