The farmer and mechanic., 1912-05-14

-,az too ambitious It set up for
,t..Ir :. standard by which II "oQid
rather not no? be judged n
has ba.n ikened 10 that OF MAJ
r,h, drew specifications Tor d sieat
pai.4ce, but really built oniy hno
house The house would De ptfit,'
l. satisfactory II it were not Tor the
memory of the larger specifications.
Nevertheless Men and Religion mas
made 4 deep impression upon many
Of The cities visited. IN some cities,
church life has been entirely read
justed. Definite civic and social re-
forms have been achieved, ne
thought Of all churches has been cen
tered upon work for men and povS.
The iiEe-foid program OF the move
rnent has i'm parted a new ldea OF de
fniteaess TO church work. a gTeat
pUnber Of men have been enlsten
in active service. The auAlNafy
meetings. held by volunteers have
been quite as important as the main
campaign centers. The teams report
1,oSo meetings held during the win
ter and 8,332 addresses given, and
total attendance Of million and
half. The workers have held more
than six thousand interviews and
have received the pledges Of 5000
men and boys to- do personal Chris
tiar work. while moro than 1000
have ayoNed their personal Christian
faith.
The Men and Religion Movement
makes certain the death of paroc HAL
ism. The church is thinking in
larger terms. A sense OF her mis-
sion TO society as a whole has been
madt, dominant The poster Of the
Movement which depicted Christ
weeping over a modern city, portraXs
the new ConceDtiOn.
Facing the Nations Crisis.
This congress took itself very seri-
ously The usual nippant convention
speeches We're notable tor tneIr aD-
sence. The men who addressed it. IS
a rule, did subsoil plowine. Veteran
convention-go goers say that the average
Of the addresses was far above the
ordinary. The speakers faced au
iiences Of men who looked like
statesmen in council met for real
business. They were ready for the
new and radical messages that were
spoken. The missionary appeal has
heretofore been the most powerful at
meetings of men yet the two mis-
sioHary sessions of the congress were
along the tamest Of the entire series.
OF the great figures on the plat
form. Miss Jane Adams, Of Chicago,
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Macdonald Of Toronto. and r. \
Steiner. OF Grinnel. and DIR. j. a.
joEyett. Of New York There were
| distinguished men BY the dozen
bishops. secretaries. reformers. such
as William j. Bryan, Fred B. Smith
Washington GLADDEN., sauschen npusch
+! Stazle, Raymond Robbins. John TIM
! othy Soone. Newell Dwi ght Hills
| Bishop i. F.. Hoss, J. Balcom Shaw
! All were attuned TO the need OF do
ing service, rather than of holdine
services. Many of the men wont te
the limit in their utterances anC
! found the audiences ready To hea1
! them.
4 Woman's Fearless ADDeai
Perhaps the high water mark o
| the congress was reached at the houl
OF Jane Adams startling address
upon the social evil. when the mel
on the floor and the women Of tn
boxes sat tense and Wide-eycd, Their
was no applause. but an occasiona
gasp or Shudder as in clearest, un
mista kable words, such as woul
have Mortified an audience a decad
ago. Miss Adams presented the SO
eial eEH as mans problem an
inWrousht with al the fundamenta
issues Of our national life, 1t was c
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woman Of today's social order. ra
! ther than the scarlet woman {
theology. engrossed the congress. A
signs Will fail unless as there is
radical reorganization OF the churc
work IN this department of service.
The congress demonstrated thu
, tho churches Of today are utterly an
+ irrevocably committed to social pros
ress. Commonly. their activities wi
, take the fve-fnld program Of II
Men and Religion Movement. AS W.
9 said openly from the PLATFORM tl
: day for great revival campaigns
past. Fhe new times demand nc
a | fliea SureS.
, The New Documents
AS Anticipated. the commission 7
ports are the permanent contribute
: of the congress to the churches
America. OF these. the Publici
5. Commission which is utterly unidu
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