The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-30
Religious

Tract Society Ninety Years Old.
The American Tract society celebrat-
ed its ninetieth anniversary this year.
The society has published the Bible in
17S languages and dialects, and the total
number Of its volumes, periodicals and
leaflets makes up 791, 142, 900 copies.
Its missionary colportage has been
n of its most efficient agencies. The
culporteur visits from house to house.
The 6O,OO0,OOO Of our nearly 1O0,O00,O0O
people not attending regular church or
mission service are so reached. The
number Of family visits made since
the organization of colportage seventy
four years ago totals -, 4O6, 600 and the
number Of volumes distributed 1885,
600. The total of free distribution
amounts to 4,OOO,OOO,OO0 pages Of leaf
let's.
One of the special features Of the
years work is the publication Of a
new Spanish hymnal, both music and
word editions.
A conference having been called In
Panama for February, 1916, for the
purpose Of considering the plans for
supplying literature to be used in the
uplift Of the peoples of Latin America,
the call for the special work of the
American Tract society is expected to
be greater than ever before in its his
tory.
To Promote Cause Of Religion.
Concerted action by practically all
the federated Christian organizations
of the United States to promote the
causes Of religion has been assured
through the adoption of resolutions by
the conference called by the Federal
Council of Churches In America for a
commission on federated movements.
The commissions function will be to
counsel with various religious agen-
cies. so that all may be acquainted
with the plans Of the others and "com-
bine into forceful unity Of effort upon
the common cause"
Iaymen's declarations are proving the
most potent factor in closing red light
districts. correcting civic vice and n
promoting unified religious zeal, accord.
ing to the statements Of actual expert
ences made.
To Edit Church Documents.
The Rev. Charles L. Corwin. pastor
Of the North Branch Reformed church
Of W~hitehouse, y. j., has sent in his
resignation, to take effect on Oct. l.
He has been engaged by the Collegiate
Reformed church of New York. which
was organized in 1923, to collate the
minutes md documents Of that church
in three volumes. 1t will take two
years to complete the work.
One of the copies OF the collected
matter will be presented to the city
library and one kept by the church.
Some one will be appointed later to
condense the WORK into one volume.
The preparation of these records was
started nine years ago by Mr.. Corwin's
father, the Rev. E. Tanjore Corwin,
known as the historian Of the Reform
ed Church of America. His death in
terrupteu the WOfk.
Mr.. Corwin has been pastor Of the
Reformed church at North Branch for
eight years. He will make his home
in New Brunswick while engaged in
the new work Of compilation.
Ignorance Of the Bible.
Some years ago DR.. Thwing Of Cleve-
land preached a sermon to college boys
and girls in which he made twenty.
two quotations from Tennyson, relat-
ing to the 'crown of thorns," mamma
in the Wilderness" Moses striking the
rock" "Joshua's moon." "Jonah's
gourd,' "Esau's hands," Ruth among
wife," ''thc church on Peters rock"
the "serpent and Eve the miracle at
the wedding of Cana Of Galilee," at
Jacobs ladder" etc, says a writer in
the Ohio State Journal.
He afterward questioned the class
about these references and found that
so per cent knew nothing about them.
-;ine boys and eleven girls never heard
of the ''crown of thorns." Seventy
one of the class of eighty-fve were
wholly ignorant Of what became OF
Lots wife. Only twelve out OF the
thirty-four boys could tell about Eve
anL the serpent. The girls We're better
off in this important knowledge than
the boys. for Out Of fifty-one thirty
seven could tell the story Of the garden
of Eden.
No doubt all these students have had
the usual experience of Sunday school
t:aining, but that doesn't answer.
, Bible study has less Of intellect than
spirit in it. 1t may be q strange thing
to say, but one must feel the truth be-
fore he thinks it; faith comes before
knowledge.
t First European Railway.