The Washington herald., 1915-05-16
IN THE REALM OF RELIGION

present. and they are now planning to
work among Russians settled here.
This Is the second year only of the
Disciples educational work In Petro-
grad. A college there already has sixty
students. all Of them training for
evangelistic work. in which no salaries
but only expenses will be paid. the
president Of 1t is ]. 8. Prokhanoff, and
funds to support the work go through
the hands of the American Christian
Missionary Society. There is. however.
a separate committee on this Russian
work, so unique and important Is II
regarded This Russian committee finds
that II takes some sixty days to get
word to Petrograd and back again
The committee finds, though, that COM
munications are not lost. ana that No
money goes astray.
The Disciples work In Russia starr.
ed without any connection with the
Disciples here. Russian evangelisrs
studied the Bible and arrived at the
same conclusions as did the disciples
in this country. The discovery was mu-
tual, and now Americans are assisting
the Russians. A leader, now dead, was
Gen. Pashkoff. wealthy and influential.
who gave his palace at his death to
the Russian government for a mu-
scum.
A conference on interchurch activi-
ties Of UNCONVENTIONAL and interde-
nominational organizations has been
called by the Federal Council Of the
Churches Of Christ in America to meet
in Atlantic City. n. j., June and 4.
Among the speakers will be John NJ
Glenn. DR.. W. J. Williamson. Fred B.
Smith. DR.. John r. Mott. ]. Campbell
White. Bishop Rhinelander and Dr..
Peter Ainslie. The conference is call
ed for the direct purpose Of consider
ing, first: What can be done in assist
ing existing UNCONVENTIONAL and in
terdenominational organizations in a
more complete and aggressive united
work? Second, what can be done 70
further the ideals of local and State
church federations? Third, what less
sons are of value in the actual ex-
perience already in hand in Chris
tian work of this character. Fourth,
what immediate steps can be taken in
the creation of commission to
deal with these matters as a part OF
Churches. At the meeting Of the ex-
ecutive committee of the Federal
Council Of Churches held in Richmond
4 subcommittee was appointed to con-
slider this whole question. This COM
mittee. composed OF Fred B. Smith.
Alfred Williams Anthony, Samuel z.
Batten. John NJ. Glenn, Albert G. Law
son, Charles S. Macfarland, will mako
it's report at this Atlantic City con-
ference. The central theme of the en-
tire conference will be the prayerful
consideration of the possibilities of
another advanced step in working to-
gether" among the Christian forces of
North America. Fred b. Smith will be
chairman of the conference.
DR.. James Richard Joy has been
elected by the book committee of the
Methodist Episcopal Church to fill the
place as editor of the Christian Advo-
cate, of New York, left vacant by the
resignation of DR.. Eckman. DR.. Joy
has been for eleven years assistant
editor of the paper. He is a layman.
but will not be the only layman edi-
tor the paper has had. Its first editor
was a layman. serving from 1895 to
lS2s. and the other layman was twice
editor. from 1910 to '1S4s and from
1852 to 1856.
1t is reported from New York that
laymen of ninety-six Episcopai
churches will hold ten conferences in
May to study personal and organized
work for laymen. Eight Of these con-
ferences will be held in New York
and two in the diocese outside the