The daily sentinel., 1910-06-03
MEN AND RELIGION
FORWARD MOVEMENT
Continent-wide Undertaking to be lnaugurated
in 1000 Cities and Towns.

buGt htES dHSbNldltS were hlil llhE
away from their religious faith and
into practical paganism. DR.. Fayette
L. Thompson. who has recently taken
leadership in the Methodist Mems
movement, says this is the first fed
Grated movement of national char
acter ever attempted by the Christian
churches.
The plan is to hold a series of un-
ion mems meetings and conferences
in 90 of the leading city centers,
which will reach more than 1000
towns and villages. This will make
it continent-wide, country wide and
church-wide movement, not only to
convert men, but to make every
church. Sunday school, mems society
and Bible class more effective to con-
tinually carry forward movement
for men and boys. 1t will aim not
only for a revival of Christianity but
survival of Christian effort after the
meetings are over. 1t proposes to
leave behind it in every place a force
of men at work on a five-year policy
that will affect every man and every
business and house in town. A cam
paign on such lines as proposed was
recently held in Cleveland for a week
in which 456 men of the churches,
brotherhoods and societies were en-
gagged, and which resulted in $50
men and boys declaring for the Chris
tian life. These men We're immedi-
ately taken into fellowship and
friendship by the organizations which
are prepared as social spiritual and
Bible-study centers to conserve and
carry forward the results of these
services.
Many men who took a large part
in the Laymen's Missionary move
ment which advanced the gifts to the
| foreign missions 200 per cent will
take hold of this practical outlet for
their service in their home towns 1t
appeals to them, for it will make a
stronger base at home for mission
work abroad. The movement will be
effective in taking away American re-
proach in foreign nations, where it
| is said that Christian America is
non-Christian. Something of the
methods by which the Y. NJ. C. A. has
organized the business men of town
to raise large funds to provide asso-
citation buildings in their short-term
campaigns viii be put into effect in
a religious way. The leaders believe
that such plan can be as effectively
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terprise. 1t is an undertaking to
make every man a Christian, every
where. all the time and always at
work at a Christians business.
Besides the national leaders in
mems church and Sunday school and
| association movements in America
men like John Mcneil of England,
j. ]. Virgo of Australia and David
| Russell OF South Africa will be en-
gagged in the undertaking. 1t will
| open in 1911 q committee of eleven
\ has been appointed, headed by James
G. Cannon. to take the preliminary
steps and to organize a permanent
| committee of 40 business men to car
I ry out the plan This committee is
/ composed OF Charles T. Thompson of
! the Presbyterian Brotherhood Of
| America Minneapolis. Mun.: Frank
1 Harvey Field Baptist Brotherhood.
/ New York city Rev Elmors Harris
| Toronto, Ont; Errnk Dyer. Congrega-
| tioual Brotherhood of America, Chi
cago Fayette l.. Thompson. Method
ist Brotherhood. New York City; HUI
| bert Carleton. Brotherhood of St An
drew. Boston, Mass; p. c. Macfar-
lane Brotherhood of Disciples of
Christ Kansas City, Mo-; Marion