Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-31

way the gospel reaches many who
/ hear Il in no other way. The collcc-
/ lions taken at each meeting have
/ been Just about sufficient 10 cover
the large expenses such rs the rent
/ ing OF the theatre. lights. etc. No
one in connection with the Inter
! Church Federation receives gny re-
enumeration for his services at these
/ meetings
i The ter.Church Federation Is
voluntary organization and the officers
are at present as follows. ri Rev.
Henry B. Restarick, Bishop OF Homo
lulu, president. r. ]. Lowrey. pfcsk
dent OF LEVERS q Cooke. vice pre6I
dent: w. G. Hall. secretary Of Cation.
Neill. secretary; Richard n. Trent
i president OF the Trent Trust Com
i pany, treasurer: and Paul super. gen
eral secretary OF the Young Mems
Christian Association. executive ser
rotary These officers represent the
four denominations coOpornfInk In the
Inter-C Church Federatlon. while Mr.
Super was selected % represent an
! interden0ln organization. The
chief committees are Christian HI
tension and Social Service. 81 which
i A. A. Ebersofs and James A. Kath
/ are chairnen respectively
One in the chief achievements %
date OF the InterChurch Federation
Is the agitation against the oxces8o3
i which have heen committed against
women and young girls. and which r.
suited In monster mass meeting
held In December. at the Bliou then
tire and organization OF tho BnbEo-
Quent committees to follow un the
declaration OF that meeting. The In
ter-C Church Federation n q practical
demonstration OF tho church It work
for the social as well az the religious
welfare OF tho city It Il an expert
ment Of the present-day belief that
] the church Is q vital social mission
! and that In unity there Is strength
The big undertaking OF this fedora
! ton was the declaration made By
those connected with Il during tho
summer to reproduce in Honolulu one
Eof the great Men and Religion cam
paigns which were held On the main
land last year. The well-knoKn news
paper correspondent. w r ILLS Of
the Philadelphia Ledger, said Of The
Men and Religion Forward Movement
that Its results were worth more than
the results Of q presidential election
This is a strong statement but Il has
been more than Justified BY toe rc.
suits showed In many cities and opIn-
ions expressed by the secular as well
as the religious press.
The Men and Religion Forward
Movement In Honolulu viii be IN the
form Of an eieht-day institute on che
modern methods or religious work
The two chief figures IN the camp1Isn
viii be Fred B. Smith Of New York
City, the greatest speaker TO men n
the world today. and Raymond Rob
ins, OF Chicago, q social worker who
has recently come into national prom.
fnence. These men win conduct one
of the most foreeful startling and H.
spring religious GATHERINGS <htf 10
noiuiu has even Experienced I'm
man on the street will think and
talk about religion more than be h18
ever thought Of doing. Doubtless the
most interesting feature Of the can.
paign ID the rare emphasis on social
service. Social service Il inst tech
nical way Of saying that religion Il q
weekday job. and has more % do
with buying and selling. building. liz
ing and. square deals. than Il has 10
do with ladies' aid societies and nice
parties for children. As Fred b
Smith has putt It TT has made re-
ligion Job for q big he.nlan.s
secretary Super, Of the Young
Mems Christian Association, has Just
received q letter from a Honolulu
In which he tells 6 Raymond Robins
r. a., "a.
speaks of fae wonderful effects Of his
preaching. Il have heard greaf men
speak here at the university" reads
the letter. Bryan, la Toilette, VIII
son, Abbott, Mathews and the like.
but never before have been &c
moven, not even by Bryan. as I was
by Raymond Robins. No doubt you
are familiar with the name. How /
wish he could speak to the students
of Honolulu. !"
The Men and Religion team will ar
rive In Honolulu on January % and
remain until January 30. speaking
every afternoon and evening in adj
dition to Sunday morning. Accomp
anying the team Is the famous Inter
national Quartet which will sing and
take part in the Institutes. This az
gregation has been together for the
past fifteen years and their ensemble
is Of high order. This is q great
opportunity for Honolulu wonder
ful opportunity. It Is difficult to get
people to appreciate in advance what
a great thing this can be. One thing
is certain, however. and that is that
after the team has left Honolulu the
names OF Fred b. Smith and Raymond
Robbing will be by-words and the :
word religion will have bigger and
a nanlie1 Significance In this city
than 1t has even had before ;.
this, of course, is private informa-
ton The Association IL maxim 1nnd