The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-12-31

me spirit which ii -.
aSuEe IN u~nsuSpected ~avs and nl8ras
ne theme Of publicity i of iarrer
hlsner, more comprehensive and Sri-
endiic sort Il has mmand the
ATTENTION Of religious bodies ALL o.
the country. What has ALREADY Lee,
accomplished in the way Of na.d 49,
Nertlslng by the churches and .f .nar
1--WE cooperation. with the secular
press is but a foretaSte of what The
Htar luture seems To hold. But this
innovation had its definite intrndH-
uon TO the world in the year 1912
Business Men to the Fore.
Clearly this has been the laxmen.e
Year. In d multitude Of WAYS they
have quietly exercised their uotential
leadership. The Million Dollar Cam
palgn of the United PRESBYTERIAN nan
which increased all the b~enoyolenc.s
OF that denomination and gave every
department of its work a tremendous
upllft, was merely the application Of
modern business to church
work in its larger units
n success of the United Preshy-
terrain Iaymen prompted the Southern
presbyterian men. who have for s,y-
eral years past possessed the most ef-
lectlNe laymenS work in the land 10
undertake. q similar denominations
"lde canvass of their churches. The
OBJECT Is TO simultaneously visit all the
membership OF all the churches in the
interest OF the church work and be
neNOlences, securing definite pledges
from everybody visited. March is the
month set Tor this every-member can-
Nass with the southern Fr~eSbyterians.
The Reformed church, which cele-
brates several notable anniversaries
next Year. is aNOWedly following in
the lead Of the Southern Preshvterians
and the United Presbyterians.
In still other ways than this.-omit-
ting further mention of the Men and
l.ellglon MOVement, which was essen
tially a lay enterprise his has been
.ne iaSmen year. h Laymen's
Missionary Movement has been cam
palgning in uuieter but more effective
fashion in a large number Of states
and districts. The new basis of the
Movement really portends
more fundamental changes in the mis-
slonary administration at home than
the public has Yet perceived. And its
future is still before It.
Giving the World n Show.
The war in Turkey. and the reNolu-
ton in nina have profoundly stirred
the church life Of this continent. be
cause both had "a direct relation to re
1lSlOn. IheS have accentuated mis-
slonary interest very largely 1T is
easler than ever to raise money for
missions in large sums, and most Of
the denominations have special mon
~ey-ralslng campaigns under way. es-
pecially in behalf of China. The yea,
has been marked by a nunber OF
! notable gifts, but still more by the
feeling on the part OF those who are
in the best position TO know hat the
conception Of large giving has newly
entered into the minds Of Christian:
Of wealth. The broader scale upoI
which mission work IS being done anC
apprehended-of which THE World
i'll BaltimOre' was an INSTANCES
bearing its logical fruit.
The great convention of the bis
ciDles Of Christ at Louisville was dom.
mated by the foreign mission idea. anG
by a new and still larger conception O
Christian unity. The Commission or
Faith and Order of the Protestanr
Episcopal Church made notable pro.
gress in the latter direction. The yea
was a big one but its creates
achievement was in making way fo1
a still greater year.
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE