The Washington herald., 1915-11-21

Baltimore conference Will hold its
one hundred and thirty-second session
March 20. 1916, at Foundry Church
Rev. DR.. W. r. Wedderspoon. pastor
Bishop Cranston will preside. closing
one of the most successful quadren.
NUNS in the history of the confer
enee- Bishop Cranston presided ovel
Baltimore conference four times-ir
1901, at Hagerstown; 1905, at Wash.
ington; 1912. in First Church. BaltI-
more, and 1913. in Eutaw. Baltimore
The coming session IN 1916 makes the
Bishop Cranston has had the presi-
dency of Baltimore Conference. HIS
new book. Breaking Down the Walls
is well received and is held to be the
most notable contribution to the union
of Methodism.
At the Church of the Covenant this
afternoon the music will be given by
the double quartet and in the evening
by the evening choir of 100 voices
with double quartet, both services
being under the direction of Sydney
Lloyd wrightson with Harvey Murray
at the organ. The following are the
musical numbers for the afternoon:
20. Gladstone Light" (suilivan); con-
tralto solo. 'fLitsny'' (SchuberO, Miss
Harper; Eternal Light of Light
sOlOs Va"
Ter; Holy, Holy, Holy" st. Cecilia
(Gounod). incidental solo, Mr.. Back
ing; Grant. we Beseech Thee
BOOTH.
The program for the evening in
cludes:
prelude in C" CHoIIins); still,
Still With Thee" Cspeaks), incidental
solo. Miss Harper; barytone solo,
Abide With Me" (Spence), Mr..
T he.
sengers.2 st. Paul CMendelssohn); 20,
Strength and Stay (Barnby); post
lude. 'Marchc Solenelie" (Mailly).
The Young Peoples Society of st.
Stephens Episcopal Church has en-
tered upon the winters work with
great interest and energy. The coun-
ell. which took charge this fall con-
sists of Mr.. Rawdon, president; Miss
Merriam. vice president; Miss Fisher,
secretary; Mr.. Oliver, treasurer. ana
the chairman of the various commit
tees. 1t has planned many new and
attractive features for the Sunday
night meetings. New members are
joining every Sunday, and at all the
social events. there are large numbers
present.
In October the first of the monthly
dances for this year was held and at
the end of this month there will be
another.
Friday, November 10, the society
gave its annual oyster supper, the
committee in charge consisting of the
following: Miss Flenner, chairman:
assistants, Miss Lawson, Miss Fisher,
Miss McCathran. Miss Lewis, Miss
Merriam, Miss Magruder, and Mr.
Rawdon.
ST. Stephens Holy Name Society re-
ports that 200 members have been ad-
mitted to membership since last De-
cember.
The following have been nominated
for office for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent. A. Allston Moore, Michael E.
Buckley: Patrick T; inland vice Presi-
dent, John r. Smith, Michael E. Buck
ley, Thomas A. Noone; recording seq
rotary. Thomas Bromley, William
Craven, Laurence Feeney; treasurer
Matthew Noone, Albert P. Williamson,
Christopher Gavin; marshall, George
Green. William NJ. Burch, Thomas
Camben. The election will take place
the next meeting. to be held on Thurs
day. December 9.
The establishing of an employment
bureau. which was accompanied by
the executive committee. has been ap-
proved by the society.
Rev Dr. Wilbur F. Crofts. head of
the International Reform Bureau, this
city, comments in the Presbyterian on
the Gary school system which is being
tried in New York City. He says:
The Gary school plan now has its
supreme opportunity to help in the
solution of one of the most serious
problems of the nation and the world.
the restoration and improvement OF
week day religious instruction. Every
thoughtful and well-informed person
knows that one hour week of Sun
day school or Sabbath school teaching
is not sufficient to fortify the young
in the most perilous period of life
against twentieth century tempta-
tions. Until recently it was the al
most universal custom everywhere to
provide some weekday religious in
struction. both in homes and schools
But today, fully three-fourths of the
religious homes and fully one-fourth
of the public schools have given up
even the daily reading of the Bible,
and the only appreciable religious
teaching on weekdays has been given
TO Catholic children.
Into this situation Gary bursts with
friendly combination of public
schools with parochial schools-He-
brew, Methodist, Baptist, Lutheran,
Presbyterian. Congregational. and
what not The Gary schools having
charge of the childhood aud youth of
that city for eight hours a day, half
for study and half for work and play.
excuse from this second half of the
DAYS activities the youth of any de-
whose parents so request.
for religious instruction in the
churches for any desired time from
one hour a week each. the time
usually taken by churches, up to two
hours a day, the time taken for les
sons in the Hebrew language and re-
ligion in the synagogue. which In
itiated this Gary combination of pub
lie and parochial school. The same
teaching force and the same rooms
and appliances suffice for four times
as many parochial pupils VIXEN the
reaching of the three F's" is turned
over to the State, and the parochial
teaching is devoted to morals and re-
ligion only.
TT is not surprising that when this
plan was transplanted to New York,
theE Catholics, with their abundant
supply of parochial teachers, and with
priests trained to teach as well as
preach, should have been ready at
once TO take for one period or more
a day all the Catholic children in the
public schools of the Bronx, where
The plan is being tested. while even
Lutherans and Episcopalians, with
parochiaI antecedents, must take
months to get ready. and the other
churches that do not have
classes are even less
prepared for this supreme opportunity.
which may soon be offered to many
other cities Theological seminaries
should restore the teaching function
of the pastor. who ought to be able
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