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■ THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, » MOVE MADE FOR GREAT UNION OF ALL PRESBYTERIANS Dr. W. 15. Jennings, of Germantown. I’a.. formerly of Macon, Ga. LEPER COLONIES IN ILS. ILL America, However, Helps Million Victims in Orient Little, As- , serts Woman Missionary. Although there are several hundred lepers in the United States, they are well cared for and leprosy is not apt to spread, according to Miss Bertha G. Johnson, of ; Chicago, who, as field secretary of the mission to iepers in India and the Far Bast, addressed church workers Monday morning in the Central Congregational Church. The occasion was the annual meeting of the central committee of Presby terian women for foreign missions. v representing the six women's boards - Of foreign missions in connection with the General Assembly of the Presby terian Church U. S. A. "Out of several hundred lepers In ' the United States,” declared Miss Johnson, "there are only two colonies officially designated as such. One of these is near New Orleans and the other in Massachusetts, at Penikese, both of which are well managed. Small Fund Raised in U. S. "There are perhaps 1,000,000 lepers in the world, chiefly found in) the Oriental'lands. They are, of course, very plentiful in India, where my work has taken me. Lepers receive little assistance from the other na tives of India, since they are consid ered outcasts. Barely more than $15,000 was raised in the United Statesdis 1912. but $35,000 Is expected to be 1 raised’ this year. Leprosy is both contagious and incurable, ac cording to the latest in science, but clinical investigations give^ hope that a cure may be discovered.” Miss Margaret E. Hodge, president The next Bell Telephone directory goes to press May 31. Now is the time to subscribe in order to get your name in the new book. If you wish to make changes or corrections in your listings, write to the manager, Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company. of the Philadelphia board, presided. Prominent among the speakers were Mrs. D. E. Wald, of New York, of the Woman's Board of Home Missions »f the Presbyterian Church U. S. A.; Mrs, W. C. Winsborough, of Kansas City, of the Woman's Council of Mis sions of the Presbyterian Church U. S. A., and Mrs. H. C. Campbell, of Pittsburg, of the Women's General Missionary Society of the United Presbyterian Church of North Amer ica. Welcomed by Mrs. Ottley. Mrs. J. K. Ottley welcomed the mis sionaries to Atlanta; Mrs. Halsey L. Wood, of New York, reported for the central committee; Mrf W. B. Jen nings, of Philadelphia, introduced the missionaries, and Mrs. E. Boyd Weit- zel, of Philadelphia; Mrs. H. R. El liott, editor of Woman's Work, and Miss K. M. Birdsall, editor of Over Sea and Land, contributed to the program. Mrs. George S. Moffett and Miss Mabel Moore took charge of the delegates for the committee on ar rangements. At the conclusion of Miss Johnson's talk on lepers a collection was taken up to further this work. On the program for Tuesday after noon is a discussion of problems which the Christian church finds In China, as presented by the Rev. Frank W. Bible, of Hangchow, China, a talk on womanhood and its possi bilities in Persia, by the Rev. Robert Labaree, of Urumia, Persia, and a general discussion by Mrs. C. H. Ban dy, of Fatehgarh, India, Banquet to McCormick Alumni Commissioners. An enjoyable social feature in con nection with the Presbyterian Assem blies will be the banquet at the Ponce DeLeon Baptist Church on Monday, beginning at 5:30 o'clock in the aft ernoon and continuing for two hours. The Rev. George H. Atkinson, pres ident of the Albemarle Normal and Industrial Institute, Albemarle, N. C„ will be the host upon this occasion. He has extended to all members of the alumni of McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, of which semi nary he also is a graduate, an invita tion to be his guests. The Rev. Mr. Atkinson desires it to be understood that all commission ers of the Presbyterian Assemblies who are McCormick alumni are cor dially invited to be present at the banquet. There will be a number of other specially invited guests present, the whole party to number more than 100 Miss Essi Roberts, of Fairburn, and Commissioner Miller, of Pittsburg. Rev. John T. Stone, new mod erator of Northern Church. Photograph taken at the Agnes Scott campus when I lie Pres byterian, delegates were entertained by the college girls. FAILING, HE Slllu New Moderator Tells His Plans +•+ *E«-E -E*-E -E»-E *•+ Dr. Stone to Dodge ‘Itinerating’ Warren H, Wilson Stirs Assem blies by His Address at the Tabernacle. New Comet Pale; It Has No Tail CAMBRIDGE, May 19. — The Schaumasse comet, the latest visitor from the jnter-stellar regions, is rather disappointing to the ordinary- star gazer, according to a report of observations received