| Show I RELIGION IN 1901 H. H J C ld Spying g that prosperity Is bad seems to be borne out Ine in e M Y ip r Just cl closed The e three larg larger r I benevolent societies report repot a ane aie ne ie In contributions The Congre- Congre t I have held their own but butt I ft t report no great forward move- move hp 4 nj 3 The Episcopal missionary board I ea eSi q deficit of ot all the more I an because It is expanding I II I missionary nt The Methodists uK k Se e d done dIe Ie well in raising as r r J century fund but there vf B 1 Ild Indications that it has been done Sie expense of some other Interests Presbyterians and Roman Oathy Oath- Oath y i. i ap appear ear to have done well In all Is J b bodies there has been a growth but the denominational seem to think that It ought to e be been n greater Evangelism has vas 1 1 ean an unsatisfactory showing Va Va- r twentieth century revival m move move- ve ts were started at the tho beginning pf Sj te p e y year but not one ofle one of then fulfilled exi expectations Even Even- church chuich members pp appear ar to be out of sympathy with the p ith t lY iy emotional ap appeals eals to shiners sinners that hat 1 wi Werl once so 50 potent poten pe of the most important events of t the 1 year affecting religion was the presage ge of the associations law by and the resulting expulsion of about mem members ers of religious order orders n a a lew tew of whom came to this country The Presbyterian church decided to top p put forth a statement explaining but riot not superseding its creed The Baptist Baptist Baptist Bap Bap- societies held meetings largely devoted devoted devoted de de- de- de voted to the discussion of ways waya and means The Episcopal general convention convention convention conven conven- tion appointed ted bishops for Porto Rico and aud but ot otherwise r vise too took I no action on burning questions submitted submitted submitted sub sub- to it The Methodist conferences conferences conferences confer confer- appear to have acted acied favorably on the proposition to admit women as delegates to the general conference and the question will now go to that tha body The Tha Roman Catholics have effected effected effected ef ef- ef- ef a federation of their lay societies societies societies socie socie- ties but the year has hs witnessed a anota I i nota notable e activity in Cuba Porto Rico and the Philippines at the expense of that body All the larg larger r Protestant bodies report the erection of churches and schoolhouses and many accessions to tp their membership The fact has ha's just been announced that the Roman Roman church in this country is alive to the nee ace of holding its own in these new possessions and with that end In view v win will tr hz American to o tal taK the the place of native priests At ia ta recent conference all the sects of the Quakers met and declared fo for arbitration Instead Instead in instead In- In stead of war The tendency toward liturgical liturgical liturgical lit lit- worship and ceremonial has hM been developed in the non-liturgical non churches hurches Lent and holy week are looming up larger than the week of prayer and vested choirs have Increased in increased increased in- in creased among the Methodists On n the other hand extreme ritualism Inthe in inthe inthe the Anglican and Epis Episcopal ch churches has received a distinct setback setback and it itis Is believed that it will soon cease cease tobe to tobe be he a vital issue in n these churches While there have been no large benefactions to religion dUrl during g the year many millions of dollars have been given to secular objects in fn some cases y by chur church h members nem ers who declined ed to I give anything the urgent needs o of their d denomination The ch chief ef bene bene- probably hab hah b been en education In one form or another a another a fact which led Dr Minton 1 a well known Pr Presbyterian clergyman of ot Philadelphia to declare recently that the country is university ty mad Hardly less les marked than the tho Interest in interest In- In terest In education has beet beer the quickening quickening quickening quick quick- ening of the churchs church's Infer Interest s' s in social betterment which manifests it sometimes In In t the e broadening of parochial parochial parochial par par- ochial activities but quite as often in the creation of purely secular agen agencies les ies testifying to the sense of sympathy and ard brotherhood Whether or not this Impulse im impulse impulse im- im pulse of or brotherhood was originally in inspired inspired inspired in- in by religion it Is no longer coterminous coter coter- minous with reI religion glon Many men and nd women not religious feel the uplift of its Inspiration and labor with passionate passion passion- ate zeal for the regeneration of the man New New York Tribune |
