The Washington times., 1912-01-25
MEN OUTSIDE THE
CHURCH WILL Be
ASKED TO ATTEND
Effort to Be Made to Get
5000 to Services on
Sunday.

AT a luncheon of the advisory COM
mittee Of the Men and Religion For
ward Movement at the New willard
this afternoon, 1t was announced that
. special effort will be made to induce
500 men outside of church membership,
who seldom attend religious services, to
GO to church next Sunday.
This invitation >will be, extended by
pastors and members of all the
s churches Of the District, and throug.,
the press Of the city. 1t also was an
nSaneed that on s9nSay february all
urged to attend some Sunday school.
William Knowles Cooper. general
Z secretary of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association; the Rev. H. s. Pink
committee: Fred c. Croxton, chair
man OF the evangelism commit ee
and A. M. Chesley, chairman of the
Older Boys Crusade OF the movement
were the speakers at the luncheon.
Progress Outlined.
Mr.. Cooper outlined the progress
being made in Washington in prepar-
alton for the eight-day campaign to
be held in April. He made the an
! be Church day. and the following
that the week of February Ills
= WOulu De one OF the most important
7 times before the campaign is started.
For this week, four prominent men
have been invited to speak. They
are DR.; Arthur J.. Smith. of New
barsh foTmsriy general sf'e secretary re 'ts Of
the Washington Y. M. c. A.; Prof.
Jeremiah Jinks, of Cornell University,
a9 nd Arthur aa NJ Cotton, Of Buffalo;
gelism committee, urged that every
minister and church member in the
city extend cordial invitation to the
men oueide of the churches that they
attend church next Sunday, and also
to attend church regularly. ..
The Rev. Pinkham, chairman of the
Bible study committee, said the Bible
is not studied enough by men. He
up the Bible classes in all the churches
In Washington, not only in attendance,
but in teachings and environments.
a. M. Chesley, chairman of the older
haif of the boys in Washington, be-
tween twelve and twenty years of age,
did not attend Sunday school or church,
anu he urged special effort en- the part
or all pastors and members of churches
10 set tnese boys into the Sunday school.
Not only are half of the boys of
" ashington between these ages out of
sunday school, but receive no religious
Chesley. 1.-THE Bible study has been
neglected in the homes. and they re-
ceive no religious inspiration. We must
build up this feature, for when we do
Those attending the luncheon were:
List of Committeeman.
The ADVISORY committee is composed
of the following. yH@5' 90
s.. w. Woodward. chairman, IS. j.
Adams. Col. benjamin hNorei. Judge
Thomas II. Anderson. John Taylor
Charles G nsooKs IA saii H,' nrVins O. Ball.
George +. Barker, Justice Job Barnard
r. w. Beall, DR.. Charles L.. Bliss r. l.
Booraen; =: s; Brashears, l.. Z, )sreu-.
a. 2: Browne. Charles II. Butler, DR..
w. *. Butler. =
David s. CARL, Prof. Mitchell Carroll,
S M.Isf,o w; ,t l.; Chambers A. A. Chaplin.
z. Clafiin, e. E. Clement. Hon. JudSo
G. Clements. Walter c. Clephane,
Arthur Copeland. C. l. Corby, Bishop
Gen. A. s. Daggett. Ernest II. Daniel.
J. j. Darlington, II. BraGlcy Davidson,
DR. w. M. Davidson, Milan c. Dowell,
Thad. c. Dulin. w. Clarence Duvall.
John Joy Edison. w. w. Everett, w.
Richard A. Ford. Capt. c. NJ. Forrest,
lion. John w. Foster. A. F. Fox. Daniel
DR.. Merrill E. Gates. NJ Leroy Gon,
Thomas Grant, Ben s. Graves. Ben
jamin w. Guy.
Bishop Alfred Harding. Clarence L.
Harding, d. Fulton Harris, Hon. Will
J; Philip Herman, Isaac r. Hit, vii,
liam D. Hoover, Col. Thomas S. Hop
kins, Charles e. Howe.
f; Hilton Jackson, III. c.. James, DR..
n. X. Jenner, DR.. Joseph Taber john
Or. R. Kingsman.
James b. Lambie, John B. Larner,
B. f. Leighton, John G. Let's, Irwin
IL. Linton h NJ
A. NJ. McLachlen, George X. McLana-
nan a FRANK L; Middleton. w: w. Milan.
Or. NJ. M. Moffett. F. L. Moore, Frank
Morrison, A. C. Moses.
b. NJ. Newbold, Clarence f. Norment. |
Hon; "; F. Norris. Theodore W. Noyes,
F.. southard Parker, Chief Justice
Stanton J. Peele. Lester B. Platt, Hon. |
Clifford Pinchot, George A. Provost.
Fred b. Rhodes, Hon. Cuno II. Ru-
Joseph A. Scott. General shallenber-
ger. James Sharp, A. L. Sinclair, w. II. |
singleton. j. Henry Small, E. Quincy !
smith, George Otis Smith, DR.. Thomas |
Spear, Hon. W. P. STAFFORD, George H.
Stewart, A. L. Sturtevant
Judge Arson s. Taylor, DR.. Wilbur
p. Thrilled. Washington Topham, Dr. |
r. F.; Truebiood, Col. George Truesdell. !
Hon. Fred VanDyke.
+. A. Walker. Mai. s. III. Walker, |
George o. Watson, Charles w. Warden,
Brainerd II. Warner, Hon. w. w. War |
wick, DIR. William S. Washburn, r. u. |
Matrous. Edw. s. Wescott. Henry l.. |
West, George w. White, William Allen
WILDER, L. Cabell, Williamson, e. S.
Wolfe.
J. c. Yost.