The Washington herald., 1915-12-19
WHAT CHURCH PEOPLE
ARE SAYING AND DOING

4, fore. may We hope to extend this appeal
for prayer since Jews and Gentiles. bond
and free, Christian and nom Christian, are
involved in the common distress and the
common need. Let us pray of Jacob, the
God and Father Of our Lord Jesus Christ
will pour out again His Spprit for the re-
awakening Of His people Of every name:
that all who wait upon Him may be re-
freshed 30 that the whole world will como
back to renewed faith in God: and that
great reformations and revivals Of true
religion may follow in every land. hast
ening the day when
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The religious exhibits at the Panama
Pacific Exposition are said to have been
a great success The collective exhibits
| were awarded the grand prize. Besides
| this, there were awarded to the various
church boards and religious organizations
four gold medals. five silver medals,
| twenty-five bronze medals and four hon.
| orable mentions. The collective exhibits
| are said to be the finest ever gathered
together and exhibited in the history of
the church So great has been the inter-
est In these exhibits that a plan has been
perfected whereby the entire exhibit dis
! PLAYED at the exposition, together with
additional religious exhibits. may be
shown in the larger cities throughout the
country. While the cities In which the
campaigns are to be held are not definite
ly contracted with. the following Is q
list OF cities where exhibits are to be
held: Seattle. Los Angeles, Des Moines,
Dallas. Buffalo. Youngstown. Chautau-
qua. Birmingham, INDIANAPOLIS Washing
ton. Tacoma, Denver. Minneapolis, Hous-
ton. Cleveland. Pittsburgh. Bay View.
Detroit. Richmond. Spokane. Omaha, St.
Paul. Atlanta Toledo, Rochester. New
ark. Grand Rapids. Providence. Portland,
Kansas City. Milwaukee. Louisville, Co.
lumbus. Harrisburg, Albany. Hartford.
st. Louis. The exhibits campaign Is to
start in Seattle. Wash. January. 1916.
George Sunday. son OF Billy Sun
day. visited Baltomore the past week
in the interest of the campaign which
the evangelist will open in that city
in February.
The Baltimore executive committee
In charge of the campaign consists of
forty-nine members under the chair
manship of Daniel Baker.
The men who have accepted commit
tee chairmanships are as follows: FL
nance. John T. Stone: building. Rich
ard p. Baer; prayer meetings. Rev.
DR.. Don s. Colt; entertainment, T. Da-
Wis Hill: auditors, John b. Ramsay;
ushers. Robert Garrett: Bible study,
Rev. DIR. John Mcdowell: hospital, Dr.
Winford H. Smith; music. Hobart
Smock: personal workers. Rev. DIR. De
Witt NJ. Benham: business men. Henry
S. Dulaney: educational institutions,
Rev. DR.. Hugh Birckhead: publicity
and site. W. o. Atwood. and shop work,
Rev. H. P. Jackson.
Preliminary plans for conducting
rural church surveys in nearly every
State were discussed at the national
conference of the commission on
church and country life which was
addressed on December 10 by Presi-
dent Wilson. during its closing ses-
sions at Columbus. Ohio. donation
OF several thousand dollars has been
made to assist in a proposed survey
of New York, and the commission
probably will supervise such an in
quiry there within a year. Ohio is the
first State to have a thorough rural
church survey. The work there is
nearly completed. Delegates from each
State agreed to call meetings to con-
slider problems connected with State
surveys. as the first step necessary in
movement to reorganize rural
churches along cooperative or feder-
ated lines. The next step is to effect
the union of rural churches in local
communities.
Rev. Hugh Black. professor of prac-
tfcal theology at Union Theological
Seminary, New York, has declined the
call to become pastor of the City Tenn
pie. London, as the successor of Rev
r. ]. Campbell in what is regarded
as one of the foremost pastorates in
the English-speaking world. In a let
ter to Henry w. Chapman. senior
deacon of the Temple, DR.. Black says
that while he longs to serve Great
Britain in her day of STRESS" he feels
the work to which he Is committed
in America demands his services. Dr..
Black. a native of Scotland, came to
the Union Theological Seminary from
St Georges United Free Church, Edin-
burgh, in 1906.
In Lynn, Mass, Mormon mission
aries asked for license to preach on
the streets. reports the Continent The
town council held a public hearing on
the application. The Mormon preacn-
ers were asked: do you believe in
polygamy?" One answered: How can
we believe in a thing that's dead?-
The other said: I'VE do not believe in
the practice Of 'polygamy." But the
mayor of Lynn is a Methodist, and he
had heard enough about the clan of
Joseph Smith to be wise to them"
He shrewdly pierced the mask by in
quiring: DO you consider polygamy
morally wrong?" And both confessed
they didn't. Thus exposed, each Of
them began to magnify polygamy's
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