Boston evening transcript, Saturday, November 24, 1917 



PART THE EE 



enaole thorn worthily to live or to die as 

 the servants cf Ms Holy Name, and that, 

 if It be His will, they shall both do all then- 

 duty arifl ,vuir» to ua asaiu. Let us pray 

 for the T'i , ,i { j„ n t and for Congress, and for 

 all whe in [n |J hour serve In nny way tha 

 common n oal, that they may he given cour- 

 age and \v'. riom and consecration, and that 

 th« cause of righteousness may triumph." 



Rev. Clarence A. Voting, secretary of the 

 Greater ria.it»i Federation of Churches, 

 writes to this uolumn: 



'•It has seemed to many that the need of 

 penitence and humiliation in these days 

 has not been sufficiently empuaslzed in our 

 thought and prayer. On that account as 

 well as to support the Thanksgiving procla- 

 im Uirfhe puurpose of invoking the 

 and help of God in this great hour 

 Boston Federation of Churchei 



guidanc, 

 the Grpat. 

 voted to 1 



adorse the aho 



a-ppeal and to 



navy: "Be strong- an< j o£ K0 od courage; 

 be rot afraid, neither be thou dismayed; 

 for the Lord thy rj 0( j will keep thea 

 whithersoever thou goedt. Honor all 

 men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. 

 Honor Ihe king!" 



Commander-in-Chief Pershing clearly 

 recognizes the. sinfniricanca of religion as 

 a force for the preservation of morale 

 among the troops. "jiardships will be 

 your lot," he writes to »n American sol- 

 dier. "But trust i n <Jp<J will give you 

 comfort. Temptations- Will befall you, 

 but faith in our Saviour will give you 

 strength " 



Men facing danger- and death feci no 

 flippancy about religion, instead, there 

 is everywhere a groping toward light, a 

 demand for further understanding of 

 life's paradoxes and sacrifices. If the 

 Church can meet that demand, it will 

 perform a Bervice for the fighting foreeB 

 of Uncle Sam not second to that which 

 satisfies physical needs. This campaign, 

 which is to be concentrated into the pe- 

 riod uetween Dec. 1 qjirt 11, should have 

 the support Of every patriotic Christian 

 American. 



The campaign has the united backing 

 of practically every denomination. The 

 bishops of the Northern Methodists, the 

 Southern Methodists, the College of 



tive. Let whole party coBW at once. 

 (Signed) Yarrow, Maynard, Oracey." 



Immediately the party secured reserva- 

 tions on the Trans-Siberian express leav- 

 ing Vladivostok on Nov. 15. They planned 

 to travel as rapidly aa possible for the 

 women in the group, going down across 

 Turkestan and central Asia by way of 

 Tashkent and Khiva and then across the 

 Caspian Sea to Baku, thus avoiding 

 troubled conditions and crowded roads of 

 European Russia. From Baku the distance 

 is about 2fl0 miles to Tlfiis, where, the new- 

 comers are evidently greatly ne'ded. The 

 American hoard forces already on the 

 ground include Rev. Err.e3t A. Yarrow and 

 wife, Rev. Harrison A. Maynard and wife, 

 Dr. George C. Raynolds and Mr. George 

 F. Gracey. The reinforcements consist of 

 Rev. T. A. Elmer and Rev. E. C. Partridge 

 of the board's station In Maraovan, Turkey: 

 Miss Susan W. Orvis, going tack to work 

 in Talas (Csesarea); Mr. and Mrs Carl 

 C. Compton, Grinnell graduates, Joining 

 the Marsovan station; Rev. Walter N. 

 James, an Oberlin man going for the first 

 time to Marsovan; and Mr. and Mrs. Henry 

 H. White, who hope to help in the re- 

 building of Van. 



Mr. White is the Amherst Agricultural 

 College man who got as far 88 Tlflls on his 

 way to Van three years ago. He was in 



Stout, ,thti careful treasurer of the chapel 

 com.nltt.-e, (fives ail his time, witlWtt* sal- 

 ary, as secretary of the American Wg 

 Cross, Hsu Fifth avenue. A son of. the rec- 

 tor served several months in France, 

 very thick of the battle, and returned in 

 October, wounded and. crowned with hon- 

 or. A son of the Rev. Claudius M. Rooina 

 la an officer in Spartanburg, S. 0. Colonel 

 Arthur F. Schermerhorn, a member of our 

 chapel eommmitue. Is on duty In Albany, 

 as assistant adjutant general of the Na- 

 tional Guard. William Gehert, who slngl 

 in the rhapcl choir, rejected as an officer 

 on account of the condition of his eyes. Is 

 serving his country well as manager of the 

 subscription department of the Army and 

 Navy Journal. 



