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THE FARMER AND MECHANIC.
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RUSSIAN PROTESTANTS MADE
OBJECTS OF PERSECUTION
Kxperiences of Rev. Wm. Felter, the Well Known Rus
sian Baptist Preacher Evangelistic Work of Ko
rean Christians News From Many Lands.
(By Southern Missionary News Bureau.)
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,..rding to "The Continent," Rev.
William Fetler, the Russian Baptist
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!(!) r who iitus iictu suuii remarK-
pnpular acceptance as a preacher
. ro-rad, and who has heretofore
. n .I to enjoy surprising liberties
. r the Russian government, has
I in New lork City confessing
he has at length fallen under an
, .. i d ban which will probably pre-
i.t his ever returning to Russia to
i, ;,n;- his work.
Mr Fetler, though he has himself
. i l such consideration as no other
u-( utifoi rning minister of the gospel
i v. r received in Russia, is far from
, r ihuiastic over the prospects of real
ahl general religious liberty being
n established In that country.
Many signs since the outbreak of the
u.i i . mh h as a new spirit toward the
J. w and the Roles, have encouraged
English observers to predict an era of
It"-! aliation, but Mr. Fetler is in-
lined to quite the opposite forecast.
At least, the Protestants of Russia
have experienced more trouble since
war began than for a long time before
it. Immediately after Russia plunged
into the great European struggle,
Hit iutis government agents recalled
that the Stundists the original Rus
sian Protestants were mostly non
lesistants, and on principle opposed
t war.
Also, it was remembered that the
Siwndists arose originally in a Ger
man colony within Russian bounds.
Tin ir name is, in fact, drawn from
til- liwuiaii word for "hours," signify
ing tin" devotional periods which they
wi re accustomed to observe.
m these grounds it was assumed
hat Russian Protestants were likelv
sympathetic with the enemies
nouncement of that raet has just been
made to the Jews of the United States
ov benor Juan Riano, Spanish Am
bassador to this country, that they
will be welcomed to full citizenship
in Spain, with all bars of inequalitv
and disfranchisement removed. Many
of the American Jews are reported as
seeing in this announcement one of
the means of solving the "Jewish
problem,"' especially just now while
the war is raging and the rights of
Jewish citizens in some of the Euro
pean countries are little regarded
There is only one discordant note, and
that comes from Oscar S. Straus, who
visited Madrid one year ago. He said
that "conditions are not such as to
justify their (the Jews) return, as
there is still a deep underlying preju
dice and the discriminating laws have
not been abrogated." He cites the
opinion of Doctor Yahuda, who, he
said, had been lecturing in Madrid
University and who, after an investi
gation, was oongea to take tne same
stand as Mr. Straus.
From Many Lands.
Bishop Ilartzell reached New York
in good health June 14th, having com
pleted an episcopal visitation of all
the Methodist Episcopal church mis
sions in Africa except Liberia. The
tour occupied nine months and re
quired 24,000 miles of travel by sea
and land. The bishop passed his
seventy-third birthday June 1 at the
Azores Islands while waiting for a
steamer direct to America. DBishop
Anderson accompanied Bishop Ilart
zell as far as North Africa.
"Just as Christian schools
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to
f the nation, or at least indifferent
in the progress of the war. Fetler
himself, having a German name, was
regarded with peculiar suspicion.
He was very soon arrested, and
thrown into prison, where he was in
formed that he would be forwarded
to Siberia. By invoking some of his
influential acquaintances, however, the
pastor was able to get a petition to
the minister of the interior begging
that on account of the poor health
of his wife and the delicacy of his
three-months-old baby, he might be
permitted to substitute exile from the
country for the proposed exile to Si
beria. This being granted, he departed to
Stockholm, and afterward came to
America. Immediatly after his leav
ing eleven other Protestant preachers
"Were banished, ten of them being sent
to Siberia.
AVork of Korean Christians'.
The simple and exemplary faith of
the Korean Christians is becoming
the religious wonder of the twentieth
century. The Koreans have been de
preciated and even despised by the
inilitant forces of the world. But the
beatitude which fell from the lips of
our Saviour is still the axiom of the
higher life. The question which now
"nfronts the nations is this one sim
ple alternative, "Shall the earth be
ruled by ambition, with its weapons
f war, or by Christian meekness,
with its weapons of peace?"
The Missionary Review of the World
reports a missionary's description of
no of the methods of personal work
i.--d by the Christians of Korea.