in the Harvard observatory. Prof. Barnard, of the Yerkes Observatory' at Lake Geneva, Wis., has been unable to find any semblance of the usual fiery append age commonly known as a tall. The comet's illuminating powers have reached only the tenth magnitude. Astronomers hope the comet's bril liancy will increase in the next few weeks. i I White City Park Now Open Agitation among Presbyterians at tending the three great Assemblies reached a high pitch Monday morn ing in discussions of the declaration Sunday by Warren H. Wilton that the church faced a serious crisis. Mr. Wilson spoke before the Coun try Life mass meeting at the Baptist Tabernacle. His statistics, presented before the gathering to prove his as sertions that lack of religious interest throughout the country was rapidly precipitating a general abandonment of churches, have brought the matter forcibly before the commissioners. From the resutts produced there Is little doubt that prompt action will be taken in an effort to remedy the existing condition. Discussions on the subject were heard everywhere among those at the- morning sessions of the Assemblies. Committees probably will be appoint ed before the close of the week to confer with Mr. Wilson, whose activ ities throughout the rural church field have given him a wonderful insight into conditions there, and remedial steps will be taken. At Sunday’s meeting Mr. Wilson analyzed farm life from its religious aspect. While in some sections he ascribed church abandonment to proper causes, he declared in general that it was due to lack of evangelistic j work. Evangelism, he averred, was what was needed, and he*urged that a Rtrenuous campaign along this line be inaugurated immediately. •We are facing a very serious crisis in the country, and church people generally realize if Mr. Wilson said •‘That the Presbyterian Church should have more than 300 abandoned church houses is Itself very serious. But more serious than this is the fact that everv Sunday of the year there are 3,323 Presbyterian Churches closed. “Thepe churches are not abandoned, but on the Lord’s day they are not opened. So irregular is the worship of God in these church houses that more than 3,000 of them. 50 per cent of all country churches, stand closed and silent when the Sabbath comes. Of another great denomination in the South 6,00ft country churches are closed on each Sunday of the year, and of a third great communion 10,000 country' churches when the Sabbath day comes do not open their doors. There is something wrong. “Now. in /his situation the remedy is of profound importance to all. I believe in evangelism, in increasing the number of members and in in creasing the number of our churches in the country. “Let us open the church also to every form of better farming. Let the minister be the agent, the secre tary, the representative and the *a/iolar of srood farming:." . Chicago Pastor Describes His $1,000,000 Religious ‘Plant’ and Social ’Service Ideals. By REV. CHARLES STELZLE. John Timothy Stone, moderator of the Northern Presbyterian General Assembly, will not spend the year “itinerating”—he will remain pretty close to his great church enterprise in CJiicagOj His touch upon the na tional life ^of the church will be through his leadership in the execu tive Commission, which is the Gen eral Assembly’s official active agency during the interim of the yearly meetings, and of which tlte moderator is chairman. Dr. Stone also will retain .a sym pathetic relationship wdth the various boards of the church, advising with their officials in the matter of great er efficiency. If there's 'any time left beyond these tasks he will give it to some of the functions which are of a more social character. This, in brief, Dr. Stone told me to-day, is his program for the coming year. It was in this connection that Dr. Stone spoke of Yhe duties of a min ister: “The first duty of a minister is to his pulpit and the message which God gives him to deliver. His second duty is to his parish and to the people which make up the communi ty in which his church is situated. His third duty is toward the city and all Christian and philanthropic influences which make for human betterment:” Thinks Work Is Scattered. It is Dr. Stone’s conviction that the Influence 4 of the church to-day is lessened by too >mch scattered ef fort—too much abstract discussion of theories and philosophies of what may, be do^\ but which never lead 19 anything definite and constructive. he thing that has marked Dr. Stone’s ministry has been his remarkable concentration upon certain definite tasks and then driving them through with all the force of a fine physical and mental endowment. The great Men’s Club of Fourth Church in Chicago, of which he is pastor, which has an enrollment of ; ono. bears testimony to this fact. But the significant reason of tjie moderator's success is his ability to make