Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-12-05
FORWARD MOVEMENT
 CAMPAIGN ENDS
SOME INTERESTING FIGiRES ARE GIVEN oUT IT LITTLE ROCK
 HN CW'RCH WORKERS.
More Sandey Meetings Systematic Canvass fer N.s>i Hs and Activity
 ia III Churches.

Lit ie Roef, Dec t.-The Eight day campaisn ot the Men and Religion Forward Movement conelud q Men day. Ii has been season of ere7. awakening for the men of Little Rock and momentous results are pred:ctcd as flowing from it.
 Several of the churches on Monday presented statistical resume of con dlions in the church in Little Rock, information never before eomeiled and that shows to what extent prac- tical Christianity has developed in this city.
 It was shown that there are 39 Pro testant, three Catholic. two Jewish and one other church in the city .5e- tailed figures We're at hand from only sixteen of the protes ant churches. with a membership of 6.562, and all the following statements arc based upon this. The membership is composed Of 312 per cent men. ts.S per cent women. 9.3 per cent boys and 1o.7 per cent girls. The per cent of membership of the variou denomi- nations are as follows Methodist 3l s, Baptist 24.3. Presbyterian 141, Christian lii, Episcopal IS. Luthe- ran 4.9, Congregational 1.5, Universal li2t 3. In the Sunday Schools 1f he city, 44.S Der cent of the membership consists of men and boys and 52.2 per cent of women and girls. At the sunday morning service. the men of the cong1 egaton are only 36 per cent while the women are 64. Only 1a per cent of the boys are in the Sunday School
 The total contributions of the church for the last year, the sixteen reporting, amounted to $77,S17, of Which S6 1-2 per cent was for local church expenses. Only 22 per cent of the membership contribute regu- larly to missions, N q the average for the entire membership is only $1.225 per ye2r. In ten years, Little Rock has contributed only sixteen men to the mission field, and the mission study classes of the city have only 1e.4 ofmen.
 There are fewer churches than 1 places Of amusement, and 63 per cent of the latter are pool rooms, 16 per | cent are theaters, and 21 per cent are moving picture houses Of the 1900 boys in the city, there are 1900 em- ployed in stores and offices that should be in schools. There are 70 saloons, that average $20,O00 a year in money Wrung from the homes of Little Rock There are If lodges Of traternal organizations, and 47 l-2 per cent of the men belong to lodges, while b2 1-2 belong to the churches. There are IS labor unions in the city. but only 6 per cent meet in halls con uee'ed with saloons, and only per cent meet on Sunday.
 Among the recommendations made | as the result of the conferences are the following:
 Great interchurch meetings for l men every Sunday afternoon.
 Simultaneous campaigns for iniivi- dual evangelism.
 Systematic canvass for missions.
 Missionary education of the men.
 Training of men and older boys as leaders of boys.
 Extension of Bible study among busy men,
 Organization of bureau of munich pal research and efficiency.
 Scientific study of recreation for boys and girls.
 Appointment of vice commission |
 Industrial education.
 Open-minded udy of orga nized la- bor.
 Social service activity in ali | churches.
 Systemat' and continuous publicity ! of all matters relating to the extea-