"Other men have enlisted for a short 

 time, or, like the vicar's son, tried hard to 

 enlist, nnd were rejected through no fault 

 of their own. All honor to them for irj ing. 

 Deaconess Schodts. Miss Fraser, and Miss 

 Ranger made a laborious district canvass 

 In the Interests of food conservation, and 

 there ie hardly a person connected with 

 St. Thomas' Chapel who has not con- 

 tributed service and money in some way 

 or another to our brave national defence 

 of democracy. There were numerous buy- 

 ers of Liberty bonds, even among the very 

 poor. The Mothers' Meeting and the Girls' 

 Friendly Society each bought a Bond on 



RUSSIAN MIND AS REVEALED BY SECTS 



Odd Beiiels of Millions Outside the Orthodox Church — Occult and Oriental Practises of 

 Christs" — A Denomination of Eunuchs — Tendency to Mysticism, Dissent 

 and Anarchy — American Proselyting 



'The 



lous disr.eii*. which is at least a sign 

 of spiritual interest, continue to in- 



the church and are willing to sacrifice all 

 to his service, was never greater, and the 

 opportunity was never before, in modern 

 times at least, so broad and Inviting. 



/ * / 



"The spiritual life of the country faces 

 a crucial situation," says Zion's Herald 



A Crucial in a sUong on the 



depletion of the pulpits ot 

 Period for the nation by the demands 

 t u, r«._j. of war for men. England 



the Church and Canada have just 



passed through a similar experience, says 

 the Herald, which goes on to show that 

 it takes •3000 new men every year to re- 

 pair the ordinary losses in the ranks of the 

 Protestant ministry in the United States! 

 This means that 4:.00 new men should each 

 year enter the training seminaries. Instead 

 of that number, however, only 2500 have 

 enrolled this year. When to this loss of 

 ifJOO men a year is added the vast number 

 of ministers who are leaving their pulpits ta 

 take some active part in the war, the sit* 

 uation is seen to be indeed critical. Th* 

 Herald treats the situation in the follow* 

 ing pregnant utterances: 



"As a nation we shall never be able t« 

 withstand the tremendous pressure of thi 

 war without the spiritual. We are dwejl 



magic wand brings forth the gold in seernl 

 ingly inexhaustible flow. But we must nof 

 blind ourselves as a people. Nations ca* 

 not live by bread alone— no more than man. 

 We have hardly climbed as yet the slope* 

 of Olivet. Our Gethsemane is still before 

 us. But it is there. And when we are 

 passing through it, with all ita bitterness 

 of soul and heartbreak, our gifts of gold 

 will seem so small, great as they are and 

 important! The sweat of blood upon the 

 brow as the cup is pressed to our lips will 

 call for a grip upon the spiritual that 

 many little think of at present. It is the 

 spiritual, in fact, and the spiritual alone, 

 that will sustain us as we pass through 

 the experiences of this terrific ordeal. We 

 must not forget this in this hour of our 

 preparation. 



"To the church of Christ in all Its 

 branches the nation must look for its 

 spiritual undergirding. It is to the church 

 that we must turn to help hold us true as 

 a people to our high ideals, to keep us 

 from hate and bitterness, to sustain us 

 when the load grows heavy, to comfort us, 

 to guide us at last into the light of a peace 

 that shall abide, and shall he for the bless- 

 ing of all humanity. 



"And the church must not be found 

 wanting in this day of testing. 



"The professional in religion, the mere 

 repeating cf words and ceremony, the 

 incidentals of worship and of what we 

 are pleased to call church work, will 

 not do. No, no, not at all! Nothing but 

 the practice of the presence of God as 

 !t has been termed, nothing hut 'the 

 interpretation of the mind of Christ, 

 nothing but the permeating of all of 

 life by the very spirit of Christ will 

 do We must know whom we have be- 

 lieved and be persuaded that in Him 

 in the day of need is strength for every 

 task and burden, and in His teachings 

 light to guide us out of the darkness. 

 "It Is the task of the church to help the 

 people in this hour, that they may be true 

 unto the last and that they may see clearly 

 for the period of reconstruction. 



"It is especially the duty of the ministry 

 and of our leaders in the laity to help re- 

 cruit the ranks of the ministry. Promising 

 young men, youth3 of gifts and of conse- 

 cration, should be approached and their at 

 mention drawn to the work, to the oppor- 

 tunities for service in the ministry. 



