The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-21

addition. many protesting Christians
have no active interest in the supreme
work of the church. the winning of souls
for and to Jesus Christ.
In Europe the situation is strenuous
There. prufeSSedly christian nations are
killing and wounding men ny Tn" mil
lions and only u great revival Of real
religion can produC" the inward change
demanded. to effect a mental revolution
in the. attitude of great nations toward
war. And the masses of the warning
peoples "a result Of tn" existing Condi-
tionS. are impressed deeply with the
value OF spiritual realities. 50 that their
church cdiiccs are crowded with w"r-
shippers What g true Of Eur"D, IL true
of other regions. ti"d. - an "v"rSmad"w-
in-- presence" Il consciously i"!t IN all the
world.
Rev. Sidney l.. Gul.ck VII" has h""n
with President Smaller Mathews. Of III"
Federal Council. ON MISSION II good
will t. JaIan has been cnGa-"d to con-
tinu" MS work uni the direction Of the
Federal Council. H.. il. ,.Nu,Ct,d back in
San Francisco late in NIr-h. and VIII at
once. TAX" up his work. visiting tn" cities
Of the United States and tryln- to max"
clear tho meaning Of JaDanrS" ideals.
uro-r, - and ambitions in the interest of
y b"tir'. understanding between the t3o
countries and a U'rp"tUarion Of the
f,.icndi~Et relations. Til" commission on
relations with Japtu expresses n" hope
that through this mission Of Or. Mathews
and Dr.. GUliCk to japan an understand
Ing vii! lr reached that will bring the
East and the West into a spirit OF Chris
ttan sympathy and which will plaC" our
international relations upon just. moral
Foundation.
The. board Of religious education of the
provinces Of Washington. Protestant
Episcopal Church, announces that It will
hold $urlIl,r Sc "ul At Mount -. Al
Ian. in TIN city and diocese OF Washing
ton Jjn' : to II.
The participants in III" school a year
az" unanimously requested a second ses-
sion Of thu. school N 1918 and this request
IS now heinz carried into fleet ny the
cooperation Of thu provincial and do
"rsau l"ardS "f religious .-du"aii"n. Of
tn" National Cathedral Chapter. and Of
tn" principal stan Of the Cathedral
School fer Girls. whcr.. Iga'n this year,
viii 10" held th. S,-~sIu''~ vi tho school.
Among .LpS, who !r,'v" bean invited to
Scryr "n tie. stan Of instruction are Rev.
~. " Nill"I r>c,. 'rir" officer Of tn"
. provincial board "f religious education:
Re-. Stuart 1. Nitmau. ~ y. edUca-
fiUual fi'.ld secretary Of tho I'r"yinr,. Of
Washington: E"y. e e. +. Rratenahl.
secretary "r IL" rrovin"" "C Washing
ton. Roy. pr. William +. Gardner. SOC
rCtaIY al tn" general hoard nf religious
education. Rev. E"rrymHn Green. Of the
virginia Theological seminary: Miss
Ian" Ml!ikcu. superintendent Of teacher
tr:Iiuirs uf the dinCcs" of Maryland. and
. Miss Helen |. Jennings. of POttsville Pa
This .Hu"l is one of i've in be held in
m" province. the others being located at
Hampton and Bedford city. Va: Beth
I"h"m and S"wicklcv Pa The Mount st.
Alhan summer school IS intended not
only for Tn" teachers and sunday school
workers 81 Maryland and Delaware hut
. also for thOS- Of the neighbOring counties
"f Virginia and West Virginia. and for
, all others from points more remote who
may wish to avail themselves Of fuller
equipment for tn" religious training Of
the children of the church.
Roy. =. G. Dinwiddic Of the national
temperance legislative bureau. is to de-
liver an address Monday evening at s
o'clock in Waugh NJ r. church at a
Neal Dow prohibition rally under the
auspices Of the Capitol Hi w. C. r. l.
and the rcd-lctter day department OF
the union. Mrs. J. y. Edgar associate
District superintendent "f the red-letter
day department. is to preside. and a
tribute will he paid to Neal Dow. former
noted prohibition leader Of Maine by
Rev. F. NJ. Mccoy. pastor of Waugh
Church. Mrs. Gilbert Clark will con-
tribute to the musical program
That the war has been a SOLDERING in
1uence on the thought of Europe is con-
Ceded by most writer's. Instead of the
church having collapsed there are many
evidences that she is only finding her
self in this dark hour. Rev. r. J. Camp
bell. of the City Temple. London. says:
Our deepest darkness has not been since
the war began. but before it. Mems
eyes were blinded then; their hearts
not now. \ new spirituality has dawned.
new susceptibility to the eternal.
Christendom was following false CLEANS.
but truer light is shining now and
We are turning wistful eyes toward it.
Our souls have been deepened by this
tribulation: We are drawing nearer to
one another in brotherly sympathy and
to the things unseen and abiding" In
Berlin. correspondent of The Boston
Transcript writes: THE war prayer
hour has become a feature of the capt.
tails daily life. 1t is one of those insti-
buttons whose inauguration nobody no.
ticed in the first excitement, but which
since then has forced the attention of
the public by virtue of being helpful
The war prayer hour is at O'Clock
every evening and is held in most OF the
churches of Berlin" In an address at
the meeting of the French Academy.
Maurice Dounay spoke of the society wo-
men of Paris: This is virtue-devoted-
ness and consolation and sweetness and
charity-women mobolizing for the am
balances. giving up worldliness and TAX
ing the veil and white robe. with a red
cross on the forehead like star and q
red cross on the heart of flower. They
see the people close at hand; they talk