New-York tribune., 1905-07-08
YEARS CAMPAIGN OUTLINED.
National Committee Makes First Announce
ment Of Plans.

The first report Of the National COMMITTEES on
Evangelism is printed this week IN The Con-
gregationalist and Christian World" This covers
the preliminary work of the COMMITTEES. which was
organized last October by the national council Al
Des Moines. Iowa 1t says in part:
The first and chief thing to be said is that every
where we have found manifold signs or real anu anu
deep and growing spiritual movement. The great
success which has attended most OF the meetings
has been due to the enthusiasm OF the ministers
audiences have often assembled IN the smaller
every case the ministers for forty and nfty miles
around have been invited TO the meeInSS. an az
people One OF the chief results OF this policy mas
been that impulses have been created which nave nave
gone back to their churches TO lift I'D new ldea1S
and 70 klndIe new enthusiasm N the4T peeps E 4Ire
by the churches and pastors through the norman
efforts of the congregation itself -.
If our movement is to be genuine movement
and not an unrelated series OF services Il is es5-
Gent that II must now be organized on Ihorousn
The time has fully come for the OF wealth
ana influence in COngregauonaIsm TO say WheIner ~
they have enough faith in this movement TO give
sound Business footing This IS the drst requisite
OF success. Without IL we cannot have ORGANIZING
secretaries, and certainly cannot expect ousy
pastors TO contribute not only their ILne AZ AZ
cost OF correspondence etc.
The national committee recommended the follow
ing
Ftrst-M1ssOn services OF various periods We
have decided TO continue the plan Of three-day con
Ierences IN the smaller towns ana cltles- IN LLe
case OF the larger cities, we believe that the ten
0ay MISSION Is necessary 10 MAKE aueludLe
three weeks would not be long The ten-day
missions should commence with meeting Tor
DAYS the intervening week and a inal meeting on
the second Monday, with two services eaon day,
the second Saturday excepted The committee mas
invited the Rev. W. ]. Dawson TO return 70 the
country and begin his work November l, and Mr..
Dawson has accepted the invitation The commit
tee, however, have no financial responsibility,
the churches In each town or city are TO make their
own financial arrangements with Mr.. Dawson d.
rectIy.
Second-If the work is be general. It must
obviously include other services than those N
which Mr.. Dawson serve. We believe that
during the summer and autumn a series Of evan
geliStic meetings all over the country should De
organized. October and November are the two
great months for normal evangelistic work We
urge the pastors to make plans TO conduct these
meetings themselves 10 arrange for a week 3
exchange with who has the evangelstic
gift The committee is strongly of the opinion
should be released for least two series
Of evangeIistic meetings of ten days each during
the course OF the next year. We believe the
churches in the smaller towns and cities are ripe
for this form Of work, and that the pastors are
the TO conduct these services.
Third-The committee also recommends series
Of State conferences evangelism In order to
get the theme thoroughly in mind before the
churches. Our plan is simple in outline; be-
iieve IL to be sound in policy. and that IL has the
guarantee afforded by past success. The questions
willing to support the plan and the committees?
Do they recognize the greatness OF the ODpOr
tunity? Are they willing learn the lessons
taught by events and now enter a real and
organized campaign?
The committee consists OF Newell Dwight Hills
chairman: William T. McEIveen. executive secre-
tary; Don O. Shelton, recording secretary; Henry
Clark. z. n Packard. George R Leavttt H c.
Herring E L House. s P. Cadnan. S B. Carter.
c. l. Morgan and ]. ". Fiheld-