El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-10

! asked ia many cltess w no Is
/ \ back Of the men and religion for
I ward movement" who supplies the
! meangg' and who viii reap the
I benefit2' The answer to all three ques-
/ lions is. THE Christian men of the ma
ton" Every church aud every organ
! fzation connected with Protestant
church has been invited to take part IN
the great campaign now in pIosIS5ss
and most of them have accepteu ---S
invitation with enthusiasm.
BrotherhOOds Aiding.
The authorized list Of the Organic
lions participating in the NOV eIlSu- n. ~
cludes the Baptist BroIheLLoOGs -
brotherhood Of Andrew and Fnl1lp' ne
brotherhood OF the Disciples OF ChIlS =
the brotherhood Of st. Andrew, lne
Conversational Brotherhood OF AILlI5
lea, the Gideons comm eIc5s-L -scbSaI
ers), the International sunday oCL '3.
association, the international comm =
tee Of Young Mems Christian assoc
alton. the Lutheran brotherhood. Ine
Methodist Brotherhood, tie OIJefD en-
brotherhood Omitted Bretnrenl, ~. -L9
Presbyterian Brotherhood Of AmeIlce1
the United Presbyterian BrolneIi-OV-'
and others less widely known.
While il is a Iayman-s movement an
therefore 20 be directly supported by
the mems organizations. the men -
religion forward movement mas l--s
strongest endorsements also from lAe
churches The Methodist church mas
arranged to supply all Of its churcnes
with campaign literature and urges
upon its pastors an active cO0pel4t4 lion
The various branches of the Fresoy te-
rfan church have united in a circular
letter to all the pastors coIlIlslluLIl :
the movement as the brOadesL eNaA6e
ism the church has yet seen. Inc
COngreg atlOnal church mas QeNOleu o-0
number of it's Official publication al
most exclusively to the movement ana
its church leaders are among tne toIe-
most in the work I1e bishops % 'ES
United Brethren church have united IN
q set of resolutions endorsing IL Vno
directing the pastors TO BRING proLll-
nentlv before their congregations an
Of the plans, methods ana purposes u
Financial Support.
The financial support is derived en-
tirely from voluntary cOntrlDuJlOns re-
ceived from all parts OF the country
The movement is not I'm any way
backed by Wall street. as has been as
serted in sensational p1blN cauOuS, al
though many rich men OF New OK az e
Christians and are glad TO aid IN the
expansion of Christianity The largest
single contribution was made by a mn
from Kansas but more Unan ou,vUv
persons have contributed 10 the move
ment No contribution has exceeded
$4,000. This refers TO the money con-
tributed for the work done dlrecIly oy
the committee Of 81 Ihe local COM
mittees fin all the cities have sup
piled the means for the expenses or the
work in that community except on4y
the salaries Of the teams OF experts III
charge Of the campaigns. In6se are
being paid by the committee OF -.
The amount Of money raised by the
local committees varies In the dlILeE-
ent localities but in every city the
chairman of the business and finance
committee is a trained business man
capable OF securing large sums OF mon
ey and spending 1t 1udiclously- Eacn
of the large cities makes conlIlOu--
Hrl rarnH m n
81 to aid in the general expenses OF the
camp eign in addition TO those or me
local work Sometimes other re!l8-
lOus efforts unite with this. In Phlla-
delphia there is an advance movement
on the part Of the Sunday school forces
and this has merged its activities Tor
the present with those Of the men ana
religion forward movement A budget
has been agreed upon amounting to
$4,000, which sum includes the year
expenses for both movements and the
anticipated outlay for the three years
advance movement Of the Philadelphia
County Sunday School association
Publicity Campaigns.
The publicity branch Of the Work IS
one to which the committees Of 100 In
the different cities are now deVOIlng
their efforts. Advertising all of the
public meetings I'm such way as Go
bring them prominently before the men
calls for much ingenuity and no small
expense. Laundry lists, hotel menus
and free stationery in public reading
rooms are among the newer features
utilized I'm calling attention TO this Rs
ligious campaign. In addition to these
there IS the regular newspap and
street car advertising, the -lsCributiOn
of handbills and cards through manu-
featuring esta blshme~ IS and the Clrcu-
lation of personal Invitations to special
meetings These on = most needed as
prepare ton for me eight days cam
paign- Tt is fe-t that after this cOncen-
rrated effOrf In every city there viii
H.n g. 81 d
need OF 81 cial attempts to attract at
tentiOn. But since in some cities this
eight days campaign will not be be-
gun fUr several months the publicity
COmrli ttee is working vigorously for it.
one of the leaders in this campaign
IS a professional evangelist Most OF
them are laymen who have spent the
greater portion Of their lives in indus
trial or commercial pursuits and have
come forward into religious eCtivity,
each man because he felt that he had @
special message which would be helpful
to other men. Some Of them have had
a unique experience which influenced
them to dedicate themselves TO Chris
tian work. One OF them, who is espe-
cially popular with labor union men,
was miner in Alaska who had q thrill
Ing adventure there in which he almost I
lost his lie BY almost superhuman
effort he dragged himself across miles
OF icy fields resolving that II his life
We're saved he would do something TO
induce other men to turn to religion
The dean Of the social service team of I
experts Is a member of EIechinists
union and OF the American Federation |
Of Labor The leader I'm the work for
boys is John i. Alexander, a former
leader Of the Boy Scouts in America.
Many Professions Represented
The committee Of 81 includes IN Its
ranks bankers, merchants, manUfac-
turers, lawyers. statesmen. insurance |
agents and men of numerous other /
,alllngs from every part o fthe country.
Among them are the secretaries of |
several Young Mems Christian associa- !
uons and brOlherhOods All are unit
Ing their hearticst efforts towards for
warding movement TO Increase the re-
lgious strength Of the country and
no differences Of wealth or position are /
recognized.
The men and religion forward move /
nent especially recognizes the i'm
portance Of the labOring man to the I
church and IN every city attention Is I
paid 70 Industrial conditions since /
-hese materially affect the work of the 4
churches. During the past quarter Of a ]
century the increase in the Industrial
workers among the male wage earners /
IF the American cities has been enor-
nous They now represent 70 percent /
pr the population and Of this number
ess than 20 percent are members of a I
,nurch. The need OF some special ef- I
orr 70 reach these men was one Of the /
-lrSt matters considered In D1aUufDr-