The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-11-13
MANS JOB" SAYS
BANKER CANNON
Leader Discusses Men and
Religion Movement.
TELLS OF PLAN OF CAMPAIGN
New York FfRancier Addresses Lo-
cal Workers Who Are Preparing
for the Coming COnvention-Not
an OId-fashIOned Evangelical
Crusade, but to Be Permanent.

Undaunted by pouring rain and a
piercing wind, 800 men of Washington
gathered at the New York Avenue Pres
byterian Church yesterday Afternoon. at
the first meeting in preparation for the
Men and RelisioR. Forward Movement
convention, to be held in Washington in
January. They listened to a stirring ad-
dress by James G. Cannon, president of
the Fourth National Bank Of New York
City, and chairman Of the committee of
ninety-seven in charge of the national
campaign of the movement, I'M which
he outlined it's aim and scope. The prim-
airy purpose of the meeting was the in
struction of the local subcommitteemen
in the methods Of the work.
Mr.. Cannon emphasized the fact that
the Men and Religion Forward Move
ment is not of the old-fashioned evan
gelistic kind that creates a great stir
for a few days and then drops out OF
sight, but is rather a work that plans to
build up permanently the Christian
church and Christian character.
II Is a Mans Work.
THE Men and Religion Forward Move
ment has plan that works." he declared.
1T is a mans job all the way through.
That has been one of the great troubles
with the churchill has been hard to find
work at which the men could be put. The
women of the church have done well,
and your children in the Sunday schools
are doing their part. The Men and Reli-
gion Forward Movement gives you your
opportunity. Every one Of these subcom-
mittees offers work for real man.
You have a great privilege in being
n handle &c q
wonderful thing about this movement.
Wherever it has been felt UNCONVENTIONAL
lines have sunk out of sight. Members
of every church are anxious to do their
share. In the past II has been a hard
position for a pastor if men come to
him and ask what they can do; the Men
and Religion Forward Movement pro-
vides something for every man and every
Protestant church to do. 800 .
THE interest displayed in this move
hent in Washington shows that 1t will go
on in the National Capital with very
great force, What has been said this aft
ernoon is the keynote of this work; every
man must drop everything else and d.
rect his mind and attention to the work
of his committee. This is not a job for
just few days. 1t is a movement that
Is destined to reach out, to every Protest
ant church and put up to 1t a plan of
be done In day or in a week or in a
year.
Movement of New Type.
Some people are disappointed in this
movement They are of two classes, and
they shower letters and kilograms upon
me. The frst class say, This is not what
We thought It was going to be-we
thought 1t was going to to be an old
fashioned evangelistic campaign, and we
don't see the emotions OF IT, The second
class think we have a great deal OF ma
chinery, but that we use II in a different
way than they expected. This isn't an
old-fashioned evangelistic campaign; II
is evangelism OF a new type. We do not
want to stir things up for q few days,
onlytto have the enthusiasm die out as
rapidly as 1t came into being, but we
want to bring the Christian thought>of
the day into the heart OF the church, ana
to move forward on sane lines and sane
IDEAS
The meeting opened with an invocation
by the Rev. P. w. Jeffries, after which
the chairman of the various committees
we're introduced. Three-minute talks
were given by the chairmen OF the com,
mittees on Bible study, boys work, mis-
sions, evangelism community extension.
and publicity, on the general theme,
What Is my task2 The meeting en-
tended q vote Of appreciation to the older
boys OF Washington for their active in
terest in the movement, as expressed by
the convention Of the last three days,
and by the organization Of, the older boys
crusade.
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