Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-23
MISSIONARY UNDERTAKING TO
 COVER THE WHOLE COUNTRY
Will Be at Park and Second conerega-
 tionaI Churches Next Monday.

| convention or GOngregdlOnal ctufcIleS | and people will be held It is part Of
 a concerted movement by the Congre- gational missionary societies, both | home and foreign, known as The | Joint Missionary Campaign for our l Country and the World" The campaign
 opened at St. Johnsbury, Vt. Tuesday, | Jan. 26, and is now being carried on | throughout the entire country by l large force of able speakers represent 1 ing the several societies.
 The missionary work of the Congre- | gational churches is carried on through
 the agency of several specialized organ l izations. The American board specializes upon foreign missions entirely outside | the territory of the United States. The Home Missionary society specializes
 upon the lineof pastoral and evangelis- | tic work in organized Congregational ] churches throughout the United States. l The speciality of the American Mission ary association is work by church and school for the backward peoples in this l country belonging to the eight races. The speciality of the Church Building
 society. is to help struggling churches, | by loan or grant, to reach self-support | through housing their congregations
 and ministers. The Education society has for it's special mission to sustain
 schools of the higher grades in regions
 not otherwise provided with them, and | assist promising students for the min | istry who could not otherwise get the
 necessary training. The Sunday School
 and Publishing society finds it's special missionary service establishing and maintaining Sunday schools where as | yet there is no church organization. | While the board of ministerial relief l has it's specialized mission in caring
 for the unfortunate and Respondent in | the families of disabled Congregational
 ministers.
 |
 The Apportionment Plan. With such division of labor in the | practical working of Congregational
 missions there has been a growing con- sciousness of it's oneness and mutual | dependence of parts. Each one of these missionary agencies can best do its l work in full cooperation with the oth- | CTS. Accordingly, with much study and pains, what is known as the ap- | portionment plan has been framed and
 worked out. This takes the form of
 united recommendation to the churches and individuals that they distribute
 their missionary contributions among | these seven Congregational societies | on the scale of certain definite percent ages adjusted to the proportional ur- | gency. of the work. A number of churches have already adopted the rec | ommendation and put it in operation. | But with the larger number of churches | the apportionmeut plan still halts. In | order to make it generally practicable | it seems necessary that all of the mis- l sionary societies should be free from | debt.
 Debts to Be Provided For. i Three of them, the American board. | the Home Missionary socciety and the l American Missionary association, each | closed it's last fiscal year under @ con | siderable burden of debt The total of l this indebtedness Is $273.094.S4. To pro- ! vide for this these societies must take | measures either separately or together. | They decided to make of it one strong, | concerted measure, such as would en-
 able the other four societies to partici- pate with them and together help on | the apportionment plan.
 The Financial Objective.
 Accordingly, the figure set fo: the | financial goal of this joint missionary 1 campaign is s500,0O0, all subscriptions | conditioned on the round sum of $300,- | 900 being secured. Que of this sum will first be paid the $273.O94.S4 debts | of the American board, the COngrega- 1 tional Home Missionary society and the | American Missionary association. Then l the balance of S226, ,905.16 is to be dis | tributed among all seven missionary ! societies upon the ratios determined
 by the apportionment plan. This will
 put each of the societies in position and sufficiently in funds to go forward 1 with it's special line of work in full and | continued cooperation with the other | societies on the apportionment plan | basis, and give all the societies insur- | ance against future debts.
 The Plan of Campaign. | The arrangements for carving on this | campaign through the whole country. | from New England to the Pacific coast, are as follows: Five districts have been mapped out.
 The New England, with headquarters | at Boston.
 The middle. with headquarters at
 The central west, with headquarters | at Chicago.
 The western, with headquarters at | Omaha.
 The Pacific, with headquarters at l San Francisco.
 l To bring it as nearly as possible to | every. Congregationalist's door, it is | planned to have a day of meetings | simultaneously in the five districts at
 about 200 convenient centers.
 Character of the Meetings.
 These meetings are designed to be | educational, stimulating and aggres- | sive upon practical missionary lines. No public appeals for money or collee-
 lions will be made at any of the meet | ings. All soliciting of subscriptions will be from individuals rather than | church treasuries, so that the regular | flow of missionary giving in the i churches may not be disturbed.
 One session at each center will be l devoted to conference with pastors and l delegates from churches with reference | to the apportionment plan in the local | church. So far as possible it will be arranged to hold the evening session in | connection with a supper, so as to | have the advantage of a thoroughly | social atmosphere to help on the cam paign.
 The Speakers. The meetings in each district will be | in charge of a group of speakers rep
 resenting the American board. the ] Congregational Home Missionary so- 1 ciety the Amerncan Missionary associa- | ton, and so far as possible the other | four societies, these groups to include | leading pastors, laymen, missionary su- | perintendents and secretaries. Men Do Not Mag" 1 Men as husbands are not so faithful
 as women; they are not so tender;
 they do not forgive, as women do, con-
 duct which disgraces them publicly;