The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-08-03

sounded many religious bodies on the
continent to determine the sentiment
toward so bold q movement and
brought in it's report Aug. 20, 1910.
at the Niagara Falls conference.
where it was decided to call a confer
ence at Buffalo and submit it's find
lnSs and recommendations Two mat
ters were discussed at this meeting
the appointment Of an international
committee to have charge of the
movement and preparations for the
conference to be held in Buffalo in
October. This Buffalo conference had
present 262 delegates from seventy
two cities in the United States and
Canada. The majority Of the dele
gates had been sent officially by re-
ligious organizations of men in the
various cities represented. The con-
terence appointed the committee of
nmety-seyen and the executive COM
mittee of twenty-five.
schemes have been tried out in the
furnace OF experience and when pray
erfully and faithfully applied in the
5.
Then the scope Of the program
Dreathes the spirit Of the broadest
christian humanita rianism-God our
common Father, Jesus Christ our re-
deemer and men our brothers. There
lore the committee of ninety-seven
Is sparing no efforts to influence ev-
cry man and boy on the continent
through this remarkable program
The program proposes to reach men
IN mass, IN groups or individuals, re-
CARELESS conditions, race or nation
atty
the program submitted by the
committee Of ninety-seven to the men
or the continent for the realization
or the splendid detectives Of this vast
movement is we'll calculated to ac-
complish these Cnds Every method
suggested anu every scheme proposed
has the stamp Of practica bility writ
ten on its face. These methods and
Effective Way of Reaching Men.
Experience has taught us that men
ean~be very effectively appealed to in
their respective groups-e. g., stu
dents, individual students, can often
be reached and touched effectively
by appealing to them as students or
IN group students; shopmen can
be peculiarly impressed when the
| gospel Is presented to them as shop
linen.
The gospel message comes with De-
cullar force to an order man when
IyOu present him the message Of Jesus
| from his orders point Of view. SO the
program has provided in a specia1
way for group work. One team viii
be sent where desired and requested
! to bring the message Of the men and
religion forward movement to stu
dents, railroad employees, colored
men, foreign speaking men, etc.
For example, in their effort to
bring to the colored men and boys
| Of the continent the committee of
Ininety-seven has deemed it wise to
1aDDoint colored man as one Of it's
official secretaries to arouse interest
among men and boys While it is
believed that this will be the most
practical method Of reaching the
largest number Of men and boys Of
any given group, especially in COM
mittees in which members Of that
group live in large numbers, it is not
to be understood that the working
Of this plan is in any way to hinder
men from attending meetings ac-
Icording to their own judgment.
Rev. D. =. White, recently Of IN
dianaDolis, Ind, IS the man appointed
to the position above referred to. Mr..
White is a graduate Of Knoxville COL
lege seminary, Knoxville, Tenn. He
always has manifested deep and
abiding interest in men and boys and
has achieved splendid results in
working among them both as an ed
uCatOr and a pastor. MIR. White will
give his entire time to this work Of
the men and religion forward move
ment to the close Of the campaign
and will gladly render any service in
his power that might help to bring
into the movement and redeem the
largest possible number Of the men
and boys Of his race from their pres
ent Indifference to the church.