The Washington herald., 1914-11-29

deavor. through the initiative Of Presi-
dent Clark, aud by the action of the
executive committee of the trustees. has
paved the way for the formation of prob
/ ably the largest peace society I'm the
world its membership to consist of the
100000 present members of the society,
the 100000 former members, who have
! simply grown up and out of 1t, and as
many other people as are willing to sign
! its peace pledge. The members and
/ former members of the society are found
in every country in the world and i'll
every Protestant denomination. The So
ciety, therefore. occupies a unique POSI-
| tion and is capable OF eXerting an un-
usual influence in promoting the prin-
ciples of peace and good fellowship
among young people everywhere.
Rev. Charles Sickle, who is known as
a former official of the home missionary
organization of the Presbyterians, and
who is now a social engineer" made an
address before the ministers institute in
Cincinnati recently. He advised his hear
ers to induce their churches to appro-
pirate one-tenth Of the income OF the
church to advertising and then undertake
ito deliver the goods
Cardinals Gibbons, OConnell, and Far
ley have formally approved a plan to
bring together alumni of all Catholic
colleges and academies for women, and
convention for organization Is now in
session in New York. The movement
started a year ago in a small way at st.
Josephs College at EmSitsburg. Nd,
and has been Indorsed and entered into by
women educational leaders in every part
OF the country.
Aims of the proposed federation as an
nounced are to put an end to religious
prejudice as far as possible, both between
competitive Catholic institutions and be-
tween Catholics and all others; to ad
vance the social and social service life of
Catholic women, and to bring women who
are competent into the work of child
training on weekdays. Concerning the
latter aim it should be explained that in
some cities Catholic teachers have offer
ed to give an afternoon a week to rel-
giOus instruction OF Catholic children who
do not receive such instruction in public
schools.
There are nearly 1000 institutions whose
alumni can be asked to enter the fedora
tiOn. These include a large number of
schools of varying grades in charge of
religious orders of women. 1t is reported
that these orders are enthusiastic for
the federation. So far more than 100
institutions. including some of the largest,
have elected delegates to the organiza-
ton convention.
Rev. L Z. Purdum, assistant pastor o.
the First Congregational Church in his
illustrated lecture on Personal Expert
ences in the Holy Land" recently given
at that church. said that his impression
of the Holy Land was all that he eN-
pected; that while he could not accept
as historically true many of the things
pointed out TO him as being connected
with sacred history. there were many
things that he could accept as true.
These he showed on the screen and CAV
his reasons why he believed some to be
authentic and some not
The Woman's Home and Foreign Mis-
sionary Society of St PauTs Lutheran
Church, Rev. John T. Huddle, d. D., pas
tor, held an interesting thank-oIering
service last week. 4 number. of Young
people i'll costume presented the needs of
Japan, China. Mexico. the American In
dian, and India-the latter country hav-
ing two representatives., one appearing as
an india orphan. the other as a child
widow. America and Christianity were
also represented. The church quarter
sang appropriate music
The lecture course of st. PauI's will be
opened December 9 by Rev ]. Henning
Nelms, D.. D.. whose subject will be
The Romance of Isaac and Rebecca."
The December meeting of the board of
control of the Washington District Ed
worth League will be held at Metro
politan Memorial NJ E Church next
Wednesday evening at o'clock. This
will be the, first meeting Of the board
since the adoption of the new policy