The Washington herald., 1911-02-26

entire Protestant force is being put upon
most of them. These new developments
are problems of immigraton-meeting the
immigrant when he lands and caring for
him after he settles down.
Indeed, some steps are taken in his
behalf before he sails from his native
/ country; of the city-the down town
church and what will keep it down town.
| where it is needed; the country church
{ and country life which must be kept
pure If the city, which draws so large
a part of its new life from it, is to be
saved. and the Indian and the negro-two
| tremendous problems.
/ AS never before, Christian people OF
America are, no matter where they live.
/ united in their attack upon these five
great questions and needs, The best wis
| dom Of all is being put upon all of them.
and the man who contributes a dollar
now gets more accomplished with it than
he ever got before.
Dairy Farming Hurts Religion.
| County pastors, with hardly any re-
spect to locality, report the milk supply
question a most serious drawback to their
work. City people demand fresh milk
seven mornings in the week, and the milk
companies are putting tremendous empha-
sis upon cleanliness. The expense of
handling milk is so great that the margin
for the farmer is small, and he can af-
ford little in the way of help. With
other kinds of farming winter life af-
fOrded some time for rest, but with dairy
ing the winter is as strenuous as the
summer. in some respects more siren
UouS.
Early hours in the morning and late
hours at night Sundays and week days
almost prohibit everything religious, il is
declared in so far as a part being taken
by men. In not a few instances women
are brought into the dairy work too, and
the country churches do not even get
their assistance. There is no elght-hour
day. Years ago this milk question af-
feCted only farmers near to the large
Eastern cities With quick train service
milk is now taken long distances, and
Western cities demand the same that
Eastern cities do.
Everything that Means UpIift.
Home mission societies deny that they
are, in their new efforts, letting up in
any measure the teaching of the Bible
and the preaching of the Gospel. They
say that new times make new needs.
and that the problems of the city, and
the problem of the country, which they
are now attacking, give them far great
er fields OF usefulness to America than
ever they were when starting new
churches in new towns.
They are looking out. without regard,
to the name or the control for the most
effective agency in each community for
meeting the needs of such community
Finding such agency the aim of the So
cieties is to strengthen it, and to make
on
vice, educational, good health, recrea-
tion. scientific farming-everything that
means upIift. Twenty years ago there
were those who wondered openly what
was to become of the home mission
societies. Now the same leaders fore
see for such societies a usefulness to
America far beyond anything they have
yet seen.
Religious Life in Universities.
PresbYterians, Methodists. Baptists, and
are engaged in cam
paigns TO provide headquarters at State
for students coming from
families identified with their respective
bodies. For some years they have urged
heir home mossion societies to take up
these tasks, and some have done so.
This winter, especially in Middle West
>IdltSs lCdutlS III lut DOuleS ndIIeu nave
zone ahead on their own account. They |
declare that the Young Mems Christian |
Associations found in most colleges, while !
ioiHg good work, do not cover the field. |
n some instances dormitories are aimed |
At, but emphasis on strictly religious |
work and denominational loyalty is not |
acking, ....
Churches in college towns reach, it is |
estimated. hardly more tnan 10 to 20
Der. cent of the. students AT the Uni
'ersity Of Illinois, Methodists have erect
ID a church which has its own pastor.
md Presbyterians have a student pastor
who hopes soon to erect a university
hurch. There is guild house for girls
inder Presbyterian control, and Disciples
re. just completing church across the
,ampus. At the University of Kansas
Sresbyterians have just completed a
hall. and at the University
4 Wisconsin they. have a student pastor.
Congregationalists also have a student
'astor there and at the University of
are just opening guild house
Saptists have guild house at Michigan /
University, and have just stationed a stu
ent pastor at the University of wiscon-
in. Baptists have 5000 students in State
Universities this moment, and other bodies
Iamed have even more
Episcopalians mt Cornell.
Episcopalians of Central New York plan
church house. at Cornell University.
I it meet the need, other EpiscopaIians
Fill endeavor to establish church houses
I other universities. where conditions
eem to warrant The claim is made that
field not covered by the Young Mems
,hristian Associations. found at most uni
erslties exist and demands attention. AT
,ornell attention win be given in the
lew church house. II present plans are
arried through, TO the home life OF
tudeuts
At Cornell there are no dormitories for
nen. and in some measure the new house
vin aim TO meet this need. in 80 far as
airing for young Episcopalians. At Har-
ard. Brown. Yale. Columbia. Princeton.