oth£r men work. He believes in the philosophy of Dwight L. Moody, the greatest evangelist of this gen eration: “It is better to put ten men at work than to do ten men’s work.” “The greatest obligation of a pas tor is not, in my judgment, to win souls to Christ, but to train his mem bers to be soul-winners,” said Dr. £!tone. And here we have one of the 4 reasons why there are to-day hun dreds of people on the “waiting list” of Fourth Church, eager to become members of the church. “However,” Dr. Stone quickly add ed, “every pastor who so seeks to trafn his members is constantly and always preaching a soul-winning gos pel in his pulpit.” Noted M«n Assist Him. The group of men who are stand ing by Dr. Stone in his Chicago church are among the most promi nent in American business life. Here are just a few of them: Cyrus Mc Cormick, president of the Interna tional Harvester Company; E. H. Smith, president of the Oliver Type writer Company; Richard R. Sears, of Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Alexander Revell. president of the Revell Fur niture Company; Howard Elting. president of the Chicago Association of Commerce, which has 4.000 mem bers; Frank J. Loesch, the Western attorney for the Pennsylvania Rail road Company; Henry P. Crowell, president of the American Cereal Company, of Quaker Oats fame—but the list might be continued indefi nitely. These men are loyal to their min ister in the great plans which have been maturing under I)r. Stone’s di rection during the past four years. When he was called to Chicago from his Baltimore church, Dr. Stone was frankly told by his friends that there was no field in this district in Chi cago for the building up of a reli gious enterprise. But Dr. Stone has amply demonstrated the fallacy of this prediction. Fourth Church is crowded at every service. It is often impossible to secure a seat. “What should be the attitude of the church toward the people—the poor?” I asked Dr. Stone, and this is about what he said: Outlines Community Ideal. • “The church should care for all the people. It should minister to the needs of the entire community. Its services- should be so arranged that, like those of the Roman Catholic Church, they suit the convenience of all grades <>f workers. The church building should be open all day, so that the poor workingwoman as well as her richer sister may come in to rest and pray. “But the church itself should be used only for worship. In our new church building we shall put in the best organ that It is possible to build It is to be given by Mrs. Emmons Blaine, who is greatly interested in social work in Chicago. Bhe has given orders to Skinner, the famous organ builder of Boston, to spare no ex panse In bulking it. Tin* organ will be dedicated for the purposes of wor- srh i p. “Our new plans, which will cover an entire city square, costing nearly $1,000,000. will be so arranged that we shall have buildings for every le gitimate purpose in connection with church work.^ including gymnasiums, club rooms and the various other or ganizations. Facing Lake Shore Drive, the church itself will be of pure Gothic structure, peatihg 1,500 persons. The plan of the group of buildings will be much like that adopted by many Eng iish colleges. In the center will be an open fountain court, a cloister in front separating the buildings from the street. There will be a fine mapse for the minister’s family, but which will really be the ‘people’s house.’ ” Building Fund Paid In. “I am glad to say,” said Dr. Stone, “that every dollar of the amount nec essary to erect this magnificent se ries of buildings was paid in before we began to build. The chairman of the committee of eight having the entire matter of the construction of the buildings in charge is Thomas B. Jones, w r ho was president of the Uni versity Club of Chicago and chairman of its~bml(Jmg committee. The plant of the University Club is said to be the finest of its kind in America. Mr. Jones is the type of man who is giv ing his time to the work that we are doing in Chicago.” “It must not be imagined that our fine equipment is to be used only for the rich,” said Dr. Stone. “The sur vey recently made of our parish—the Twenty-First Ward of <’h*cago—re vealed the fact that we have every conceivable problem which confronts the average downtown city church. We shall make every attempt to get at this situation. “Fourth Church field was once characteristically residential. It had within Its area some of the finest residences and best families in Chi cago. But The other night within a few blocks of the church a murder w r as committed in one of the worst saloon# in the city. Has Dance Hall Problem. "It Is said by the social workers who are familiar with the conditions that many of the worst dance halls are found in this district. These are visited every night by young people who live in the boarding houses and