Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-15
THE, CHURCHES 4AND
,TO-DAY'S SERVICES


chimes whose mobilization has aston
ished the world. Count Okuma. ia
pans Prime Minister, is by his appeals.
messages and efforts. furthering the
efforts to make this convention rep
resentative OF the greatest. peace army
the world contains.
Mr.. Brown shows how the 1900. 600
OF Sunday-school membership in
America Is strengthening it's organi-
cation, developing literature. building
individual schools. training leaders,
enlistins moro millions Of young men
and adults and extending the grow
ing COMPLETION of the missionary obli-
cation OF the Sunday school
CIINISTIASITY'S DEVELOPMENT
IN THE FAR EAST
IL appears that in the Philippines,
where Sunday-school work was begun
only three years ago, seven conven-
tioEs are In progress of being held.
and that 100000 pupils are looked for
within two years: that in China BuGd-
hist and confucian temples are being
turned over for Sunday school use,
with Chinese Bible women as teach
ers. Christian primary day schools are
being rapidly developed; teacher and
summer training schools started and
bright Chinese being trained for or
OF 100000 pupils in the near future:
that IN Korea four missionaries OF ex-
periencc are specializing in Sunday
school work. graded lessons. leaflets
ana teacher training courses are being
introduced. the Methodists are train
Ing natives TO give their full time to
orBaniZa ton and that the membership
rapidly is being pushed upward from
the 100000 mark, while the Japanese
minister OF education is showing sym
pathy In the work: that the Sunday
schools OF India already have over
100000 pupils and are awaiting the
arrival of Rev. A. A. Parker who has
been assigned by the Methodtsts to
direct religious education in India and
Is nov specializing for this work; and
that the work has been started and
is progressing in Turkey and Asia
Minor among the Mosiems. and In Aus
tralia. and is about to be inaugurated
In South America By series OF con-
ferences.
TO MAKE CONVENTION
JiPAS's TURNING POIST
1T is planned" says Mr. Brown,
TO take full advantage OF the con-
vention in 1916 to make this turn
ing point for Japan toward Christian
religious education. And so addi-
tional money Is being put into Japan
by the Worlds Association. to assist
both Japanese and missionaries in the
campaign. Horace e. Coleman, for
years missionary In Tokyo, Is now
specializing on the Sunday school at
Columbia University. He will return
to Japan next summer az the hon
orary missionary secretary Of the Ma
tional Sunday School Association OF
japan. to train a Sundny-school lead
ership in all Christian institutions in
Japan. and to build up plans for the
convention.
Meanwhile the Sunday-school com
mtttee of the Federated Missions is
being supported by the association. In
cooperation with the Japanese SUN
day school officials. in pushing a ma
tion-wide campaign I'm 100 Japanese
cities to arou6e the whole empire for
Sunday-school progress. This will go
along simultaneously with the efforts
OF the Japanese evanselistic campaign
committee In their three-years evan
.Eelistic campaign eliminating In the
Tokyo Sunday-school convention.
Teacher training. adult class organi-
zat!on. school grading. and efficiency
Will be pushed hard in this campaign.
Careful observers predict a posi-
bic wholesale break toward Christian
ity as result of these efforts. which
follow series OF important events.
which gives them special and proyI-
Dental Significance"