The Washington herald., 1915-11-07
WHAT CHURCH PEOPLE
ARE SAYING AND DOING

OF Prayer for Young Men," to begin on
November II. 1915. This call has been
made and answered for over half q CEN
tury. The objects suggested for inter-
cession are: ID Prayer for Divine help
to meet the pressing problems of our
day; CD prayer for the raising up OF
leaders and workers; CD prayer for the
work among young men in non-Christian
lands, % prayer for association men at
work among the millions OF men now
under arms: 90 prayer for the poser
walton Of the international bonds among
the ACCUSATIONS of the world, in the
midst OF the present strife.
The high privilege of prayer is ever
open to, all Gods people. All that any
human agency can do is to exhort TO
pray always, and to make known the
needs that devout believers may with in
.telligence cry unto God. This statement
of the central committee gives the needs
and the heart of all true Christian men
Will remember them at the Throne of
Grace. The present world-pressure raises
so many grave questions, that all
thoughtful men become more and more
conscious of their dependence upon God,
and every true Christian rejoices in the
privilege and power of prayer; and while
this particular call is especially in the
interest OF young men. yet the necessity
is general, and the welfare of men.
women and children in all the world
call US to prayer and continued interces-
sion. It is to be hoped that more per-
sons will engage in this week OF prayer
than have ever participated before.
The General Synod Of the Lutheran
church has authorized the collection of
an educational fund OF s, 10000 as a fit
ting part in the worldwide commemora-
ton of the Reformation. to eliminate on
October 81. 1877, the 40oth anniversary of
its beginning. The church's communi-
cant membership is 25OoOO and It is ex-
bers each give 5 cents q week for the 100
weeks which intervene before the date
of the celebration, the whole sum could
be easily secured.
Bishop Warren A Gambler. of the
Southern Methodist church, says: For
one, / am tired Of the revolutionists who
call themselves reformers. / am weary
OF men who would pull down our system
of government in order to correct evils
which lie beyond the utmost power of
the wisest legislators and the most skill
fully framed legislation. l cannot follow
men who know no way to get the rats
out OF the barn except by burning II to
the ground. What We need is not more
probings but more piety, not revolution
but religion. II Is not big business but
bad business that We should fear, and
We will have bad business by individ-
uals and corporations despite Congresses
and courts until the nation is Christian
in fact as well as in name"
Pope Benedict XIV has, much against
his desires. it is said. advanced the date
for a consistory, and will name at il
eight new cardinals, six of whom will be
Italians. One will be a German. the
other a Frenchman. The wish of the
Pope has been to see the war ended be-
fore holding a consistory. His reason
for the wish is the delicate problem of
selecting new cardinals from nations at
war. and avoiding jeslousies OF those ma
tions. The eight prelates said to have
been selected TO be advanced TO the
Sacred College are the following Italians:
Mgr. Gavotti, archbishop of Genoa:
Mgr. Gusmini, archbishop of Bologna;
Mgr. La Lontaine, patriarch Of Venice:
Mgr. Sbarretti, secretary of the congre-
CATION OF the Holy Office; Mgr. Bartol-
omasi, the head chaplain of the italian
armies, and Mgr. Rannuzzi de Bianchi.
the major domo. The French cardinal
will be Mgr. Touchet. bishop of Orleans.
and the German, Mgr Fruhwirth, nuncio
at Munich. 1t is possible that some 9TH
ers Of the curia, not now OF cardinal
rank, will be advanced TO the Sacred
College, deaths having recently depleted
the administrative force of the church
to a considerable extent. 1t is believed.
however. that no other foreign cardinal
than those named will be created.
Bishop Touchet, of Orleans. gets his
honor in part because he happens TO be
head of that diocese from which came
the Maid of Orleans. a further step in
the canonization Of Joan of Arc is TO be
taken at the Orleans cathedral, and the
bestowal Of the pallium on the bishop
will occur at the same service. Mgr.
Fruhwirth was long head of the Domin-
lean order. and Is the first German for
centuries to be sent as papal nuncio.
Usually nuncios are Italians. When
Mgr. Rannuzzi de Bianchi is promoted
he will be succeeded in the place of
major domo to the pope by Mgr. Sans
de Sampler, a young and handsome Bra
lillian, who is now master of the cham
Der. This monsignor is very rich, and
has had a romantic career.
DR.. W. T. Grenfell has come from Lab
rador to attend the National Clinical
Congress of Surgeons. With Mrs Gren-
fell he went to Battle Creek last week
conference, after which he will enter
upon a lecture tour IN Canada and the
Western States. Drs. John Grieve, H. L.
Padden, ]. H. West and Charles S. Cur
tbs are left this winter in charge of the
mission hospitals of Labrador and North
ern Newfoundland.
Figures shown by the Year Book OF
the Young Mems Christian Association
are proving very encourag ing TO the pro-
moters of the association, being better
than general conditions in the country
had led them to expect. few of the
associations went to the wall under the
financial pressure of the times. but there
was a net increase of eight. There are
now 2,5S5 OF these 1F are colored and
81 are Indian. The membership is e.. 600
more than half being boys and young
men under 20. The gain for the year In
property was s2,62T,675. The total value
of the associations 75s buildings, with
equipments, is given as being $lo3, S9i 900
Debts on the buildings amount to but II
per cent of the value. The current ex-
penses for the year were Sl292i, TW. The
average daily attendance at all the build
ings was $4,000. The figures are fur
nished in the smallest details, giving
even the plumber of meals served.
lunches provided, billiard games played,
and the like.
A contemporary gives an account of
the religious awakening and resurrection
in France. 1t says letters from the
trenches bear testimony that from end
to end of our immense line Of fire our
soldiers pray to God" An ambulance