The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-02-08
THE TREND OF THINGS
IN RELIGIOUS LIFE

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tension movement, a tour Of this country
will soon be made by Rev. John A Hut
ton. of Glasgow. Scotland. and Rev. J.
Stuart Holden. of ST. Paufs Church. Lon
don.
The eleventh annual convention Of the
Religious Education Association in New
Haven, Conn. March 5-& VIII have q
general theme, 1.-THE Relation Of Higher
Education to the Social Order"
Cardinal Farley has created in hfs do
cese, new position, that OF superinten-
dent of Catholic Sunday schools. and has
appointed to 1t Rev. Matthew A. De-
laney, of st. Demands Church.
The high church party in the Episcopal
Church has started movement TO bring
officially into that communion the three
or four so-called Catholic bodies in the
United States that are more or less close
ly related to that church. Bishop White
started the movement, but II was at once
taken I'D by leaders in his party. Now
The sympathy of all elements has been
gained. If successful 1t viii mean an ac-
erection of about 40 900 communicates, and
demonstrate a new and successful phase
of church unity.
One of these bodies is the Polish
Catholic Church. formerly Roman
Catholic but representing in America the
Old Catholic Church in Europe, which
split of after the decree Of papd In
fallibility. Most Polish churches identi-
fed with this movement in America are
in Northern Ohio, Northern Indiana,
Illinois, and Wisconsin. in the Middle
West, and Massachusetts,, New York.
New Jersey. and Pennsylvania In the
East. Polish leaders are said to have
he m a fripndly
fashion
Another body involved is the Armenian,
strongest throughout New England. but
having churches in many parts OF Penn
sylyania There is a resident Armenian
archbishop, and so friendly is he with
Episcopalians that quite often he cele-
brates mass in the Church of the Advent,
Boston. The Episcopal Church is in
close relations with the Russian and
Greek Catholic Churches in America, but
no proposition looking toward unity with
them has been made. The only efforts in
that direction are the recognition Of the
validity of their respective orders The
movement toward Polish Catholic and
Armenian bodies is reported by its pro-
moters to be very Encouraging.
DR.. Robert Z. Speer, chairman of the
Observation-Disclosures committee on relig-
ties abroad, announces new pastors for
union churches abroad, as follows:
Rev. G. Chapman Jones. a much beloved
Methodist clergyman of Hornell, N. Y.
is just beginning year of service at
Yokohama, Japan, stopping of there on
a tour which he is making around the
world. To Pekin, China, where the union
congregation has not heretofore had a
pastor, will go shortly Rev. Charles F.
Hubbard, dean of the college department
OF Berea College, Kentucky, a brother
of the late Dr. w. H. Hubbard, of Au-
burn, N. Y; Mrs Hubbard was formerly
Hiss Marquis, president of Albert Lea
College. At Rio Janeiro. the community
Is to welcome as their first pastor Rev.
Herbert A. Manchester, Of the Presbyte-
ran Church, East Boston. DR.. and Mrs.
Manchester sail in April for the Brazil
ian capital. where they will find large
and needy field for the exercise Of their
widely recognized talents.
The interdenominational committee on
the religious needs of Anglo-American
communities abroad, under whose auspi- 4
ces these ministers are going out, wishes
to remind American Christians of the
union chapels in numerous foreign cities, |
where earnest, cultured, and efficient |
pastors are laboring. |
May not all tourists make greater ef- |
fort to attend the services and support |
the religious work at these strategic CEN
tiers abroad, If for no other reason than
TO correct the prevalent. impression Of
foreigners that American travellers are |
irreligious; America can't be Christian"
Thirty-five commissions have been
named to date to arrange for and conduct
a world conference on faith and order
that Is expected to bring about church
unity OF the Anglican all of the world
known bodies in the United States and
Europe have named commissions; also in i
China, Japan, Australia, Tasmania and
South Africa. The same is true Of the
Baptists, the Disciples of Christ. Meth |
odist, Presbyterian and the Reformed
Churches One Lutheran body, the Gen.
eral Synod, has come in; also the Mora |
vians throughout the world, the Congre-
gational in the United States and the
Old Catholic in Europe.
A conference on unity has just been
held in Melbourne, when seven bodies
were represented. Presbyterian, Congre-
gational and Methodist churches voted to
unite as soon as possible, Baptists and
Disciples deciding to form coalition.
Hence, from six bodies the number seems
likely to be reduced to three. A still
further step has been taken, to the effect
that on and after 1921 all candidates for
the ministry shall be ordained in all
ways, so they can work in such religious
body as they prefer or can find oppor-
tunity.
Union is going on also in other dfrec-
tons All Methodists in New Zealand
and in Australia have gotten together
into respective general conferences. We
have previously noted the get-together
among Presbyterians. Method
lists and Congregationalists in Canada
Fresbyterians in this country are trying
to unite and populations are going back
and forth between half a dozen smaller
bodies. Nobody as yet pretends to say
when the world conference may be called.
It is agreed, however, that much educa-
tional work is still to be done before it
will be expedient to call it.
The coal operators of West Virginia are
going down into their pockets to finance
, campaign for the education and social
advancement Of miners and mine Ia
oorers.
Dean Jones of the School of Mines at
he State University has prepared these
plans for mine extension work, and he
,alls attention to the fact that already
, great deal of work has been done by
he operators along this line. John Laing,
iormer chief of the State Department Of
Mines, explaining this work. says:
"Clergymen Of all creeds, whether for
white or colored people. are being en-
ragged at the suggestion of the miners
Ind paid by the operators. When these
.lergymen take up their work they are
allowed a free hand, and their influence
s. beginning to show itself, particularly
With the children of the various mining