The Washington herald., 1915-10-24
IN THE REALM OF RELIGION

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| filiated with the university are the
Paulist. and the Apostolic Mission House.
the Marists, the Holy Cross. the Sui
picians. the Dominicians, and the Divine
Love, the last named for Poles. There
is also the franciscan Seminary. where
American young men are recruited and
trained for service in the Holy Land.
According to Bishop Shahan. 1t, Is the
purpose to provide at the university
divinity hall and one or more prepare
tory colleges. For many years am
bilious and talented young priests have
gone to Rome for advanced study
Doubtless they win continue to do So
but the hope is held out that such may
in future be trained at the Catholic Uni
| versity. At present, owing to scarcity
of priests in many dioceses, bishops are
unable to spare men to 20 either to
Rome or to Washington. The .prepara-
tory colleges are for students intending
later to enter the university. which is
for advanced work. Enough students
are already applying to I'll one such col
lego, 1t Is said. More and more u is
purposed. according to Bishop Shahsn,
to make the institutions at Brookland
| the one great center of Catholic educa-
| ton in the United States Glasses en-
rolled this fall indicate progress in that
direction somewhat in advance OF any
previous autumn.
The second decennial prize of 5000.
offered by the trustees of Lake Forest
! University under the terms of a bequest
from the late William Bross. has been
! awarded to Rev. Thomas James Thor
burn. d. D.. LII D., St Helen's Down.
Hastings. England. for his book OF
Christian apolosetics entitled The
Mythical Interpretation Of the Gospels:
Critical Studies in the Historic Nara
tives." The judges in this prize compe-
tition were President William Douglas
Mackenzie, Of Hartford Seminary: Prof.
/ Rufus n. Jones. OF HaNerfofd College.
and Prof. Benjamin L Hobson. of Nc
Cormick Seminary. Eight months were
required for the judges to examine the
forty-nine manuscripts submitted, which
represented authors scattered all the
way from England through the United
States to Japan and Australia. The
names and addresses Of the competing
authors were unknown to the Judges.
who had before them only the title of
the manuscripts and notices appended
by the authors. The winning manuscript
was number thirteen in the list sent to
the judges. and its motto was ''Vivimus
in Spe"-'We live in hope"
The first decenniai Bross prize was
! awarded ten years ago to the late Prof.
James Orr. ID. D.. of the United Free
tise on The Problem OF the Old Testa-
ment" This book has had a very wide
circulation and has been translated into
several foreign languages.
The new Bross prize book will be pub
lished as volume VII of the Bross H.
brary. and In accordance with the pro-
visions OF the deed of gift compliment
throughout the United States and to
certain libraries in foreign lands.
4 nationwide evangelistic movement
is TO 30 forward in England this fall
single week. beginning today. will be
given over to special missions In all the
parish churches. The Bishop Of wor-
cester recently convened all his clergy
at Malvern, where they were addressed
on the great simultaneous campaign. In
other dioceses there will be meetings at
the cathedral with visiting bishops to
make addresses.
In a letter from Scotland. printed re-
Gently in the Congregationalist Prof
James Stalker. of Aberdeen, writing on
Scotland in war time, spoke Of the num-
Der of young and older men in Christian
circles who were at the front. In a
private letter accompanying the manu-
script Or. Stalker said that his own son
had just gone to the Dardanelles This
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mouth" DR.. Stalker went on to say. but
all We can do is to leave him with his
Heavenly Father" Now the sad news
has come OF his death. He had been since
spring with his rifle corps In Egypt and
about the middle OF August was drafted
from Alexandria to the Dardanelles be-
ing then attached to q Scotch regiment.
and on his first day Of service was killed
in action He was a graduate of Liver
ITniVAFsitv NJ
charm and promise. like a multitude of
others who have gone out from Christian
homes in Great Britain. DR.. Stalker Is
so we'll known in this country, both be-
cause OF his Life OF Christ" his Chris
tian Psychology" and other books as
well as because Of his recent courses of
lectures in Richmond, Va; Auburn. n.
Y. and elsewhere, that the many friends
he has made on this side of the water
will sorrow with him and his wife and
commend them to the divine comfort
In connection with the possibility of
bringing some surviving members of the
stricken Armenian race to this country.
II Is interesting to recall the benehcent
work which the United States armed
cruiser. the Tennessee. did a few months
ago In behalf of some of the victims of
oppression in the Holy Land.
For period OF over three months, be-
ginning in December, this ship brought
refugees mostly Russian, French and
British Jews) from the Holy Land.
Through the kindness of Capt. Decker.
his officers and crew. acting for the United
States government, these poor people
have been given free passage and food
between Jaffa and Alexandria. the kind
hearted sailors putting themselves to
great Inconvenience to make their I'M
happy fellow-creatures as comfortable as
possible. Egypt has also proved an asy-
lum for others besides these Jewish refu-
gees. From the beginning of this year
Christians fleeing from the tyranny of
the Turk have found their way In little
groups thither. being usually quite poorly
supplied with money and clothing. even
though when in Asia Minor they were
fairly well-to-do. But as Turkish animos-
ity developed the officers OF the Turkish
armies took possession of many homes
and of whatever in the way of valua bles
they could find. The Egyptian govern
ment has been feeding these refugees by
the thousands, many of whom were gath
cred into refugee camps. of which the
largest and best arranged is at Gabbari
a suburb OF Alexandria, where an old
palace of Said Pasha. one of the Khedives
of Egypt. mas been adapted to this phil
anthropic work. which has been carried