The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-11-20

Fight to a finish against socialism
was the battle cry of the speakers who
addressed the mems meeting at Cont
mental Memorial Hall yesterday after
noon, held under the auspices of the
local committees in charge of the Men
and Religion Forward Movement Every
seat in the auditorium was filled, al
most every Protestant church in the
District was represented by its pastor,
and prominent business and professional
men, comprising the advisory and ex-
ecutive committees, occupied seats on
the platform. Henry B. F.. Macfarland
presided.
EVANGELIST SMITH SPEAKS.
Fred B. Smith, the weII-known evangel-
!st, was the chief speaker. He said:
IF the churches would ever learn to
pass down to the newspapers stuff that
is interesting and readable, the papers
would be only too glad to use it Don't
blame them If they don't publish the
mushy and childish stun given to them
by the churches purporting to be good
ut"S oLllIn pdlu praise
the newspapers and magazines for assist
ing in the Forward Movement with an
unprecedented readiness and IiberaIity.
Mr. Smith explained the object of the
movement by saying: How can more
men be brought into the church and how
can those who are in the church be
aroused to such activity that We shall
have a mighty crusade that will result
in making this a better worId?" He
GosI l. CIV
tion of the fact that conditions that
maintain to-day must not be tolerated.
1T is a part of the general interest rA3ni-
Tested in all social and political circles, -
continued the speaker. 1T sees the evil
and is disturbed by it; it sees the rem
edy and is aroused to action"
Safety in Religion.
Unless this country erects and main
tains powerful and influential religious
institutions" argued Mr.. Smith. the
day will surely come when this nation
will go on its downward path to destruc-
tion. The only safety of the nation lies
in religion The speaker said that the
peril of this nation is not the saloon
and the gambling house, but the soft
ness of her men, the mollycoddles, the
men without fire, pepper, and fight. AL
though the saloon was not branded as
T.
Smith said that if the Gospel of Jesus
is to prevail the saloon will have to go.
The conservation congress of the move
ment is TO be held from April IS to 3
next year, and it will be for the pur-
pose Of writing down the impressions
of the present movement. Mr.. Smith
said he hoped the congress, which will
be attended by about 5000 men, will be
held in Washington. He read a letter
from President Taft in which the latter
promised to be one of the speakers at
the congress should it take place in this
city.
Japanese n Speaker.
Yutaka Minakuchi, japanese mission
Rry expert, a member Of one of the
teams of the movement, said:
We hear so much nowadays about
the absence of men from churches. Does
not the fault lie with the churches them
selves Do the preachers go into the
market places and preach there the Cos
pei as did the apostles of old? Men do
not care for theology; they care for
facts with which theology has to do.
One reason why they stay away is be-
cause churches are giving a soft and
effeminate message TO the men. Men
want heroic message. Men care for
music more than for the process by
which pianos or violins are made
The laboring mans lot and burden and
the misery of the children of the poor
was taken up by Raymond Robins, f
Chicago, who said:
IF Jesus were with us to-day. He prob
ably would tell you that the first thing
a child needs is pure food warm clothes,
and a home"
He said that the men who work twelve
hours before flaming furnaces in the steel
mills are an indictment OF our civiIiza-