The Washington herald., 1915-12-05

cioentai 500, Mlss harper, tenor SOLO,
The Sorrows Of DEATH" hymn of praise
CMendelssohn), Mr.. Backing; blessed
Jesus, Fount Of Mercy" CDvorak), For
sake Ne Not" (Stevenson). incidental
solo, Mr.. Backing; Now as Twilight
Gathers Foss).
The program for the evening Is as fol-
lows: Organ prelude, Pastoraie (Sal-
laerts); Love Divine All Love Excel
ling (Stainer). soprano solo. These
Are They Which Came" from Holy
City" tGauD. Mrs. Gawler: THE King
of Love Ny Shepherd Is' tShelley), in
cidental solos, Mrs. Gawier and Mr.. Cor
bach; Saved by Grace (Stebbins), Mr..
Wightson and the choir: organ prelude.
March. from Judas Maccabeus.' Han-
deb.
His friends In the Church of the Cove
nant received a letter the past week
from the former assistant pastor of that
church, Rev. Howard Hannaford. who
resigned in September in order that he
might take up missionary work In Japan.
The letter was sent from the steamship
Tenyo Maru in midocean and expressed
the writer's deep appreciation Of the
great number of letters from Washing
ton friends which he found awaiting him
at the steamer.
A special message to pastors and
churchmen has just been delivered by
an executive commission OF the Pres-
byterian Church. headed by Kew. j.
Ross Stevenson, moderator OF the Cen
eraI Assembly. The suggestion is
made that the first Sunday OF De-
cember be set apart for the special
consideration of what the Spirit is
now saying to the churches. The
commission is convinced from condi-
tions appearing in all sections OF the
church. that Gods spirit Is moving
upon the hearts of the people There
is earnestness and responsiveness not
hitherto witnessed. The horrors OF
war and the rapid increase of wealth
are such that this pertinent aues-
tion arises: Can we hope TO stem
not gather aud mobilize the resources
of our present God-given opportuni-
ties?" The letter urges pastors to call
together church leaders for frank and
fearless discussion concerning the To-
cal church situation. with special REL
erence to family life. the influences
surrounding young people and the
imperative need of enlisting young
men and women for Christian leader.
ship at home and abroad. that the
church in America may respond to
war is sure to entail When Chris
tians abroad are overwhelmed with
the sense of need and are crying out
in prayer, our people should be EN-
phatically reminded of the prayer
privilege and of the call of the cruci-
fed to definite sacrifices. in order to
meet the unparalleled missionary op-
portunity confronting the church.
The message names themes to be
tnA or
December 5. such as The Way OF
Gods Judgments" Isaiah 26:s: The
Time for God to Work" Psalm l1s. 1926:
The Coming of the Kingdom" Matt.
T. II; and at the evening service. The
Impossible Neutrality" The Claims or
the Supreme King" and The Need of
Open Confession the appeal to be
made specifically to those who have
not yet publicly acknowledged their
allegiance TO Christ.
A letter from President Wilson ex-
pressing deep interest in the campaign
being made by Protestant churches to
raise an endowment fund aggregating
sos, 900. 900 for pensioning preachers
has been sent to Rev. DIR. John T. B.
Smith of the Board of Conference
Claimants of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
DR.. Smith announces that the Pres
byterians had obtained si,o0o.oo0 of
their proposed $4,000. 900 endowment.
the Methodists s5.ooo.O0O Of their s12,-
600, 900 fund. and that the Congrega-
tionalists had begun the work of rails
ing fund of 100000. Other Protest
ant denominations are asking for
funds aggregatinS s37,0oo,ooo.
Advertising as a means of increas-
ing church membership and bringing
the masses to Christianity was in
dorsed strongly by Rev. Edwin a
Rumball. of Boston. at the thirty first
annual meeting of the Unitarian Con-
ference of the Middle States and Can
ada. held in Pittsburgh recently. He
said: The Cnitarians are prepared to
spend thousands of dollars for general
publicity and advertising. Last year
showed an increase of more than 200.-
900 in the number of printed pamph-
lets distributed. These were given out
to meet the increased demand for
them. One of the best advertising
slogans for the Unitarian church is
'Unitarianism. the hardest religion in
the world and the easiest to under
stand. Never genuine without charac-
ter"
pr. IOml1nsOn- tne executive scCre-
tary of the Ministers and Missionaries
Benefit Board of the northern Baptist
denomination is now busy at the task
of securing s1e5.0O0 in order to claim
4 fifty thousand dollar gift from an
unnamed donor. In case this efrorv
succeeds. there will be a total of
s650. 900 in the fund. In view of the
SIC, ,000,0 proposed for the Presby-
terians and the sle.O00.00O for the
Methodists. the Baptists are insisting
that the money they have raised to
date shall be considered only a be-
ginning.
Rev. Charles StclZle. widely known
in this country as a Christian work
er. is credited with saying in an ad-
dress at Winona Lake, not long ago.
this: speeches and sandwiches have
killed the brotherhood movement in
the churches. The brotherhoods have
literally dug their graves with their
teeth. Instead of being inspired with
Mazzinis call. Come and suffer- they
were fooled by the swan song of
Come and eat" The Wesleyan Ad-
vocate aptly says: 'Banqueting Chris
tianity is not apt to be a spiritual type
Of religion. and when it expends its
energy in the banquets 1t has little
for real work that religious people
should do
At the interment of Rev. DR.. Syl-
vanus Stall. six students of the Gettys-
burg Theological Seminary acted as
pall-bearers. DR.. Pohlman. in charge
Of the ceremonies, after speaking ten