The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-14

gramme there are not a few Who are hotn
spreading the Kingdom of COD among
young men according TO the brothetaoou
rule but who are also engaged IN larger
services for The church and for humanity
uplift Bishop Hall. of Vermont. IN his ats-
dress on Friday night. comptimented the
organizati ton on the splendid ability OF the
speakers who appeared TO come at ran
dom from the ranks of the convention.
Bur these men or many of them cannot
both sneak well and work well. Some of
them have performed work that will speak
long after they are done attending con-
ventions and great number have per-
formed deeds for which their biSnopsr their
churches their chapters and their fellows
grant them high and deserved praise. Here
are some examples, gathered by The Times
almost at random, and that, of course, not
from the men whose names are mentioned,
TO show that this Brotherhood Convention
Is a convention of workers as Well as one
of takers.
STRONG CENTER.
Philadelphia is the strongest of Broth.
erhood centers. Its local Assembly mas
Brotherhood house. which has been con-
Quoted for several years. 1t is designed 10
be practical carrying out OF Brotherhood
rule of service. Men are admitted as
boarders in order that they may nave
about them a Christian atmosphere. iieS
paw 81 a week for accommodations tAat
would cost them elsewhere SI2 Il Weeh-
OF course the house IS always full only
men who receive salaries under $50 Il rnonsh
are admitted. They are asked, as a con-
dition. to attend service on sunday
morning which is held in the house iHal
is practically all of the condition OF resi-
dence imposed. The men are reached
benefited. and in many cases brought INTO
the church. The man who made ana
makes this work possible is Mr.. Jonn H.
Baird. of Nativity Chapter He does SO.
not by funds alone, but by personal work
He is at the convention. lie mas MOI
spoken from platform or floor
HOME FOR INEBRIATES-
Quite his opposite, because ne spsstNs
much is Mr. c. Harry Davis. He comes
from Germantown a Philadelphia suburb
and is likely, 1t is said to hold city once
b,, tho time the Detroit Convention meets
He is president of the Franklin RetorIna-
tory Home 1t takes in tnepr!ate men.
after the doctor has gotten them INTO Ian
physicaI condition and undertakes 70 make
rhem men without the adjective. tts
method is very s.mpIe-the grace OF 9'od-
IT has been in existence for tWenty-s!S
wears. and Mr.. Davis has iaporea III i
for nineteen. Forty per cent oil tiose ~ ~
are admitted and there have psen o''Vy
men admitted are known 10 De reioi lhet
va, and now to be leading moral ana
generally Christian lives. Forty per cent
are known failures. The otner twenty
show many reformed men. SO thaL i -
safe TO say that one half of all the men
admitted or at any rate 900, have been
turned from the lowest deptnS pach 4ii1o
manfuI and Christian MANHOOD.
Edmund Billings, of Boston, whom oisttop
| uo1l c,,rlpli:nentpd as Il speaker, Is SUI
| ,eriotendant nf she Wells Memorial work
| ir.rans Institute In this institute the
| Hon. Robert Treat Paine, the active amt
| expansionist of the present poLltieai co.,
| paign takes a warm personal interest II
! * located on Washington Street, not ia'
| from the Berkeley Temple. 1T Is eouca-
| tional of the best sort and OF the most
far-raacbine influence. People OF all
Grade, chiefly the young. are here taught
| how to help themselves. Mr. Billings mos
! I,ara annie opportunity for the spread OF
| r,hrist'. Kingdom. Not only so, hut ne IS
| o,a of fine foremost leaders of the social
! settlement work in Boston and otner cites.
| THE CHURCH ARMY
! An attempt was made some years siiice
| 10 have a Church Army In the Ep1scol''.
| church after the successful manner or
| rhe Caurch Army in the Churcn OF Eng
| 1ard Il failed in the east but st!cceedefi
| .,,enffifilv in PfttsburS, under Brosne:ao9d
| ausnices. Mr.. c. E IIants, when he came
| to Richmond. wore his Church Army uhi-
| form. He is head OF the Carnegie station OF
| the Plttshurg Army. and aithoush Sou'iS.
| the results which he has accomplished
| in the work read like the recocls of 4 vet
| aran lie has the dash of youth. and
| in Pttsburg there are many young men
| VINO owe mucIl that they are to him.
| ST. JOHNS GUILD
| Everybody has heard of st. Johns Guild
! New York The secretary of the conven-
| ton. Mr.. Duff G.. Maynard, is the secre-
| tary- of the Guild and the treasurer of the
| Bra;herhocd. Mr.. John 2. Faure. mas been
| one Of its ehief supporters and workers Tor
| 81 many wears that IN New York the name
| F.aure and St Johns Guild are syneny-
| nous terms The Guild used to have but
| ou. floating hospital aud 70 contine It's
| work to MAMMA ttan. But when there came
| TO be q Greater New York. there came also
| 10 be a Greater st. Johns GuiId-that Is
| the Brnthehoot way-and sick brooklyn
| fab:es have rs blessings. Thousands upon
| thousands Of lives of sick babies have been
| saved Two hospitals float about the bay
and rivers OF New York. and there IS a
| l,nl hospital OIL Staten Island Tug cap
| tsins, ferry boat r:lots. When al a distance
/ sufficient not to annoy s.ie sick pitb:es
! often blow their steam whistles in honor
! of these glorious charities They feel they
| must take off their hats to them IN some
! form.
! In New York PittsnurS. Eufflo and same
i other elites Brotherhood men work at eX-
1 tending tie church. They do ii as q means
| of reaching men by the Brotherhood Rule
I Of Service, They start sunday scheois
! in new neishhorhoods, and serve as SUI
| perintcndcnts and as law readers. VIII
| out salary OF course. until such time as sne
| missions can support ordained men
THREE LAY HELPERS.
/! There are in the convention three hay
Helpers from New York. They are Alessts,
! J. H Fa1coner, Jr., Frank n. Kane ana
Eugene NJ Camp. One Of their MISSIONS
| is in what used to be a carriage NOUS s,,
| Others are in stores and nails. anu an
but one are in the upper sections OF ssM
| York citx They and other Helpers nsliit
! one church last year, and have TWO ot i
under way. The nunlaer Of confirriiiie oi p
| in thei. Missions last wear was ieF.s -aiN
/ ana baptisms sixts-eight- They nave no
/ fewer than four hundred children II, ths.F
seven sunsiay-schoois, They are laying
the foundations Of future, perhaps famous.
/ parishes. Their economic advantage IS inc
fact that they serve without pay and
| missions can therefore be conducted at
merely nominal expenditure. The Helpers
number about fifteen.
IN. THE VAR
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