The Washington herald., 1915-09-19
IN THE REALM OF RELIGION

| TIC "OIA. SOope4 te1" Work uaH
wakened him as from the dead. He
is giving his time and his money. He
il studying his Bible. his prayer life
has become enriched and instead OF
church liability he has become an
| asset.
| have said for some years that ths
next great spiritual awakening in
North America would come when the
membership Of our churches threw
themselves heartily into the work
which has been too long left to the
preachers and the Sunday school
workers. Why cannot this gospel-team
work spread over the whole nation
There are tens Of thousands Of our
members who could be greatly used
Of God II they would only open their
lips and begin to tell what Christ
had done for them. Dead churches
would be reused to action. Los,
souls would be saved by the thou
sand. Every good cause would ~
ceive a new impetus for this is Gods
plan for His church.
Mr.. Bryan is a great favorite of
the Winona Summer Assembly but his
peace at any price" ideas were Jar
red by Rev. A. c. Dixon, of London,
who is successor to Spurgeon in the
Metropolitan Tabernacle. In object
ing to Mr.. Bryan's sentiments he com
pletely broke through the neutrality
Of Winona. War in its externals is
hell. but in its sacrifices 1t is heaven"
he Is reported to have said Michael
and the rebellious angels were driven
out Of heaven by a war made on
them. II there had been no war in
heaven. heaven itself would have be-
come hell. England has all on the
altar. If Germany should conquer Rus
sia. Italy and France. England is pre-
pared to continue the fight. If Amer
lea will continue to send US ammuni-
| ton and prayers-but I have said
enough A large part of the audience
| seemed to like this break in the neu-
| trality.
1t Is inevitable that - outstanding
an event as the world war should
have an effect upon the religion of
England. DR.. Dixon says that his
church and its missions have had 500
| men go into the army. When the
Germans are winning. people crowd
| into his prayer meetings, nut wnen
the English win. people stay at home
| and enjoy the good news! The SER
mons Of the pastors upon war themes
attract a large hearing, but otherwise
| the attendance upon preaching is
about the same as before the war The
| established church Is much agitated
to provide an adequate supply Of
| chaplains for the army. An army
Of these chaplains. The place was Of
| fered to the popular Bishop Of Lon
don. but he has declined it and an
other nomination has not been made
A call to holy war in Persia has
been an excuse for certain evil mind
ed Mohammedans to kill the men and
outrage the women Of the Armenian
population. The call in part Is as
follows: Kill them: God will punish
them in your hand and put them to
shame (Text from the Koran). How
often have the savage Russians, the
| traitorous English, the Frenchmen,
born of impure blood. yet proud in
| their baseness. planted their unclean
flags upon your pure and holy noun
tains? Behold! God has bestowed upon
you a greater favor. The tears of the
faithful for centuries past are bearing
fruit. Your enemies are trembling
under your hand. Attack them from
| every side. Whenever you meet them.
kill them. Quicken the failing PROF.
lamation Of the unity by the FIRE Of
your rifles and cannon, and by the
blows Of your swords and knives
Cause the minarets and mountains
and wilderness to resound once more
with the cry, Allah! Allah" If you
desire honor and glory, houris and
you. Eternal joys, the shade of greer
trees. houris, angels are in the grasp
of your sword"
The newest and oldest of all mis-
sionary societies in the world Is the
League of Night Watchers. Just
founded in England and growing, ~
worry over fate of friends in the
trenches and on the battleship. vast
numbers of English people, fathers
and mothers, wives and sweethearts,
found 1t impossible to sleep at night
Some of them thought they found
that knowledge that others similarly
afflicted were praying or perhaps
merely thinking of them helped to
pass the hours and bring cheer. So
know names and circumstances,
causes of troubles and of worries
Now the League of Night Watchers
numbers thousands. and is growing
rapidly as war troubles increase.
Not satisfied with the original pro-
gram as just outlined, leaders in the
league recently held a convention and
agreed that contributions for work by
the league to help soldiers would be
welcomed, and that making Of plans
for relief would divert attention and
perhaps induce sleep. At the conven-
ton 1t was agreed to make two
branches. one composed Of members
who cannot sleep because of war
worries, and those who must not sleep
because on duty as nurses, guards
men. physicians and military officers
The numbers in this branch are grow
ing, as are those who worry so they
cannot sleep. Already the league is or
ganized and at work.
Christian people in England are or
1anized for different linea of effort to