New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-19
FOR WEEKDAY RELIGION
Forward Movement for Men
Urged at Meeting Here.
TO SEND OUT LECTURERS
Hundreds of Clergymen and Lay
men Discuss Plans for Cam
paign Throughout U. S.

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80, Works Protestant clergymen ana
-. vera enthusiastic in their support
49, Men and Religion Forward Move
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The meeting yesterday was preparatory
% the sending out to-day OF thirty evan
ce,s,s 70 lecture in seventy-sM citles OF
~ limited States and Canada II was
,,-ssidad over by Fred b. smith, who VIII
- the crusade He explained at the out
-, that the movement was simply one on
.ha mart Of earnest men to bring increased
Ie.b ~ the Church. The underlying
rdss he said was not that OF pessimist
,,bo believed that the disintegrauon OF the
C,b,,rcb was imminent, but Of an optimist
who looked toward a future Of wholesome
growth.
charles Stelzle. Of the Labor Temple, de-
scribed 10 the audience the survey no"
belng made. which will help the travelling
workers enormously. Each Of the seventy
six cities. he said. would be covered by
sixty charts so arranged that the workers
entering il could tell at a glance the social
and religious conditions Of the inhabitants.
The survey he said included thousand
questions. the answers to which were care
f,,jlv tabulated and arranged for each city.
aim OF the movement which is headed Dy
James G. Cannon, president Of the Fourth
National Bank Of this city. is TO make the
Church a vital part Of the life OF the men
Mr.. StelzIe was followed on the platform
bv F. S. Goodman, a Bible expert of the
international committee Of the Young Mems
Christian Association. Ie pointed out that
a thorough knowledge of the Bi5le was the
foundation OF all work s1ch as the move
ment was undertaking.
The trouble with religious life to-day"
said Mr. Goodman, lis malnutriton. Most
Of the people who profess Christianity
might be described, TO use a medical term
as having the ricketts, II they knew any
thing about the Bible on which they base
their faith they might be better Christians"
The other speakers were John L. Alex
snder secretary of the American Boy
Scouts; David Russell. a missionary who
arrived from South Africa last Friday for
the express purpose Of participating in this
movement. and Raymond Robins, the
Chicago social worker. prominent recently
in the Westmoreland coal strike.
Resolutions were drawn up and passed
irdorsing the movement in the highest
degree. and next Sunday was designated
as Rally Sunday" A pastoral committee,
IN which each denomination was repre-
sented, was elected to complete plans for
great convention Of men in this city
some time this winter
Mr.. Cannon, as head OF the movement,
entertained the thirty men who are 10 tour
the country at dinner at the Metropolitan
Club last night An informal discussion Of
final details was held.
Twenty-one of the thirty selected re-
h-ious workers were the guests last night
of Mr.. Cannon at dinner at the Metropolis
tan Club. The other nine lecturers are to
come from Europe and are expected here
within a week. The lecturers will gather
at Minneapolis on October and will start
their campaign from that city on the fol-
lowing day.