"God calls men into this field of labor 

 but often He uses human instrumentalities 

 in doing so. Face to face with the present 

 situation, this is one of the most important 

 tasks devolving upon our pulpit and laity 

 "What a high hour is this for spirit- ' 

 ual endeavor! The church that falls to- 

 day, that wastes its time on the trifllne 

 and trivial, Is guilty of high treason 

 before God. The minister who fritters 

 away his strength in petty sociabilities 



sential anarchism of the Russian 

 temperament. The moral laxity in the 

 relation between the sexes, especially 

 afiir marriage, is possibly an outcrop- 

 ping of^this streak of rebellion against 



Curious Cults of Christianity 



"Holy Rollers," and "Jumpers, ' hys- 

 terical sects which are a modern inno- 



nge 



!CtS 



vishes 



of the Islamic world, and of the mys- 

 terious Druses and Yezidis and Mag- 

 ians and other curious cults of the 

 Mildle East. Ail may trace their des- 



etiits of Asia Minor and Egypt, in the 

 earliest Christian centuries. " Extrava- 

 gant and vein! as these bodies are, 

 they are no new phenomenon. The 

 mystery cults of the East are a famil- 

 iar subject to scholars. 



But here in Russia one finds more 

 forms of religious aberration than in 

 any other Christian land. Some of 

 them, like the Klystys and the Skop- 

 slys, of whom more later, are almost 

 incredible reversions to barbarism and 

 superstition. Others, like the Stundists 

 and Hie Molokans and the Doukho'oors. 

 _»ri* iTmln*r/Mve. to t-.-5^.,i.+.?KV- >-n, 

 denominations. It secrns as if this elf- 

 mental Russian nature were more 

 strongly addicted to religious emotion- 

 alism than any other, and this spirit 

 seeks strange outlets. Camp meetings 

 ami Hilly Sunday revives wou'd be 

 popular here. Especially apt have the 

 people been to follow any new teacher 

 arising and professing sperlal illumin- 

 ation or authority. Despite the bitter- 

 ness of the lot of all dissenters, until 

 the issuance of the Edict of Toleration 

 in lf«>5. the number of sects nnd ad- 

 herents grew- steadilv; for there is an 

 ahuri-lance of martyr stuff in Russia. 

 It remains to be seen whether, under 

 the oomoleto religious liberty which 

 has followed the revolution, this sort 

 of religious devotion will Increase or 

 diminish. "The blood of the martyrs 

 is the seed of the Church," and with 

 no necessity for martyrdom, will relig- 



Most of these sects do not appear in 

 the census reports. According to official 

 figures there are about ninety million 

 members of the Holy Orthodox Church 

 in Russia; eleven and a naif million 

 Roman Ca: nolles; three and a quarter 

 million Pi ctestanus, oxcluslve of Fin- 

 bind, and mostly Lutherans; fourteen 

 million Moslems: five million Jews; and 

 many Buddhists and pagan tribes in 

 the eastern provinces. In addition 

 are the Armenians and other Eastern 

 churches, which will be dealt with later. 



The "Runners" of Religion 



Largest of the distinctive Russian 

 sects, most of whom are often called 

 "runners," because of the necessity of 

 fleeing from place to place,, in order to 

 escape the strong arm of persecution, 

 are the "Old Believers," who are in 

 turn divided Into several sects, such 

 as the "priestless ones." The number 

 of Old Believers is sometimes put as 

 high as twelve millions, although the 

 Russian census indicates only two. 



To a practical Westerner it is un- 

 thinkable that a religious sect con- 

 tinuing for more than two hundred 

 years should arise over such an appar- 

 ently trivial cause as created the Old 

 Believer schism — although, considering 

 the nature 'and history of some of 

 America s many denominations, that Is 



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sects. While the Old Believers have 

 remained a high type of Christian, 

 even in advance their more ortho- 

 dox neighbors, some branches that have 

 sprung from them have gone to ex- 

 cesses that pass Belief. Mo3t noto- 

 rious of these is the large and widely 

 scattered but secret sect called the 

 Klystys, or "Christs. " These people 

 hold that Christ is horn anew in every 

 generation, and that this Christ is sac- 

 rificed by them for the Eucharist. Let 

 me quote here the well-known Church 

 historian, Professor W. F. Adeny, lest 

 1 seem to be Jiving ear to irresponsible 

 stories as I have heard them from edu- 

 cated, English-speaking Russians. Dr. 

 Adeny says concerning the Klystys, 

 "They are said to hail an unmarried 

 woman in their orgiastic dance as 

 •Bogorodisla, Mother of God,' and to 

 address her with the words, 'Thou art 

 blessed among women. Thou shalt give 

 birth to a Savior.' If the young woman 

 becomes a mother and the child is a 

 girl, the infant is brought up to succeed 

 as a new Bogorodistt: if it is a boy, it 

 is regarded as Christ. This child is 

 said to be killed at the altar, and its 

 flesh 

 rist." 

 thorit 



Jews. 

 There is i 



the Slavonic tongue. 





v sought 



to conform it more 





r to the 







lse it of 



ier corruptions that had 

 rh the centuries. 



to 



ither 



dence of the Russian state of mind. 

