The Washington herald., 1911-09-03
IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD
leaders and Topics of Men and Re-
IiEion Opening.

HHion Opening.
The Men and Religion campaign, which
begins its conventions in Minneapolis in
October, continuing them in Omaha and
South Bend in order, announces the sug-
gestions which it makes to men and boys
of individual churches, and also as Chris
tan men of cities, for personal and ag-
gressive cooperation. To the men of
each church it lays out seven lines, as
follows:
/ Getting men into church member
ship, into organizations within the
church, and developing them into work.
ers.
2. Boys, their interest and influence
Providing summer camps and clubrooms
for them, looking into and after their
amusements.
g. Study of the Bible in Sunday school
and Bible class where men are to be held,
and in the family circle.
4. Evangelism-the conduct of special
meetings, house-to-house visitation, and
calls on brotherhood lines.
5. Special service, including the main
tenance, if needed, of an employment
bureau, and studies in labor problems.
g. MissioA study classes and training
of men for service on mission fields.
Work at home and abroad is given equal
@emphasis.
Z. Taking part in Christian work of
the city, in cooperation with men from
other churches.
The suggestions for general work in
the city cover the same as in the indi-
vidual churches, with proper enlargement
of them, and with two new ones added.
These two are:
l. The use of the daily newspaper to
secure Christian publicity, reporting for
religious papers, and the publication of
church periodical if needed.
2. A staff of preachers and speakers,
ministers, and laymen to go into fac
tories. trolley barns, into tents, and upon
the streets.
The plan to be followed by the cam
paign itself will be that of speakers sent
out in teams six or seven men in each
team. Up TO December there will be
only two teams. but in January a third
one will be added, for service chiefly in
the East. These teams cover in their
makeup the special things to be taught,
as Bible social service, evangelism, Mis-
sions, and boys work, and a team on
concluding an eight-day institute in one
city, will go at once to the next, and so
on until about eighty cities will have had
conventions.
The campaign will have. in its teams
of evangelists, the Rev. w. E. Bieder-
wolf the Rev. w. r. Lane. Mr.. David
Russell. who comes all the way from
Australia. and the Rev. DR.. c. A. Bar
bour, who is with the Y. NJ. c. A, and
will be a special preacher at some of the
conventions The others will give all OF
their time.
II In the teams representing social serv-
Ice will be the Rev. Charles Stelzle. of
the Presbyterian home mission board;
the Rev. Dr. I. ]. Lansing, and Mr. Ray
mond Robbins whose conversion while
in the Klondyke was widely heralded.
The Bible work will be conducted by
Mr.. Fred S Goodman, of the Y. NJ. c. A;
Mr.. W. c. PeirCe. who is furnished by
the International Sunday School Asso-
citation. and Mr.. William A. Brown, who
is a famous Bible teacher of Canada,
and comes from Toronto.
On the team to speak for work among
boys will be, among others, Mr.. J. L.
Alexander, formerly with the Boy Scouts.
In the shop meetings team speakers will
include Mr.. c. A. Drum. furnished by
the Y. NJ c. A; Mr.. A. H. Bruner. who
has had successful experience in Y. NJ.
c. A. work in Illinois, and Mr.. John
Dean, who comes from San Jose, Cal.
The Laymen's Missionary Movement
will furnish the team members for mis-
sionary instruction. The plan is that the
/ NJ. c. A, the brotherhoods. the Sun
lay School Association, and others TAX