The Washington herald., 1914-09-13

, Fishermen, a Mission TO the Hop Pickers,
and even a Mission to the Fish Mongers'
and all Of these are at work on war relief
lines.
Farewell meetings have been held in
great numbers for members OF Bible
classes departing to fight One London
class babe good-by to fourteen, Bir-
mingham class to nineteen, a Cambridge
class to eight young men on to France
and the front. and so on. The Soldiers
Christian Association has 400 branches In
the English army. The Army Scripture
Readers Association, aided by the British
and Foreign Bible Society, has distributed
New Testaments by the thousands to men
going to the front. Its first order gave
out Testaments that had cost $4,000, a
fact which gives some idea OF the number
and activity.
Christian Briton at the moment is as
completely modified aseare military Eng
land, France Russia and Germany.
American foreign missionary societies
are agitating the project Of raising funds
here to maintain, during the present war.
work in foreign fields that has heretofore
been maintained by Christian people of
Germany, France and Belgium, and II
need be, to assist that supported by peo-
ple of England and Scotland. The work
in China. India and elsewhere supported
by the French and Germans will go to
pieces unless assisted. it is said France
is the largest supporter of Catholic mis-
sions in the East, and American Cath
olics are being asked in some measure
to take the places Of French supporters.
Indeed, there is just one CLEAN of
hopefulness" says the Living Church OF
Milwaukee. Wis, in the European stu
alton. The division is neither on racial
nor on religious lines. Teutons are Tight
ing against Teutons; and Latins and
Slavs should they win, must be so mod
flied by English infiuence-which is Teu-
tonic at the base-as not TO constitute 9
menace to Teutonic civilization. More
over in religion, Roman, Russian, Angli-
can, and Protestant are allied on one
side against Roman and Protestant on
the other. The success of neither party
will create a religious supremacy that is
hostile to the other. Thus We see that
the present alignment between nations Is
an artificial division. II has no funda-
mental basis. Its roots are not deep
down in the racial or the religious sensi-
bilities of the respective parties"
Bishop J. L. Nuelsen. D. D., IL. D., Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, writes
from Germany: The dedication OF the
new Theological Seminary buildings at
Frankfurt, North Germany. had to be
POSTPONED DR.. P. G. Junker. director Of
the school. writes me that 1t could not
be opened yesterday for the fall term as
planned. because the majority OF the
students had to go to the army. Those
left at home were needed as supplies in
the various churches. Nine preachers
from Stuttgart, eight from Hebron.
and seven from Carlsruhe districts were
called to the colors. and others will fol-
low in the near future.
THE district superintendents report
that everywhere they are having good
meetings In most places special prayer
services are being held. In one church
was a mother whose five sons had to go
to the front. Before the young men LETT,
all were converted. In every church spe-
cial farewell meetings for the departing
soldiers were arranged.
"A spirit of great seriousness is every
where manifest l am encouraging our
preachers and people to double their eff
forts and to do all they can to show
that the church does not shrink from
her duty at this time"