The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-06
Plans.

GREAT PROSPECTS ON HAND.
| A on G F n n c i a l l. n es=-Nearly
| ali the leading denominations in the Unit
| ed States and England have new CEN
| fury forward schemes. The Methodists
of England set the pace, and Methodists
OF the United States brought the idea
| over across the ocean. The start was
made for fnaces,4 and so it has come
about that the religious emphasis of the
new century observances is, on the whole
| monetary rather than spiritual.
| Smaller religious bodies, and
also religious societies, have copied
the idea, and there is at moderate
estimate, $1,000 900 asked by the re-
| ligious bodies of the United States on the
| hinge of the advent of new century.
| The English Wesleyans have already
| raised 100000
The M e di s t s-The followers
of Wesley in the United States have no
fewer than four new century movements
on hand. The principal of these is the
raising of $4,000 COO with which to pay
debts on churches, to strengthen chart
| table efforts, to endow colleges, and to
| help the funds for aged ministers. To
| date almost exactly $4,000, 600 has been
subscribed, the largest part for church
| debts. Churches in different cities are
| organizing, some have already done SO,
and with the advent of the new year they
will make combined efforts to raise
fund with which to pay off debts on all
| churches in their respective city limits.
| About So, GOO has been subscribed for
educational purposes, and nearly $780,
| coo for philanthopies.
Among the educational institutions the
| university that has gotten the most to
| date is the Ohio Wesleyan, and the
American at Washington has done next
| best Together these institutions have
raised over $1,O00000. Methodists have
| also a mission fund in hand. The Mis-
| sionary society will try to increase its
! receipts from s., 600 a year TO S2,0Oe,-
| co., Methodists South seek to raise
| fund of 81 0OO,000 to be employed in
| manner similar to the $20,000,G00 fund Of
| Methodists North. The general confer
ence last summer, authorized spiritual
| movement which aims to get 2,00o,O0O new
| members as a new century task.
The Pre- b Y 7 n s.-The main
branches of this church, North and South,
| have financial new century schemes on
| hand, and the former have a Sunday
| school membership plan. The moderator
| of the General Assembly North, the Rev.
| DR.. Charles A. Dickey of Philadelphia,
| is spending his entire time in the in
| terest of money raising. Presbyterians
! seek to pay church debts, provide for
+ local improvements, help the work of the
! synods, endow colleges and mission
] boards an increase Offering for work in
China and other foreign fields. There is
! Sunday school movement which seeks
TO get 100000 children into Presbyterian
schools in addition to the 100000 already
there.
The Baptist s.-The suggestions
made by the Baptists of the North are
being adopted by Baptists, white and
colored, in the South These suggestions
! have slight reference to money matters.
| The only reference is a greater system
| in giving to all UNCONVENTIONAL benevo-
lences. During the. opening week of the
new century many Baptist churches will
| hold all-day prayer meetings, and the
fourth Thursday in January will be kept
as a day of prayer for colleges. On the
third Sunday in April Baptist ministers
| will preach on denomina tional progress
during the century, and at the anniver-
saries next May one day will be given
to speeches on Baptist achievement In
| all the world.
7 h e e pi s op ali n s.-This de-
nomination will make much of the ap~
| preaching Lent, not alone in q religious
| sense, but also in the Sunday schools
| Lent viii see more services than ever
! before, and the children in the schools
named will push their combined offerings
for missions beyond the 100000 limit, a
several
years, but have never yet reached. The
| new Brotherhood of st. Andrew is trying
to put new life into that organization
! and a part of the plan IS the holding of
| a summer instead of an autumn national
convention this year.
T h e L Il h a s-The followers Of
! the great German reformer are getting
! ready TO observe with much Formally
the 40Gth anniversary of the reformation
! 1naugurated by Martin Luther They talk
OF founding a Lutheran university as a
memorial or the occasion. The date Is
1917. 1t was in 1517 that he began to pro-
test by his celebrated ninety-five PROPOSE
tons against the doctrine of the sale OF
1ndulgences, which terminated In the Ref
ormation.
The Congreg This
organization has particularly not enter
ed INTO new century scheme either here
or In England. The only plan in hand is
the raising of s25O0O0 with which to
| strengthen the American board of mis-
| sions.
I e U nj vers list s-This society
VIII try to raise 100000 for church ex-
| tension. There are Eastern and Western
divisions of the undertaking, and there
Is also movement to increase church
membership.
l. c hrts tian Ende avorThe So
ciety of Christian Endeavor take note of
the new century by recommending all
state conventions during 1901 to hold cell
ebrations and by appointing the Cincin-
natl convention in July as a time of spe-
cial rejoicing. 1t happens that the En-
deavor movement is twenty years of age
this year, and so birthday and a new
century are to be commemorated. It is
also recommended that weak societies
be strengthened and that a thank offer
ing for missions be raised.
T h L e u s-The Epworth league
Will work in connection with the Metho-