The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-12-25
WITH THOSE WHO LABOR
IN THE LORDS VINEYARD
BY ID. v. FRANCIS

New York December A.-CSpeciaL)-The
colleges and high schools of the country
are to be evangelical If the plans of the
evangelistic committee of the Methodist
Episcopal general conference are carried
put, and they have already been begun.
The work is first to be carried on In those
Institutions which are under the control
of the denomination but ultimately other
denominations are expected to take up
the work and then concerted move will
be made on the differentiation schools
and colleges.
The general outline Of the proposed
work has three marked features:
l. Direct evangelistic meetings, in which
he claims of Christ on the individual will
be presented with directness, so that
every student will not only see the obliga-
lion of discipleship, but see how intel
ligently to begin.
2 Personal interview work for eight OF
more hours a day, in which an attempt
will be made by the leader of the cam
paign to talk personally about Christmas
and His claims to every influential stu
dent In the institution.
g. A recruiting campaign for Christian
workers. series of life-work confer
ences are being planned. THE sacrificial
life, the call of Christ Is to be the dom
Inant note sounded out for all men and
women as future leaders OF the church,
and the distinctive plea made that Christ
needs sacrificisl men and women In the
home, in commerce, in professional life,
IN civic responsibility, in the pew as well
as the pulpit; everywhere Christ calls men
tc bleed In order to bless. Then will fol-
low conferences on the gospel ministry.
home and foreign missionary work, teach
Ing deaconess work, and ell other forms
of nfe-work service. AS a result Of this
recruiting campaign 1t is expected that
hundreds of our best trained men and
women will give themselves to Christ for
the work of the church as He shall need
them The meetings planned for next
month are:
University of Chattanooga, January
30, February 6, 1911, F. B. Upham,
South Norwalk Conn; Clarke univer-
sity, including Cannon Theological
seminary ATLANTA. Ga), January "a,
j. o. Randall, Chicago, ILL.,; Cornell
college. early in February, ]. o. Ran
dali, Chicago; Dakota Wesleyan univer-
sity, January 23-29,1911, George C..
Peck New York city; University of
Denver. January 1929, 1911, Frost
Graft; Depauw university, January 21-24;
F. W. Hannah, Brooklyn; Dickinson COL
lege, January 1929, Allan MacROSsie,
New York city; Goucher college, De-
ceraber 5-11, Wallace MacMullen, New
York city; Illinois Womans college,
latter part of January 1911. Hugh F..
Smith; Los Angeles, Cal; W. F. Stew
nrt. Detroit, Mich; Montpelier semin-
airy, January 1920 G. r. Durgin, Bos-
ton; Tilton seminary. January 1929. A.
c. McRea, Jersey city N. j.; Dickin-
son seminary, January 1929, j. H. Mac
Donald, Newark. N. J.; Wyoming sem
mary January 1920, F. w. Adams,
Schenectady, N Y.
Advices are received from Rome that
the consistory to fill the vacancies in
the Sacred College of Cardinals will
not be held until 1911. Very probab
In the first quarter of the new year
So far this year the Holy See has
mad to lament the loss of only two
princes of the church, the late Cardinal
Satolli, who died in the first week of
.alO; and on November "a, the death
Of Cardinal Zabaraella occurred. This
death reduces the sacred college to 81
10 short of the "plenum" of 10 and
IS less than the number in it at the
last conclave.
During the last pontificate the car
dinals in Curia constituted about hall
the sacred college-now they are only
81 and half a dozen of these are pre-
vented by age and infirmity from TAX
lng an active part in the government
Of the church. From the lists of the
"Annuaire Ellcesstique" 1t will be seer
that the chief helpers Of Pope Plus y
are those whose age would imply tn,
greatest activity. The youngest is Car
dinal Merry del Val. secretary of state