The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-08-30

Lynch and W. H Dickinson. NJ. P, sec
retaries.
Without regard to the outcome of the
! present war it was decided to hold in
London next summer a peace confer
| ence, to have as its subject, The
Churches and International Friendship.
| and committees were named to prepare
papers and conference arrangements. All
| of these things were done while soldiers
were leaving for the front. and crowds
were around bulletins reading war news.
| Nothing is more evident than that the
peace advocates. represented by the
| Church Peace Union. are more deter
mined than ever to push their cause.
| Andrew Carnegie has declared himself
| to be more interested, IL possible, than
| before the peace plans Of nations, and
| more glad than ever of initial steps
| taken by him to help them. Rev. Or.
| Lynch. OF the union. is preparing a book
| to be given out free. setting forth the
tragic circumstances Of the first confer
ence, that Of Constance, and the secre-
tary Of the Federal Council of Churches,
! Rev. Or. mcfarland. is preparing a
statement The Church Peace Union Is
the American section of the new World
| Alliance
The Salvation Army, through Gen.
Rramwell Booth, rendered the army
shelter houses in Portsmouth and other
places to the British government, which
accepted their use for the soldiers. Eng
lish Salvation Army men have enlisted
as soldiers and women have gone as
nurses.
The Trial of John Barleycorn." fol-
lowing as closely as possible correct
legal procedure, will be presented in Chi
CaEo, under the auspices Of the temper
ance and citizenship department Of the
United Society of Christian Endeavor. in
| 1915. a prominent Judge will preside over
the court and testimony will he present.
ed by well-known people from different
parts Of the country. Former Cover
nor Of Indiana J. Frank Hanly has been
retained to prosecute the case. The ses-
sions Of the trial, to he held in a large
auditorium, are expected to last through
five days. A large part Of the funds
necessary to finance the project has been
provided by two eminent Chicago lay
men.
The Rev. Dr. 8. Edward Young, pastor
Of Bedford Presbyterian Church. Brook
lyn. y. Y, announces that an American
PRESBYTERIAN women. whose name he Is
not yet At liberty TO mention, has given
the entire amount necessary TO build
narrow-gauEe railway into the ruins Of
ancient Antioch. in Pisidia, Western
Asia, and sufficient to carry on there
excavations that are expected to furnish
new light on New Testament history and
especially upon the travels Of St Paul.
and also much valuable information
concerning the Roman Empire in New
Testament times. including a vast sum-
mary Of the deeds Of the Emperor Au-
gustus engraved on great balustrade
Of his palace. Sir William NJ Ramsay,
the noted archaeologist in charge Of the
work of excavation, reports Antioch to
he in almost the same condition II was
when st. Paul was there-barrIng ruin
and decay Of the ages-only a deep layer
Of earth covering the ancient city As
fast as the European war will permit,
Sir William will go on with the excavat.
ing. the Turkish government having al
ready granted him the required firman
Rev. Sebastian Dabovich who is AT
the head of the Servian Orthodox Church
in this country, representing here the
Archbishop OF Belgrade. reports terrible
suffering hy women and children
throughout Servia Three wars in three
years have dried up benevolence. Or
phanages founded to care for children
left from earlier wars are declared by
him TO be without food supplies. These
orphanages include one founded by
Princess Helena and tht wife Of the Rus
sian amba ssador at Belgrade The chill
dren Of small tradespeople. with parents
at war, are starving.
A Continent-wide publicity campaign
has just been announced. beginning on
the birthday OF Rev. Francis E. Clark,
september Il, and continuing to Novem-
Der & in the interest of the Christian En-
deaNor activity. Eight articles are to ap-
pear IN the newspapers OF the continent
on the features of the movement. as fol-
lows: !. The Worlds Most Travelled
Man., by DR.. Clark; ., Christian En-
deaVor and leadership" by William
shaw: 3, Christian Endeavor on Battle
ships" by A. G. Fegert. religious editor
of the Chicago Herald; T. The Christian
Endeavor Type" by Amos R. Wells: !. I
christian Endeavor in Foreign Lands"
by John r. Clements. of New York State |
Christian Endeavor Union; 6 ''Christian |
Endeavor in Prisons and HOSPITALS" by
Karl Lehman, field secretary; Z Chris
tian Endeavor the West Point Of the !
Church by e. P. Gates, secretary mi |
nois Christian Endeavor Union: "Pa-
triotic Christian Endeavor," by Daniel |
A. Polling, national superintendent Of
Christian citizenship.
Rev. G. Campbell Morgan, pastor of !
Chapel. London. who lately
returned home, broken in health, after
service in this country, has received a |
years furlough, and will conduct Bible
classes in India in the autumn, the war
permitting.
The japanese Presbyterian Church, Of
San Francisco. has been holding united |
services with the Japanese Congrega-
tional church during July with such sue
cess that it is planned soon to organize
the japanese Church of Christ" the
same plan of organization lately effected
in Japan. 1t is hoped eventually to have
the same union extended 10 all the Jap
anese Christian churches in the State,
both Presbyterian and Congregational