 The reform created such a protest that 

 it became known as the "Old Dissent," 

 and gnjw to vast proportions, The 

 schisma sirs were mostly from the 

 peasant class. Their objection was to 

 any inn vation whatsoever in the ser- 

 vice, i (though their conservatism 

 should : ave been satisfied by the fact 

 that Nikon was really seeking a return 

 to the rid ways. Two concrete forms 

 i/J cue tSBWon ware against ihe pro- 

 posal taat persons should cross them- 

 selves With three fingers instead of 

 two, anjd that one letter should be 

 changed, in the spelling of the word 

 Jesus. Ijlthor minutiae, as to the posi- 

 tion of t<ie fingers of the priest in ben- 

 ediction — 

 versy. 

 the con 



Believers became exiles, and many suf- 

 fered death. They were deprived of the 

 offices of the clergy, and of the sacra- 



to this day. The hope is expressed 

 that the Moscow Conference may bring 

 them back into the Church. 



Forms of Religious Saturnalia 



Out of the Old Believer schism, most 

 formidable of all, grew many other 



eontrc 

 upo 



blood eaten for the Eucha- 

 r. Adeny, while quoting au- 

 ■r the statement it these hor- 

 tices, yet recalls that not dis- 

 targes were made against the 

 'istians, and later against the 



doubt that the Klystys, 

 lay hold meetings behind 

 and windows in Petro- 

 scow and other cities, do 

 aat have brought the offl- 

 w down upon them. Like 

 of Islam, they 

 frenzy 



of the money-lenders in Petrograd and 

 Moscow are Skoptstys. 1 have seen 

 an elaborate illustrated report upon the 

 sect and its practices, issued by the 

 Russian Government. 



Quakers, Presbyterians and Baptists 



The ineradicable Russian disposition 

 toward the mystical and the esoteric, 

 which has manifested itself in emperors 

 and empresses, and others in the high- 

 est official circles, down to very recent 

 times, has issued in many other sects, 

 a full catalogue of which can be found 

 in any good history of religions. Tne 

 spiritual restlessness of the Muscovite 

 temperament is well illustrated by Tol- 

 stoi's renunciation of all his worldly 

 possessions and fame, and his dying 

 pilgrimage to a monastery. The hordes 

 of Russian pilgrims who annually were 

 accustomed to go to the Holy Land 

 exhibited the same trait. 



Three of the most admirable of the 

 Russian sects have been likened to the 

 Quakers, the Presbyterians and the 

 Baptists. These, are Bibe-i eading seek- 



after 



al 



uth, 



vh,, li- 



the 



aping and chant- 

 ongs. Their or- 



A Sect of Eunuchs 



In reaction from tl^e immoralities of 

 the Klystys 

 strange sect, kne 

 t;ute "fit 



about making the. 

 the Gospel's sake, 

 the Klystys early I 



h:;s another 

 the Skoptstys, 

 Paul's words 

 ;s eunuchs for 

 y broke off from 

 the eighteenth 

 lly, all have not 

 been true to the strict tenets of their 

 creed, else the cult would have died out 

 in a generation. However, some do not 

 follow the example of Origen until after 

 they have been married and have had 

 children. The ele. 



elaborate forms of the old Church did 

 not satisfy. Best known of these in 

 Canada and the United States are the 

 Doukhobors, who, under the stress oi 

 fierce persecution, and aided by Phila- 

 delphia Quakers, emigrated to Canada 

 After trying times, they have settled 

 down into prosperous communities, and 

 are valued citizens. They have mys- 

 tical elements in their belief, such as 

 the doctrine of the Inner Light, which, 

 like their practice of non-resistance, 

 they hold in common with the Societ 

 of Friends; but essentially it ie the 

 ethical side of religion that apneals to 

 them. They entirely repudiate the 

 hierarchical and sacerdotal system of 

 the Orthodox Church; and their name 

 means, "Spirit-wrestlers," whicf term 

 indicates their opposition to rit :s and 



Somewhat eimilar to the Douk hobors 

 arc Ihe Molokans, who have beer called 

 the Russian Presbyterians, beta jse of 

 the similarity of their doctDlnj s and 

 I radices to that Protestant body. 

 They rely entirely upon the Bible, 

 nnd reject icons, and crossings a d tire 

 other characteristic forms of I usaMn 

 worship. 



In the same category arc tho tnuch- 

 ncritrrted 3rinmav»trsi -ot Baptist : 

 are the only one of these Jarget sec'- 

 known to have a western origin. They 



who 



tion from God, -and 

 the parent schism 

 and emotional sean 

 form of worship. 



