The Washington herald., 1915-09-05

a New York Jewish publicat ation, con.
/ Quoting it in both English and He
brew. Fifteen thousand persons
! Christians as we'll as Jews, partici.
pated.
Il believe that such a contest will
go far towards interesting al phases
of the community" says Mr.. Gomberg
| 1T demonstrates the best methods OF
study Modern educstors agree that
that method of teaching is most suit
able in which the subject matter is
impaired in a pleasing and interesting
| way; and it surely is pleasing and in
teresting, it surely affords great men,
tai and spiritual exhilaration. to study
a series Of attractive Bible pictures and
pick out appropriate quotations for
them. We have had many examples OF
the wonderful progress that students
will make in any subject that is pre-
sented in a really attractive manner
| and the pedagogic value of such
methods is well-nigh inexhaustible."
Philadelphia Episcopalians are max
ing plans for the raising of 100000
| 900 for the erection of new buildings
| for their church's divinity school ad-
joining the University of Pennsyl-
| vania.
During the last week of August the
| Brotherhood of st. Andrew held its
| thirteenth annual convention at Los
Angeles. This great body of men does
not legislate. but only confers. The
| brotherhood is committed to two defin-
| lite pledges: A pledge to pray daily for
the spread of the Kingdom Of God; and
| a pledge daily to bring some person
| nearer to God through His Church. 1t
| has been keeping these two pledges to
| the fore for thirty years.
DR.. B. NJ. Triple, of the Methodist
College. Rome, Italy, has arrived in
| New York on the steamer Duca dab
| ruzzi accompanied by Mrs. Triple and
the children. They sailed from Genoa.
| DR.. Triple having come down from
conference with Bishop Nuelsen at
Zurich. The bishop is well and ex-
poets to visit the United States this
| month. sailing from Norway Septem-
ber 16. DR.. Triple has recently visit
| ed the important Italian centers at
the north. going as far as Udine. near
| the Austrian frontier, and spending
some time in the interest of the work
at Venice. He reports that the Italian II
Methodist preachers are authorized by
the government to visit the wounded
| in hospital and are rendering fine serv-
| ices in that capacity at Udine, Venice,
Milan, Bologna and Alessandria, where
their ministrations have been extend-
| ed to the Austrian prisoners of war.
The Gospels and Testaments contrib
| uted by the nickels of the Sunday
school children of America have been
distributed in large numbers, Meth
odist representatives at Udine alone
having disposed of 5000 copies Dr.
Triple is more enthusiastic than ever
over the educational program of Italy
and is especially Jealous for the COM
pletion of the plans for the Collegio
on Monte Mario. for which a superb
site was recently purchased. He
comes prepared with material for illus
, trated lectures on Saint Paul in
Rome" and upon ITALY in the War"
When asked as to his decoration he
modestly said that the King had con-
ferred the honor upon him in recogni-
ton of the work of the Church for
Italy. both in earthquake relief and
in its educational program. He is by
royal decree of June "a knight of the
,, Order of the Crown of Italy This
honor is seldom conferred on a for
eigner and never given except for
conspicuous service to Italy.
The decoration consists of a white
Greek cross-the cross of Savoy-set
in gold. In the center of one side is
facsimile of the famous iron crown"
of Lombardy.
The statement Of German theologi-
ans early in the war on the issues of
the conflict. which were clearly par
tisan in tone. gave the religious world
a shock. Now the old-time German in
dependence of thought is asserting IT.
self again. Prof. Troeltsch, who is the
author of very strong essay on mod
ern Professionalism, and who has writ
ten acceptably on the social teachings
of the church. has written an article
in the Frankfurter Zeitung in which
he protests against a philosophy built
on race hatred. He insists that Its
influence on the moral and religious
life is most dangerous"
A German official recently told an
American who was travelling in the
country that they were out to elimi-
nate the Christian races in Turkey
says the Boston Transcript. They are
succeeding and there is none to raise
a protest. Turkey is now free to satisfy
her thirst for blood and destruction
and to carry out the suggestions made
by her masters In Europe Never in
Moslem history has there been such a
riot of crime and carnival or murder
aimed at the annihilation of the Ar
menian and Greek races whose only
fault is that they are not Mcslems.
In one prosperous city twelve of the
leading Armenian men We're taken
out upon the road under great pre-
tense of deportation. In a few days
later 900 more men followed the same
path to death. This method is being
duplicated everywhere in the interior
of Turkey.
Women and children, old men and
invalids are driven from their homes
at the point of the bayonet and sent
days, even weeks of travel. No prep
permitted. Children born upon the road
are strangled by the mother who -
forbidden to lag behind the caravan
of death. Those too i'll are left alone
by the roadside to die. One German
woman following a caravan picked up
fifteen children in one day thus left
by their parents who could not carry
them.
The women who survive the Journey
are scattered among Moslem families in
Mohammedan villages where the al
ternatives before them are Islam or
death. This method of determination
is going on from Smyrna to Persia
and from the Black Sea to the Med
iterranean. Some entire Armenian
towns have been depopulated and
Moslems from Macedonia have been
brought in to occupy the houses.
Rev Andrew L. Levatois. treasurer
of st. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore. who
returned last week from France. re-
lates many interesting incidents of
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