"Hoon after my arrival I was assigned
t' do visiting in certain homes, and
a little book was given me contain
ing the names of each believer. On
arh page was a second name; and,
when I asked what that meant, I was
informed that that was the name of
the unbelieving woman for whom this
believing woman had promised to
work and pray until she became a
I'hri.stian. I was also requested as
soon as one had become a Christian
h put her name in another place and
hive the first sister decide on another
fr whom she would work and pray.
Many of them have been marked off
ul others put in their places- Pretty
'Winitc personal work, is it not?"
A Striking Illustration.
The following story is well authen
ticated: "In 1835 the Miami Baptist Associa
tion of Ohio divided on mission and
"nti-misslon lines. Nineteen churches,
th 725 members, excluded six
nurches, with 441 members, for hav
" the missionary spirit. In 1888,
hfty-two years later, the nineteen
';ntimissIon churches had decreased
"ve (one has since died), the 742
members had decreased to 151, and
'"t one of these churches had as
many members as in 1836. But the
x missionary churches had increased
to sixty-five, and the 441 members
l ad increased to 7,212."
Spain and tho Jews.
After more than 400 years Spain
has officially declared her doors open
lo the Jews of all nations, and an
as unristian scnoois are a
mighty factor in the homeland, so also
are they being used in China for
bringing people into the kingdom of
God and building up his church," says
Wilson Lielder, of Kaifeny, Honan,
China.
"In the Interior China Mission we
are seeking for a correlated school
system which will include every vil
lage of Honan Province that has been
reached by the gospel. We do not
think that the school can precede the
evangelist, but that it should find its
place along with him. Starting with
the village schools doing primary work
we are seeking to have schools for
grammer work and on up to the col
lege grade. In this way we will be
able to select, by competition, desir
able pupils, those who give promise
for the future, rather than to fill our
schools with undesirable students just
for numbers.
"For the financing of these village
schools there are two methods; one is
to help pay the teachers- That is,
to give the teacher from two and a
half dollars to three dollars Mex. (or
about $1.50 gold) each month and al
low him to charge a small fee of the
students, we having control of the
school. The other method is to pay
the teacher his salary or five or six
dollars Mex. (or about $3.00 gold)
each month and arrange school fees
ourselves.
"For six hundred dollars gold a year
we can employ about twenty teachers
with an average attendance of forty
pupils, bringing us in contact with
eight hundred boys and girls. Does it
stop there? No. By touching these
children we open the doors of their
homes and, with an average of six
persons in these honaes, makes a num
ber 4,800 people reached in one year
for an outlay of six hundred gold dol
lars. What pastor In the homeland
of this salary has an audience of this
number? It you should only count
on the opportunity for giving the gos
pel to the people these schols are
worth wrhile, but instead of only creat
ing this opportunity the schools are
training the future citizens of China.
The president of China by his order
has failed to force the Chinese to cut
off their queues, but when these chil
dren have been" taught the advantage
there is in a body not wearing long
hair, then the queues will go. A
child shall lead them.' God's Word is
just as true concerning the children
of China as it is concerning the chil
dren wrho make music in the homes
of your -own fair southland.
"School work is just being started
in our Interior China Mission. Many
schools have been opened this year.
What we need is a man in each of the
three centers of interior China field
who can supervise these schools, let
ting the missionaries now on the field
give all their time to their own work
Give us your earnest, sympathetic
prayers in this work."
Events In Argentina.
Thos. Spight, a Southern Baptist
missionary at Buenos Aires, Argen
tina, tells of two interesting events as
follows:
"Last week I helped our Russian
pastor, Cristobal Vauag, to inaugurate
the hall in Canuelas, the new out
station of the Southern Railway, a
little oved an hour from my house
on the train.
"I have never seen an opening xo
equal it in this country. It is a town
of about twelve th filial rwl r. A 1 1 r 1 a anil
has the name of being a cultured
place. fWe were expecting consider
able fanaticism, but we were treated
with the greatest consideration by the
people iind also by the authorities
of the town. The mayor released us
from certain municipal taxes and told
us to call if we needed anything of
him. The chief of police was present
one night and gave us protection each
time that we asked it.
"On the first night it rained, hot
had something like fifty men present..
