Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-13

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Non md REIMBURSEMENT cosnpeilsd 81
the WAr aSe causing : limitation Of III
gHts on the part OF church members.
which an philAnthropies ana religious
institutions are even thus early b..
ginning to FEEL" The marked effect
upon foreign emission work already has
been dwelt upon In these columns. But
the same Interference with the Course
Of International activity and the same
need for retrenchment AFFECT we are
reminded, all bodies which depend upon
public gifts for their normal income.
Take typical incident cited In The
North American:
zone Of the Baptist boards had
planned to send a woman worker to
the Pacific coast for special form
of service. When the war broke out
she was notified by telegraph to re-
main In the middle west, simply In orr
der to save 20 small an amount as one
workers travelling expenses.
| Nowadays, continues this writer,
| there ara many international religious
examinations. and these are peculiarly
sensitive TO such disturbed conditions
as the present" For example:
"The Young Mems Christian Asso.
citation at Geneva has three secretar-
les, and at the outbreak Of the war
one Of these was called to the Swiss
colors. one to the German. and one to
the French, with the result that the
association was left without workers.
DR.. John r. Mott has abandoned his
proposed World-tour. Everybody knows
that the church peace congress was
broken up as soon as 1t convened
Sunday school workers have been
preparing for a worlds convention, in
Tokyo next year. but now the leaders
look grave The Christian Endeavor
Society was to have held q worlds
already been postponed, because of the 4
prevalence Of an epidemic.
'Not only have present troubles
lessened gifts but they will divert the
general stream Of unpledged benevo.
lence. Relief work. that will be made
necessary In behalf OF all nations. will
| have first claim upon the sympathies
! Of the public. Americans are foremost
! in responding to international appeals.
/, and the one popular cause in the whols
field Of philanthropy for long time
to come will be the relief OF war suf-
ferers.
There will be q sitting out OF many
frazier organizations and careful ex-
aiming Of the relative claims Of the.
causes which demand public support.
All Of this may mean more than any
man can yet tell"
One great international body. the
| Salvation Army, is facing the most
severe crisis Of It's existence, accord
ing to officers quoted In the New York
| Times. More than 10000 members of
the organization are said to be actually
/, fighting In the ranks In all the fight
ing countries. except England, Its ac-
! tual existence as q working factor u
J said to have ceased. In this country,
"The work planned by the army to
meet some Of the tremendous prob
/, lens that IL IL asked to solve must In
| large part now be abandoned. This
| will have serious effect on our work In
Chicago. Pittsburgh. and many other
| cities.
THE Salvation Army in America 10
J without reserve funds. and its gifts
I, from the well-to-do have always been
! small in number and amount. Churches
{ give little. So hardly more than q
hand to-mouth existence has been pos
sible for some weeks. Most Of the
money OF the army II earned in indus
! trial plants. but these have been we'll
nigh put out Of business. Some col.
lections are received at street-meet-
i ings, but these have fallen OF"
\ In particular, the annual Christmas
/ charities In the large cities will suf-
fer, for, as the Times notes. most OF
the larger donations and gifts OF money
to the army here now are for the sur
ferers in the war zone. and are being
sent abroad for distribution thru such
parts Of the organization as remain In
tact In the warning countries"