El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-30

ONE Of the first projects 10 come be-
" fore the league OF nations, when
It gets ready for business and takes
up new matters, viii be a revision OF
the calendar, and the making OF it
uniform throughout the world. Gov
eminent bureaus Of the United States.
Great Britain and Switzerland got
into touch with church official bodies
Just before the war came on. and they
kept up the consideration Of the mat
ter 10 some extent during the war
An agreement is reported by church
leaders TO have been arrived at, and
a uniform report is ready to 90 10
the league.
Reasons why the calendar has not
been revised before now have been
the objections 10 all revisious by the
church people, owing 70 detective
treatment Of dates for fetes This
objection is said now to be rem owed.
4 fixed date for Easter, the adding
Of a 18th month, the making Of every
week begin with Sunday, and have
exactly % days in each month are
features Of the new calendar as pro-
posed, or as it is TO be laid before the
league at Geneva
Push Bible Trade.
The big publishing houses belong
ing to the Christian associations, the
Presbyterian, Congregational and Bap-
fist churches, have agreed to cooper
ate for the purpose Of selling more
literature and pushing that OF strict
" evangelical character. Efforts are
now making to induce the Methodist
Book concern to come in. The con-
Germ IS the Oldest OF all and one OF
the largest booksellers in the world
Modern methods Of publicity and sell
ing agencies are 70 be employed
The money turned over Of combined
church interests in literature is put
at So, 900, 900 a year. The Bible trade
OF America, apart from the American
Bible society, exceeds 100000 a
year. American people pay almost.
100000 year for the sacred music
they sing. On some years, like the
present one, when hymnals Of two
large bodies are wholly changed, the
amount exceeds that sum
Oppose Organic Union.
The announcement by its promoters
OF plans for a world conference on
faith and order probably TO be held
at Geneva, the seat OF the league OF
nations, and Of a preliminary meet
ing Of representative Of leading re-
ligious bodies at The Hague, TO pre-
pare for the first big gathering, is
followed Immediately by declarations !
from Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist ]
and Reformed people that they do
not favor organic union, and could not
bring their religious bodies into line I
on such plan # they did. Baptists
officially say they can and VIII do
nothing, and the others say through Z
their newspaper organs that they re- /
fraIn from condemning the project, /
but have 10 faith in it.
Promoters Of the plan say that ev-
erybody. the Roman Catholic church I
excepted, promises to send delegates, /
and speaks well Of it There is a pro- |
gram il operation through the federal I
council Of churches that is federation !
only, but the faith and order people I
reject this plan and say they are
working for organic union They (
say also that the great Easter Cath (
ole communions. together with the
English church throughout the world. /
means the isolation Of the single RO-
man church Millions Of people ana I
billions Of dollars IN property are af- /
fected. No date is even suggested
for the holding Of the conference.
Has Business Manager.
The Episcopal diocese Of West Vir- I
GINA has ventured upon an expert I
ment in efficiency that is new in any /
church, IL is believed The diocese !
takes IN the whole state, and one I
bishop found II impossible to do all /
Of the work because Of distances to I
be Travelled and because much Of his /
work is financial and business. So I
the new plan consists Of electing a 4
layman Of ability. paying him a sal 4
airy about equal to that paid the
the business administration Of the /
Episcopal church in the state.
The plan has been proposed fO- I
New York Chicago, Philadelphia, St |
Louis and other growing cities. In I
place OF the new sufrragan bishop I
sc leave the bishop TO give his whole I
thought and time to spiritual affairs I