The Washington herald., 1912-02-14
CHRIST BELIEVED
IN FULL PUBLICITY
would Have Made Good Newspaper
MAN. Says Speaker in Men and
Religion Forward Movement.

Christ would have made a corking
good newspaper man. I say it rever.
emily. Did 1t never occur to you in read
ing the Gospels how Christ had gone
through the helds doing things on the
Sabbath? He did II thus that we should
know about II. II he had done it other
wise, We would not have known about
it."
With these words Eugene N. Camp.
president Of the Church News Associa-
tion Of New York. reached the climax
OF his address on Publicity before one
Of the opening meeting Of the Men and
Religion Forward Movement in the FRS.
Congregational Church yesterday after
noon. He re-enforced his statement in the
following manner:
The temper OF the daily papers in
America toward the churches is steadily
improving. They are more and more
wanting and trying to print church news
in improved form They are sless and
less willing that the reports should ap-
peal to the sensational side. The New
York papers are perhaps leading all pa
pers in that direction. They are paying
more and more money for church news.
More of them are having church pages
ard treating the churches with sincere
respect. There is tremendous gain in
thCt direction and these movements. The
Men and Religion Movement and the
Laymen's Missionary Movement are
helping greatly TO strengthen this atti-
tude.
You must publish the facts in the
case in order to get any publicity.
Il wonder IL there is anybody who does
hfr,tr hot Is ENNz ne 1auff ffTT1a n
for the churches, for the material side Of
the church, for missions and social serv-
ice, as It is for Pears soap or automo-
biles? If they think that, they had bet
ter get 1t out Of their heads. What do
Heople take into their consciousnesses?
1t is the things that you know about"
Under the leadership of Lyman L.
Pierce, OF Pittsburg, team specialist on
missions of the Men and Religion For
a largely attended institute was con-
Quoted yesterday at Epiphany parish
hall. Following Or. Arthur J. Browns
stirring address of the afternoon. in
which he alluded to the war nearing its
end in China, Mr.. Pierce introduced a
native Chinese into the institute on mis-
sions. who paid tribute TO Chins's debt
TO Christianity and spoke of the present
strategic position Of Christian leaders in
the new republic.
DR.. Brown addressed the afternoon ses-
sion of the opening day of the con-
vention yesterday in the First Congre-
gational Church, and while he spoke to
the topic The world call of the gos-
pel," he devoted most of his remarks to
summarizing the conditions in the Orient.
Fully 800 delegates and ministers were
present at the institute on missions.
which was addressed by Mr.. Almy, and
important of the meetings of the after
noon and evening. In connection with
the social service work, in which Mr..
AImy, Is vitaHy interested, the commit
tee on social service, in cooperation
with the Monday Evening Club. and As
ISOLATED Charities, and the Consumers
League, of Washington, have an extern
sive exhibit In the parish hall Of Epi-
phany Church, in which actual condi-
tions in the slums OF the Capital CITY
are graphically illustrated. This exhibit
will be continued throughout the cam
paign.
II look to the time when there will be
free doctors as well as free schools said
DR.. AImy in an address at Calvary Bap-
tist Church in the evening
with free education, illiteracy has
been practically abolished inside one gen.
Grafton. Is not disease as dangerous as
llut6EdGg ING NlAg Ndh ElhE a IVY al
education, but it does not give him
health; yet any father would rather have
a live boy than a wise boy. The day
will come when we will have free doctors.
Already a long step has been made in
that direction, for in many cities there
are nov ten or twenty times as many
paid officials Of the health departments
as there were ten years ago"
Mr.. Almy discussed the entire field OF
- e..
social welfare. He declared that modern |
charity is the freest and most satisfac- |
tory ever known.
Through Chairman DIR. d. c. Macleod. |
" the eight-day campaign committee of
he Men and Religion Forward Move |
nent, telegram was presented to the |
opening session OF the convention of the |
campaign as follows:
Chicago Methodist preachers meeting !
Ind Willard Hall mass meeting ask Men |
Ind Religion Forward Movement forces |
o request President Taft to apply find |
ngs Of the Chicago and Minneapolis vice |
by requiring police to abol- |
sh unlawful segregation in National Cap |
tai as good example to other cities and |
for Inauguration"
A communication from the AIoysius |
Truth Society, representing the Catholic |
,lergy and laity Of the city of Washing |
on, was also read, asking that the men |
md religion campaign should be made to |
include cooperation with the society in /
is efforts to stamp out the sale and ex-
libition of immoral and lewd posters, |
lost cards, and pictures in the National !
capital.
An interesting meeting was held at the i
5benezer NJ. z. Church, Fourth and d I
streets southeast last evening.
A Bible institute meeting was held at |
lincoln Memorial Congregational Church, 1
he pastor. Rev. S. Brown, presiding |
Addresses were delivered by W. A. Hun
on and DR.. P. O'ConneIl, Of Howard |
At the, First Baptist Church, twenty
seventh street and Dumbarton avenue
northwest. services were held with Rev
E. E Kicks presiding. The meeting
II St PauTs A. NJ. L. Church was ad-
iressed by Rev. Charles Young, Rev. A.
= Garner, Rev. n. Williams, or BaIti-
more, and Rev. l. Tolliver.
An address was delivered to the stu
ients OF the Armstrong Manual Training
school by A. N. Cotton, Of Buffalo. Other
addresses were delivered by N. !. Beckett,
:. B. Henderson, and Lewis Johnson
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