The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-12-08
GOOD WORK BY LAYMEN.
j. M. HoughteIing Of Chicago on
st. Andrews Brotherhood.
THE CHURCHMEN' CLUB.
Robert ii. Gardiner of Boston and John
ii. Cole OF New York Tell OF the
Work of the Church Clubs In These
Great Cities.

A regular meeting OF the Churchmen's
Club was held last evening at the Troca
dero. President r. III. /. Goddard
presided.
After the menu had been enjoyed
President Goddard called the company
to order and called upon Professor Upton
to read the report of the special com
mittee appointed to make recommends.
tions concerning alterations in the work
of the club
Ii was recommended that the club be-
come other than a social organization
and do more work for the benefit OF the
church; that the members be given an
opportunity to take part in the discus.
sions; that the expenses be reduced and
that special fund be raised that a G ub,
house may be had for the Churchm. y
club; that committees be appointed from
time TO time to ke known as he outlook
committees"
The first recommendation was adopted
and the consideration of the others was
continued until January o.
y. M. Houghteling of Chicago, presi-
dent OF the St Andrews Brotherhood,
was introduced as the first speaker of the
evening; lie gave the subject OF discus
sion Church Work by Laymanp and
said: The churchman is Christian.
A Christian is disciple OF Christ. A di-
scipie Is learner aud follower of Him
The relation OF a layman To the church is
like that OF disciple to the King
IL was only few years ago that few
young men OF Chicago formed the st.
Andrews brotherhood and now it num-
hers II, 600 strong. There are branches i'm
Canada. Great Britain, Australia and
Brazil and the brotherhood seems likely
10 enclrcie the globe. Its members are
mainly Notwithstanding chruchmen.
Two months ago the convention of
the brotherhood met in Boston. | ven
ture to say II was the most representa-
gathering of churchmen ever held in this
country. There Is no aristocracy in the
Brotherhood. There were men at the
convention OF every occupation, black
and white, and from all over the country.
They met there for four days, and there
was no disposition to do else than TO
spread the knowledge of the brotherh cd
or The Kingdom of Christ.
The brotherhood is an organization of
men who pay every day for the spread of
Christ's Kingdom. Its sole object is to
spread Christs kingdom among young
men, aud we do not count age by years
Every member is asked TO bring some
young man to church every Sunday. The
brotherhood welcomes man at the door.
sits with him in the pew and visits him
at MS home. We are trying to seek
hrst the Kingdom Of God and his right
eousness. We have two or three thous-
and dollars in our endowment fund and
support bed at ST Luke's Hospital. |
which is for the use of sick young men.
We are educating the young men of |
the country. We publish the best church |
paper in the country. 1t is the St. |
Andrews Cross. Three things have |
stood In the way of our church. sIeepi- |
ness, worldiness and foolishnessn
Mr.. Houghteling closed by telling the
story OF the forty wrestlers
John IL. Cole, secretary of the New
York Church Club, was the next speaker
lie spoke of the New York Church Club
as the parent club. The great amount of
the good work going on in his CITY was
being done by laymen aud by women.
lie spoke OF the methods used by his !
club and showed the relations OF lavmen
and the church. He believed that church
stood for "a great deal.
Robert III. Gardiner, of the Boston
Churchmen's Club, was the last speaker.
tie said that the mistake commonly made
Dy laymen was mainly for the clergy TO
cad them on. Church clubs had a great
ieal TO do. The theory of church organi-
'ation is perfectly simple, but il remains
! mere mechanism until something is put
nto 1T TO stir it up. That must be tie
owe OF Christ. III our hearts were full of
hat love we could not but speak of il to
ne first man we met aud tell him of tbe
oy To be found in IL