The 



as do 

 Uerical 

 e their 

 Government 



calle't 



God." Their principles are essehtialb 

 those of western evangelical (Chri 

 tianity, of the Baptist type, 



nr) they 



classes them with the Klystys 



Outwardly, though, these Christian 

 eunuchs, who can be readily distin- 

 guished by their physical character- 

 istics and their thin, high voices, are 

 the mildest of men and women. Most 



s and exact 1n the 

 All of these three 

 seekers after light 



that the ban of official 



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ived from | 



What of American Proselyting? f 



Right here arises a delicate question, = 



upon which it is not pleasant to speak = 



candidly, concerning the propagation s 



of American forms of Protestantism in = 



Russia. Already the American Bap- = 



tists have a number of churches in = 



this country; and so far is the principle = 



of individualism carried among them ^ 



that 1 have been told of one small s 



town in which there are six varieties ^ 



of Baptist churches. Several Ameri- = 



cans in Russia have spoken to me of = 



the tendency of the Baptist mission- = 



aries to provoke difficulties with the == 



authorities. There Is also a Methodist = 



Episcopal propaganda, centring in = 



Petrograd, in charge of Rev. George = 



Simonds. The manifest needs of the EE 



Russian Church, and the equally patent = 



desire for a simpler form of Christian- = 

 ity on the part of many Russians, have 



been the warrant of those who have EE 



carried these "missions' into Russia. EE 



Aside from thosa persons officially = 



connected with the Methodist and Bap- EE 



tist propagandas, I have heard only = 



one opinion in Russia, from Ameri- = 



cans as well as from progressive Rus- || 



slans, concerning the desirability of the = 



projection of American denominations EE 



into this country. One distinguished = 



Protestant leader expressed the com- = 



mon view in about these worde: §E 



"It would be a very great mistake = 



for America to start opposition EE 



to the Russian Church. It would = 



decidedly not make for friendliness, nor = 



really for the spiritual benefit of Rus- = 



r:ia, since the antagonis-m aroused = 



wonld hurt the cause of Christianity. EE 



Arrcrica wants to help this country in = 



every possible way: and, religiously, we §§ 



can surely best do so by cooperating g 



Tvith the Rr.sslan Church, to stimulate == 



rrithln ifs own membership the most = 



spiritual and liberal forms of Chris- EE 



tianity. Already the contact of the EE 



Orthodox "h'.irch with America, == 



through tho priests who have served = 



there, and are now In high place here, = 



s manifestly beneficial. Let us not = 



shunt this great opportunity, for the = 



sake of cetablishfng a few more Meth- = 

 odist or Baptist congregations." 



Unquestionably the drift of the times. S 



:\= shown bv the Edinburgh Conference Er 



in fSwr*.eerv Vmnctvcl, .,i.rt at -i rTtnarefl- 5 



by the war, is toward a greater eom ; ty == 



and cooperation and cordiality among = 



the various Christian communions. It = 



would br, regrettable if Russ:a.'s in- == 



trlcate and delicate Internal situation = 



should be further complicated by f£ 



religious rivalry. = 



This great people are at present !'!<e = 



sheep without a shepherd. They need §§. 



leadership of very good kind. In the EE 



past, they have been quick to follow ^ 



religious teachers with personality. It Is = 



entirely within the pale of possibility = 



that deliverance may come for troubled = 



Russia in the form of a great religious = 



leader, with a passion for genuine = 



spirituality as well as for patriotism. EE 



Such a man would find most of the =E 



people, regardless of their church or EE 



sectarian relationships, ready to rise == 



up and follow him, if he can but cry, = 



like Peter thoGrea t, " It Is the will of God." = 



| 



I'bia. To us It is all fresh and i 



it r leaire in our h**rte t| 



Hp true Americanism spread and deepen* 



. -• W ren think we Mflpraclatl 



I 



B tiiaai induwreht 3e«een<ta*>t« o| 



Revoiuiionary fighters. For this reaeoil 

 I 

 I 



to both Church an l 9 I 

 we .ire too heavy of body, or too physltjalla 

 ''e.fcciho otherwise, or too much 'up irl 

 veai-.s,' or if home-lies seem too strong 

 to be broken by enlistment. let 

 Proud that we can do our bit right here, c 

 Oast r.fth and East BOOl streets. Let uJ 

 rejoice in t ho true, feeling that it is even| 

 ft greater and more permanent bit of i 



I 



Ice we can give in a temporary Worlcf 

 War like that we as a, people have jusi 

 entered upon. This great work for Ameri-1 

 canihin among our nr-igli bors can go hamf 

 in hand with a hearty support of thosf 

 who must fight in the less Important bull 

 more bloody battles on sea or land. Theyj 

 will fight all the better because • 

 what they are fighting for, and becausf 

 we keep up the work of making men lo\ 

 democracy and freedom at home as well f 

 abroad." 



