Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-28
PLEA FOR SCHOOL
MADE TO CHURCHES
Presbyterians Are Asked to
Support Baltimore Train.
ing Institution.

| The time has come when the Presby-
terrain Training School of Baltimore
should have a fuller recognition and
wider financial support. 1t is, there
fore, commended to the churches of tho
synod of Baltimore, in order that they
may enlist suitable young women from
their congregations as candidates for
it's courses. and may make it the bene-
ficiary of an annual contribution.
| This was the substance of resolu-
ton offered by Rev. Charles L. Candee,
chairman of the committee on tho
school. at this mornings meeting Of
that synod, sitting in lexington Pres
byterian Church, North Capitol street
and Florida avenue, and adopted by
the members. The submission and
adoption of the resolution was the out
come of a home mission conference,
| conducted by Rev. Joel B. Hayden of
New York, which was the principal
| feature of the morning session, and
| which included a large number Of
! speakers on the various phases of homo
mission work.
Lack of Average Church.
1.-THE average church says that it
| nent to the lives of the men and wom-
en- in the community where its work
lies; the truth is, however. that the
average church has never gotten them."
declared Rev. J. Ross Stonesifer Of Will
mington, Del; but certainly Mr.. Stone
| sifer's church and the churches OF a
number of the other participants in
the discussion have them and produced
| them this morning. A constant sue
~ of 5s,at n1 0hn ~ 1anI mo-
with every imaginable subject in con-
| nection with home mission church work
| was displayed on the platform for the
| benefit of the delegates in better under
| this form Of Christianity within the
| synodcal district. which embraces
| Maryland, Delaware, the District of
| Columbia and three counties of Vir-
GINA.
Rev. Edward Niles of the Second
| Church of Baltimore emphasized the
downtown church problems Of that city
and the polygiot material with which
home missionaries must work. OFTEN,
he said, simultaneous services went on
in his church in two and three Ian
guages. Rev. John Mcdowell discussed
the opportunities for wider field of
personal labor of a religious nature,
declared that diagnosis should precede
prescription in religious as in medical
work and said that every church, even
if it cannot embark in social work, can
at least produce social workers. Both
these men and Rev. Alfred H. Barr and
who discussed the topic, The Approach
to Our Task and dwelt on the grow
ing demand for better lay training.
Training for Leadership.
Rev. Mr. Hayden at this point called
on a number of speakers to touch upon
the topic. "A Lady Leadership and Its
Training" and the responses were
heard with the greatest interest.
The, first step in training for such
leadership is a realization that the ia
miliar terms of the vocabulary Of the
church now embrace meanings very
much more broad and comprehensive
| than formerly, and in many respects,
for instance, the problems of the local
church and of the local agricultural So
ciety, are identical" said Rev Paul r.
Church of this city. Church services
are only one small element of church
service" was one way in which DR..
Hickok put the idea.
1.-The work of the Presbyterian Train
ing School of Baltimore is much too
complex to be done by unskilled -volun-
teer workers." declared Rev. John 8.
Coming, superintendent of that insti-
tuition, in his exposition OF the work 1t
is accomplishing. DR.. Coming empha-
consecrated woman workers, for. he
said, a Christian woman can often en-
ter where no man ever can. Deaconess
Stone of the school followed DIR. Con-
ming, telling of aspects of the work
from the deaconess' standpoint and pre-
senting a cordial invitation to every
member of the synod to pay it visit
of inspection.
At the conclusion of the conference
Rev. Mr.. Hayden called attention to
examples of the fine manual work done
in vacation Bible schools of Balti-
more, which were on exhibit in tie
are maintained in a section which en-
braces but IL per cent of the total
acreage of the city, but maintains 80
per cent of it's population, and its in
dustrial problems. we'll as it's
spiritual ones, are very real.
Trustees Submit Renorf