Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-03
Kethodist Committee Will Undertake
to Do the Worn.
3ENERAL OUTLIEE OF PLANs
Meetings, Personal Interviews with
the students and VecruitinE
Campaign for Christian
workers.

Of the denomination. but ultimately other
denominations are expected to take up the
work. and then a concerted move viii be
made on the undenominat onai schools and
colleges
The general outline OF tire proposed work
has three marked features:
l. Direct evangeilstic meetings, in which
the claims Of Christ on the individual VII
he presented with directness. so that every
student will not only see the obligation OF
discipleship. but see how intelligently to
beg n.
. Personal interview work for eight or
more hours a day. in which an attempt
viii be made by the leader Of the campo gn
70 talk personally about Christ and His
claims 20 every influential student in the
institution.
D. a recruiting campaign for Christian
workers A series OF life work conferences
are being planned. The sacrifcial life.
the call OF Christ" Is to be the dominant
note sounded out for all men and women
as future leaders of the church, and the
distinctive plea made that Christ needs
sacrtficiaI. men and women In the home in
commerce, in professional life, in civic re-
sponsiblity. in the pew as well as the
pulpit. everywhere Christ calls men TO
nIeeu OTueT TO blths. Auth Will AoiAN"
conferences on the gospel ministry home
and foreign missionary work. teaching
deaconess work and all other forms Of life
work service. AS a result OF this recruiting
campaign II is expected that hundreds Of
our best trained men and women will give
themselves to Christ for the work Of the
church as He shall need them.
Meetings on the Card.
The meetings planned for next month are;
University OF Chattanooga, January 30
February 8. 1911. F. b. Upham' South Nor
walk. Conn. Clarke university, including
Cannon Theological seminary ATLANTA,
Ca January rs. J. o. Randall, Chicago
H.; Cornell college. early in February. J.
o. Randall. Chicago. Ill; Dakota Wesleyan
university. January 29-2s. 1911. George c.
Peck. New York city; University Of Den
yer. January 2s-2e. 1911. Frost Graft. De
Pauw university. January 2l-A. F. w
Hannah. Brooklyn. n. Y; Dickinson col
iege. January 2S-29 Allan MacRossie. New
York City; Goucher college. December sill,
Wallace MseAiulIen, New York City; Illi-
nois woman's college, latter part Of Janu-
airy. 1911 Hugh f. Smith. Los Angeles w.
r. Stewart. Detroit Mich; Montpelier sem
mary January 23-29, c. F. Durgin. Bos-
ton. TiIton Seminary. January 28-2s A. c.
MNAIEAt JCfHcN NAA9s ~ - 0A~hAAHN@A
seminary. January 2s-29 ]. H. Macdonald.
Newark, n j.. wyoming seminary, Janu-
AIRY 1919. F. w. Adams. Schenectady. N. Y.
sacred College NIneteeh short.
Advices are received from Rome that the
ccnsistory TO fiji the vacancies in the
Sacred College Of Cardinals will not be held
untn 1911 Very probably in the first quar-
ter OF the new year.
So far this year the holy see has had TO
lament the loss OF only two princes CT the
church the late Cardinal satOln who died
In the first week OF 1910. and on November
"a the death OF Cardinal zabarella occurred
This death reduces the Sacred college to
fifty-one-nineteen short Of the 'plenum'
Of seventy and thirteen less than the num-
Der in II at the last eonclave.
During the last pontificate the cardinals
in Curia constituted ABOUT half the Sacred
college. now they are only twenty-five. and
half a dozen OF these are prevented by age
and infirmity from taking an active part
In the government OF the church. From
the lists Of the "annuaire eeelesstique" II
will be seen that the chief helpers OF Pope
Plus y are those whose age would imply
the greatest activity. The youngest Is
Cardinal Merry del VAL secretary of state
on whose shoulders falls the greatest share
OF the difficulties and problems Of the pres
ent pontificate.
Among the younger members also are
Cardinal Wives. project Of the Congregation
Of the Religious, that new and important
council created by the Constitutional sa-
pienti Cousillo: Cardinal de Lai secretary
OF the Consistorial Congregation. who has
been the Pope's chief instrument In the
reform Of the Roman Curia Cardinal Ram
pona secretary OF the Supreme Congrega-
ton Of the Holy office-first in order OF
dignity OF ali Roman congregations. and
Cardinal Gasparri, project OF the commits
sion for the codifeation Of canon law;
Cardinal vincenEO Vannuetlli. project OF
the Supreme Tribunal OF the Segnatura.
and Cardinal Cavicchioni. project Of the
CONGREGATION Of Studies. will be "a years
Of age this month. but they are still won
derfully active and full OF energy
Professionals CO-OperatInE.
Even the eur0sy observer Of the trend Of
things In the Protestant denominations OF
Christendom cannot fail TO discern the
evidences % cooperation federation and
uniy-sll words whose frequent recurrence
IN the religious periodic literature OF the
day furnishes the best confirmation possible
Of the drift OF things.
ADDRESSING the I.aymen's Federation OF
Washington recently, DIR. Hugh MaeCauley.
secretary OF the Federal Council OF
Churches Of Christ IN America, gave this
out Of bis large experience in the move
ment
Qualification Of agencies, reduction q the
competitive system to a minimum. the pre-
vention Of rivalry and wasts-these are
the watchWords OF the fsderative trend In
affairs o. the church, as In affairs OF bust
ness ana industry. The Christian forces
are just beginning to understand the mean
ing OF the steady trend toward eonsolida-
ton in the realm OF action. while retaining
individualism In the realm OF thought"
The general committee OF the Methodist
Episcopal board has issued an appeal to
the various bodies OF the denomination. II
contained this significant sentence Co
operation Is now the watchword among
an Protestant denominations Once they
were in hostile array, but now they are
one army 81 the living God " There is an
apparent trend among the nations eharae-
terized by spirit Of toleratiOu and re-
urdous liberty heretofore unknown The
spirit 81 Cooperation which now perme-
ates the Protestant Christian world as