The School of Trinity Episcopal Chnrc 

 Boston, having given its superintendent, itf 



H 0W Trinity ^Z^tZZ^ 

 Church School is staff and pupils, foi 

 Doing Its Bit ^keenl^m.erestedl 

 treai ..nr. this interest finds expressioi| 

 in several ways both in the exercises 

 the school and in the endeavor for mo 

 imerate help. The school each SundaJ 

 pens with a short service conducted h'M 

 GabrieJ 



-•arren. who has Introduced several" 

 ur.-s to increase patriotism. While the| 

 alms are being collected, the school i 

 "America," following the custom at We! 

 Point. To the verses already well know, 

 Has been added the following stanza raiicl 



ci-,-ep-l 



ing over the border: 



Bring: them safe home agal 



(Joel save our mon. 

 Make them victorious. 

 Patient and chivalrous. 

 Thoy ara so dear to us, 

 God save our men. 

 Another feature of patriotism and re-| 

 gious instruction comes at the close. 



during the service, and car-| 

 at the processional and 

 two flags, the national ban-l 

 rhurch banner. At a certain! 

 service the two banner bear-1 

 • places by their flags. Flrst| 



the national flags picks 

 is he holds it aloft the school 

 ig. with the hand salute, thief 

 ;giance so familiar 

 "I pledge allegianc 

 lag. and to the Republic for which itl 

 stands; one nation indivisible, with libertjf 

 md Justice for all." Then the other 

 aises aloft the church flag and the school 

 alutes and pronounces the pledge to thlJ 

 dag: "I pledge allegiance to my flag, ancj 

 to the Saviour for whose Kingdor 

 stands; one brotherhood, uniting all i 

 kind in service and love." After this 

 .mpils sing from memory two verses oi 

 stirring hymn "Fling out the Banner. 



Work of a more practical nature take^ 

 place through the organizations meetinj 

 during the week which are all closely 

 sociated with the church school. At Tri 

 ity House several groups of boys and yo 

 men meet weekly, all of whom are m 

 bers of the school. All of these are 

 ing some war work. One club pledged il 

 self to raise $125 for the Y. M. C. A. Arf 



platfori 

 ed by boys 

 •essional are 



■taimr 



Two are doing Red Cross w 

 ing scrap books and pictui 

 other winding thread for 

 and making trench candles, 

 similarly organized ! 



it for f 

 >rk, one n 

 i puzzles, 

 comfort ba^ 



The girls 

 y one of theil 



groups are engaged in Red Cn 

 one kind or another. The Parents' Assd 

 elation has undertaken to provide Basl 

 Hospital No. 6 of which its founder, Re\l 

 H. K. Sherrill, is chaplain, with magazine! 

 and books. Every organization and grouf| 

 of the school is trying to do its "bit" 

 all together they make quite a sizable con-| 

 tribution. 



/ * / 



Sherwood 

 the front, 



Sherwood 



Eddy Speaks 



(Editor's Note: This is the sixth ot a special series of articles upon religious condition! 



personal observations In Canada, Japa n, China, Russia, th, 



the < 



His investigations include 



churches let us give thanks to God for His 

 goodness and His infinite patience and pity, 

 for freedom and prosperity, for our nation 

 and our homes, for the past security of our 

 shores, for peace within our own borders, 

 for the -sense of national unity and brother- 

 hood, for the honor of self-sacrifice and 

 the glory of service unto death, for God's 

 gracious love, and for the salvation pro- 

 vided for us 'and for all mankind in Jesus 

 Christ cur Lord. 



"On Friday let us implore, the compas- 

 sion and forgiveness of God, and confess 

 and repent our sins, our selfishness and un- 

 brotherlmess, our acceptance of un-Chris- 

 tian conditlonn and ideals, our toleration of 



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injustice among ourselves or in our re- 

 ions to other peoples. 



'On Saturday let us beseech God for His 

 blessing upon our homes, our communities, 

 11 out agencies of service and benevolence, 

 mr eount-y, for the overthrow uf wrong 

 nd the triumph of righteousness, for the 

 nllghtonment of the mind of the nation to 

 know and 'do His will, for cocrage to en- 

 evcry sacrifice at the call of duty, for 

 fortitude in the hour of adversity, and that 

 lay offer unto God for His work the 

 united body of the nation. Let tis pray 

 . >ur soldiers and sailors that they may 

 assist by God's grace In the sure reestab- 

 lishment of law and order and Justice. Let 

 i-Jore Him in His infinite goodness to 

 soften the hearts, enlighten the minds and 

 quicken the conscience of all men ths! 

 courses of wrong may be relinquished, that 

 lion of blood may be stayed, that 

 the hurt of humanity may be healed, that 

 friendship and good will may be restore- 

 ,nd that peaci may be established through 

 out the earth. 



