The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-19
METHOD|STS PLAN TO
AID ALL E|M|GRANTS
Practical Assistance and Spir-
itual Comfort Given
HomeSeekers.
HELPFUL CHRISTIANITY
Employment Found for Those
Who Are Going 10 For
eign Countries.
CHRISTIANITY
BY D, v. FRANCIS.
d Wire TO The Tribune.

10y Leased wire 10 Ihc tribune.
NEW YORK, Nov. 1s.-There il no
class of church work these DAYS receiv-
ing more active attention that the So
cal1d rescue work 1t is estimated that
40ol evsngelists In America give all Of
thetr time 10 this class of mission work,
and come into contact annually with not
fewer than 900 900 men and women who
reckon themselves. or arc reckoned by
others. TO he down and outs These
ovangclists. grouped in many rescue mis-
sous in every principal city. arc formed
into national federation, with an cX-
ecutive board. National conferences are
held. the last one In Washington when
| 1t will be remembered the delegates were
received by President Taft. 1t has just
been decided TO hold the next conference
In Boston In tho spring OF 1912.
Rescue mission work had its start IN
the whole world i'm the Jerry NcAuicy
mission, at GIG Water street. New York.
London there is one mission called the
"Sl6 Water Street" after the location Of
the original American ono Methods Of
work among this submerged tenth have
vastly improved within tho last decade,
and today very large percentage, com
pared with former years. Of men and
helped and held. Every city jr America
has its prominent pastors, educators, or
business men, who were rescued through
the efforts OF these cvansclists.
MANY BlbleS O1rcUlated,
The annual report OF the New York
tember 30 shows that i5l .06O volumes in
forty languages have been circulated dur
ing the year. over 10000 volumes have
been placed In the transient guest rooms
of sixty hotels and two Bibles in metal
wall racks have been provided at ninety
two lodging houses. At Ellis island there
Tcstsments and 10000 Gospels. Through
the marine department 1926 vessels were
visited and 91s Bibles. 54o2 New Testa-
ments and s2ll Gospels were, left on
the flagship OF the Chinese admiral, was
supplied with Testaments and Gospels
in Chinese and English, Bible Sunday
crates the dato Of organization in 1909
and has been adopted by the Episcopal
diocesan convention, New York proshy;;
Methodist ministers meeungs. The an
niversary service Will be addressed by
the Rev. Dr. j II, Jowett who has
than his own congregation. on sunday
afternoon, December 3. In Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian church.
Methodists Plan Great Work.
In the Judgment Of Sir Robert Perks,
resa9rded by many ehurGhnen & as @ the
took at. Toronto during the sitting OF the
ecumenical conference dust held there
the most important step since the the days days
solidation of the Methodist churches OF
the world and the naming OF an interna
tional central committee OF 100 mon, half
ministers and half aymen, and equally
representative OF Methodists Of the old
world and the new.
The body that takes this important
step officially reported at Toronto 10000.
600 adherents 100. 900 places Of public
worship So 900 ministers and 100000 lay
preachers. The new committee has for
It's aim the welding and welding of this
large force for tho welfare Of the world.
United action is proposed along the lines
of peace, temperance, laws on marriage
and divorce. social service, treatment OF
native races on mission fields and the
labor problems.
"Two objections have met Methodists
who planned these large things and both
came from outside of Methodism,' said
Sir Robert. speaking Of this new dcvel-
opment OF Methodism. "Thc nrst. OBJ
lection came In small measure from Ro-
man Catholics but chiefly from tho daily
newspapers 1t was that Mcthodism
seeks in It's new plane 10 enter the
realm of the state, To that We reply
that Mothodlsm has always been the
pioneer In reforms. The state has sell
dom led in reforms. but has usually re-
fused 10 touch thcm until public opin
lon made it safe 10 do | refer TO
prison and factory reform, TO the abo-
liton OF the corn laws and 10 the cvo-
luton of private TO public schools Meth-
cd SIN aroused the public conscience con-
cernng all of these and many other re-
forms. IF we wait for the state 10 act,
the reforms VIII never come. Hereto
fore world Mcthodism has been a rope