The Washington herald., 1915-10-24

JoSephus Daniels, Secretary of the
Navy. and Rev. F. J. Prettyman, D. D.,
pastor of Mount Pleasant Methodist
Church and chaplain OF the Senate, will
speak on Tuesday night In Trinity
Church, Baltimore, on the occasion of
the fiftieth anniversary of the erection
of the present church building. Today
Bishop A. w. Wilson will preach semi
centennial" sermon, he having been pas
tor of this church during the quadren-
mum beginning March, 1852
Rev. DR.. Randolph II. McKim, rector
of the Church of the Epiphany. in @
street. contributes to the current number
of the Living Church a letter on the
Participation of the Episcopal board OF
missions in the Panama missionary con-
ference to be held in February. 1916.
The decision of the Episcopal board to
take part in this conference has resulted
in much criticism from prominent
churchmen. and Rev. DR.. Manning. rector
OF Trinity Church. New York, Us said to
be planning an effort to have the board
Tescind its former action.
DIT. McKiu. who has served as presi-
dent of the general convention, is MEM
Der of the board of missions, and whose
church is, under his leadership. very
liberal contributor to the boards work,
favors the participation of his denomina-
that the board should look for guidance
in the matter to its missionary bishops
who have had experience in Latin
America and in South America all OF
whom approve the conference
In conclusion, DR.. Mckim says:
II we look beneath the surface II is
easy to see that the opposition TO TINS
conference arises from antagonism to the
Protestant principles upon which this
cts AZ ha Reformation.
The great divines of the Elizabethan
;,eriod ayowed themselves Protestants-
So did the Caroline bishops, that great
body of scholars known as the Anglo
Catholic diyines with scarce an eNcep-
ton. Such was the position also OF the
fathers of our American branch OF the
church. Not until the period OF the Ok
TorS tracts was il even whispered that
this church is not Protestant The spirit
and genius of our prayer books, ana OF
our representative bishops and theolo-
Eians. has been spirit oil trateFhsi
affection and sympathy with the great
Protestant churches. Only in these latter
DAYS has a different spirit developed
among US It is this spirit which strikes
at the Panama conference. II VIII De an
evil day for the Protestant Episcopal
Church IL the board of missions should
weakly yield to this anti-Protestant
clamor.
should not the guiding principle of the
hoard of missions in this important mat
ter be the promotion OF true religion. me
preaching of the pure gospel as TINS
church has received the same ana Lne
Iynbuilding Of Christian morality in Latin
America. rather than the conservation OF
an eccIesias tical dogma-and that
dogma which has never been written into
the standards OF the church?
Among the speakers at the rally serV-
ices which were conducted during the
mast week at Douglas NJ. E Church were
Rev E c. Powers. pastor OF Eldbrooke
church. Rev. DR.. F. NJ. Mccoy OF the
Waugh Church. Rev. G. Leroy Of the
Anacostia NJ. z. Church and Mai. Ray
rnond w Pullman. chief OF police
poster in four colors is to be dis
nIayed in front of thousands of churches
10 announce the National Missionary
Campaign. the opening feature OF which
was a great interdenominational conNen-
ton for men in Chicago. beginning Octo-
her lsth Following the convention in
Chicago there are to be others IN the
leading cities of the United States. Gull
minating in a National Missionary Con-
cress in Washington. next April
The design of the poster suggests ooth
Christian world is typiied by figure
of a great idol with worshipers before it,
and missions in America by friendless
stranger alone in a great city. The idol
is the colossal sitting Buddha, Of KAN
akura, Japan Cifty-four feet tall and
feet aroundD. made OF brazed
sheets of cast bronze. a thirty-pound
knob of silver adorns the forehead. The
ives, four feet from tip to tip. are of
tons of bronze in the figure, worth SSl5,
900 scrapped. Twenty-Five generations oe
men have bowed down themselves to 1t
and worshiDed il.
The ball-shaped protuberances on the
head which look like curls, represent
snails which. according to legend, crawl
cd I'D TO shelter the bald head of Buddha
from the burning rays of the sun. In
front of the Buddha there are vases in
which are sacred lotus flowers in bronze.
and within the figure. which is hollow.
there is a shrine or temple. The COM
pIacent. unmoved. unseeing expression on
the face of Buddha is symbolical Of the
deities and religions of the non-Chris-
rian world. in which there are many mill
lions of souls. who, without knowledge
of Christ. are daily bowling in futile wor-
ship. as are those in the picture.
The other section of the design is
haps an immigrant. standing bewilder-
ed in the heart of an American city
a challenge to the church. The church
building is there. but its closed doors
do not ask him to enter: and on week
days il could offer him little in the
way of assistance. His moral and spir-
itual condition, as much as that OF
those who bow before the great god
Rudd." is a challenge to the men of
the churches to enlist for world serv-
ice"
One of the most important move
ments inaugurated by the Federal
Council of churches of Christ in Amer
lea is the promotion of federated ef-
fort IN dealing with community prob
lens. A new commission for this pur-
pose was organized last month with