"Cn Bunrlay let us moke intercession for 

 all men, for the suffering and destln 

 for our Ailic and for our enemies, for 

 those who have tone forth from tin, with- 

 out anger cr hate, at the call of duty, io 

 "■erve our nation and mankind in tics K ica 

 struggle on h.nd and sea, that ma 



urge the churches to as general an observ- 

 ance as possible." 



/ * / 



Putting the inspiration of a militant 

 religion into the morale of the American 

 forces at the front is the 

 object of a campaign 

 for Every Sol- now being launched by 



A Testament 



dier and Sailor 



the 



American churche 



hich will put a Testa- 

 ment into the hands of every American 

 soldier and sailor. The American Bible 

 Society, which has assumed the responsi- 

 bility of raising a fund of $400,000 to 

 cover the cost, is getting out a special 

 soldier's edition — free from the usual 

 trappings of gilt and morocco, khaki 

 bound, easy to handle and to read — a 

 book for the fighting man. 



Those who are accustomed to think of 

 Christianity as a milk and water affair 

 will be interested in reports from the 

 front. The Y. M. C. A., which will be one 

 of the principal distributing agencies for 

 the Testaments, reports that the Bible 

 is the most popular bonk in the trenches, 

 and that the demand far outdistances the 

 present supply. The trials and tempta- 

 thespir- 



Bishops of the Episcopal Church, the 

 Congregationalists, the National Service 

 Commission of the Presbyterian Church, 

 the Reformed Church, and others, have 

 already pledged their support to what 

 may be described as a movement to put 

 tl . church behind the American Armv in 

 France. 



The Massachusetts Bible Society is defi- 

 nitely pushing this movement in New Eng- 

 land. 



Contributions for this fund should be 

 sent to William Foulke, treasurer, Bible 

 House, Astor place, New York. 



/ * / 



A cablegram to the American Board from 

 the United States consul at Vladivostok, 



Missionaries Russia ' datei3 Nov - 15 - an- 

 nounces the starting of a 

 Moving Into party of the board's 

 „ . workers on the last stage 

 tvussia of the!r lons journey 



from America to South Russia and the 

 Trans-Caucasus. The group of eight left 

 San Francisco on July IS. When they 

 reached Japan, Russian ports were closed 

 to travellers either going in or coming out. 

 After it was possible to enter Russia, com- 

 munication with the American consul at 

 Tiflls and with the relief workers there 

 was interrupted and the Americans were 

 advised to await direct word from the 

 south before going on. since conditions ot 

 travel were so disturbed. 



They went to work studying Russian, 

 teaching English and doing Y. M. C. A. 

 work in Vladivostok, their telegrams 

 Tlfiis. even though sent through the Am 

 can consul, apparently failing to re: 

 that City and letters bringing no ansv 

 After weeks of effort, when it seemed 

 if the party would hav a j g settle down 

 for the winter in Siberia, Consul Willough- 

 by Smith of Tiflls forwarded to the head 

 •f the party in Vladivostok a wire ft 

 American board men in Erivan. in 

 Ti'ans-Cauoasus, which read: "\Y 

 atly li 



company with Dr. George C. Raynolds, 

 the veteran of the. Van station who was 

 hurrying back from America in the hope 

 of Joining his wife and the besieged mis- 

 sionaries in the city at the foot of the 

 lake. Dr. Raynolds and Mr. White met th e 

 fleeing Americans in Tiflls, where Mrs. 

 Raynolds died from injuries and hardships 

 of the siege and the flight over the moun- 

 tains. 



Nearly every one of the group which 

 went through that experience is now back 

 on the field again, doing rescue work, ad- 

 ministering relief funds, gathering up and 

 caring for fatherless children and starting 

 industrial work for the widows and the 

 homeless. The eight newcomers will have 

 plenty of work laid out for them. 



/ * / 



Rev. James Sheerin, formerly rector of 

 St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, South 



Honor List of St. ^° 3ton ' , now vioar of St. 



Thomas' Church, New 

 Thomas' Chutch, Vork, writes to this col- 

 New Vnrk- imn that li,e honor list 

 0 K of St.. Thomas' Chapel, of 

 'hich ho has especial charge, now includes 

 sixty names, while that of St. Thomas 

 Church includes over one hundred. "The 

 Chapel soldiers," he says, "are mostly ot 

 German parentage, and are. loyal young 

 fellows, American born, as a rule, right in 

 tha heart of New York city. They are wil- 

 ling and proud servants of the United 

 States, and we are proud to have them go, 

 no matter what pain and los3 it may bring, 

 for we are in hopes that a service like this 



payments in the name of the society, and 

 every member of every organization 'shows 

 nothing but willing readiness to aid in 

 enfv possible way in our gigantic national 

 effort." 



Mr. Sheerin adds: "I like this work. Its 

 opportunities of real service are limitless, 

 and what more can one want?" 