The next two nights the hall was
full, over 100, and the last night there
were about eighty. We had seats for
only about sixty, and the remainder
stood. We secured a good hall on the
main street about half a square from
the main plaza and about a square
and a half from the church. We had
only a few women, but the men wore
frcm all cla?ses, from rich to poor,
low society to the best, infidels and
Catholics, ar.d all gave excellent at
tention, with the exception of a lit
tle disti:rban-ce one night. I never
have sem greater respect or better
attention paid than we received the
last night.
"Vanag is going into the work with
all his heart, and 1 believe that you
will hear from him in the years to
come. He is splendid at making
friends. The work of Constitucion
church is doing well. We have re
ceived by baptism since the beginning
of the year nine members in all, for
the first four months. The church in
general is in a good condition.
"We recently celebrated the tenth
anniversary of our church with spe
cial services afternoon and evening of
two days. We had Don Pablo Besson,
Brethren Sowell, Hart, and L. C.
Quarles present, who gave us some
excellent addresses.
"One of the practical results was
the call made by our church to the
others of the city and La Plata to
meet and consider the organization of
a district association. Seven churches
constitute the charter members."
iSelf-SupiMjrt in Burma.
The Karens of Burma now report
836 Baptist churches with 4S.6S8
members. There is a greater propor
tion, of self-supporting ol urches
among them than exists in any State
of the Southern Baptist .Convention.
Even th? weakest Karen churches are
self-sustaining. The stronger churches
call their pastors and sever the con
nection when they think best, some
times with the knowledge of the mis
sionary, sometimes without. They ex
ercise their own discipline, collect
their own contributions, and decide by
vote where each rupee is to go. It
is, says the last Baptist Mission re
port, not at all uncommon for the
Karens to put up a chapel without
saying a word to the missionary until
they ask him to preach the dedication
sermon.
NORTH CAROLINIANS IN
THE METROPOLIS
(By It.
New York.
S. CAIUIAWAY.)
July 31. North
iaro-
p.ts.ving the last
stopping at the
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CJIIU STIANS. M OIIAMM ED AN S
AXD JEWS PRAY' FOR PEACE.
100,000 of All Faiths Beseech Their
God in "Turkey.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The first united movement among
Christians, Mohammedans, and Jews
in the history of the word is graphi
cally described in a letter received by
Elias G. Baddour, 1203 Spruce street,
from Emeel A. Faris, a former college
mate at the American College, Beirut,
Turkey, and now a soldier in the
Turkish army.
Thirty thousand. Christians, 35,000
Mohammedans and 40,000 Jews, bear
ing the insignia of their faiths,
marched out to three cemeteries to
pray for peace in response to a given
signal-
The letter mailed in Jerusalem
June 10th, reads in part: .
"A committee of forty elders met in
the Central Hotel last Friday evening.
The following day twenty-five men
were sent out to all sections of the
city crying at their utmost voices, say
ing: 'God is great. There is no God
but God, and Mohammed, Christ and
Moses and His prophets. Ye sons of
God and of Abraham, prepare ye with
thy children. At the tenth hour of
Sunday bells from all
ring, heavy guns will
the tower of David,
children of God hear
to thy cemeteries and
lir.ians in large numbers rh-cked to
New York this week, the vacationist
and other pleasure seekers being sup
plemented by many merchants and
their buyers who were here to pur
chase fall and winter stock; fr their
respective firms. Heal mid -summer
weather made tripe? tr the nearby sea
side resorts a pleasure, and many Tar
Heels could be found daily at Bright
on, Manhattan, Coney and the various
other beaches.
Mr. and Mrs. V. B. Mi.rtin and Mrs.
II. H. Weathers, of Winston-Salem, ar
spending a few days in tin- metropolis
on a pleaxure visit. They are stopping
at the Iatham. arriving early in the
present week.
Mrs. K. L. Hurt, f Goldhir. was a
visitor in the city for most f the
week, staying at the st. Denis Hotel.
Mr. ar.d Mrs. D. C. Carmicha-1. of
Charlotte, have been
few days in the city.
ar.aertult Hotel an
sights of the citv.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. March, of High
Point, were among the North Caro
linians visiting in the city during th"
past few days. They were guests at
the McAlpin for a week or more.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Tomlinson, of
Raleigh, have been enjoying a short
visit in Gotham, staying at the Breslin.
Mrs. E. K. Montereo, of Salisbury,
was a guest registered at the Hotel
Victoria for several day:: of the- pres
ent week.
Miss M. A. Alexander and Miss V.
M. Frazier, of HuntersviUe, N. C, havn
been spending the past several days in
; the metropolis, registering at tha
1 Grand.
Tar Heel buvers here this week in
cluded W. T. MeCov, of Charlotte; C.
