The Washington herald., 1914-07-19

present organ has been in use over fort,
years, the first exhibition recital having
been given ON November 3 1s7a TIT
committee recommends that all OF tn
wood pipes and some Of the metal pipei
In the old organ be used in the new In
strument. The desirability is also urged
OF having the improved musical equip
. rnent ready for the celebration OF the
frtieth anniversary of the church, In No
vember, ls15.
New foundations for the organ and i'm
provements in the choir gallery will cost
an additional $500. The committee
which consists Of A. N. Skinner. Mrs
Julia T. -Bodfsh, W. E. Chamberlin, Al.
fred Wood, and R. S. Gehr, consulted
George W. Andrews, Of the oberlir
COhio) Conservatory OF Music, and Miles
FarroW, director Of music, Cathedral oi
st. John the Divine, New York City.
The incorporation by Congress Of q
; Federal council OF churches IN Amer
/ ica is proposed in q bill introduced in
the House this week for the purpose
Of promoting the spirit of good fel-
lowship and cooperation among the
churches constituting the Federal coun-
ell, securing larger effect from their
work, preventing duplication Of ef-
fort and expenditures, and increasing
their influence by united effort. Among
the 10 incorporators named Is Bishop
Era Cranston, of Washington.
Rev. DR.. William Palmore, editor Of
the St Louis Christian Advocate and
one of the most widely known minis
ters of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South, who died in Richmond. Va, this
month. bequeathed a large part of his
estate to the Central College for Wom-
On at Lexington, Mo.
Atlanta has been chosen as the site
Of the projected university to be estab-
lished east of the Mississippi River by
the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
This decision was announced Friday by
the education commission OF the general
conference of the church.
More than loo churches have. within
a month, adopted the Win One More
fellowship as a sane method Of perennial
evangelism. according to the announce
ment of Rev A z. Conrad. Phi. D.,
pastor of Park Street Church, Boston
Dr. Conrad confidently writes:
Other thousands will surely follow.
We are upon the eve OF a great awaken
ing The church must be prepared to
take advantage Of the movement We
cannot afford to mark time. There are
hundreds of thousands Of reachable peo-
pie awaiting only for a kindly appeal.
This appeal can be most wisely and eff
fectfvely made by those who are social
acuuaintances and business associates.
We have entirely underestimate the
value Of personal influence. It is an un-
known quantity of immense Importance.
It frequently happens that the most in
conspicuous and apparently incapable
persons are highly successful m hope
fully and helpfully relating the thought
less and Indifferent to the church Of
Christ and to our Lord. The brightest
days of the Christian church are before
her and not behind her. With mighty
faith we should undertake the conquest
of the world
The Sunday Evening Club Of Chicago.
which maintains a great downtown Sun
day evening service IN Orchestra Hall,
has closed its seventh season with an
aggregate attendance Of 5000, or an
average per Sunday evening Of $500 Mr..
Clifford W. Barnes, president of the club,
reports that the attendance remains
much the same whether the speaker be
one Of national reputation or one known
only in his own locality for notable work
The committee charged with the big
task Of getting together $4,000 to pull
Foreign Missions out of debt has just
been named and has just held its initial
meeting 1t consists OF the new general
assembly moderator, Rev. Maitland Alex
ander, of Pittsburgh; the last moderator.
Rev. ]. Timothy Stone, Of Chicago; Rev.
Dr. Andrew V. V. Raymond, of Buffalo;
Rev Samuel ]. Niccolls. of St. Louis,
and Rev. John Henry Jowett, Of New
York, for the ministers, and Messrs. J.
H Severance, Cleveland; Alfred E.
Harling, New York, and George W. Per-
kfns, the Progressive leader, for the
laynen.
In common with many others Presby-
terian boards fell heavily into debt last
year The foreign board fell behind the
unprecedented sum OF $4,000. and the
home board S3SOoo. Explanations for
New united efforts are to be started to
secure $4,000, without interfering with |
regular gifts. It is stated that many |
contributions have come in since the |
of1cial announcement of the deficits. and |
# is predicted that by the end Of this |
year at the very latest the near $4,000 |
will be on hand. The additional sum |
asked lie to wipe out some debts OF the |
smaller boards.
After the Edinburgh continuation COM
nittee met at Lake Mohonk in this coun-
Try in the fall Of 1872, DR.. John R. Mott, |
its chairman, started to the Orient under |
the committees commission to hold a |
series Of conferences with missionaries |
n India, China, Korea, and Japan. |
which have since been recognized as
exerting an epoch making influence on
mission labor in all these countries. This |
coming September, the continuation COM
mittee will meet in England, and from |
that Mr.. Mott will Immediately set forth |
to a series of conferences in the Near |
East Of the same character as those |
which he held two years ago in the Far |
East Algiers. Cairo, Beirut and Con-
stantinople will be the main points visit
ed, and to each place a group of seventy |
five to 100 missionary workers of all
counsel on the big current questions of |
mission policy. On this tour, as on the /
tour Of the further Orient, DR.. Mott will |
take time for evangelistic meetings with |
the students of both missionary and gov
ernment colleges. DR.. Motifs companion
and assistant on the former tour, Sher-
wood Eddy. will not accompany him this
year Mr.. Eddy, instead, is going back to
the student populations with whom his
work had great influence two years ago.
Methodists North will divide this year
out Of profits Of their book concerns
$4,000 among what they call their con-
ference claimants. These are aged min
lEters and IN some cases their dependent
families. Il is q sum larger by $4,000
than was ever divided by them in any
former year. These book concerns have
IN New York and Cincin-
natl the last named doing the larger