The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-23
LAUNCH RELIGIOUS PLANS TOMORROW Rally Day in Big Movement
 for Men OUTLINE OF THE WORK Rev. Bob Jones and D. H. Marbury Will Be Chief Speakers at the
 Meeting to Be Held
 Tomorrow

Everything is ready for the big rally day exercises of the Men and Religion Forward movement which will be held at the First Methodist church in Birming- l ham tomorrow afternoon, beginning at | s15 o'clock A feature will be the ad- dress by Rev Bob Jones' the evangelist who will talk on 'The call of Jesus Christ | to Modern Men"
 l D. H. Marbury who is member Of the national committee of 's7 will also speak and short talks will be made by a number of we'll known business men, A meeting of the executive committee on the work in Birmingham was held yesterday afternoon and much enthusiasm was shown in plans for launching the big movement here.
 Clergymen of Birmingham have been asked to make special ailuson in their sermons tomorrow morning to the move ment which has been begun all over Amer lea, J. P. Morgan has given llberally to promote the success of the campaign in 76 cities in the United States and Canada to bring men and boys to attend church. James G. Cannon, president of the Fourth National bank, is chairman of committee of 97 that will direct the work from No. 124 East Twenty-eighth street. Cyrus II. Mccormack, president of the International Harvester company; R. Ful- ton Cutting, Samuel c. B. McCook, Cleve- land H. Dodge, Dr. D. H. McAlpin, Will. liam H. Sloan and James H. Post are a few of the men of affairs who have con oh tn l the movement
 Trained Christian Workers
 Battalions of trained Christian workers will storm the citadels of non-church members, beginning on october 2, at Min nepalos. New York will be besieged for eight days in November, beginning prob ably on the 18th. Meetings will be held in churches, theatres mills, factories, de- partment stores and on street corners At the Metropolitan club this week MT. Can non banqueted % trained workers who are to carry the message of church mem- bership reclamation from New York to Vancouver.
 Committees of 100 have been formed in every one oa the l6 cities in which the campaign will be waged. The 90 special workers will be divided into bands Of five to handle the work. The 76 commit tees of 100 will be assisted in their work by 15DO smaller committees formed in towns that cluster about the larger cen ters of population.
 Henry Rood of New York, in charge of the literary bureau of the forward r,1ax of church brotherhoods and undenomna- tional mems church societies will assist. adding.
 These brotherhoods and societies have 8 membership of nearly S,000.0Oo. With the exception Of the reformation this movement will prove to be the most ex- traordinary, significant and colossal un- certaking of its kind since the Crusades."
 The idea of religious country wide campaign now under way was con- ceised by Harry Arnold, member of the international committee of the Y NJ. C. A. in 1909, and so hard has he worked in preparing for the revivals that he is now in sanitarium in the Adirondacks
 Work in Birmingham
 
 in Birmingham tomorrow afternoon. There was good attendance at yesterdays meeting of the local executive commit tee
 The committee on boys work report meetings of their committee. saying that the city would be divided into districts and men assigned to each division. The publicity committee reported ar engagements to do everything possible to hring before the people of the city and northern Alabama everything of inter- est in Christian activities. both of local and national scope.
 The committee one auxiliary cities is busy visiting the larger towns and cities of northern Alabama and effecting simi- lar organizations to the one in Birming- ham, and mass meetings for men are being held and the movement explained to them. In every way possible assist ance will be rendered these cities in work for men and boys. csN
 The evangelistic committee is arranging for several large theatre meetings for men and is in correspondence with man of national reputation asking them to visit Birmingham and address these meetings Personal workers groups will be organized throughout the city and every effort will be made to cooperate with the churches in their meetings. The committee on eight day campa gn and special events has arranged for the rally day tomorrow.
 The Local Committee The committee of one hundred of the men and religion forward movement of Birmingham includes the following ? l Executive Committee-W. M. Cosby gen general chair: D. H. Marbury. vice chair | eral chairman: D. H. Marbury, vice chair John H. Frye. treasurer; J. H. McAfee executive secretary; Ed s. Moore. chair man business and finance; A. .R. Dear born, chairman publicity: J. E. Ramsey l chairman eight day campaign and spe- l cial events; II. F. Latimer chairman aux l Hilary cities; J. k. Taylor, chairman boys work: w. II. Stockham chairman Bible study; j. P. Stubbs. chairman evangelism | d. $. Bridges, chairman community ex- tension; A. l.. Smith. chairman missions 1 NJ. L. Bonner. chairman religious work 1 exhibits. Rev. J. T. Plunkett. Rev. |. D. | Steele Rev. Raimundo de Ovies, Rev. w.. | F.. Evans. Rev. L. C. Branscomb. Rev. Preston Blake. Rev. A. J. Dickinson, Rev. A. R. Moore, Rev. George Eaves.