Evening journal., 1903-01-30
ALL READY FOR THE
RELIGIOUS CANVASS
Plans Have Been Perfected
Tor Visiting of Every House
in the City

AS the time draws nearer, the dav
When 1t is expected that the SUNDAY
echooi workers will go forth to call or
every nome in this city the interest in
the work constantly increases. The
committee has been greatly pleased bv
the responses to their call for visitors
since the publication of the questions
on the blank published last week. the
general public are clear as to the ends
sought for, and words Of approval are
heard on every hand.
Inc system Of organization for the
direction of the work is Thoroughly
Planned. On the day of visitation the
general chairman of the committee. II.
,. Goldey, will be at the Y. NJ. G. A.
building the entire afternon. David Nc
Henry, chairman OF the First district.
VIII be at his district headouarters.
Bethany Baptist Church, Elm and
jackson streets; Minor c. Smith. chair
man OF the Second district, will be at
MS district headquarters. st. Johns
Protestant Episcopal Church. Market
street and Elliott avenue: George G.
Fenny chairman of the Third district.
VIII be at his district headquarters.
Harrison Street NJ. E. Church. Seventh
ana Harrison streets: n. w. Baird,
chairman of the Fourth district, will be
at MS district headquarters, West Pres
byterian Church, Eighth and Washing
Ton streets; ]. Elmer Perry, chairman
OF the Fifth district will be at his dis
trict headquarters. Central Presbyter-
ian church, King street below Eighth
street.
There will likely be a sub-district in
the First and Second districts. and
they VIII be announced next week.
A number Of messenger boys have
been enlisted to act as couriers. With
sufficient number of these the chair
man OF the committee will keep in
hourly touch with the chairmen of the
districts, receiving and sending out
again. for the encouragement Of the
workers, reports of the progress OF the
work. He will also be able to send re-
lnforcements TO parts of the territory
where visitors are needed. Should any
district run out Of blanks a supply can
thus be speedily dispatched. Thus il
will be seen that the messenger service
plays an important part in the direc-
tion Of the work. The district chair
men are the persons who have entire
direction of the visitors. putting into
the hands of each a card, having on il
an exact diagram of the territory the
visitor is to cover, making plain anv
OF the instructions" not clear. and re-
naming at their headquarters all the
afternoon for the purpose of giving out
information to any who may call. Each
district chairman is provided with one
or more clerks TO assist in the classif-
cation OF the cards as they are turned
in by the visitors. The committee has
decided on a uniform classification by
denominations, and a final summary of
this classification TO be made by each
district chairman. AS soon as this is
complete, which in most districts win
be on the evening of the visitation dav.
the cards with the summary will be re-
turned to the committee and by them
returned to the proper churches, except
the cards designated as mo prefer
ence," which viii be kept at some con-
venient place where any Chritian
worker will be at liberty to CODY them.
Thus, as it looks nova week from next
Saturday the attention of some church
will be called to every person in the
city, and all done without causing Of
fense to any. In such an excellent plan
OF getting at these important facts
which the Sabbath schools and
churches ought to know the general
public should render the workers all
the help without its power.
The work of the visitors is simply to
gather a few simple statistics and to
extend a kind invitation to attend the
church of the family's choice, with no
preference to any particular denomina-
tion. 1t is strictly undenominational
visitation and all should welcome the
visitors