The Washington herald., 1915-08-08

has possibilities not open to the world
| at all.
The Church can feed the hungry. and
! ought to, and does much of it But the
, one thing which the Church can do and
the world cannot do is to give men spir-
| itual food. She can give them that which
| comes to them alone through faith in
Christ the Lord and Head of the Church.
| and this is what she is commissioned to
| do. and failing in which she does but
.. little even of that conception of religion
which is contemplated in the phrase,
doing something for somebody else
Professor Naville, Psychologist at the
| University of Geneva. does not agree
with the findings If the destructive critics
\ of the Old Testament. Opposing their
| claims that Genesis is made up of two
hundred and sixty-four fragments. he
| claims that it presents a unified plan or
| composition that is the work of single
| man. having but one author, who may
| have drawn on various material for GER
! tain information. Whereas the destruc-
| tive critics say the author must have
lived as late as the times of Ezra and
Nehemiah he claims that the purpose
| and meaning of the book is suited to one
time only. that Of the Exodus In Moses
and the Exodus only. says he. do an au-
| thor and circumstances competent to ex-
plain the book meet.
Although the Worlds Sunday School
Association has sent to Europe more
! than 300.0Oo copies of the New Testament.
| or portions thereof. repeated calls are
coming in from Europe for more copies
| DR. John p. Mott stated recently that
Rev. A. c. Hart. one of the field workers
| of the International Y. NJ. c. A. now in
Germany, has asked for 10000 copies of
the New Testament for immediate dis
! tribution among Russian. French, Eng
lish. and Belgian prisoners in Germany
Mr.. Hart writes that he is being pressed
on all sides for more Testaments and
Gospels. DR.. Mott has. therefore. made
an urgent request of the Worlds Sunday
School Association to help supply the
books.
Preaching at St Jude's. the Bishop of
London took occasion recently to refer
To the German Zeppelins He said that
PEOPLE ought to thank God that they
We're allowed to have little bit of dan
ger and were not going to leave all of it
to the soldiers in the trenches. Il shall
he ashamed of London if We don't face
our little bit OF danger with absolutely
mistaken nerves.
The Baptists Of England have their
own INSURANCE company. the operations
of which include life, fire, sickness, &C
Cdent insurance. and workmens COM
pcnsation, also motor and live stock in
suIance. All surplus profits are devoted
to church work.
The authorities of the Orthodox Church
of Russia have sent to America Arch
bishop EudOkim. He will have charge of
the interests of that commission in Amer
ICa. Archbishop Eudokim received a
deputa ton from the Episcopal fellowship
0f New York at the Cathedral. on which
occasion Bishop Courtney (Episcopalian)
read an address of greeting on behalf
of the members of the Anglican and
Eastern Orthodox Union. to which Arch
bishop Eukodim made A suitable reply.
He expressed the sentiment that the great
war provided A time that was very pro-
ritious for a closer relation between the
two COmmunionS.
President Yuan Shin Kai. of China.
has recently, according to the Mission
AIRY Review. placed two of his daueh-
tiers in a Picking mission school because
he recognizes that the Christian schools
are far superior TO those under govern
ment control. The commissioner of ed
uCation in Picking also is advising his
fellow officials to send their children
to mission schools
4 novel way of getting attention
for their message was used recently at
Osaka japan. by some Methodist mis-
siOnaries. They secured the services OF
a japanese aviator who was a Christian
and he flew over the city scattering
Christian tracts that were eagerly seized
by the people.
The news has been made public that
the veteran Congregational missionary.
DR.. George C Reynolds. is just depart
ing from America to make his way back
q Van. the station which he founded
pioneer missionary. and where
h wife has continued her work in the
vC rs of DR.. Raynold's absence. 1t
is uderstood that his journey will take
him to Christiana. and thence around
the attic Sea to Petrograd. From this
point We journeys by rail south to Tiflis,
and en- across the former Turkish
border his station at Van. His hun
dreds OF friends in this country will fol-
low him with their prayers. for he re-
turns to 70 a great work at a needy
point Mr.. Henry White. agricultural ex-
pert, EradI Nte of Massachusetts, Agri-
cultural Coz sce, goes with DR.. Ray
nolds to hes his work as instructor
in the college
In Buffalo. " Nere there has for over
year been II. SCh dissension between
Romanists and Eotestants. a commit
tee of fifty Roma lists and fifty Protes-
tants has issued appeal to the peo-
PIE to pursue the &c lowing course: First,
to deplore and disc 6rage the printing.
circulating. and reading Of all publica-
tons containing any Misrepresentation
or vilification of another's religion. Sec
ondly. TO deplore and to discourage all Sc
rret and public meetings or utterances.
the primary purpose of which is to To-
mcrt religious antagonism. Thirdly, to
condemn as un-American and unjust the
application OF any religious test to a |
candidate for public office. and any bust |
ness or special boycott on account Of |
religious belief. Fourthly. to urge upon |
ali ministers and priests the importance
OF giving public and emphatic utterance |
to the need of religious tolerance and the |
cultivation of good will among the citys |
people.
It is announced that J. Campbell White !
general secretary of the Laymen's Mis- |
sonary Movement from the beginning in |
1907 and one of the two general leaders |
in II since 1910. has resigned to accept |
the presidency of Worcester University.
II is also announced at the same time |
that the change will make no difference |
in the Movements plans for a series of
about eighty conventions that are 20 /
start this autumn. and conclude with q |
national missionary congress In Wash
ngton next spring. Mr.. White declares
his conviction that the usefulness of the
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