W. Mellick, of Elizabeth City; W. Lee,
of Monroe; A. L. Price, S. W. Lipin
skv, C. It. Baughn and F. V. McCan-
less. of Asheville; G. W. Hall.
Hickory; W. D. Meyer and W.
Stone, of Greensboro, and C. C. (
of Wilson.
North Carolinians registered at
various Broadway hostelries during
the week included the following:
Navarre W. F. Morgan. Charlotte;
S. S. Mclntyro, Lumberton; K. Shep
pard, Winston, and I. W. Warner.
Raleigh.
Gerard F. H. Harris, Asheville.
Aberdeen F. A. Lyon, Greensboro,
and W. D. Witherbee, Charlotte.
Grand J. G. Murphv, Wilmington;
W. J. High and W. B. Whitaker, Dur
ham; II. Stadiem, Kinston: C. H.
Beard, Winston, and W. F. Brock,
Charlotte
Collingwood B. S. Wells Kerr,
Asheville.
Herald Square H. Silverberg. Win
ston; F. H. Phillips and M. Dworsky,
Raleigh; J. R. Boyd, Roanoke Rap
ids, and II. L. Miller, Morganton.
Park Avenue J. H. Howell, Char
lotte. Woodward J. E. Rumbough, Ashe
ville, and F. Martin. Winston-Salem.
Strand L. Hand, Charlotte.
Broadway Central L. J. Copped ge
and S. A. Hopkins, Rockingham.
Manhattan D. O. Warner, Greens
boro. Continental W. S. Vernon, Char
lotte. Latham G. W. Ity, Asheville.
Flanders W. W. Davis, Raleigh.
Wallick J. O. Brown, Asheville; M.
II. Conrad and W. J. Lancaster, Lex
ington, and C. R. Aycock and F. M.
Watson, Fremont.
McAlpin J. W. Harriss and Fred
N. Tate, High Point; T. D. Wright,
Durham; A. B. Amaker, Asheville; H.
C. Rountree, Rocky Mount, and E. T.
Shepard, J. G. Baird and I. L. Caudle,
Charlotte.
of
II.
lay,
the
HOPKINS TEACHER KILLED.
directions will
be shot from
As soon as ye
this, go forth
pray to God,
thy God, to have mercy and peace
upon His people.'
"At the tenth hour of the following
Sunday bells of churches, schools,
hospitals were ringing from every di
rection, heavy guns were fired from
the tower of David northward and
southward, eastward and westward,
leaving heavy smoke over the city.
It seemed like Judgment Day." '
EACH DOSE OF IODINE
IN A SEPARATE PHIAL
The surgeons of the field hospitals
of the French army, in disinfecting
wounds, are now using tincture of
iodine, supplied to them in tiny
phials, each containing just enough
for one average application.
The phial is made of glass in the
shape of a medicine dropper and is
half filled with the antiseptic, the
remaining space containing air under
pressure of about two atmospheres.
It is sealed by a bead at the pointed
end, and when this is broken off the
liquid is sprayed out under sufficient
force to penetrate deeply into a
wound.
One of the first things that is done
when a man is hit, providing he is
within reach of the surgeons, is to
thoroughly coat his wound with
lodln.
Raymond Ieguy "Was In French Army
At the Time.
Baltimore Sun.
Raymond Leguy, formerly a pro
fessor of French at Johns Hopkins
University school, was killed in battle
lu Europe, according to information
received yesterday by Dr. E. C. Arm
strong, head of the romance language
department of the university. Ie
guy's brother was killed a few months
ago.
Three separate times the young
Hopkins professor plunged into the
thick of the fight. He was in charge
of the French department of the sum
mer school xri 1914 and when the war
broke out he immediately became a
sublieutenant in the French Army
At the front pneumonia seized him
and he went to a hospital. There he
heard of his brother's death in battle,,
and the shock, instead of retarding
his recovery, nerved him to get up
and get into the fight again. But he
was too weak; he became ill and re
turned to the hospital, where his iron
nerve pulled him through.
Again he went directly from the
hospital to the firing lines, and there
he was killed. Nothing but the bare
announcement of his death has ben
received here-
M. Leguy was small of stature and
of slight build, but liery in his patriot
ism for France. Fellow-professors
and students at the summer school
were iona or nim ana nu tuxvm
plishments made him among the most
promising of the younger instructors.
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