The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-12

come to the church. l want the re-
serve line to get up to the firing line.
Object to Help Church.
Dr. Clarence A. Barbour, who heads
the team of experts, explained the OBJ
/ Jects of the movement in it's entirety.
This is a movement, rather than a
/ permanent organization, said DR.. Bar
/ bour. We are not trying to settle an
other organization upon the church.
We are trying to make easier, and
more effective, and more powerful the
work of every church of the Lord
Jesus Christ That is the purpose of
the movement
This evening each member of the
team will give in kind of a nutshell
his message for the week. The mes
sages given here in outline tonight will
be elaborated in the convention.
saturday afternoon from until
O'Clock there will be united institute
and no other institute meetings on that
day. The messages of the six sectional
institutes held on Tuesday, Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday will be
brought together at the Saturday in
stitute, and specific recommendations
made by the leaders of each depart
ment to be left with the people of the
churches Sunday viii be the great
closing day. All of the meetings will
| begin on time and close on time.
ION the May 1, next, the committee
| of 81, the central committee OF this
movement will go out of existence, be-
cause this is not a society and not a
permanent organization This is
movement and the purpose of this
movement is to incarnate itself in the
church and existing organizations to
the end that Christian life and activity
shall be lifted to a permanently high
er and more effective plane"
Boy Problem Man Problem.
There is no boy problem said John
L. Alexander. president of the Boy
Scouts of America. 1T is a man prob
lem. The message of the Men and Re-
ligion movement is that the time has
come when the church must encourage
the physical, mental, spiritual, and so
cial development of the boys
only one person out of five in the
United States and Canada is a student
of the Bible" said William A. Brown,
is the book in America most talked of
but not the most known The Bible
has unfailing interest. 1t still has its
Transforming powers
He Likes the West.
Il have breathed more freely, and en-
joyed breathing more thoroughly than
at any time since L left the highlands
South Africa, the man who is handling
the evangelistic work of the campaign.
I'VE are lighting in this fight to win,
because we are lighting for Jesus
Christ. Evangelism is to the movement
what your heart is to your body"
THE nonChristian nations could not
exclude Christianity if they would said
Yutaka Minakuchi, the native mission
airy from japan who spoke on Missions.
THE most enlightened nations
would not If they could. Missions
mean loving service. Mission mean
love on hands and knees fighting the
worlds enemies on their own ground.
christian social service is simply
Christians on the job" said Ray
mond Robins. "First we must have
social survey to get the facts We
can save men-we know that is true.
Can we save cities? Do you believe
in the possible redemption of a COM
munity? I YOU don't you do not be-
lieve in Jesus Christ. When you
fought the saloon out of the great
state of Kansas, you were fighting the
battle of Christian service. You are
going to keep the battle up, and there
will be no resuhnlission.
I'VE are going to make an environ
ment in which a Christian can live a
Christian life. There is going to be
that new birth in the church, the in
dustries. and in polit+ cs. and we are
going to be able to defend our whole
social life. We are going to guarantee
to the poorest child a decent human
life
Outsiders Are Interested.
A large representation of laymen
arrived in Topeka from the northeast
ern portion of the state to attend the