The Detroit times., 1911-09-30
MEETIN GS WILL
PRE- ECEDE BIC
GOSPEL WEEK
Men and Religion Forward Move
ment's Eight.Day Campaign, Begin
ming Oct. 20, To Have Way Paved
By Preliminary Gatherings,
Most of the Protestant Pastors Of the
City Included in List Of
Speakers.

Twenty-three district meetings will
be held In Detroit in advance of tho
October eight-day campaign OF the
Men and Religion Forward Move
ment." These gatherings will be held
on Oct. 8, and will arouse interest and
activity among the men In the
churches of the several districts, and
prepare the way for the greatest sue
cess OF the eight-day movement.
Speakers for the preliminary eoI-
ferences have been selected by the
eyangelistic and community extension
committee, OF which Wellington NJ.
Logan Is chairman. They will confer
in the Y. M. G. A. building, Oct. 3.
This is the list:
W. NJ. Logan. the Rev. DR.. +. T.
Galpin, DR.. VIM. Bryant, the Rev
DR., NJ. p. Fixes, the Rev. DIR. j..
Percival Huget, the Rev. VIM. p.
Lovett. the Rev. DR.. w. T. Jaquess,
the Rev. F. p. Arthur, DR.. II. b.
Henderson, James Schermerhorn.
Richard owen. VIM. H. Wetherbee.
ID. T. Smith, DR.. A. G.. Studer, A.
H. Finn, Arthur Z. Johnson, A W.
Lumley, the Rev. C. j. Tannar, the
Rex-M Eaberr the Rev Warren
l.. Rogers, Eugene c. Foster. the Rev.
DR.. C. B. Allen, the Rev. DR., j M.
Barkley, and w. ID. Biggers.
Districts and churches where meet
ings are scheduled:
District No. 1. Highland Park Pres
byterian: district No. 2. North Bap-
tist; district No. 3, Grace Reformed;
district No. 4. Fisher Memorial Meth
odist: district No 5. Mack-ave. Evan
gelical; district No. 6, Burns ave
Methodist; district No. z, Clinton-aFe
Baptist: district No. 8, Jeferson-ave.
Presbyterian: district No. 3, st. Phil
ip's Episcopal; district No. 10, Central
Methodist: district No. IL, Taber-
nacle Methodist: district No. IL, Sec
ond German Methodist: district NO.
13. Emmanuel Presbyterian; district
No. IA, Fort-st congregational; dis
trict No. Is, Ninde Methodist: district
No. lS. Grand River-ave. Methodist;
district No. II, First United Presoy-
terIan: district No. Is, Brewster Con
gregational; district No. 10, Reformed
Episcopal: district No. 20, Woodmere
Methodist: district No. 81, Centenary
Methodist: district No. 22, Grace bap-
tist. district Nos %, Fairview Bapusl
At these preliminary meetings, IL
a planned TO complete the various dis
trict organizations and place local
and churchmen In pos
session of information OF the country
wide movement, and OF the eight-day
In Detroit, Oct. 22 to ~.
Able Men Coming Here.
FOR the campaign work In Detroit,
the following out-of-town speakers
have been secured: j. A. Whitmore,
Rows work: DIR. I. j. Lansing, social
service; Charles r. Drum, commun-
Ity extension; w. z, Pearce, blple
study: ]. e. Crowther, missionary
expert; w. r. Lane, evangelist.
One Of the six, W. c. Pearce, OF the
Sunday School Associ.
alton of Chicago, has ben nauonai
figure in church work for SO long that
ID is hardly necessary TO introduce
him to the general public. But II
may be said that he was born in Craw- |
ford County, Illinois, forty-seven
years ago, and spent his boyhood life
on a farm In that region, attending !
school near by until he was ready to |
enter Union Christian college, at
Merom, Indiana. two miles away, |
where he began studying at the age |
Of seventeen.
Like many another ambitious Amer
can lad, young Pearce taught a school
part OF the time to help pay his way !
through college, and after graduating !
with the class OF 81 he taught school /
for two years more, meanwhile study |
Ing law during the summer vacations 1
In order to prepare himself TO enter
the law department of Ann Arbor uni