The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-06
Three Big Days For Keokuk
Religion Forward Movement be Observed in this
October Z, s and

efforts to bear permanent fruit they
must be related to q tree that abides.
Much good is done by independent
workers, but 1t is like guerilla war
fare. The real victory must be won
and followed constructively by organ
lied forces. Hence the ringing resolu-
! ton at the Buffalo conferences: I'VE
emphasize our belief in the church OF
Jesus Christ as the one instrumental
| ity appointed by Him for the salvation
Of the world" AS the state exists
for the people. not vice versa, the well
fare of the people is bound up In the /
welfare of the state. So that church |
exists for the people and its perman-
ency as means, not an end. insures
/ future blessing. For the reason the
i brotherhoods and the interchurch or
i CARNATIONS combine, that what is gain
ed for this generation may abide for
i the next through the true church.
j Another fact connected with the pur-
pose of this movement is the recogni- |
Il ton OF the individual and of the CO.
4 operative work Of each church. In
It's own fold and field there are GER
each church, such as the maintaining
of worship, Of christian education, OF
persistent evangelism. Alas this has
!, too often been the only work attempt
: ed. There have been those who In
, stead OF saying with Wesley, "The
, world Is my parish have said, My
parish Is the world" No person can
live unto himself and develop to full
: manhood. 1t is in his social relation
, that full individuality is realized. So
: the church OF today must come to its
t full power by life OF real fellowship.
) How many, many pastors have
r known of existing wrongs but felt it
j, was useless to assail them alone, and
could not gain the real cooperation OF
! other churches? In every city sus-
e cess can come in performing certain
i tasks only by united effort. This
i movement aims to awaken spirit Of
j, shall do its best in its own and In the
J. common task.
l. Another fact that is having great In
6 fluence is the insistence that the term
s Christian Work" means much more
t. than some have been accustomed to
II think. II men are to be won and held,
they must see that there are many
It things for them to do which are
% worth while for their own true selves
y and for others. 1t is a noble purpose
d, this of hallowing every act which
lie helps one nearer to God or makes the
le way surer for another, whether it is
$, kneeling in prayer with face turned
n, up to the Father, or whether 1t Is com
Re polling the owners of buildings to teal
e. awsv walls that Gods own dayligh
x may penetrate the disease-infectee
tenement.
IN Let the humblest act in the servic'
m Of others inspire the laborer and let i
IS, bring a glory into his life of which h
IT. was unconscious because he did no
IS know he was In the companionship o
IS Him who went about doing good.
This purpose alone is enough to just
fy this movement.
to Another outstanding purpose is tina
ne OF conserving the result. One of tn
ID, large appropriations in the budget !
ne for the committee that is carefully II
m vestigataing methods of every chara'
he ter of religious work. for and by me
ed and boys. Pastors and other leader
is all over the continent are cooperatin
nd with this committee in the prepar,
ee ton of book, which, during the can
a paign. will be placed In the bands {
'ty every interested worker. Inasmuch {
Eat many pastors and churches have ha
Al IN y,1a I'M nd 20 rr
all ing out work locally, we can readi
id see the value of acquainting othe
with these facts, by putting them In
an permanent form. On Conservatie
- Sunday, April 2sth, 1912, each churt
thus supplied with information W
a BE asked to prepare for a five-yeal
81 campaign.
Il The Plan.
g What Of the plans by which the
s. purposes are to be realized? Orgal
q cation seems to be necessary in tt
81 day, yet scientific efficiency demap
AZ that 1t be limited to what is necessal
b In thinking along this line the leade
q determined that no new thing sh
n be created II what is needed alrea
n exists. For this reason. the Comm
Il tee of Ninety-seven' is only cent
= committeeman a new body to
maintained. 1t hopes only to give pc
q er to the machinery already in pla
a and thus the brotherhoods In
"a various communions and the three
81 ter-church societies constitute the p
n rnanent framework Of the plan. TIL
q representatives form the committee
n The men thus chosen have evide
b ed a keen sense Of responsibility
b their first meeting in Chicago, SIX
b two of their number were prese
n coming from the Atlantic to the
p cific, and from Canada to the southe
IS most states. At that first meet
n these men gave third Of the s125,
n needed for the budget, another
n dence of their interest and confiden
b This committee believes that
q n,rt;c;natiuo organizations ought,