Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-30

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1000, 900 person were visited by the
census takers. Nearly 100000 who
were not affiliated with any church.
but who expressed a preference for
some religious organization. were re-
ported to the church or the Sunday
school of their choice. In all. more
than Il. 000, 900 have been visited by the
movement. Some Of these are the no.
madic neutrality-suspicious. waifs-who
drift from church to church, tasting
clever sermons and gliding with each
new movement. The revival aims to
tie them into an organization. and to
convert their wanderlust into civic bet
terment.
So the Battalion on its arrival knows
maybe, that 50 week is paid to the
| shop girls. that only 9 per cent OF the
men attend church, that there are 81
saloons, and 80 churches, Is labor
unions. moving picture shows, that
there are 23s automobiles and 917 tele-
phones in the town.
! Now come the eight days Of mass
| meetings, conventions. and best OF all.
the Institutes, conferences and BAN
quets on each item OF the campaisn-
| Evangelism (church services). boys
| work, social service bible study, home
| and foreign missions. These are meet
ings for study where the exact way to
go to work for the year is outlined.
| About 243 meetings are held in the
| eight days.
THE past eight days we have been
going TO school," said Detroit man.
Now we are to start out and put into
practice what We have learned"
! Then the city that has been visited
proceeds to duplicate the campaign In
anywhere from ten to fifty smaller
towns. and. thru the year. II puts into
action in its own population the les
sons 1t has learned from the experts.
The conservation expert" visits the
city few weeks after the revival to
| see whether the converts" have made
good. and to stimulate the tagging
| brothers.
The idea in the back of Smiths head.
which drives him headlong At city at
tex sitxa aad kesps .. hi him happy and Y
1oTs. is his desire SO deepen tie spirit
ual life Of the country, and to have
that express itself in good works-a
spirit Of kindness, enthusiasm In
| church work, helping boys into health
ful manhood. and an effort to improve
conditions for those who suffer.
| The novelties in Smiths revival are
| the emphasis on social service and the
boys work.
The path Of the revival is dotted
with social conversions. For, in addi-
ton to winning people to accept
Christ, the movement is inducing en-
ployers of labor to give better treat
ment to employees. freeing class con-
scious workingmen from bitterness,
and bringing all hands together in the
Job OF rescuing boys.
In q charming garden city of Iowa,
the word OF the prophets came home
with such force and winsomeness that
the owner Of a packing house went out
grom the meeting full Of fresh re-
solves. and the next dayohe called the
superintendent together and said:
| Find out what's wrong in your de-
partment. Get the ideas Of the men"
| Then he instituted a complaint box
to which he retained the only key,
+, and gave instructions that any man in
/ the shop should feel free to drop in
his suggestion or kick, and that he
would himself consider it.
! TO make the boys work mum. the
movement lifted over the general sec
| rotary Of the Boy Scouts OF America.
An excellent book on sex hygiene called
| From Youth Into Manhood" is given
to the boys A boy specialist is as
signed to the work in each city.
| An elderly resident Of Minneapolis.
/ with more money to spend than he
has years to live. went down into the
/ heart OF his city and started boys
club. building and all. Il had TO-" he
! stated.
! One Of the movement men said:
This is splendid. but it is only for
the few years Of your life, and then
the work is ended"
| The next day the convert came to the
expert and said:
| Don't worry. I've endowed It."
To every household in South Bend.
Ind, pamphlet by a wise physician
has been distributed. telling parents
| how to instruct children In sex hygiene
| Such are few Of the results Of this
| nationwide. modern revival-so novel
| in Its preliminary work. its type OF
conversions. its quiet educational meet
ings. its follow-up work.
The old-time revival was quite 9TH
! erwise, but for more than a century IL,
| too. served its purpose and brought new
lie at higher levels into Sagging COM
munities. .
| Smith and his men were familiar
| with the old time revival. They saw the
value OF Its immense notoriety, its hold
on the community. its grip on emotions
They decided to take over the elements
In It that were permanent. but to go
on and adapt them to the new are.
Here IL the way the oId-tf1ne revival
looked TO them with It's genius for sem
sation. its passion for humanity. and
its limitations:
| After tho sweet, far.caSryfng voice
OF natural-born singer had melted MI
hearts with the hymn about the lost
sheep thak had strayed from the ran
somed. the evangelist asked each man
to stand up who would accspt ChSist.
One hero and one there woUIA bob up,
and then by twos and threes.
fhss6s another. and otill another,
ana nov one more. Praise 0oA. Bless
yoo; bRu4hm fesa Raltanw - Yoa