The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-08-13
Religious
Unity Conference Of Christians.

Representatives of 10000 COM
municants Of Christian churches in the
United States are expected to attend a
North American church unity confer
epce, to be held in Garden City for
three days, beginning Jan. 5, for which
a call Is to be issued ut once. The call
will 90 to all Christian bodies in North
America that have appointed unity
commissions.
Efforts will be made to obtain ac-
ccptances from the Roman Catholic
church. The unity leaders have re-
ported that unofticially many Catholic
prelates have expressed hearty sympa-
thy with the unity plans in principle,
and the call will announce that brief
addresses will be made by a member
of the Roman Catholic church and a
member Of the holy orthodox eastern,
church Of Russia.
Bishop Anderson of Chicago will de-,
liver an address of welcome, and the
formal address will he made by the
Rev. DIR. Raymond Calkins. Il Congre-
gational pastor of Cambridge. Mass.
The Rev. DR.. j. B. Remensnyder of st.
James Lutheran church will deliver q
devotional address on "On Our Com
mon Faith In Christ as God and
Saviour"
The Rev. DR.. William r. Manning
OF Trinity Episcopal church, who is
chairman Of the advisory committee,
Will present the report on the progress
OF the world conference idea. The
Rev. Or. Newman Smythe. a Congre-
ga%tionalist of New Haven. will talk on
the attitude of mind that Christians of
all kinds ought to entertain if unity is
to be attained. Other speakers will be
Bishop Boyd Vincent of Cincinnati. DR..
John r. Mott. the Rev. DR.. w. H. Rob-
erts and the Rev. DR.. Peter Ainslie.
The purpose of the conference is to
make plans for a world conference
with which the European war has in
terfered. \ deputation Of American
Christian leaders will go abroad at the
earliest opportunity to call upon the
pope, the patriarch of Moscow and 9TH
er leaders to invite them to take part
in world unity plans.
Jews 10 Oon1er on war.
An American Jewish conference for
the purpose Of considering the Jewish
question in belligerent countries. to be
held in Washington. about Nov. /,
was definitely decided on recently by
the American Jewish committee. The
meeting. which was presided over by
Louis Marshall. president of the com
mittee, proposed to call a national con
/ ference of delegates from Jewish so.
cieties in all parts Ct the country, and
a working committee of seven was Sc.
, lected to decide wha. organizations
t shall be invited to participate.
Not only will the proposed confer.
nee De limited in its scope to the con-
, sideration of the Jewish interests in
the belligerent countries, but the rep
~resentatives in the conference will be
limited in number to about $50.
Herman Bernstein, Il prominent jew
ish editor and a member of the com
mittee. said with reference to the call
ing & the conference that it was con-
sidered the wisest thing to do at this
time because of the fact that the Jew
ish leaders of the country We're being
criticised for not getting together on
matters of vital interest to the Jewish
people OF America. He said that the
leaders have beer called backward for
failing to act and the conference would
please all.