Evening journal., 1911-11-06
NEED MEN INlIq
CHURCH WORK
Philadelphia Says Their
Presence Would Solve
Church Unity Problem
PREACHERS PLAN FOR
PEACE CONFERENCE HERE

A large audience Of city ministers
listened this morning to addresses by
two representatives of the men and /
Religion Forward Movement w. T |
Wallace general secretary Of the or
ganization and Henry c. Pearson, both
of Philadelphia. who spoke to the
Ministerial Union at the Y. NJ. c. A
building.
Mr.. Wallace spoke of the need OF
arousing men to a sense of social
righteousness and of the important
work for them to do I'm the church. He
told of underhanded methods in bust
ness, the underpaid children, the over
worked women. the men in industrial
slavery. Inconsistency and Hypocrisy
of men high up in the church and the
community, as awaking Philadelphia
laymen to the fact that they should
join in Christian social service as men
and brothers, and he gave such fed
Grafton as the solution of the problem
Of obtaining church unity. Mr.. Wal
lace said he went into the coolest
religious proposition in Philadelphia
last week. where they paid a choir
$4,000 to praise God instead of doing
it themselves, and no one shook
hands with anyone, and any stranger
needing help was turned over to
paid charity department. The new
movement represents personal work
he said, and in Philadelphia, the
Protestants. Jews and Catholics are
! to co-oprate in a house-tO-house re-
| ligiOus census-taking. They are going
TO find out the religious and the social
conditions. and then lay before each
minister the facts about the territory
around his church. and see If there
aren't jobs for the men of each church
to do. The movement also has five
teams, each with four laymen expert
in their line, who all over thO-city
are holding meetings in shops and
conferences over boy problems, etc.
Henry c. Pearson said that while
some churches in Wilmington might
have many men, the laymen were
mostly absolutely lazy about church
work. He thought il was partly be-
cause most men had little sentiment
and didn't take to church work that
meant emotional stirring, or church
work more properly fitted for the wo-
men. He advised the ministers tC
give them a mans job, and said there
we're plenty of such jobs. He said
that the old formula, Feed the brute
worked very well in getting men in
terested, because a supper rouseC
good fellowship and paved the wa,
for getting men to work. Mr.. Pear
son said the movement was intended
be of the greatest good to the loca
! churches.
Today's meeting was preparator
G to a meeting to be held here on Thurs
!, day night, November %, when Phils
/, delphia representatives will speak {
city ministers, and particularly {
laymen, to start this Men and Re
ligion Movement in Wilmington;
A., is a movement for laymen chiefly, {
gather outside men and boys int
the churches.
The Rev. c. L. Candee sent in hi
resignation as secretary this morning
and the Rev. ]. c. Lane was elected
5 to the Office.
r The following committees were
T named: Program. the Rev. H. "
II Wells. chairman, the Rev. ]. H. Craw
: ford, Dr. S. NJ. Morgan.
Vigilance. the Rev. r. T. Coursey
Il the Rev. r. S. Stonesifer, the Rev
:. A. E. Clay.
1 Church Federation, the Rev. T. J
l. Holloway, the Rev. ]. c. Lane, tn
Rev. d. NJ. Cleland, DR.. E. l.. Hoi
= fecker, the Rev. Kensey j. Hammond
= Delegates to the Charities Confer
I ence, the Rev. H. W. Wells, the Rev
Ie C. L. Henderson.
10 Committee to arrange for a Peac
t. Conference in this city, the Rev. ID. n
h, Cleland, the Rev. r. l.. Jackson, th
ID Rev. F. c.. McSorley, the Rev. F. N
r Kirkus, the Rev. j. E. Hunsberger.
Ig Thre groups have been appointed
the work of dividing the city ini
r groups to take a survey to gather r
Of ligious and social statistics.
sd Group THE Rev. H. w. Well
ie the Rev. J. r. Stonesifer Miss Eliz
beth Sumner.
n Group 2-The Rev. J. e. Hunsbe
'S ger, the Rev. T. F. Beauchamp, tn
~ ~ Rev. ]. c. Lane.
do Group THE Rev. w. G. Rooms, Il
~, Rev. A. Z. Clay, the Rev. L. Z. Pool
~ Four others are to be appointed.
- The Armenian violinist. Marsha
in Marashleian, played and sang to d
o. Union this morning. The ministe
q were asked to observe November
NJ as Peace Sunday.