The Washington herald., 1914-06-14
Religion and Social Service
THE CHURCH AT WORK
In MANY FIELDS

The movies with the -stereopticon.
have reached the far corners of the
world, and are q great help in educa-
tional mission work. says the Spirit of
Missions. Our missionary at Point Hope.
Alaska. the Rev. A. r. Hoare tells how
the Eskimo. in the long Arctic night, de-
light In what is TO them indeed a mag
ic'' lantern. He says: by the by, can't
you persuade some one to send US some
good comic slides. or at least something
secular? All our slides. with the excep-
ton Of two or three photos OF New Eng
land Bible classes, are Biblical A little
entertainment is good for man and
beast. I wish you could see the people
while the pictures are being shown. They
are soul-struck. 1t would warm the
cookies of the giyer's heart il she could
see them
In the Far East. the Rev. ]. Armi-
stead Melbourne, one of our mission
staff in Tokyo. says that when Quo
Vadis'' was given in moving pictures at
the Tokyo Imperial Theater. he and his
associates were impressed with its value
as a missionary agency. The eHplana-
tions In japanese were most sympathet-
ically given, and the whole thing was
not so much show as a reverent dra-
matte illustration of what Christianity
truly is. I recognized in the crowded
theater members OF noble families, rich
merchants. people OF the court, none of
whom. under any consideration could be
brought TO go to church"
Presbyterians have just decided to en-
ter upon enlarged social work-divorce
and loose remarriage laws. the social
evil in cities and many small towns.
They have placed the movement in the
hands Of presbyteries. and have sane
toned initial experiments under the d.
rection of presbyteries in Pittsburgh.
Chicago, and Seattle. The presbyteries
of these cities are expected at once to
take UP work. to show what can be done,
and give lessons to presbyteries in other
cities just how to proceed.
Representatives of Baptist churches
will gather in fremont Temple. Boston.
Wednesday. June H. to attend the annual
sessions of the Northern Baptist conven-
ton. the foreign and home mission So
cieties, and the Publication Society.
There will be college and theological
seminary reunions, Brotherhood meet
ing on Sunday evening at Ford Hall, ad-
dressed by William Ward, OF London, n
Brotherhood banquet, at which Robert
E. Speer, OF the Presbyterian Board, will
speak on THE Church's Ultimate Busi-
ness" and Dean Shaller Matthews on
Militant Idealism.' Unusual interest
attaches to this meeting Of the Foreign
Missionary Society, as it celebrates the
10cth anniversary. John r. Mott. chair
man of the constitution committee of
the Edinburgh conference, will speak.
There will be an address by delegate
representing the American board Of COM
missioners for foreign missions. Great
interest will be aroused by certain pro-
posed changes in the conduct Of the work
of this society Carefully formulated
plans for the management. In part at
least. OF the missions in India, by the
missionaries and others on the field will
be presented.
A very decided novelty will be intro
duced IN this years programme. having
for its motive a desire to increase inter-
est In and knowledge Of missionary work.