The daily Republican., 1902-11-13
}LONC PRAYERS !.
| BYPRESBYTERIANS. s.
Philadelphia Pastor Says
Drawn Out Supplications !
Cause Christians to Fail.
BROTHERHOOD MEETING.
Members Of Andrew and
Philip Society Hear an ADJ !.
dress by Founder Of
Brotherhood,


+ liam Patterson, pastor of Bethany
Church, speaking yesterday after.
> noon at the convention of the Pres
: byterian Brotherhood of Andrew
: and Philip, at West Hope Presby-
: terrain Church, Philadelphia, were
; much to blame for weakening tn,
spirit of religious devotion. Il be-
lieve,' he declared, that mors
Christian Endeavor and Brother
hood meetings are failures because
of long prayers than because of all
other agencies combined. You pray
a man INTO devotional mood and
, then pray him out again.
Mr. Patterson was speaking on
the first rule of the Brotherhood
prayer. Prayer was a most effect
i've agent in the work of the Lord.
he said, butlall that need he said
could be couched in a sentence. The
Lord Prayer he held up as
model. 1t contained everything
needfu', nothing that was not need
full
The founder of the Brotherhood.
the Rev. DR.. Rufus w. Miller, OF
Reading, also spoke to the conven-
tion at the afternoons session. He
organized the first chapterin Read
| ing in 1888. The Future of the
Brotherhood' was the subject APP
propriately assigned to him.
THREE BROTHERHOOD METHODS
The past he said, among other
things, has laid stress upon three
Brotherhood methods. They were
characteristic Of the work of the
first chapter in the first years of it's
history, and under varying forms
have been characteristic of the
Brotherhood chapters ever since.
They are the Brotherhood Bible
Class as a social rallying centre and
as a the oretical method of training
for the worker; work for boys either
through an organization like the
Boys Brotherhood, OF as an in
dlvidual Brotherhood, men actingas
teachers in the Sunday school and
emphasizing class organization, and
Of course, the third method crystal
lied III the form of a statement of
the rule of service in personal
effort
The brotherhood originated ia
Bible class, 1t came in response
to the perennial question that chal-
lenges every earnest pastor and lover
of boys and young men: How shall
we hold the young men we have and
re ach those who are outsider The
answer is: Give the young men
to do. The young mau
needs klndling material to get him
self started. Here is the orportu-
nifty Of the Brotherhood Bible class.
Young men who will kindle with
The desire to do something thatis
manly and good must get together.
Ind by active affinity keep each
other at white heat and send out
W warmth and heartiness to sin chilled
men. The study of the Word in
he Brotherhood Bible class affords
he theory of Christian work. 1t
the fuel. but study alone
will not answer. The theory must
'e exercised 10 practical service. The
wing eplstle OF action is the gospel
hat appeals to men.
PLEA FOR THE BOYS.
''lhe strategic opportunity OF ths
Brotherhood is found in bows work.
}oys are hero worshlpers. The boys.
ature Is clarnlsh and runs to or
.anzatlon. There is not a street in
Philadelphia, es peclally IN the poor.
r aud slum districts, that does not
ave an example of this fact 10 tho
'ang. The period Of adolescence
rom - TO lG or II is the most criti-
al period, the most lmpressible
nd the best possible period 10 win
oys 10 Christ. Every Brothelho
ian ought to get close to the boys.
IL plead for the establishment Of
Boys Brotherhood in connection
ith every chapter Of the Brother
oo1. Let Us recognize the desire 0;
oys to get together, aud let US
lew them to get together under
roper religious Influence, not on
estreet or through clubs aud other
gani2atons which all tend to lead
lem away from what Is good aud
oIlfting.
after all. it comes down to the
ain question. The Brotherhood
cans and must continue to mean
rsonal effort and power and Ie.
onsiOility Of service in Winning
en- to Christ, | have far more in
rest in the personal influence OF
dividuaIs IN deve ,oplng the Broth.
hood than | have in the influence
the Brotherhood in developing iu.
viduals. -
The Rev. A. Edwin Keiswin, OF
s"ar k, spoke upoh the Brother.
I'd S second rule OF service.