Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1911-12-14
ORGANIZATION BEING
PERFECTED
Men and Religion Forward Move
ment Committee Extending Work
to Many Towns.

The Men and Religion Forward
Movement with headquarters at Boise
will organize the work in auxiliary
towns. Some Of these have already
been organized and organizations are
being arranged for in others. These
organizations in the auxiliary towns
will, in their turn, reach out in the
surrounding country to the smaller
places and the country schoolhouses
and thus carry the message of the
great movement to all of the people.
Boise was one of the 80 cities des-
ignated as centers of the movement
throughout the country and the
Committee of 100 has the territory
from Pocatello on the east to Bak-
er City on the west. 1t is a big
field, but with the auxiliary towns
taking an active part, there is no
reason why the benefits of the
movement cannot be widely dissem-
mated.
Great Eisht-Day Campaign.
An eight-day campaign of the
Movement viii be held in Boise on
February 10 to IS. There will be
two days of the period known as
the Convention period. These will
be Tuesday and Wednesday. The
conference will take in all the work
- A. ,,oovor,oot and thoSa tuyo
days will be the busiest of the
eight-day period. The delegates go
ing from auxiliary towns will have
an opportunity to hear all the spe-
cialists on all of the subjects dur
ing the convention days.
schsme of Holding Institutes.
Institutes will be held during the
eight day campaign in the various
cities. These institutes are some
what novel in this kind of work.
They are to be compared to a teach
ers' institute or any other gathering
OF organization which has for its
aim the intoxicating OF knowledge,
The experts on Social Sc: vice, Bible
Study, Boys Work. etc, who will
hold those Institutes, will bring the
very latest, most up to date infor-
nation with respect to all those sub
jects. Consequently anyone who
is particularly interested in any
subject to be considered will find
an opportunity to post up, to get
his information up to date. These
experts are bringing che wisdom
and experience of all the greatest
leaders of the world to bear upon
these problems, and what they have
to teach about work for boys, about
social service questions, etc, will
be of immense interest to those ev-
en- who have never given those sub
ects any attention.
Movement Launched in Payette.
The Men and Religion Forward
Movement has been organized in Pay
cite, this having been done at a
meeting held on Sunday the Bird.
Great interest was shown there
and a general committee was ar
ranged for to consist of four repre-
sentatives of each one Of the church
es. Three of these will be laymen
and the pastor will constitute the
fourth. This general committee will
proceed at once with the work Of
organization and be prepared to
send a great delegation from the
Payette Valley to the Boise conven-
ton in February.
Emmett People Very Active.
An interesting development of the
Men and Religion Movement is re-
ported from Emmett. Some weeks
ago an organization was perfected
there. The Committee has since
been very active and highly success
full. One of the results is that all
the denominations have united in a
series of union meetings TO run
| for several weeks. In order 10
accommodate the crowds attending
these meetings temporary structure
or tent has been erected which
will seat more than a thousand.
Fine Organization in Boise.
The Men and Religion Committee
at Boise has divided the town into
more than fifty little districts for
the purpose Of the work. Each one
of these districts has leader who
is to invite his neighbors to his
house to what is known as Home
Conferences in connection with the
movement. The plan is one that
has been followed somewhat in the
east in work of this character and
has proved highly successful. A
man usually knows most of his i'm
mediate neighbors and it is very
simple matter for him to invite them
to come in and talk over any such
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