The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-19

and identified more or less closely with 1 spiritual and educational work of the
 churches
 Conventions will be held in no less than S4 cities in the United States and Canada
 In many of the cities committees repre- senting all Protestant bodies here have
 been agreed to get to work on conven-
 ton details and in fully half the cases similar conventions are planned in small CT cities of which the one named is central point. The convention cities just decided upon are:
 Albany Atlanta, Baltimore, Bangor,
 Me; Billings, Mont; Birmingham, Ala; | Boise, Ia. Boston, Brandon Manitoba;
 Brooklyn, Buffalo, Burlington. Vt. Cal gary, Alberta; Grand Forks N. D.; Grand l Rapids, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Hamilton, Ontario Hartford, Houston Tex; Indian apolis, Jackson, Miss; Kansas City, Lin-
 coin, Little Rock, Los Angeles, Louis vile, Memphis, Minneapolis ,lIlwaukee, Montreal, Nashville, Newark, New Or leans, New York, Oakland, Cal; Okla 1 homa City, Omaha, Ottawa, Philadelphia,
 Pittsburg, Portland. Me; Portland, Ore; Providence, Pueblo. Richmond, Reno, New; Rochester, Salt Lake City, San An l tonic, San Francisco, 5eattle Scranton, Sioux Falls, South Seattle Scranton, South Bend spokanc. Springfield. Mass; St. John, N. B.; St. Louis, St Paul. Syd- ney, Nova Scotia Syracuse, Toledo, To- peka, Toronto. Vancouver, Walla Walla, Wash; Wichita Kan; Winnipeg and Worcester.
 The methods to be employed in this campaign are both economic and up-to- date Speakers will go as teams, losing little time between cities Luncheons with men at monday, dinners at night ladt work, Bible study in shops, parlor con ferences with leading men-al these are covered in the method, and the teams will be in effect colleges with travelling fac ulties There will be experts in Bible teaching, evangelism. shop addresses street preaching, social service and work for boys. Billboards. restaurant bills of fare, laundry lists. newspaper display advertising-all these proper schemes for publicity are to be made use of Getting ready work is to he done between now and then up til nevt September. Then the real campaign Is to cover September lof this year to May. 1912. but churches are now being enrolled in a list of those pledged to fVD-year campaign straight with no let up.
 Results sought include greatly increased memberships in Bible classes 100000 men and boys on church rolls of membership, new missionary enterprises at home and abroad, organized efforts for civic and so- clal betterment and possibly the foun- daton of a real college whose faculty may go about the country all of the time. Ieachng numbers compared with which the college located in one place is small.
 The Catholic church has decided to push it's work among the negroes and Indians Cardinal Gibbons has issued a special appeal to the churches of his own to contribute liberally to this work In his pastorial letter his eminence says:
 Dear Brethren: Charity begins at home. but it never stays there: else if would not be true charity. The spirit of Christ ever goes out to seek the other sheep who are not yet of the one fold. The pastor who would have care only for the people of his flock, with no solic!- tude for others. nor any longing to bring them into the Catholic church. would be hireling and not a true Christian pas- tor. So, too, a Catholic layman who has np desire to help others to obtain the Catholic faith proves that he{ does not appreciate the value of his faith. If we realizt at all the priceless blessings of the Christian religion, which bfings us