New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-02

The Church News Association, in u.
annual review, declares the year IVA
10 have been more cventful than any
for centuries, and II predicts that i'lo
will witness changes Of tremendous
consequence. The review says:
THE breakdown OF Christian forces
in Europe. as shown by the great war
profoundly affected Christian forces I'D
America. For months organized 'hrlS-
tianity on both continents was admit
teddy unequal 10 the challenge. Nhen
the storm broke AZ Vienna and London
last summer many big plans OF
churches went 10 smash. The Rev. Dr'
!. II. Jowett. Of Now York. until re-
Gently a foremost English pastor, has
described the union movements ne
tween British and German ministers
and fraternal visits TO their respective
countries. Three hundred British pas
tors went TO Germany and were sp.en-
didly entertained, and the same number
paid "a return visit 10 England. Dele
gates from both England and Germany
came 20 America early last summer and
gave MD 10 a plan which was 20 include
fratcrnal Populations of ministers OF
oil three nations. OF course all OF
these plans went TO smash with the
declarations of war.
world peace delegates, backed by
the churches and including IN their
number Emperor Williams Berlin pas
tor, we're In session in Constance and
the war sent them sCurrying for shell
ter. There was q battle between peace
and war. and war won. An adjourned
session was held i'm London. and an
organization was kept intact. although
German and Austrian ministers were
no longer part OF IL.
an Roman Catholic internal admin
istration the event Of 1914 was, OF
course, the death Of Pope Plus Y and
the election Of Pope Benedict XIV
Il was a marked change involving more
than the supplantIng Of one man by
another. u was n change from a
pontificate that looked backward in not
q few ways to one that looks forward
In all ways. II was change from a
Pope who came up from common pcO-
pie. worthy in all respects. TO one rep
resenting the best culture Of Italy.
Among the Jews tho year witnessed
tremendous changes, both here and
abroad. Suffering brought them about,
with war as the cause. Changed politi-
cal power of Turkey changed the out
look in Palestine for the Zionist move
ment. Admission of Jews as officers
i'm the Russian armies has given Jews
Of the world new hope for better treat
mcEt Of Jews in Russia. Extreme suf-
fering of Jews in the Near East has
brought the Jews Of America into com
mon action for relief and TO such
larger sympathy for each other as
never before obtained since there was
a A
is historic i'm this respect.
Financially. 1914 was the most try
ing to Christian and Jewish leaders
hey ever knew. Missionary societies
in great numbers had fallen into debt
al the beginning OF the calendar year;
some OF them the greatest deficits in
their histories. Then came the war
and the distraction which followed
Later appeals for war relief. coming in
far larger proportions from church
supporters than from others, further
weighted down conditions. The year
closed with some slight improvement,
but slight, indeed.
"The single aggressive note OF the
year. apart from the struggles to over
come debt and war, was for efficiency
in business methods. social and moral
influence in new places. utilization Of
the moving picture and the practical
demonstration Of new forms of build
ings 70 religious work"
A service Of large interest to the
community as well as 10 the churches
VIII be held in the Central Presby-
terrain Church, Brooklyn. tomorrow
morning. The members OF the Ross
Street Presbyterian Church will be re-
ceived into the Central Church. Il is
expected that more than ,hree hundred
members will be welcomed by the Cen
trail Church. Brief addresses will be
made by Dr. Carson and by DR.. Adams.
The service will conclude with the
observance Of the Lords Supper.
This accession will make the Central
Church one Of the largest churches in
greater New York and the largest
Presbyterian Church in me State Of
New York