The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-02
WHAT CHURCH PEOPLE
ARE SAYING AND DOING

before starting for the front, have gone
the church.
The Worlds Christian Endeavor con-
| vention which will be held in Chicago.
I July TO will have as its motto, Trust
! ing in the Lord for Strength, I VIII.
| This is an amplifcation Of Chicago's
motto, II Will" The principal sessions
| Of the convention will be held in the
| Coliseum. the capacity Of which is 15,ooo.
| Among the announced speakers secured
| for the convention are President Wilson.
| Secretary William Jennings Bryan, il af-
! fairs OF state permit: Rev. Billy Sunday.
| for five evanselistic meetings, and Rev.
| Samuel II. Woodrow, D. D., former pas
| tor OF First Congregational Church,
Washington. \
Other leaders who have places on the
program include Rev. W. w. Eustard.
ID. D.; Rev. George II. Coombs, d. d.
Royal J. Dye, N. D.. of Africa: Miss
Anna A. Gordon. William Phillips Hall.
Rev. p A. Holman. D. D.; Rev. Hubert
G. Herring, D. D.; John Keena, of Per-
| STA; President Ira Landrith, D. D., LII.
D.; Marion Lawrence; Rev. Lapsley A.
| McAfee, d. D.; Hon. J. A. Macdonald
Ii. D.; Rev. John II. Pounds. d. D.;
| Rev. A. G. Sinclair. D. D.; Rev. John
Malcolm Shaw. D. D.; Bishop L. F. Sven
gel, D. D.: Bishop W. NJ. weekley. D. D.;
j. Campbell White, LII. D.
In addition TO these are President
Francis Z. Clark, William Shaw. D. A.
Polling, Amos n. Wells, Karl Lehman.
II. n. Lathrop. A. J. Shartle, and other
State field secretaries and presidents.
Rev. Forrest E. Dagger. rector Of St.
Paurs Reformed Episcopal Church.
~; la al, ,,,l,1 xah o~lA
| methods as a result Of the recent Billy
Sunday evangelistic meetings in his
city, reports striking results, includ-
ing Oil accessions to the membership
OF his church in one service. DR.. Da-
ger did a great deal of work at the
| tabernacle and has since transferred
some of Its atmosphere TO his own
church. IT Is said that the reception
of 500 new members into church fell
lowship at one service probably is
without precedent in American relig-
ious annals.
Several weeks of evangelistic serr-
ives. along the lines of the tabernacle
meetings. were responsible for this
great influx of new members. The at
tendance at the services Sunday nights
has been SO large that the vestry OF
St Paufs has planned to provide an
assistant pastor. The church has a
sCh'Ai5 Capacity VI ty-uu pcTsoHs. Out
every. Sunday evening has seen an
overflow. So DR. Dagger is arranging to
hold two services every Sunday night.
the same Sermon to be preached twice.
Other churches of Philadelphia have
continued to make Large gains in
membership as result OF the Sunday
meetings. Churches OF nearly all de-
nominations have benefited by large
numbers of accessions and the local
M IN of IL
ing that 1915 will be banner year for the
churches OF Philadelphia and its vicin-
ity. The Calvin Presbyterian Church
recently received o1S new members at
one service. The Calvin Sunday school
conducted a One Thousand Attend
ance Campaign" Previously the rec
ord attendance had been So. but the
average for February was ?I5
Rev. John T. Reeve has received l4I
new members into the Fourth Presby-
terrain Church; Rev. H. Clay Ferguson,
Isl. into Harper Memorial Presby-
terrain Church; Rev. James NJ. ). Iscn-
berg, upwards Of 176, into Trinity Re
formed Church: Rev. John +. Davies.
of Bethlehem Church, between $50 and
10 at single service recently and
$40 during the past two months
As result OF the gain in member
shin at the Fourth PRESBYTERIAN
has increased its eldcrship to four
teen. Fifteen deacons were elected at
a recent meeting to assist tho pastor.
The church enrolls ?51 members.
Bishop William Burt, presiding on
GER OF the recent Baltimore conference
OF the Methodist Episcopal Church.
was Incorporating in his attitude
toward churches which employ paid
ChOirS, He said that he could
see how a Methodist Episcopal church
could conscientiously give only $500 to
missions and then pay their choir
$500 a year. He further said:
We Of the Methodist Church have
gone the wrong way in church sing
Ing. We have taken the song out OF
the mouths of the people and let paid
cholrs DO II. This is wrong, for 1t re-
verses the method OF our worship We
do not come to church to be enter !
tained by music from choirs. but we
come to hear the gospel of Jesus
Christ and to worship. The people OF !
our church will never be happy until |
they again sing the old lovely hymns
in the church and then at home.
some of the choirs that 1 have
heard sing the most doleful tunes, and
II makes me tired TO listen to them.
IL is not the singing of real. Chris
whom we worship looks down with
displeasure upon the church that has
paid choir. Now. don't you ministers
go back nome and get In troubl. with
your cholrs. But convert your choir
and the members. and then
get them TO see the matter as you
do"
Rev F. B. Meyer. Of London. ha.
written the Moody Bible Institute Of
shicaEo, to cancel all his ensacements
his summer at the several Bible con-
lcrences and conventions in this conn
'rE' partly on account of his return
10 ms former pastorate Of Christ
Church. made vacant by tire rcsi-na-
non or DIT Len 6. Broughton, but
>hiehy because OF the war DR.. Meyer
vas one of those who thought the war
would be brought to an end by June
II this year. but he now believes that
ne prospect is darker and that there
5 little hope of any cessation of the
conflict before autumn. and perhsps
rot until 1916 He thinks that If the
var grows more severe the necessity
or mInisterinG to the bcrcaved and
will demand the best sery
&C of all in the front rank OF the
hurch
The New York Christian Advocate
avs that an English minister gives
he following basis for Bible study:
study 1t through: 9, pray il in; 3, write
down: 4. live'it out; 6. pass it on. |.
June ] will be Baptist day at the 4
IAN Francisco Exposition The day