The Washington herald., 1915-10-03
WHAT CHURCH PEOPLE
-" ARE SAYING AND DOING

Holy Name Societies in all the par.
ishes of the city are preparing tc
turn out in force for the big demon.
stration on October 10, and indica.
tions are that Baltimore will make ar
enort to equal the number of march.
ers from the Capital city. Much en-
thusiasm has been aroused, and as Card.
inal Gibbons has promised to review
the parade the pastors are anxiou:
that every member attend the demon
stration.
President Michael D. Schaeffer. OF
the Archdiocesan Union of the Holy
Name Societies of Maryland, Virginia
and the District of Columbia. presided
at a recent meeting to perfect plans
and he and his committees reported
that Washington and Baltimore would
each have about 5000 men in line and
the counties of Maryland half as
many. A reviewing stand will be erect
ed at Pennsylvania avenue and Fiji
teenth street and from il the Cardinal
will review the marchers.
In Pittsburgh on a recent Saturday
afternoon nearly 10000 members of
city participated in an automobile pa
rade to demonstrate how great
an asset for civic righteousness
in the city those classes are. The
Smoky City has many Bible classes
which are attended by men, earnestly
and regularly. In the Allegheny Coun-
ty Sabbath School Association alone
are registered $50 adult Bible classes.
with a membership of over 10000. and
are not registered in this association,
for instance. classes in the Episcopal
churches. Indeed as a stranger walks
about Pittsburgh he is impressed Dy
the nurnbe of churches. and II he is
very observant he will notice thar
nearly every church bulletin board
contains an announcement of a Bible
class.
All of these men. who are devoting
time and interest to the study of the
Perfect Man. make up a tremendous
force in community. And the parade
was designed to show these men to
themselves and to show the powers of
evil in particular. the strength that
these com mbined classes can WELD if
thoroughly organized.
The circular of instructions sent out
before the parade stated that This
parade is designed to be witness for
Christ; testimony for Bible study;
"A country-wid movement for Chris
rian conquest: a challenge to the boy
hood of the county, and a tonic to
important that you be in line and be
counted. and bring your class flags
and banners
All that we have belongs to the
Lord and should be used for His honor
and glory" runs the will of James H.
Allen. millionaire cotton broker.
whose will was lately admitted to pro-
bate in St. Louis. Mr.. Allen died on
STnfenohpr of
$4,000 900. Although the will divides
the property almost equally between
his wife and five children. it contains
the statement that each heir has
promised to give half his inheritance
to charita BILE and Christian work. and
use the other half to try to earn
other property ito be used for good
christian purposes" The devil Is
smarter than all mankind put togeth
er. reads a paragraph in the will.
and will always lead us astray if
left 10 our weak selves. so our only
hope is. in the Lord. who has promised
Us If we love. serve and obey Him
that no temptation shall befall us. but
iuat He will provide us an escape"
Allen was an active church WORK.
err.
\ writer in the Canadian Church
ers # hymns. and it is a noteworthy
that the hymns which refer to
the work of our Saviour particularly
= ppeal TO them. 1t is a mistake to
think that Onward, Christian Sol
liers." is favorite, although it is
often selected at home church parade
-ervices-it is too military in express
sion \ chaplain writing home recent
" tells how he conducted a service
"a haI
taken" he seys;--ss haversack of
hymn books. so all could join in the
lymns. The Blues were present We
sang. When / SURVEY the Wondrous
cross Fight the Good Fight and
tiod Save the King The place fairly
shook The farmer and his family
came to the service and stood
amazed" 4 letter from one of the
Territorials says that
Jesus. Lover of My SOUL is the bat
lie hymn of the regiment there. the
ines. Cover my defenceless head
With the shadow of Thy wing" roll
ng and reverberating down the
Receipts of the American Board of |
for Foreign Missions |
Ior the year ending. August 81 last
we're s1,101.565.47. the largest in its
history. while expenditures were |
Il l.1ol, ,2o2ss. according to the annual |
financial statement issued by Frank H |
Niggin. treasurer of the board. The |
iebt of ss.76T.7o was reduced during |
he year to ss.405.22.
The years expenditures provided for |
he support OF 65s missionaries and the |
,pkeep of -ese0 institutions. including |
schools, colleges. hospitals. industrial |
plants and orphanages.
Receipts OF the Episcopal Board OF |
Missions for application to its regular |
budget. during the past year amount |
ID to $l.067.00o. an increase Of 100000 |
,ner the previous year. according to |
| statement issued by that board. This |
sum does not include some hundreds |
If thousands of dollars applied to spe-
,ial purposes. In addition. S311.o00
vas raised to meet an emergency. The
BOARD announced that it Is now out OF
iebt for the first time in eight years.
"Twenty-three lepers have been dis
.harged from Culion Asylum as
,ured." says DR.. NJ. A. RAIDER, a mis-
,ionary of the Methodist Episcopal
church in Manila. who is now in this
country on furlough.
This fact is all the more striking
dds Mr.. RAIDER. because 1t is a rigid
'ule to keep patients on inspection
wo years after they become negative"
Released patients are required to pre-
ept themselves for examination every
hree months.
Culion is government institution.
tarted as an experiment. which has
,een watched with interest. The re-