The Washington herald., 1914-08-16
NAVAL CHAPLAINCIES
SOUGHT BY CLERGY
Washington Bureau of Council Of
Churches Receives Applications
from Protestant and Catholic.
OTHER CHURCH COMMENT

| DR.. II. X. Carroll. associate secretary
] of the Federal Council OF Churches.
with headquarters in Washington, re-
ports the receipt Of a large number OF
| applications for appointment as chap
! lains in the United States navy. With
a spirit OF unity perhaps never before
shown in such a matter, Protestant and
/ Catholic co-operated in presenting the
! Christian argument to the government
| fayoring an increase in number OF
chaplains and in the proposed DIVISIONS
between them Of men to be selected
There are now twenty-four chaplahs
ard twenty-eight new men are to be
named.
The applicants come, It is reported. In
about equal numbers from Protestant
and Catholic ranks, and among the
| former all Of the principal bodies are
represented. BY the terms OF the new
appointments are to acting chaplaincies
only. and these are Limited IN nunoeI,
| since the law provides that no more
than seven may be advanced to perma-
nent chaplaincies in any one year. IN
der this plan misfits can be kept out
of the permanent service, II Is believed.
II has not yet been determined by the
| Secretary how many acting chaplAihs
| he will name this year: 49,,
| Promoters Of this advance deny tnat
they are in any way opposed TO the
| social secretaries recommended oy the
Secretary. and to be furnished oy the
CbrIstIan associations. These secretaries
ora not 10 be commissioned II appoint
| ed and they are to be laymeh. lhe
pIan has not been officially approved as
rat hui II is being favored by those VINO
I',shs5 Tor the increased chaplaincies
| TN same men raise the auesuoh
rbs,ber the chaplains may not oe aoie
| 80 deyelop some secrearies from among
snrIsted men. They point TO the far pet
ter grade Of men in the service man
formerly. Applications Tor ecuhs Snap
iaincies will still be received oy 9ee
tary Carroll.
! leading Catholic educators OF the eoun-
! -. . Included in the corps OF lnstruc-
tors ~ the frst summer school Ior the
! SIsterhood west OF the MlssissiPPi' NV
beInR held at Dubuque College DuUuque'
Iowa. The enrolment OF the schoei IeP
80, sixteen different States The list OF
nroIsssors includes the following from
MosbinEton: Very Rev. Thomas L
ShI.I5s III. D.; Very Rev. Edward A
% II. d; Rev. William J. kerry
i: Rev. William Turner. s. I. d.
and Rev. John W. Melody. S. l. u.
sL.usr Mathews. dean of the Uni
,,o.si,, ~ Chicago divinity school. has
30, seIected as a missionary delegate 10
tonr Japan for Protestant churcnes OF
| E-,a-ica Prof. Mathews, who IS the
arosiden, Of the Federal Council OF
| Churches OF Christ in America; was
elected by the officials OF the associatlon'
which represents thirty different denom-
nations and 100000 church n,o -
Dsan Mathews will spend the whole OF
next winter in the Orient as lecturer
a. Tananese colleges and universities ana
a leader in missionary conferences he
lii yisit all American charges in Japan
| - nres,de At sessions OF Christian or
Ranizations The university oOaEu VI
trustees recently voted leave OF absence
to DR.. Mathews for his orieh'Ai uip
THE recent Presbyterian General As
sembly failed to make the usual nnanelai
nroyision for the work of the BrotheF-
hood Of that church. This cnanse IN
poIicy, which has resulted IN the ols-
nnissaI of two secretaries Is tnus eA-
plained by the Continent:
The reasons governing tne Esoy
terian Brotherhood situation are operat-
ing IN much the same way in other
Observation-Disclosures. Baptist. DISCIPLE
| npreRationaIist-and are beginning TO
he felt in the Episcopal and interchurch
mems organizations There Is growing
| zsntiment that the real dynamic Ior
mems work must be Bible study its CEN
ter must be the local church, anu soSlai
service features must be the natural ex-
preston Of a spirit reused and sustained
by Bible truth. Permanent work must
start at that point. the Bible class,
though It must cotne to fullest results In
| all the social service Of which the group
may be capable. In particular churches
purely social groups may be possible, but
they are increasingly difhcultz to main
tain, whereas a well organized well d.
| rected Bible class in easiest Of all organ
| izations to maintain, and most fruitful
of brotherly spirit and service. A very
| Informal conference between denomina-
| tIonal brotherhood leaders and leaders or
the adult Bible class department Of the
| Sunday School Association isclosed a
| striking agreement on such general prop
ositions as these. and 1t Is proposed that
they be worked out into q definite pro-
gram at a later and equally informal con-
| ference. Many of the leaders on both
sides believe that aggressive measures to
promote mems Bible classes will result in
| larger enlitment of men and a wider
spirit Of fellowship. The Presbyterian
| Brotherhood means to do not less but
more, simply transferring its emphasis to
q new point"
ronfarenc. of Catholica I'm the sUnited.