The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30

1 depreciation of the significance of the
 Kingdom of God was extremely narrow" :"
 When the Church of England seemed to
 get away from the people, John Wesley
 was raised up as rebuke to this old
 church. and he afterward organized the
 Methodist church.. But when the Meth
 odist church seemed to get away from
 the people William Booth came to the
 front and established the Salvation army.
 And even though the Salvation army to-
 day absolutely ignores many of those
 things which the orthodox church regards
 as essential, it cannot be denied that it
 has done great things for the common
 people. God may yet again raise up a man or a movement as a rebuke to the indifference of the modern church.
 "As matter or fact, the church is re-
 sponsible for the spirit of social unrest
 which exists in the world today. There
 are no labor troubles in Africa. But if the missionaries that we are sending there
 are on to their jobs we will soon hear 1 about social unrest in that dark conti-
 nent. Some people are telling us that 1t | Is the business of the church to keep down social unrest Rather is the oppo-
 site true. It is the business of the church 10 make people dissatisfied by showing them the greater possibilities which God 1 intended for them" Women identified with foreign missions, 1 just ending series of conventions, have voted to make their campaign permanent, and have retained Mrs. Henry w. Pe0
 body of Boston and Mrs Helen B. Mont gomery of Rochester as leaders. Co., | operation will be had with the women's | foreign boards of all religious bodies, as formerly, but an unofficial board Is now constituted to act for all. This new board will push mission study class work both in summer conferences and in local churches, and organize teaching force to go from city to city and conference to conference in summer.
 Women identified with home missions will now enter upon their institutes.
 which are to begin in October next, and
 be held in at least 100 cities They are
 also cooperating with women's boards In all bodies, the home auxiliary ones and
 they will make a particular study of i'm
 migrant, negro and Indian work. The | foreign women will not stop, they say,
 in their undertaking to raise s1,00O,00o.
 Not having quite reached it during their
 meetings they will continue their eff
 forts to secure the s100000 still needed. | Their final convention in New York
 brought out the largest number of women | in aid of any cause ever assembled in that city.
 | Quakers have joined in formal pro- test to the promoters of the Boy Scout movement and the American public | against the military character of the new | efforts for boys. They declare that such phase of the movement is quite unneces- sary and contrary to the general spirit | of the time both in America and Eng land, where peace, not war. preparations are on
 l In their protest the Quakers say boys can be brought next to nature in out door life without the military features. that they can be trained for citizenship without it, and that the scout idea passed when American Indians took up land in severalty. They say the Boy Scout pro- motors are way behind the times. Instead of the military, they suggest, after the recreative features are attended to, in dustral plants In cities and villages. man. aged by boys under the advice of older persons, where money may be earned for worth while work and industrial exhib tions and competitions be held annually. With other features, such as covers all advantages offered by the present scout plans and much more, say these Friends. In the protest the good in the Boy Scout idea is commended, the war feature con- demned.