Certainly, what more can one want than 

 an opportunity to serve among people who 

 serve as do those in the above list, and in 

 imitation of Him Who said: "I am among 

 you as one that serveth." 



In the Messenger, a twelve-page paper 

 issued by St. Thomas' Church Itev Mr 



No Hyphen for f^^^f, edit , 0 . r , 1 l aUy 



These For- and his observations have 



eign-Born 



nplic 



.the 



city communities than that 

 to which it is addressed He says: 



"We who live and work on the East Side 

 of New York have a special social duty 

 that exceeds that of the majority of peo- 

 ple elsewhere It Is the duty of helping 

 to make good and loyal American citizens 

 out of the new immigrants who seem fated 

 to settle here for a time and go no fur- 

 ther. We, who belong to St. Thomas' 

 Chapel, have an even greater call in this 

 direction, for we are at the very heart 

 and centre of it all, between tho tipper 

 and lower East Side, and every known na- 

 tionality is fn our midst. Most of lls in 

 the Chapel are of either foreign-born 

 parents or grandparents. We are near 

 enough to the newcomer*! to sympathize 

 with them in their hopes and fears, and 

 to console them in their keen d isappoint- 

 menta on first arrival, and, as the y 

 go by, when they discover that all wa 

 not gold that had glittered across the At- 

 lantic. We are also near enough th 

 older Americans to understand America 

 character and ideals, and we are xome-i 

 times more in love with these beautiful! 

 things than the other Americans whoa 

 goes back t.- | hi 



Eddy, recently returned | 

 speaking last week 

 "Our Boys in Khaki" 

 representative New Yc 

 women gathered in t 

 home of Mrs. William Jay | 

 o N Y. Women Sch t e ffelln. o East Sixty- | 

 ixth street, in connection with the grea l 

 Drive" of the Young Men's Christian As- 

 ! :clation outlined the plans of Association 

 1 aders, in cooperation with General fersh- 

 for a resort in the French Alps, to 

 hich he mw send men on furlough. 

 ■omtj m e " -Ge neral Pel 

 - i. ,,. i 



led as one offset to the perils of the sol- 

 a's life, whose temptations Dr. Eddy has 

 fjund to bo in proportion to a man's pay 

 Ad to his distance from home. "The ha: 

 pies on the streets of Faris know," sai 

 Dr. Eddy, "that our boys are the best pal 

 stldiers in Ketone." Winter sports and th 

 society of good English and American w< 

 men are among several agencies oropose 

 fhr this resort of General Pershing in h 

 aim to keep Americans fit and fighting, t 

 safeguard them at every point uossibb 

 and to bring them home still the country 

 greatest asset instead of a menace to th 

 succeeding generations. Dr. Eddy enlarge 

 on the demands and onnortnnities of prison 

 work. The United States is the only na- 

 tion whose representatives are admitted to 

 the prisons of both sides; but, having got 

 in as neutrals, American secretaries still 

 go in and out of German prisons, where 

 they must soon meet American as well as 

 English and French boys. 



Dr. Allan MacRossie, army chaplain, with 

 two sons in important posts at the front, 

 also snoke at this meeting. At its close. 

 Mrs. Schieffelin'6 sons, who are cousins of 

 Victor Chapman, and other young men in 

 uniform, passing plates, received $33,0o'2 

 in cash, pledges, and Liberty bonds as the < 

 contribution of the morning. 



/ * / 



Mr Henry T. Richardson of Brookllne, 

 president of the Congregational Union of 

 . Greater Boston, made an 



Union Which address Wednesday even- 

 Sustains Small ing-. at a supper in Har- 

 vard Church, on the 

 Churches work ot lhe Tj nloni Tne 



organization is twenty-one years of age. 

 It was established for the purpose of 

 aiding the smaller churches within a ra- 

 dius of fifteen miles around Boston, 

 bringing to them fellowship and support I 

 from the. older and in some cases more [ 

 prosperous organizations, 

 instrumental to a considerable degree in | 

 the establishment of twenty new 

 churches and of remodeling eight others. 

 It has thus, in utilizing the modest sum 

 of $90,000 during the twenty-one years, 

 been a material help in bringing into ex- 

 istence and holding up twenty-eight dif- I 

 fcroit enterprises for the ministry of tho | 

 Gospel, the entire cost of which totals 

 s-a.iii ono. and the total amount of mort- 1 

 s;,i;.'s on these churches amounts to onlyl 

 SfTo.iHW. The Church Union not only af-l 

 fords aid financially but it 

 Intermediary of fellowship and care be-l 

 tween independent churches, which need, I 

 possibly, is a weakness In the Congresa-I 

 tional body. Mr. Richardson stylei 



I 

 I 



the way of solution. 

 The Union, In making 

 ten an 



