The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-06-13

nave in its community: Clean up its
building, jog up its different depart
ments, remedy its system of financial
support and pay its ministers fairly
and adequately and completely" The
Christian Advocate makes comment:
rms expert opinion from Il prince of
advertisers is in the main an appilcs-
ton to the work of the church of
those principles which have commend
ed his own mercantile institution to
the favorable consideration of the pub
Tic. There are other supplementary
ways of advertising, in which the de-
partment store is adept and which
many churches are beginning TO use.
But no church can substitute the puv-
Lefty obtained by bulletin boards and
printers ink and revolving electric
crosses, for the solid community es-
TEEN which may he won by observ-
ance of the principles outlined by Mr..
Wanamaker
The American Bible Society has &C
coded to The request of the Panama
Pacific Exposition TO hold i'm San
Francisco a Worlds Bible Congress
The date has been fixed for August
to 1, and President Wilson has ac-
ceptcd the honorary presidency Of it.
The actual president will be James
Wood. president of the society. In ex-
tent OF influence. and in diversity of
testimony concerning the power. place
and influence of the Bible from many
great religious bodies of the world,
this congress will be unlike any other
ever held.
While the Turkish empire is at war
the synod OF the Eastern Orthodox
Creek Church met at Constantinopie
The patriarch of Constantinople in
formed the synod that he had been
invited by the American Bible So
cIetY a. take part in this CONGRESS
The synod cordially accepted, and
named to act with him the Bishop of
Nicea, who as the director of the
Greek National College. and The
Bishop of Saleuceia, the director of
the Theological Seminary at Haiku. In
hardly less warlike circumstances Rev
Dr. Abraham kuyper. of Holland, also
accepts. He was once prime minister,
and is now senator and editor of
a newspaper. He was also the founder
and first president of the University of
Amsterdam.
Prof. Benjamin b. warfeld. of
Princeton Seminary, famous the
oloGian: Prof. Giovanni Luzzi, of Flor
ence. a reviser of the Italian Bible
version: agents of the Bible Society in
Constantinople. China and Siam: trans
wi VI 1hc lHlO spanish, POT.
tuguese and Italian. and missionaries
from many fields will be heard in this
congress.
Presbyterians of the North are rails
ing and expending for home mission
work a million dollars per annum,
which is not the full total, for state
and local orCaniza tions add material
ly to this. The home mission board
out-stations in various parts of North
American. Fifteen hundred ministers
are supported wholly or in part by
TINS great central disbursing agent
Inc work in Cuba and Porto Rico is
under the home mission board in this
denomination. In the former country
there are twenty-five pastors and help
ers at work in thirty-six mission
points; in The latter seventy-two pas
tors and helpers work in ninety sta
tons. The denomination has gone into
the frozen north. and in Alaska there
are twenty-four missionaries and help
ers and fourteen churches, with 1,4OO
communicates. The work among the
Indians has been especially well de-
veloped and fifty-seven tribes are
reached by 152 ministers and helpers.
IL is estimated that 1000 Indians are
either members of or adherents to the
Presbyterian church. The Mexica ms
who live in the United States are cared
Tor with most efficient program.
The Presbyterians claim 10 be the
oniy denomination at work among the |
through organized agen- |
,ies, and ten thousand are reached in |
the central northwest alone The de-
nomination is represented at Ellis Is !
and. where the newly arrived immi- |
grant is welcomed and helped by the !!
representatives of this aggressive |
Christian body. In the field of social |
service. the Presbyterian board is !
'athtinder. There has been definite eff
ort to reconcile the workingman to |
he church. The problem of the great |
'ity has been studied with awareness !
md the great city experts. men of the |
ype of Josiah Strong and Charles
'telzle. are mostly Presbyterians The
'ural church movement is also a |
Presbyterian movement in it's begin
lings, though II has now been taken
lp by many denominations. Presby-
erian pastors worked out the device
II making the rural church an ex-
'eriment station for the farmer and
social center for his young peop,.
The home mission board of this de-
nomination has well-organized pub
lefty service and the production of
looks and tracts by this group of
9orkers Is also noteworthy.
The National Conference of Drunk
rds OF the United States and Canada,
n session at Dayton. Ohio. unanimous
y decided that their members should
ot own automobiles. This same body
Few years ago were reported to have
pent whole day discussing the uues-
ion as to whether or not their men
hould wear cravats. 1t was finally
ecided that they might wear them for
omfort, but not for ornament.
Rev DIR. Charles F. jefferson. of
lew York City. in his latest book,
and International Peace,
,akes the following striking sugges-
ion: Why not establish a new de:
artment of our government whose
pecial and exclusive business shall be
he cultivating and maintaining of in
erra tional goodwill? If we have a
ecretary of War. why not have a Sec
etary of Peace: II We appropriate
! 100000 for our army and $780,
10000 for our navy, can we not at
ord to appropriate say $4,000, 900
early for a department of peace? Are
-e to go on forever assuming that I
attleships and Notifications and bay
nets are our only lines of defense?"
A revival of religion is the most
nexpected result of the great war in /.
Europe. At the outbreak of the war il |
as cynically said that Christianity
as been disproved and religion had
roken down. On the contrary, reli- /.
ion has not been SO dominant in
ne minds and hearts of men for CEN /,
aries as il is today. says the Watch !
ian Examiner (Baptist). Testimonies ,
n Ma - hrrF, AnV