The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-11
BROOKLYN REVIVAL
PLAN IS. FAVORED
Detroit Churches Will Probably
Hold Individual Meetings With
out Aid of Outside Evangelists.

Secretary Wellington Logan, OF the
Y. M. c. A.. supported DIR. Elliotts
praise OF the Brooklyn campaign.
II lived In Brooklyn before coming
to Detroit. and am familiar with con-
ditions there, and. ] believe, with DR..
Elliott, and the committee he repre-
sents. that the plan Is the most feas-
ible OF all for Detroit" said he.
Mr.. Logan urged that In prepare
ton for the revival the union send a
delegate to the religious movement
conference to be held in Buffalo, Oct
"a and 20, when plans Will be made
for a proposed religious campaign In
behalf of men and boys to be carried
on In every city Of North America
from Sept. 1911, to May. 1912. To
this conference Detroit IL asked to
send one representative from the Pas
tors union, one from the Y. M. c. "A.
and two from the mems organizations
OF the Protestant Evangelical churches
of the city. The union decided to
send the new chairman Of the relig-
ious work committee, who will be
chosen within day or two by the
nominating committee with power to
be elected to that office without
further consideration by the union as
body.
The union voted that hereafter all
requests to speak before the body
must be made in writing. with tho
subject clearly set forth. to a special
committee appointed for that purpose,
whose members. after due considera-
ton of the application will present
1t TO the president for final action.
In opening the meeting, President
r1kes said he wanted to- see the pas
tor OF every Protestant Evangelical
church In Detroit q member of the
union and an attendant at the month
~ meetings and declared that he
would make every effort to have them
all come In. The Rev. John H. BOYD.
OF the First Presbyterian church, who
mas not been a member of the union
heretofore, offered the opening adj
dress, Monday morning.
IL would be calamity to have
hye or six thousand persons dumped
upon the churches OF Detroit today.
the churches being entirely unpre-
pared 10 take care of Them" the Rev.
George Elliott told the Pastors union.
Monday morning, In the Y. M. c., in
the first meeting OF the season, In the
course OF report on religious work
upon which he had been working
| during the past few months.
DR.. Elliott, who leaves the pastor
ate Of the North Woodward M. E.
church to go to Bay City, this week
offered his report to round out his
work as chairman of the religious
work committee of the union.
mot that there are not many thou
sands Of people in Detroit who should
find church home, but, spiritually
our churches are not In position tC
take them in" he declared. Last
season many plans were suggested t.
the union looking to revival cam
paign, but every suggestion mad,
failed to meet with united approval
hence was dropped. To my mind 1t i
an acknowledgment of defeat and IN
competency to bring outside evangel
lists and singers to our city to brint
people to Christ. Have we no meI
at home who rely upon the power o
God? Putting aside the idea of bring
ing Billy Sunday, or "Gipsy" Smith, o.
DR.. Chapman, or any other well
known evangelist, Detroit needs {
special evangelistic campaign. Your
committee, of which have been chair
man. investigated many different plans
used effectively In other cities, ant
concluded that the one pursued In
Brooklyn last spring, was the best
This campaign was carried on by
every Protestant evangelical church
In Brooklyn during Lent. Each
church conducted its own revival ser
vices but the scheme was a unitel
one and supported by every Protest
ant denomination. have all OF the
literature and details concerning It,
in printed form, SO that the members
OF the union may look into It for
themselves, but It is the plan l be-
lieve best for Detroit"