The Washington herald., 1914-12-06

their huge bayonets. And. oh! here's
what I've been looking fora little brown
| baby with no clothes at All!
The commission on evangelism OF thu
| Federal Council of the Churches oi
| Christ In America has issued a state
ment OF the point OF view OF this com
mission written by W. 4. Biederwolf
general secretary OF the commission. Thii
| document frankly confesses the various
/ abuses that have grown up around pro
F, fessionaI evangelism in the church. II
asks that the evAngelists shall be made
amenable to some kind OF authority In
| their respective denominations, as somt
Of them in the past have not had any
kind OF ecclesiastical connection. The
commission calls attention to the rela-
lively small rate Of increase in the
Protestant churches Of America last year
about per cent-and pleads for a deep
er interest in the work Of evangelizing
the portions of our population outside
OF religion. This report specifically dis
claims that pastoral or personal evange-
lism lies within the field OF its work and
says nothing Of educational evangelism.
The Wesleyan Methodists Of Great
Britain have been busy recently raising
special fund for strengthening their
missionary work at home and abroad.
The amount they asked was s., 800 CO., but
they have already succeeded in raising
$1,417,OOo.
OF the 800, coo, 900 raiesd in Ameicar for
various kinds Of religious work the past
year. $4O,0o0o0O was for new buildings.
New York leads all the cities with new
edifces costing approximately S.OOoOe.
Chicago ranks second with an expendi-
ture OF S3000.000. The Roman Catholics
lead in the amount Of money spent for
these buildings, and the Episcopalians,
Disciples OF Christ, and Presbyterians
follow in the order named. The Chris
tian Scientists report a fallin goff in
building enterprise this year. The most
marked change in building operation is
the passing OF the old meeting house and
the coming in Of a kind OF religious
apartment house.
For many years it has not been COM
pulsory upon an Episcopal rector in
this country to read in his church the
banns, or notice of approaching we'd
ding. Rev. Harry Mason. Of the Church
OF the Advent. in Louisville. KY, has
restored the custom in his own church
voluntarily, because he believes the root
Of the divorce evil is the hasty and ILL
advised marriage.
On last Wednesday evening the Met
ropolitan Baptist Bible School held its
annual business meeting, at which re-
ports were received covering the year
1914 and officers were elected for the year
1915.
All reports denote growth. prosperity
and perfect harmony. The net gain in
enrolment during the year was 50, MAX
ing a total now on the rolls of g. so
OF whom are on the active rolls of thc
school and the remainder in the home de
partment and on the cradle roll. The
total attendance to December ]. forty
eight Sundays. was l54Tl. an average of
90 per Sunday. and substantial gain
over the preceding year. The treasurer s
report showed cash from all sources OF
$3.50 and a balance on hand Of S133O7
With one exception all officers were re-
elected. the incumbent in the one case
declining reelection. The officers for 1915
are as follows: Superintendent, John F.
Bolen. assistant superintendent. Z. B.
shaver: superintendent of primary de
partment. Miss NJ NJ. Battles: superin-
tendent Of home department, Mrs. John
+. Bolen: superintendent OF cradle roll.
Mrs. Marian +. Gilmore: secretary. -.
{. Shankle: treasurer. James o. Pead:
iA'l 81 ldlis SAfiliFll IidlliillOls CnOTlSteE,
Gilbert 4. CLARK. and pianist, Mrs la
Brooks Thompson.
A dinner for the boys of the Guntun
Temple Presbyterian Church and Sunday
school will be held in the chapel Friday
night at $50 o'clock. George A. Provost.
superintend' mt of the Sunday school, will
preside. Leonard w De Cast. secretary
Of boys work at the Y. NJ. g. A.. and his
assistant. Mr.. Mcclellan. will bo present
and speak to the boys. The object of the
event is 10 recognize the boys OF the
church and school and to inaugurate an
up-to-date progressive work among and
for the boys in the church. school and
neighbOrhOod.
\ largely attended series Of revival
meetings are in progress at Shiloh Bap-
tist Church. Rev. Dr. \. J. Tyler, an
evangelist, pIeaChcs at each night service
and tn" pastor. Rev. Dr. Waldrun, IS
frequently assltcd in the meetings by
Rev. w. +. Robinson. OF Sacramento.
Cal. and RcIS. y. II. Gum. George w.
Harris and F. \. Fautroy. of this city.
y number of converts will be baptized
this morning. and at night Col. Richard
Ernest HOlZ. Of the Salvation Army, IN
charge OF the Atlantic Coast Province.
will preach. The meetings will continue
throughout the week.