Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-02-20


more; John w. Foster Washington;
Henry b. f. Macfarland, Washington;
John b. Sleman, Jr.. Washington; s.
w Woodward, Washington; George
w. +. Swartzell, Washington Andrew
Stevenson, Chicago; t. II. PitSin, Chi.
cago; Hanford Crawford, st. Louis;
A. w. Benedict, st. Louis; l.. II. Sew.
erance, Cleveland; President John
Willis Baer, Los Angeles Il. A. X.
Hackett. Fort Wayne; Gen. Charles
Bird, Wilmington, Del; Charles A.
Rowland, Athens, Ga. w. ]. Northen,
Atlanta; DR., Marion McHenry Hull,
Atlanta; E. p. Peabody, Waycross,
Ga; Robert II. Gardiner, Gardiner,
Me; David Percy Jones, Minneapolis;
+. j. b. Pense, Kingston, Ont; n. w.
Hoyles, Toronto; II. II. Fudger To.
ronto; S. ]. Moore, Toronto; ].
N. Shenstone, Toronto; John Mac
kay, Toronto; c. Med Hay, Toronto;
George II. Grove, Winnipeg; N W.
Rowells. Toronto; w. M. Birks,
Montreal; A. o. Dawson, Montreal;
Henry II. Bridgman, Norfolk. Conn;
Ezra II. Stevens, Hartford, Conn; L.
p. Metcalf, Providence; George C.
Whitney, Worcester. Mass; John
Meigs, Phi d., Pottstown, Pa; e. X.
Warren, Three Oaks, Mich.
A Sign of the Times.
The men who keep posted upon the
trend Of current events in all spheres
have noticed that of late years the
| t..
laid upon the masculine element.
Succeeding the powerful young peo-
pies movement, as represented by
Christian Endeavor and kindred or
CARNATIONS, came the brotherhood
idea, as most prominently expressed
in the Protestant Episcopal church.
1t is a common sight down town" to
see business men of the best sort
wearing a modest little button bearing
st. Andrews cross. These are mem
bers of the Protestant Episcopal
Brotherhood Of st. Andrew, a mems
society which has wrought notable
results in Identifying first-class bust
ness men with active religious work
Nobody could ever accuse this st
ing weddings or sentimentalists.
Older, but less aggressive, although
widely pervasive is the Brotherhood
| of Andrew and Philip, which began il
: the Reformed church in the United
/. States and quickly spread to other de
= nominations. Last year the Presby
, terrain church, which has a conspicu
| 90 Ia
, bership, held n great mems conven
) ton in Indianapolis, and formally
3 launched the Presbyterian Brother
hood, William j. Bryan being one o
. the promoters and speakers, Tit
/ Southern Presbyterian church fol
: lowed suit, and it is to hold it's frs
Q laymen's convention this fall. Tn
Methodists are now pushing tn
n brotherhood idea: and, altogether,
: is manifest that the most marke
l. present-day development of Christian
l. ity is among the laymen.
The visible connecting link betwee
e these UNCONVENTIONAL mems organize
s. tons and the present laymens mi.
l. sionary movement is to be found /
l. body, more than year ago, held
business mems convention in Pitt!
n, burg, which attracted attention
y church circles everywhere, because c
s. its enthusiasm for missions, and fo
le it's determination to put the church
n missionary work on business bas
n The prime figure in this meeting wa
lie j. Campbell White, brilliant youn
W layman who has spent ten years |
Calcutta, where he had establishe
NJ ! the Young Mems Christian Associ
G. ton. Mr.. White has been made II
q general secretary of the laymen
IS missionary movement.
Going After Heather Euslnesswise
~ Every reader of the funny paper
II. as we'll as every one familiar vii
n, church life, knows that the backbor
IN of the missionary work of the pa
N, century has been the women and Il
Nv children. But it is the men who ha'
IL the money. Only the man with Il
,e- pocketbook could be equal to the b
ly- spending which an adequate prosec
&c, ton of the missionary enterprise e
aw 600 year, enormous as it is, Co
*; prises only fraction of the expen
r. ture which is necessary, if the job
ly, to be done thoroughly.
k; So, naturally, as soon as the |;
X; men really took hold. they began
NJ, do some figuring. To put the VIC
ew which has heretofore been lar
ew ly sustained by impulse and ser
*; ment on a business basis, they fl
raj divided up the heather" populati
ee, of the world among the Christi
ew countries and churches Here is
*; interesting way they go about it.
d. There are approximately 100000
en-, 600 heather" in the world, On
ew basis of one missionary to every
les. 900 of these, the present force
IN; $4,000 missionaries accounts for s
,hn 900 900 OF heather. Or this same