apartments near by. it is quite ap parent that one of the most impor tant groups to which Fourth Church has to minister is found among these young men and women. Rather un- usflul is the fact that while the popu lation of the ward is growing minors are rapidly decreasing, while adults are increasing. “In the two public schools found in this district the enrollment has de creased in the past ten years from 1,721 to 1,106. Indeed, out of a total population of 47,906 there are only 8,274 persons under 21 years of age. It is striking also that of this total population in the ward 26,831 are Americans, and the principal groups consist of Americans, Germans, Irish, Scandinavians and English. “Ninety salopns are battling against five churches, and the saloons are among the most demoralizing in Chi cago. “Hidden away In tne cheaper lodg ing houses and h<*u8ekeeping apart ments in this district are many per sons who are trying to forget their past. Many of them are making an honest struggle toward better things. They need to be sought out and given encouragement and cheer. They have a birung prejudice agauo>L thf church.” NOW LED BY Miss Olivia Bogaeki. of Mont gomery, one of the charming Ag nes Scott girls. Country Is Undergoing Great So cial and Political Awakening, Says Missionary. MODERATOR HUS IEWTHE0L0GY Stone Has No Patience With Doctrpes That Detract From the Divinity of Christ. The day when masterful. resource ful missionaries—men who are able to lead and who find their natural sphere in leadership—were needed In Tndia is pa»t, in the opinion of D. J. Fleming, of Lahore, in the Punjab district of India, one of the most noted of the foreign missionaries who are here attending the Presbyterian A-ssemblies. “India is undergoing a great social and political awakening,” Mr. Flem ing said Monday, “and the Indian sees in Christianity hie salvation both spiritually and in a political sense. The church of Christ is now organ ized in India, and the kind of mis sionaries we need are not the ones who want to lead and who have the power to lead, but men who are will ing to step into the background and let the natives lead. “The missionary who goes to India to-day should not lead the native so much as he should teach the native to lead himself. If there are commit tees to be formed, the missionary should not put himself In the fore ground and take the chairmanship, but he should allow a native to be tin head of the organization. If there is a moderatorship in the church to be filled, the missionary should not fill it; the post should be given to a na tive. “The present unrest in India gTew out of the embracing of Christianity and the organizing of the church. The English Government has been forced to give the people a certain voice in their government, and the government and the church are now working hand in hand for the better ment of the Indians. “A full-blooded Hindu. Rev. Mr. Azarlah. was recently ordained a bishop in the Church of England. Within the past ten years the church of Christ has Increased in member ship 30 per cent, Just six times as fast as Hinduism and Mohammedan ism. One out of every four native Christians can read, one out of everv 20 Hindus and one out of every 27 Mohammed* ns.” Mr. Fleming is a member of the fac ulty of Foreman Christian College, at Lahore, which has about 500 native students. SMALL ARMY OF OFFICERS TAKE 7 OZARK,DISTILLERS AT,TON, MO.. May 19—The big- gest round-up of moonshiners made in Southern Missouri in fifteen years was completed yesterday by a party of eleven Federal officers, six deputy United States marshals and five rev enue agents, who captured seven “hill billies” distillers in central Oregon County, in the very midst of the Ozark*. . A mammoth crowd heard the sermon of Dr. John T. Stone, Moderator of the Northern Presbyterian Assembly, Sun day afternoon in the Harris Street Church. When the main auditorium was filled, the class rooms adjoining were thrown open and quickly crowded. Dr. Stone emphasized the supernatu ral characteristics of Christ and dis played plainly the fact that he was not In sympathy with any doctrinal move ment which would detract from the di vine attributes of the Saviour. Speaking of the proposed merger of two of the Assemblies, Dr. Stone said: “Christ will attend to that in due time and to His glory.’’ Dr. George H. Maok, of Nashville, Tenn.. one of the founders of the church and its first pastor, offered the flrat prayer. Dr. J. S. Lyons, of Louisville, Mod erator of the Southern Assembly, proph esied in his sermon in the North Ave nue Presbyterian Church that this de nomination whose three Assemblies are meeting in Atlanta will some day be come the most powerful religious influ ence in the world. “I don’t believe that the great Presbyterian Church is going to be false to God in a day like this, he said. 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