The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-18
James G. Cannon Says It Has
Been Reached.
Hen Must Respond to Present
Religious Movement.
PUT ON HIGHER LEVEL
This Is Purpose Says New YORK
Banker.
Sixty Per Cent of People Are
Now Church Members.

1--WE have come to the parting OF tne
way, and if men do not respons 70 III NJ
Men and Religion movement l s1 ~
be sorry for the country. Ihls VOC a@ ~
statement of James q. cannon Of
dent of the Fourth National pank VI
New York city and president Oh INC
Men and Religion" movement IN G iTaad
nell hall where he was enterIdln.
Wednesday evening at nten,,t so
ner which was ATTENDED py To ao
of the prominent citizens Oh 1opeAa..
I'VE don't want to start out with
the idea that the men of America ar
degenerate" said the speaker 80
want to lift up the men 10 d aoI,o-
level of living. The country Is pecoI ~
ing more thickly populateo-InoLe r.
cisiLand the neople are moving to the
cities. 4,o do
'The desire for living creates the ue-
sire for amusements. The outer Hlaii
predominates to a great extent. ,,on
Taking America as whole our me
ere Verv nrosperous Ours is fast pc
coming a nation of capitalists: anu &c
feeling of independence is pells G[e4-
ted. The inner man has been heslec
ed There is less desire to exert gu,
selves as men. and let oo"n III
desire to do what is right +ba
'This campaign which 1ncluueS INC
evanoe1isn, of North America VIII pe
WORTH while More than oo per 90
of the people in this country are non,
church members or 40 llO'
definite church relations .,.o,iza tho
s.vVe are endeavoring to reVltaIlze ING
chrrcbNthe church in America as II
is TODAY. When the movement Is oNer
7 shall be sorry If every church III 49,
CITY has not 100 new members: nan en-
that your motto-'one huiiOi0
..Visiting teams of experts VIII VISIT
on Of the leading cities in the OniIeu
states. The 80 cities VIII repfo o ne
the meetings in smaller Towns 10y nitieS md
expect to reach at leelst A'O'
towns in this way ,,o,,.
when these men come to topeka
+bev will have a message Whlch WIN
have been passed upon by every Us
testant denomination. Those LINES IN ts
mon which we can all agree VIII oe
en1basized. 1t will be something 10
1Tbicb every man and every church III
+bje citv can subscribe. The message
is not coming in any divided way L ne
idea is to take the churches DIS 'heS
are and build them up.
1--WE expect to work the moVeIIle lit
along the line of publicity and nave
got 45O editors of daily papers 10 agree
to make religion the special feature Vi
their saturday issues from september
1911 to May: 19lz' tnea al have ave agreed
e. Feature religion in their october is
Tbe sneaker gave the following as the
objects of the movement:
Mems Christian organiza1ons-1o
1eave with every church. Brotherhood,
sunday school and Young Mems Chris
+ian association a worthy and workable
nIan of specialized effort for men ana
boys.
Ijterature-To assemble and pub
fish a statement of the most approved
methods of religious work for men and
boys.
3. Evangelism-To win to Christ and
the church are largest possible number
of men and boys by May l, 1912.
4. Bible study-To greatly increase
the enrolment in Bible classes.
4 To continue and increase the en-
phasis of the Christian religion as the
one and only hope of the world and 70
make abiding the missionary enter
prises of the church at home and
abroad.
6. Service-To reveal the program of
Jesus Christ in the world in such d
manner that the strongest men will
volunteer for life service in the church.
This service to include Christian in
vestment of time, personal talents and
money.
7. civic betterment-To make a per-
manent contribution to the best life OF
the continent, social. political, CONNER
cial and physical.
8. Public worship-To exalt the
spiritual power of the public worship of
God.
THE crop conditions along the Kan
sas river" said Mr.. Cannon in speaking
with a reporter, ARE apparently excel
lent. In fact in my opinion the condi-
tons in an agricultural way, taking the
country as a whole. are almost I'M
precedented."
On account of these conditions. while
MIR. Cannon admitted that business iS