The Washington herald., 1914-11-22
IN THE REALM OF RELIGION
WHAT CHURCH PEOPLE
ARE SAYING AND DOING

The synod Of the recently createo tnirS
province of the Protestant Episcopa
Church, in session last week at Pitts
burgh, Pa, decided to adopt the name
the Province of Washington. The synod
also decided to elect the presiding bishop
for three years. He will be eligible tC
succeed himself.
Woman for the first time in the history
Of the Protestant Episcopal Church was
recognized on one of the important board:
when the synod decided that the pro
vincial board of social service shall here
after be composed of one bishop, foul
presbyters, four laymen, and two women
The third province, which is now to be
known as the province Of Washington
comprises the States of Pennsylvania
Maryland, Delaware. Virginia, and West
Virginia, and the District Of Columbia
The District of Columbia was represented
at Pittsburgh by the following church
men: DR.. G. H McGrew, Rev. c. r.
Stetson, Rev. W. J. d. Thomas, and Rev
Robert Talbot as clerical delegates, and
by the following lay delegates: S. E
Kramer, H. l. Rust, ]. l. Weaver, and
Admiral Endicott-
The Massachusetts Sunday School As
sociation recently held its silver jubilee
convention in Worcester. Reports showed
the enrolment Of the Bible schools Of the
State to be 81, ,e66, not including home de-
partment and cradle roll, with an average
attendance Of 1904 a total gain during
the year of 42e7. The New England sec
retaries unite in the affirmation that this
year has witnessed more enthusiasm
within this circle of churchmen than ever
has been seen before.
The Washington Congregational Club
announces that the annual celebration OF
''forefathers' night will be held at the
Church Friday,
December Is
Paul H. Watson. recently secretary and
for a time vice president Of the local
Christian Endeavor Union, has been
placed at the head of the extension de-
partment of the City Christian Union OF
Seattle, Wash, and is engaged in an ac-
tive campaign to increase the number OF
societies cooperating with that union.
The Y. W. c. A. has started a Bible
study class which meets on Tuesday aft
ernoons at 4:45 O'Clock. 1t is conducted by
Rev Dr. Jay T. Stocking, pastor OF the
First CONGREGATIONAL Church. and is en-
gagged in the discussion Of the topic,
''what May We Believer"
In the solemnity of the ceremony con-
nsCted with the conservation in the Bal
timore Cathedral last Sunday of Mgr.
=
lie University in Washington, as Titular
Bishop of Germanicopolis. an incident
that appealed most strongly to every
member of the great gathering was the
new bishops tender and thoughtful act
of blessing his step-mother.
Cardinal Gibbons presided at the exer-
Cises, which were attended by two arch
bishops twenty bishops, many monsig-
nOri, large body of priests and repre-
sentative Catholics of Baltimore and
other cities.
But in all that congregation, which
taxed both the sanctuary and the body
of the church, in the midst of all these
leaders of the Catholic Church in the
United States there was one person more
interested in the ceremonies than all
around her and whose eyes never left
the face of the consecrated prelate. She
was Mrs. NJ. P. Shahan, Of Millsburg,
Mass, the step-mother Of the monsignor.
The most touching moment, from a pure
ly human point of view, in all the cere-
monies was when the new bishop, clad
in white vestments, with white mitre
upon his head, white gloves upon his
hands, white slippers upon his feet, and
holding the croZier of his pastoral au-
thority, walked to the front pew Of the
cathedral after the conservation had been
concluded and there blessed Mrs. Shahan.
The latter knelt with bowed head and
the first pontificaI blessing Of the newly
cOnsecrated prelate.
The Moody number of the Congrega-
tionaIist. issued November u, presents
tributes to Dwight L. Moody, the great
est evangelist OF the age" from the pens
Of many influential men who knew Mr..
Moody and were Influenced by him. The
approach of the fifteenth anniversary
T6a urN hot
many Of today's young people know
nothing of the great evangelist, are the
reasons given for the assembling of the
tributes, which come from such men as
President Wilson, Sir Alexander r. Simp-
son. Lord Kennaird, Prof. James Stalker,
Rev. F. 3. Meyer, DR.. w. T. Grenfell,
Rev. Washington GLADDEN., DR.. John r.
Mott. DIR. Robert E. Spear, Rev. George
A. Gordon, Bishop John H. Vincent,
William r. and Paul Moody, sons of the
evangelist; Ambert G. Moody, his nephew;
A p FIT his son-in-law: other members
of his family, George c. Stebbins, the
singing evangelist and several who were
more or less associated with him in his
evangeliStic work or in connection with
his schools at Northfield. 1t is a remark
able and thrilling story-these pen-pic-
lures from men of great spiritual insight
and power to a man whom they all ac-
knowledge to have been one of the great
est agents for good that has blessed our
times.
In spite of the European war and busi-
ness depression, the regular receipts of
the board of foreign missions of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, as an
nounced at the convention in Boston this
month, for 1914 were s1,17O, 1881 This
shows an increase of S12,7s9.57 over 1913
which had held the record as banner
year.
DR.. FOwles. treasurer of the board, also
announced that there had been received
I'm February from a friend whose name
for the present is withheld from the pub
lie securities, the market value Of which
at that time was estimated at SIZE, ,OOO
The money was TO be used for the erec-
tion of a building at Budapest, Hungary
and another at Petrograd, Russia, and
for the benefit of the William Mast Col
leEe at Kiukiang, China: $4,000 was to be