Arizona republican., 1911-11-30
CHURCH
BROTHERHOODs BUSY
PLAN ACTIVE CAMPAIGN OF RE.
LIGlOUS WORK.
No Hysteria or Waste of Energy But
Labor For Practical
Results.

| know. the churches of Phoenix, re-
| Gently formed laymen's brotherhoods
\ for the aid and to increase interest,
! in the work of the churches. Then
the members of the various brother
hoods met at the Y. NJ. c. \. and
formed Il federation which is nom
sectarian.
At the next meeting of the fedora
ton. a work in behalf Of the Christ
ian life of both men and boys in this
country. is To be inaugurated under
the caption of The Men and Rclig
ion Forward Movement"
This idea of concerted action has
been very enthusiastically taken up
! In various portions of the east, and
| is already proving that excellent re-
suits can be obtained from this plan
OF work.
Below * given some of the speeches
and manner of undertaking this COM
bined action in Brooklyn:
With a committee of one hundred
of the strongest and ablest business
and professional men. aided by ac-
tive ministers, preparations are ac-
lively under way in Brooklyn for a
men ana religion campaign indcpend-
ent of the one scheduled for the Bor-
ough Of Manhattan
The chairman of the committee is
well known physician. DIR. George
W. Brush. who in his inaugural ad-
dress said that as he understood
the forward movement is not To be
emotional or hysterical. but work
to obtain practical results.
In other words. il is to be religion
in action" he continued 1T is to bc
something more than organization 70.
prayer and religious meetings These
are necessary prelminarics but an
army is organized and equipped for
work and if we accomplish what We
ought we shall have plenty Of it, If
we do not get practical results. al
that goes before spells failure and is
a waste of time. energy and money.
This movement as further under
stand it. is to be carried out on broad
lines. and an earnest effort lis To be-
made in this Borough of Brooklyn to
better il spiritually. morally. and
physically. We are to do this as far
az possible through existing organi-
cations and instrumentalities II is not
10 take the place of these but To- CO.
operate with them. We are To- open
our headquarters. organize commit
tees for the various branches of work,
find out conditions and classify them
by reighborhoods and districts, and
then say to the churches in those
reighborhoods. This is your work
Clean up. in the name of God and
humanity
In other words. we propose to
adopt Nehimiah's Plan. When he
wanted the walls of Jerusalem re-
built, he set every man = build p.cr
against his own house As | further
understand il, We are to put aside
non essentials and petty differences
in creeds. and work with united
frort Cor the advancement # the
Kingdom Of God and III" bettormelt
OF Brooklyn. All agencies that will
help to this end we will welcome.
provided they work under our ban
ner. We shall not fail but we shall
come far short of our ideal at til.
best.
Many of us have been TT ing for
years To enforce laws. put on our
statute books for the correction oil
many existing evils. but il is uphill
work To enforce laws without public
sentiment being in their favor If We
car once get the right impulse in the
hearts Of men. we need have n
trouble in the enforcement OF good
laws This isn't cant. You know
and | know it's a plain truth. While
we recognize this, don't let us lose
our heads by thinking we are going
Il revolutionize human natur" AMI
remedy all evils in Sly months or
year. This is a permanent work for
YOU and me. and there will BE- enough
left to be done for those who follow
us. What we must do is our Part
row. II is not So much what you do.
or what ! do, but what we all do
together. Most of us are busy men
in busy world. Let us take hold
of this task with a purpose to make
il succeed. and if we all do our part
the results in the next few months
may astonish ms.
Let US keep in mind GideCn's lit
tie Dand of three hundred which put
to flight the hosts of the Midianites,
and don't let us forget that one with
God is a majority This generation
has brought to the church new prob
lens and new methods. We are nOt
reaching men as we should Social.
Industrial and labor conditions are
making demands that the church
must recognize: with seventy thou
Sand dark rooms in Brooklyn, fifty
thousand without windows. YOU can
not hope to get much chance for the
light OF the gospel into such places:
with sweatships that are fire traps. |
with Industrial and labor conditions
that are crying out for adjustment So
that both labor and capital can have a
square deal. the churches have their
work cut out for them.
Let us. then. join hands and go !
forward to success. Whatever / can |
do or inspire others to do to this /
end. | give you my pledge shall be
done"
ADVICE To MOTHERS Mra