The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-04
Religious Revival Movement 20
Be Inaugurate6 in New
York This Week.
RALLY DAY SEPTEMBER "a
Movement Attracting Attention ii
the British Islands and Even
in Australia.
Bv Leased Wire TO The Tribune.

BY Leased Wire to The Tribune.
NEW YORK, June 3.-There Will be
formally inaugurated in this city Fri
day night at the Hotel Astor. one Of the
most remarkable religious revival move
ments OF a generation. The plans for the
Mems Religious Forward movement will
al that time be announced to several
hundred OF the best known chnrcbmen
lions in the. United States
Frederick b Smith of the V NJ. c. A.
win be the campaign leader OF the move
mcnt Mr.. Smith today said TO a repre-
sentative OF the Publishers Press Some
OF the greatest leaders of the business.
commercial, political and religious world
say OF the approaching Mems Religious
Forward movement that il is without
doubt the greatest religious movement OF
that character in history.
Noted Men Interested,
James G. Cannon, president OF the
Fourth National bank of New York; Rob
ert Fulton Cutting. a national leader in
the work OF civic progress; ]. Z, Morgan.
Cyrus II Mccormick of Chicago, Presi-
dent Judson OF Chicago university. Jus
Ontario. Canada: Benjamin F Edwards,
president OF the National Bank of Com
merce. St, Louis; William j, Bryan OF
Lincoln. Neb,. John Wanamaker OF Phila- :
one OF the largest bankers of the north
west; Lewis y. Crossett and George n
Keith OF Boston. both of whom are the
largest manufacturers of shoes in the
world; Dean Charles +: Brown of Yale
university. Bishop c. k Nelson OF At
lanta. Ca. the Rev. John T. Stone of Chi
cago. John NJ. Glenn of the Sage founda-
ton and hundreds OF others whose names
IL is impossible to give are types OF the
men who are putting the best OF their
genius into the effort.
While for the moment the movement
is confined to the United States and
Canada, yet It is already attracting re-
markable attention in the British isles
and Australia While much OF the or
been going on. and is going on, many
strong events will occur during the sum-
mer months
"Rally Day"
The real initial event will be what is
known as Rally day. on September "a,
every mems church organization through.
out the whole OF North America Will
have a simultaneous observance in their
various localities. From then the move
ment will be pressed with the greatest
possible viSor UP to May 1872 When
II closes 1t will do so with four great
conventions. TO be known as 'congreSSe,
in behalf of world brotherhood one &c
be held on Canadian soil. one In the
south, one in the east and one In the
west, all at points not yet determined
Its TO be thoroughly understood that
this movement Is not born OF a feeling
OF despair or hopelessness, The fact Is
the very presence and volume of it is an
indication not OF a failing religious life,
but rather the vigorous one,
The North American public men have
been accused Of a good many moral
shortcomings. but It should be remem
bered that they also have good many
virtues. Pre-eminent among these Is
their attitude on the question OF bencvo-
lent and charita BILE organizations of all
character L venture the assertion the
the business men of North America give
away as much money to these forms OF
philanthropy In year as all of the rest
of the world In decade