Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-07-15

more; DR.. Howard A. Kelly, Balti-
more; John w. Foster, Washington;
Henry B. F. Macfarland, Washington;
John b. Sleman, Jr, Washington; S.
w. Woodward, Washington; George
w. F. Swartzell, Washington Andrew
Stevenson, Chicago; e. H. Pitkin, Chi
c23o; Hanford Crawford, st. Louis;
Il. w. Benedict, ST Louis; L. H. Sew
er21ce, Cleveland; President John
Wills Baer, Los Angeles; E. A. X.
Hcckett, Fort Wayne; Gen. Charles
Bird, Wilmington, Del; Charles A.
Rowland, Athens, Ga; w. J. Northen,
Atlanta; DIR. Marion McHenry Hull,
Atlanta; e. P. Peabody, Waycross,
Ga; Robert H. Gardiner Gardiner,
Nc; David Percy Jones, Minneapolis;
r. j. B. Pen8e, Kingston, Ont; N. w.
Hoyles, Toronto; H. H. Fudger. To
ronto; S. J. Moore, Toronto; J.
n. Shenstone, Toronto; John Mac
kay, Toronto; c. Med. Hay, Toronto;
George R. Grove, Winnipeg; N. w.
Rowells. Toronto; W. M. Birks,
Montreal; A. O. Dawson, Montreal
Henry H. Bridgman, Norfolk. Conn;
Ezra H. Stevens, Hartford, Conn; f.
P. Metcaf Providence; George C.
Whitney, Worcester, Mass; John
Me.Ss, Phi. D., Pottstown, Pa; e. K.
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
emphasis in religious affairs has been
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.
It is common sight down town" to
see business men of the best sort
wearing modest little button bearing
3 st. Andrews cross These are Nom
hers 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.
Andrews brotherhood crowd with be
ing weaklnGs or sentimentalists.
Older, but less aggressive, although
widely pervasiTe is the Brotherhood
Of Andrew and Philip, which began in
tie Reformed church in the United
States and quickly spread to other de,
nominations. Lat year the Presby.
terrain church which has a consDicu.
Gus array Of public men in her mem.
bership held great meas conven.
ton III indianapolis, ard formally
launched the Presbyterian Brother.
hood, William j. Bryan bong enc of
the promoters and sre@,5ers. The
Southern Presbyterian church fol.
lowed suit, and it is to hold it's first
lay:1en's convention this fall. The
Mcthcdists arc now pushing the
brotherhood idea; and, altogether, II
is manifest that the most marked
preScnt-day devcl0rment of Christian
ity IS among the lavmcn
TIC visible connecting link between
these dCnomirati0cal mems organiza
tons and the present laymen's mis-
sionary movement is to be found in
the United Presbyterian church. This
body, more than a year ago, held
business mems convention in Pitts
burg, which attracted attention in
church circles everywhere, because OF
itc tbnci0cYn -
it's determination to put the church's
missionary work on a business basis
The prime figure in this meeting was
]. Campbell White, a brilliant young
layman who has spent ten years in
Calcutta, where he had established
the Young Mems Christian Associa
ton. Mr.. White has been made the
general secretary of the laymen's
missionary movement.
Going After Heather Rusinesswise.
Every reader of the funny papers,
as well as every one familiar with
church life, knows that the backbone
Of the missionary work of the past
century has been the women and the
children. But it is the men who have
the money. Only the man with the
pocketbook could be equal to the big
spending which an adequate prosecu.
ton of the missionary enterprise en-.
tails. The present outgo of S21, 000,.
600 year, enormous as it is, com.
prises only a fraction of the expendi.
ture which is necessary, if the job is
To ho 1Onn
So, naturally, as soon as the lay.
men really took hold, they began to
do some figuring. To put the work
which has heretofore been large.
ly sustained by impulse and senti.
ment, on a business basis, they first
G..7ided up the heather" population
@? the world among the Christian
cs:antries and churches. Here is the
Interesting way they go about it.
There are approximately 1000, 000,-
cSS3 ''heathen" in the world. On the
tss.s of one missionary to every 25,-
006 of these, the present force OF
1900 missionaries accounts for 1926.
GOO 600 of heather. Or this same re.
suit may be reached by allowing two
dollars a head as the cost of evan.
gelizing each heather" for so the
thing has been figured out by these
men who want a working basis for
their undertaking. 1t becomes a |
mere matter of subtraction TO show