Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-06
STEELE IS III SIaIVIYG
labor Evangelist Sticks to Plan TO
Make Church Effective.
CONTINUOUS CHURCH SERVICE
Labor Temple In new York Scene Of
strenuous Effort Along re-
IiEIOus Lines-spreRd of
World Gospel.

OF the New York Presbytery, is working
hard to take the church to the section
Of tho population which will not some TO
the church, and he is meeting with graft
flying success.
The Labor Temple situated on Four
teenth street. in the heart OF the great
amusement center Of New York's populous
east side, will conduct what will be praou-
cally continuous performance" on Sun
days from 2 o'clock in the afternoon until
ten O'Clock at night in competition with
the neghboring show houses. Motion pic
lures will be shown during one hour In the
afternoon and from to 10 at night.
The afternoons program will begin with
a "children's hour" An organ recital will
follow and then for an hour a dramatic
recital OF q popular story or a lecture on
a human interest subject The motion
pictures will be the last feature in the
afternoons meetings. From to there
will be a luncheon and social hour, the
evenings program beginning at 1880 with
a song service under the direction OF Mr.
Alfred Hallam and chorus Of eighty
voices The choir will render the great
oratorios and anthems. The regular even
ing service will be held at O'Clock and to
close the day the motion pictures Of the
afternoon will be repeated.
Labor Temple Always open.
The Labor Temple is open every night
IN the week for lectures and discussions
for musical instruction, both vocal and
Instrumental and on every Friday night,
prominent lecturers on the English Bible
give addresses. There is an average OF
about fifteen meetings every week, the
object OF the temple being to provide a
center which will minister to the social and
religious needs of the people of New York's
east side
During the last twenty years over eighty
churches have either moved out of the
district below Twentieth street else
they have failed. The Department Of
Church and Labor OF the national Presbv-
terrain church, Of which Mr. Stelzle IS the
superintendent, has undertaken, in the
Labor Temple enterprise, to demonstrate
the possibilities for the church in the field
which has 50 largely been forsRken by the
churches II the plan succeeds during the
two years trial period, six months OF
which time has already elapsed the valu-
able piece Of property upon which the
Labor Temple stands is to be purchased
and a modern, adequate building erected
upon its site.
The experiment is being watched by the
churches and social workers throughout
the country.
Good Work in Shanghai.
'The Young Mems Christian association
IN Shanghai is going concern" said
william w. Lockwood. general secretary
Of the Shanghai branch, who is now in this
country.
Mr. Lockwood is native of Indiana and
brother OF George b. Lockwood, the pri-
vate secretary Of former Vice President
|. Fairbanks.
THE Shanghai association" continued
I Mr.. Lockwood has four departments,
working respectively among the Anglo
saxons, the Japanese, the Chinese mer-
chants and gentry. and the Chinese stu
ients enrolled in institutions OF higher
earning OF that great port city The most
Dnspicuous work is that Of the central
aty association, which enrols 200 mem
,ers and has a secretarial and teaching
staff Of hfty-two men, all but five Of
whom are orentals.
In this association are found Confucian-
SITS Mohammedans, Buddhists, well
Christians All come into It and enjoy the
anne privileges, which are much the same
Is are offered in leading associations in
America.
THE fun control Of the affairs of the
organization is lodged in a board Of drcc-
ors composed OF fifteen leading Chinese
christian business men. The assoc. alton
housed in a modern building, the gift
Z II American business men, which was
,pened by President Taft--then secretary
4 war-when he visited China three years
go Within a year after the building was
inished 4 was so crowded with activities
hat enlargement was demanded, and the
shinese business men, largely non-Chris-
ian. in a recent canvass have subscribed
efficient money to purchase centrally
coated piece of land,
Chimes Contribute Literally.
Last year nearly $4,000 came from the
chinese for this work from that one city.
The association is an educational institu-
ion OF prominence. Five hundred students
re regularly enrolled and paying for
heir tuition, and many students are turned
way each term.
EN- this Shanghai building is located the
irst modernly equipped gymnasium In the
chinese empire. The directors have added
their staff an expert physical director
L rom America. Owing TO It's leadership in
4 athletics, the association recently has been
allied upon by the directors OF the first
national Industrial exhibition, now being
ield IN central China. to conduct during
his month the first national games for
China
'"The athletes Of the new China now
Ne asking themselves when China should
hnd tha first team 20 the worlds Olympic
James 1 predict this will come soon, as
MS year the first national exhibition is
being held to decide the championships FOR
he empire. and to create the first national
iecords.
our plan Of expansion entails the estab-
Ishment within the next three years OF
Spical Young Mems Christian associations
"A each OF thes ighteen provincial capitals,
which association win be self-supporting
md self-directed. America viii assist IN
his by sending two SECRETARIES TO each OF
hese cities. The association with ia
practical manifestation OF Christianity
seems particularly to suit the genius o
he Chinese people, ana TO fit into th,
leeds Of the young men of the great cities
II that empire OF cities"
closer Methodist AffiIiation.
closer affiuaton Of the various branches
II the Methodist church, With the view q
consolidation ultimately, VIII be discussed
q the meeting TO be held An Baltimore OF