The Washington herald., 1915-08-22


! scandal Of Christians praying agains
| each other. The reconciliation of thai
| apparent contradiction Is in the underly'
1 ing condition of all prayer that God:
| will may be done. The alleged order
limiting prayer will certainly be very
| hard on wives and fathers and mothers
who can hardly help bringing before
their Heavenly Father the great end Of
patriotism and devotion for which theil
! husbands and sons are waging war
| Prayer for victory may cease in the
churches; it will hardly cease in the
homes and hearts OF the peoples. II
| seems like a contest of the head of the
Roman Church against human nature
contest in which human nature usually
wins at least a momentary victory
Bishop Isaiah B. Scott. of the Metho
| dist Episcopal Church, sailed August i
on the French Line S. S. Rochambeau
He expects to land at Bordeaux AND
| after a week or two in France will sal
for Monrovia, Liberia. Bishop Scott
came to America about two months age
on business connected with African mis-
sions al the request of the Board Of For
! eign Missions.
A correspondent OF the Congregational
list writes of the Billy Sunday of Japan.
They call him the Billy Sunday OF
Japan. but his name is Leimatsu XII
mura. Just now his big tent, fronted
and f1anked by various banners and
streamers. is pitched near the japanese
Houses of Parliament in Toxic. He is
| conducting meetings there which are a
| part of an evagelistic campaign under
! way in various parts of japan. At 16
| turned out of the house of his father. a
wine seller he earned his living as a
newsboy. Converted at that time. he
made his way to America and found
Dwight L. Moody preaching in Southern
California. Finding the building crowd
ed he told the big policeman at the door.
I've come 3 40 miles to hear Mr.. Moody.
and you must let me in The bluecoat
did Mr.. Moody let him into the school
at Chicago. though he had only IS cents
in his pocket when he applied After
two years of study at Mr.. Moody :
school. he went back to japan and took
a broken-down church with thirty-hve
members and he n1inistered so effectual-
ly that he left it with 800. He resigned
10 take up general evangelistic work. In
April. 1914 ne came to America to meet
Billy Sunday and study his work. He
spent some time at the latter's meetings
in Denver and Des Moines. At Honolulu
he held an evangelistic campaign among
the japanese and it is estimated that
l. GA0 converts were made.
Kimura is about 40 years old. stockily
built. with clear-cut. rather handsome
features. He has an impa ssioned voice
and crouches. jumps and gesticulates
almost as frantically as his American
prototype. He uses. blackboard. and
when his voice fails from overwork,
picks up a megaphone. He is talking to
immense crowds. and has engagements
haa far hal hro h.
er. Seishiro Iwamura is studying for the
ministry at Hartford Theological Sem
mary. His other brother. and his father
and mother. have been converted to
Christianity.
BY royal decree his majesty the King
of Italy has decorated DR.. B. NJ Tip
pie. president of the Methodist Collegio
in Rome. knight of the Order of the
Crown of Italy. This is a high honor,
seldom conferred on A foreigner. and
never given except for conspicuous serv-
ice to Italy.
The decoration consists of white
Greek cross-the White Cross of Savoy
set in gold. In the center on one side is
a fac-simile of the famous Iron Crown OF
Lombardy This celebrated crown is now
preserved in the cathedral at Monza. For
many centuries it was the royal crown
of the Lomhards. and with it the Ger
man emperors We're crowned kings of
italy from the thirteenth century on
ward 7, vas r,sed AT the coronation of
Charles V in r5a0 If NanoIeon AZ Milan
in 1sn5 If Ferdinand lin Is3S II is form
ed of a broad band of gold studded with
nrecious stones The nam. Iron Crown
was GIVEN II because around the inner
s,da If i, is thin strin of iron. said to
he nail from the true cross and
brought from Palestine hy the EMPRESS
Helena
On the other side in the center is the
eagla NJ the House of savoy on IFS head
tb.s crown ~ Italv and nm its hresst the
wbitc Cross
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