River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-05-11

MS1k ready TO invade the me-
4(SAN tropolitan district and to
S&lS stir up the men of the
* church as they never have
been stirred up. The object of the
movement is to bring the church, and
the church men into direct touch
with social and civic work, to make
the churches a living vital force in
the life of the community.
The organizations participating in
the movement are: The Brotherhood
of Andrew and Philip, the Baptist
brotherhood, the Congregational Broth
erhood of America, the Brotherhood OF
Disciples of Christ, the Gideons (com-
mercial travelers), the international
Sunday school association, the inter
national committee of Young Mems
Christian associations, the Lutheran
brotherhood, the Methodist brother
hood, the Otterbein brotherhood, the
Presbyterian Brotherhood of America,
the Brotherhood of ST. Andrew, and
the United Presbyterian brotherhood.
Four great conferences have already
been held. These have been at Buff
falo, Chicago, Nashville and Kansas
City.
Moving from the four great centers
where the four conferences have been
held, the work has spread out and
even the fringe of Canada has been
touched. The plans for the future are
to push the work all through Canada,
along the Pacific coast and in this Sec
ton of the country.
But that will not be the end of the
work. 1t will only be the beginning.
Once the entire country has been en-
lightened as to the movement and in
structed in it's purposes, will remain
the perpetuation of that work; and that
perpetuation will be done by the
churches themselves.
1t is not the purpose to drag the
church into partisan politics but 1t
is sought to place the Christian sentt-
ment of the community effectively be-
hind all movements for civic righteous
mes and for the uplift of humanity.
In June, BaptiStS of the world are to
meet in Philadelphia There are mil
lions of them, one of the largest bod
les of Christians in the world. The
principal meeting is called the Baptist
World alliance. With this alliance will
be held, on preceding or succeeding
dates, the sessions of the Northern
Baptist convention and meetings of
missionary and other large Baptist in
terests. The high honor OF president
of the World alliance is in the balance.
The name of the Rev. DR.. Robert 8.
Macarthur of New York has been pro-
posed and Endorsed in New England,
in the west, and spoken well OF in
England Southern Baptists are, how
ever, rising to say that they have men
fit for the honor, and that 1t belongs
to them for the double reason that
they have not yet had it, and within
the limits of the Southern Baptist con-
vention are two-thirds of the Baptists
of the whole United States. English
and continental BaptistS, who are COM
ing to Philadelphia in numbers, con-
cede the honor to an American. South
ern Baptist leaders mention no names,
but rest their cases on the rotation
principle. To this alliance meeting
are coming Russian Baptist ministers,
their way paid by Americans.
It is authoritatively announced, and
said to be intended especially for pos
sible pilgrims and other visitors from
the United States to Rome this year,
that the pope desires Catholics and
non Catholics not to participate in the
official reception that may be given
at the Quirinal or on the capital, if
they expect to be received in audience
by him. The present year the Holy See
will observe a year of mourning, and
no great functions will be held in ST.
Peters or the Vatican. 1t is declared
to be certain that Plus x. will not &C
cord audiences even to Catholics this
year except in very limited numbers.
Americans and Englishmen are trad
ing famous pulpiteers. AT the moment
the Rev. ST.. ]. HI. Jowett of Birming-
ham accepts the foremost pulpit in
the Presbyterian church in America,
the Fifth Avenue, New York, the Rev.
Dr. A. C. Dixon of Chicago is invited
to the pastorate of Surgeons tab
ernacle, London, the greatest Baptist
pulpit in England, in many respects in
the world An egg-shaped auditorium
seating 5000, the pulpit in the first
balcony, the tabernacle is located in
a residence section to the south of
the Thames, visited every year by
thousands of strangers, and one of the
religious focus points of the world.
The Rev. DR.. Dixon, coming Of Bap-
fist family of preachers long famous
throughout the south, is pastor Of
Moody's church in Chicago. 1t is Con-
gregational, and over the question of
Baptism the same controversy arose
as arose when the Rev. F. B. Meyer, a
Baptist lent to London Congrega-
tional church, and arises now when
the Rev. DR.. G. F. Aked, a Baptist,
goes to a San Francisco Congregation
al church. Each provided baptistry,
continued immersion himself, but let
an assistant sprinkle such as were sat-
isfied with that form. If the Rev. DR..
Dixon transfers now from Chicago to
London, he will go to an orthodox Bap-
fist church-that is, he will return to
his own. ~