The Washington times., 1912-02-11
RELIGION MOVEMENT
GIVEN IMPETUS IN
CAMP PAIGN OPENING
Many -Churchgoers Are
Attracted on First Of Eight
Day Canvass.
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ChurCh MEMBER 10 dtteIu some OI lne
meetings. The Rev. J. r. Huddle, pas
tor of the church. spoke on the move
ment in his morning sermon.
In the absence of the Rev. Samuel II.
Woodrow, the Rev. II. y. Jackson, of
Congregational Church this morning.
He explained what the movement was
and what IT had accomplished in this
meeting Of the men and older boys Of
the church was held to arouse interest
in the campaign this week and secure
their cooperation in the movement.
The Rev. Charles Wood, pastor OF the
Church Of the Covenant, indorsed the
movement, saying il is only broader;
palmer view of Christianity and It's
teachings. of the Bible and its reyela-
tions. and the bringing together of the
church and man.
Posters Announce Meetings.
The Rev James Shcra Montgomery,
pastor of the Metropolitan Methodist
Church, spoke in high terms of the
movement and urged his congregation
to assist the workers in the campaign
that started today.
Large posters have been put up at all
Protestant churches of the city an
nouncing where the different meetings
will be held.
A mass meeting of the church men is
being held this afternoon in the ID. A.
r. Hail, Seventeenth and d streets
northwest. Edward T Devine, profess
sor of political science, of Columbia
| University. and Frederic Almy, of Buff
| falO, are the speakers.
At $3.50 o'clock Lyman L. Pierce was
scheduled to speak to the older boys
Tonight the services in all Protestant
| churches of the city will be devoted to
| the campaign.
Busy Days In Prospect.
Probably the busiest two days of the
| week will be Tuesday and Wednesday.
In addition to. the community extension
meetings on these days, which will be
| held in practically every section of the
citV services will be conducted in the
following churches First Congrega-
tional, the Church of the Epiphany, Nj.
Vernon Methodist Episcopal, New York
Avenue Presbyterian. Mt. Pleasant Con
gregational. s.. Pauls Lutheran, Wc&I
Street Presbyterian, Church of The
Covenant, Calvary Baptist Church,
Sixth. Presbyterian and Eastern Pres
byterian.
Tuesday morning former Commits
sioner Henry 3; F. Macfarland % will viii
speak at 9;45 o'clock at the FIRST Con
Agency for the Kingdom" At 1915 the
Rev. William Wilkinson, the Wal!
| Street Parson." will speak on The Need
Shuey. of Cincinnati, will speak on THE
! Bible in Action"
Perhaps the most important session
u
o'clock. when Eugene NJ. Camp, presi-
dent Of the Church News Association of
New York, will speak on Church Ad-
vertising and Publicity" At this meet
I Ing other speakers besides Mr.. Camp
will urge the churches of the District
; to use newspaper space in advertising
! sermons. meetings, and sessions. Be
= tween 4:50 and 6 o'clock in the after
noon there will be institute meetings,
at which evangelism, community exit n
a; sion, social service, missions. Bib!e
u 1g,ft m
, These meetings will be continued that
. night.
: General Program Wednesday.
. Wednesday afternoon and night the
institute meetings will be continued.
} During the morning and early afternoon
. addresses bearing on vital questions of
church work of today will be delivered.
DR.. Arthur j. Smith, of New York, will
speak at 9:45 o'clock at the First Con-
gregati92nal Church on "indiyidual
sion;' at 1890 Frederic Almy, of Buff
falo. is to talk on The Spiritual Value
of the Social Emphasis" and DR.. Arthur
| II In the he afternoon at 2:l5 o'clock DR..
Edward T. Devine, OF Columbia Uni
of Social Service" This address will be
followed by a talk by DR.. Arthur j.
Smith on "The Inter-Church Responsi-
ii DilltN,' LYMAN l., Pierce, OF ~,
former Washingtonian. speaks at $3.50
o'clock on The Practical Application to
Each Individual"
MONDAY Preaching.
At noon each day this week the Rev.
William Wilkinson, the wall Street
Parson," will speak to the business men
OF the city at the Church of the
Epiphany.
A mothers meeting on boys work. to
be addressed by Arthur N. Cotton, will
be the feature of the afternoon program
of Thursday This meeting will be held
in the Mt. Vernon NJ. E. Church.
be mems meeting at Epiphany Church
which will be addressed by the Rev
ference, to be held in the assembly
hall of the Y. NJ. c. A. building, will b,
begun at 6 o'clock and will be continued
through Saturday.
II union institute and inter-church con
ference, at the First Congregations
Church. beginning at 4:45 o'clock, viii
be the feature of the Saturday after
noon program. The members of tn
team of religious experts at this meet
ing will present specific recommenda
tiOns as to work which, in their judg
ment, should be undertaken at once i
the various departments. The depart
ments are those of boys work, soCia
service, missions, evangelism, Bibl
study and publicity.
Mass Meeting Sunday.
Following a visitation of Bible school
by specialists next Sunday, and tn
regular church services, the remainde
of Sundays program will include
mass meeting for men, more tina
twenty-one years old, to be held at tn
New National Theater: an older boy
mass meeting at the BehsCO Theatel
a younger boys mass meeting at til
Y. Nj. c. A. assembly hall; and
women's mass meeting at the Wesle
NJ. f. Church. All of these meeting
will be opened at $3.50 o'clock.
Monday, February 49, the campaiG
will come to close with a conferenC
to be held at p. m. in every ChurC
in the city. The object of these Coz
ferences, it is announced, will be
discuss how to use to best adVantal
the inspiration and training of Il
campaign week.
Colored Churches Participate.
All of the colorcd ProtestaI
churches in the District arc partiC
pating in this movement. OF the CO
cred churches in Washington the
are said to be about 10000 member
and the pastors of these churches al
ether Colored religious bodies and /
SLttuttons viii do everything possiI