The Washington herald., 1915-01-10
INTERESTING ITEMS OF
CHURCHES AND CLERGY

The First Presbyterian Church 10 be
built in America is still standing and
is in constant use. 1t is located at Re
hoboth. Nd. This Presbyterian Church
was established in 1906 by Rev. Francis
Mackenzie, who was its first pastor and
whose grave is not far from the his
toric building. Owing to the intOl-
Grant laws of Maryland, the building
was built upon his own land. 1t was
built Of brick said to have been i'm
ported from Ireland. Thirty-three
pastors have served the church in the
meantime. This congregation now has
200 members and a fine Sunday school
Rev Henry G. Martin is the present
pastor.
Rev. Charles Stelzle, known all over
America in every denomination for his
service in connection with the depart
ment of labor In the Presbyterian de-
nomination, has become the executive
head of a recently organized interchurch
committee on unemployment The COM
mittee is composed Of Protestants, Cath
olCs and Jews. The movement was
started by the New York Federation OF
Churches. The chairman of the commit
tee IS DR.. Nehemiah Boynton of Brook
lyn. 1t is thought that the agencies of
organized religion will be made much
more efficient in social service in this
way.
In spite Of the confusion in mission
fields as a result of the war in Europe.
the interest and attendance at the sixth
Observation-Disclosures Medical Missionary
Conference recently held at Battle Creek.
Mich. were in nOWiSe diminished. Prob
ably 2O workers from home and foreign
fields attended the meeting which was
presided over by Bishop L. r. Hendrix.
Of Kansas city. Among the most notable
addresses delivered were the following:
Medicine IN China" Rev. Isaac T.
Headland. Pckin. China: Better Or
Sanization for the Medical Work" Rev.
Levi B. Salmans. Mexico; "PhySiolOEic
Therapeutics ON the Mission Field" DR..
J. II. Kellogg. Battle Creek Sanitarium;
'Forty-iive Years i'm Asiatic Turkey"
Rev. George {. Reynolds NJ. D., ID. D.,
Van. Turkey; The Outlook for Missions
in View OF the War Bishop Eugene r.
Hendrix. n D. The conference will meet
again in 1915 in the same city, the ses-
sions being held at a local sanitarium.
As was recently reported, DIR. G.. Camp
bell Morgan has been seriously in in
England. He is now making good re-
cOvery and was recently able to leave
the home for COnvnlesCents and 20 to
GIoucestershirc Tor two weeks. He was
~ EO u lll' H'hAIl VI I-llS ltillt SOyll dlltt
the New Year.
Rev. Robert J. Patterson, known as
Catch -My-PaT' Patterson. Of Belfast
Ireland. has been engaged by the Young
Peoples civic League. to spend six
months in Chicago working on his Ia
nous Catch My-Pal'' lines. The plan is
for him to hold meetings in churches all
over the city and carry on pledge sign
ing campaign. His work in Ireland re-
claimed Io.O0o drinkers the first year.
Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman and Charles
VI. Alexander began a union evanEeIistic
campaign in Lima, Ohio. on January 6,
and th"y will continue during the month.
They have eight assistants in their COM
pany. The twenty ministers of the city
are heartily in accord with the program.
and 2.cC0 workers took a religious census
before the meetings began. \ force OF
4oJ personal workers will assist during the
progress of the meetings.
Dr. Len Broughton. who recently re
ceived a call from a prominent Baptist
church in Boston. Mass. is not able TO
carry on his usual duties in connection
with Christ Church CCOngresationaD in
London. During his enforced absence
from the pulpit. his assistant is preach
ing for him. He has not announced his
decision with regard TO the call to Bos-
ton.
The ministers missionary convention.
held at Rochester. y. Y. recently, is
said to have been the first interdenOmi-
national missionary convention for minis
ters held IN this country. DR. Robert +.
Speer spoke TO 7Oo ministers who We're
IN attendance on the subjects. Missions
and the European War" and Conditions
of EvangeliZing the World" J. Camp
bell White. general secreatary Of the
Baymen'S Missionary Movement, pre-
sided. Dr. John Timothy Stone, the pas
tor Of the Fourth Presbyterian Church
of Chicago. spoke on "EnlistinS Laymen
as Personal Workers"