The Washington herald., 1915-01-10

Tho war in Europe is serving as
stimulus to the church in America. MIS-
sion boards are calling for Increased
funds IN relieve the suffering brother
across the water. to carry on the work
yrhirb cannot obtain its usual support in
EurOpc. and to meet the greater hecuS
q, mission stations everywhere.
prosbytorisn pastors in Washington
,vore asked 20 make the usual week OIL
r7raver-thc first week IN January
week of ScIf-denial, each church mem
her being urged to give up some luxury
large or small. and devote the money
saved TO the work Of the foreign mission
hoard This call came from the IFcSpY-
1c-ian moderator. Rev. MalIahu AlCN-
.7n,I,r. in Pittsburgh. and was signed by
The officers Of the general assembly and
r, other leaders Of the church VINO let
Tho demands or the foreign work.
Several Washington churches lcH III
with the plan either as q chufch' OF
through ne mems or wOm"n's oT-anIEa-
ZION within tho church. The New 10TH
Avenue Presbyterian Church held scTN-
ices nightly throughout th' work. az
which attention was directed esp''s'a''H
IN ru,. missionary needs. At THIS morn
mas service th,. spc.-ial Offering VIII "c
..r,..fIrI for tn. VOL, OF the iOr"iSn
nnar,I. Some uC tho churches found II
,rrsrralin To- posIpou" the observance o.
~.Ir-douinI week until later IN the mohlH.
Tho offering OF tho Washington iresoy-
terry for foreign missions last year va
81 5pr. and It is expected lhaJ I'M
amount will b. very largely increase"
d1-iu- tho cu~lont year.
The province. oC Washington Of tho
T,-ot-s,an, T-pisouuaI Church resolved al
IFS meeting in NuycmlcT t. set It's marx
~nr. missionary offerings this year NJ
SrHN0r". This represents an lncrcds"
over the past year Of moro Than u" Pe'
,.,ft. but she missionary "rEanlzauonS
..a,.,, started dci"ruiu-dly at work with
-f,. view oil reaching tn" goal set ana
,ucuuragin- results arc already i"poLleu
from several Washington parishes Inc
,,...,,.s missionary committees Of Epiph-
ANY. -. john $, Georgetown. ana -
~f..nr.n.s ral, been especially active.
rb.. Oomcn's auNiliari's are ais" Giving
..,,,,T rorOrrS of IrC,-r,s~. Tho Use of tue
..r;f.I..> .nNcIuu, for contributions and
rn,. '',r .l.y-mrulhrT canvass. arc rec
commended m,uuS OF securing IN" dcSlr''
advance. \ ,rr.ula- entitled. How can
I,ID"" IS being distributed. which con
-:l5u- ~I.-lo~tInu~ fn- tUu~'' Who would
,Ili~t Ia Jn,. Toward movement. y mis-
-.nu:l1y mass m""rIu- for W"shln-t"n iN
s,l5uur, To- take place before Easter.
The rru, ri..ial missionary secretary.
E.,. Ir-. .. g. 7. ETat"uahl. spent last
=, ...,L in Iia.tumor'. Where hn -I"h" an
> .u,lal night ri 2 great mass meeting In
E..-,. Th.at-r and addr.s-"d smaller
,lr..Otflis- of ,..o~a- mru and iaym"n dur
:rc tie. uc,h bon various sections of the
I'm 1~ address on Sunday evening Ir.
T:ratonanI rodnr.rt tr'. rJI>lu- oi Al.''""'
..,- missions L" 20 NorE simple problem.
rr-
....r.-autS -IIC - cents a day. n sum of
:. a-rmu would be. raised in 1915. He said
.i,..f - Was tho confident prophecy on"
war 9..n of leaders in the Christian
,..ri,. hos that tho Gospel would be
ur-achsd in every hamlet Of the world
... twenty years. If no world calamity i'll
,,.g.veuod.
Nnd tins world calamity which has in
i,ry,.u.d he contributed not to militarism,
but directly 10 the devil. lie said that
u.flfrarism did not cause the civil war
and that th., -eods Of war would forever
remain i'm this and all other countries
81, Ions aS evil was allowed to remain.
"I;ur tine spirit Of evil is attacking not
,,.Iv Europe Dr. Bratcnahl said, but
'n,. advance, Of christianity in the en-
rI.c world Ouo nation alone has escaped.
ard ,iod nn~ made this nation the world
:,I,noucu. We must not and cannot fail
CIR trust
Wririnr i- ,n. Boston TRANSCRIPT. thoO
,...u~,nmau las this TO say Of the war
.-.I tU,. church
"W,. SnoulI and viii hear less Of the
..,",i-u talk about the failure OF the
..uar.n and uf christianity.
'Tu. great war fire is burning its"f
..t With il. ~. trust. Is burning out AL
vie. Gun4mmthlr stun Of which wars are
..adr.
'.S.-uIn-4ut signs Of this are apparent" "
VII over the world, even IN the firing
..u.. or Europe. hearts are awak" as neI-
o.. b,rur" to the real brotherhood of man.
"E,'r1 where tn" inquiry is heard.
What must We du t. he saved
The ask Of answering that question is
t.r. io those who have learned the an
-H.r. those who have not lost faith hut
laN,. cNpcIieu.ed its saving power.
'.Lar-C- attendance upon public reh-
-.nu- Worship II reported in the East. I'm
.I,. Middle Wet. and Rocky Mountain
- zion. with some Improvement in the
~uuIn and ON the Coast. More serious
.irds have b".n u'\"loucd by the wor-|
.r.- of va. Sa .rirr.s hav" been made.
r.lgoIlji"s have hcru given up. Less
..oIey has been 'Npcnued for pleasure,
auI more for relief Of others"
Amos Z. Wells. editorial secretary Of
-w. United Society of Christian EuLcavOr.
thinks the VAL causes pcuplc to forget
other matters which, in the long run, are