The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-03-04

March 10 will mark the opening of
what promises to be the greatest re-
ligious gathering ever held in the
northwest, when the Men and Re-
ligion Forward movement gathering is
opened in Grand Forks. The
campaign is scheduled to open
On March 10 and will close
the evening Of March II, lasting from
Sunday to Sunday. The team Of ex-
perts will reach Grand Forks on Tues
day and remain there during the week.
The meetings will be held in the au-
ditorium which promises to be taxed
to its capacity. Hundreds of dele
gates and religious workers from all
over the state have signifed their in
tention Of being in the city to spend
all or part Of the week and the gath
ering promises to mark a new epoch
in the religious history of the state.
Elk. Sec. Kirk e. Wallace of
the local committee OF 100, has
during the past month travelled all
over the state and organizations
have been formed in most of the cities
of any considerable size looking to-
ward the success of the convention in
Grand Forks. r."s
The team OF experts. representing
the national movement, n who will
visit Grand Forks, is made I'D Of men
who stand out as authorities in their
special line Of church work. The
gathering will be educational as we'll
as ~evangelistic and methods that are
the result of years Of study in church
work will be presented to those who
gather for the convention. In addi-
ton to the team Of experts, there will
be well known speakers from all over
the state and Minnesota and from the
time the campaign starts until it
closes there promises to be not an idle
moment. The local committee is
working hard and the next eight days
viii be devoted to the important work
Of getting the details for the big gath
ering worked out.
The programme for the convention
is given below and conveys some idea
Of what will be offered. y On March
16 and II, the closing days Of the
Men and Religion Forward movement
gathering, the state association of the
Y. NJ. c. A. will meet in annual con-
vention. The programme for that con-
ton Is also given below. The head
quarters Of the campaign will be the
Y. NJ. c.. A. The executive committee
Of the movement is made up OF the
following:
Chairman-R. B. Griffith.
Vice Chairman-F. L. Goodman.
Recording ~Secretsry-J. w. Ogren.
Treasures. T~orgerson.
Executive Secretary-K. e. Wallace.
Committee chairmen.
The following are the chairmen of
the various committees:
Bible Promotion-S. p. johnson.
Boys Work-T. Porte.
Evangelism-F. NJ. Mccoy.
Social Service-W. II. Brown.
Missionary-C. C. MCGOWAN.
Publicfty-W. N. Stearns.
Auxiliary Towns-H. L. Wilson.
Finance-Sidney Clark.
ConventionS-H. E. Simpson.
Sunday, March 10.
Regular services in the churches.
1880 a. m.-Special sermon by each
pastor of The Church and he For
ward Movement.
300 p. m.-Mass meeting for men,
Presbyterian church. In charge Of
Ministerial association. Special mu-
sic.
Monday, March II.
500 p. m-Conference of Commit
tee Of One Hundred and all special
committees, basement First Methodist
church.
Tuesday, March IL.
1870 D.. m.-Ministerial association
conference with team of experts,
Presbyterian church parlor.
6:15 .. m.-"Hand-out" supper,
Presbyterian church dining room.
1880 p. m.-Reception of team or ex-
perts and mass meeting of men.
Brief address by each member of
the team. Auditorium of Presbyterian
church.
THE CONVENTION.
Wednesday, March 13.
Presbyterian Churcn-
$3.50 a. m.-Prayer and praise.
9:45 a. Neutrality-suspicious. as an
Agency Of the Kingdom, David G..
LatshaW.
1880 a. m.-Address-The Need and
Opportunity Of Work for Men and
Boys in the Modern Church, DR.. J.. j.
Lansing.
1900 a. m.-open conference. (a)
Points of Weakness in Mems Work in
Mems Work in the Church.
1880 a.. m.-Adress-The Bible in
Action, w. c. Pearce.
1900 m. - Luncheon. Extension
meetings at moo hour.
100 .. m.-Conference of out OF
town delegates. Theme, How Can
we Carry Out the Men and Religion
Programme in Our Communities?
200 p. m.-Prayer and praise.
2:15 p. m.--Address-The Boy, J. A.
Whitmore.
2:45 D. m--open conference, liter
ature hour.
s:15 D. m.--Adress-The World Call
of the Gospel, Yutaka Minakuchi.
400 D. m.-Adjournment.
4:30 D. n. to 5:45 p. m.-Sectiona1
meetings OF institutes. /. Bible study;
The Mems Bible Glass. 2. Boys work.
The Boy and the Church. 3. Evan
gelism and community extension, In
dividual Evangelism. 4. Missions,
The Promotion OF Missionary Educa-
ton. S. Social service, The Church
and Labor.
500 p. m.--Supper.
$500 p. m. Platform meetings.
Presbyterian church. Bible study, w.
G. Pearce. Thrilling Stories OF Mems
Glasses. Evangelism and Community
Extension. C. r. Drum. TheChurch
and the Community, David Latshaw.
Baptist Church-Missions, Yutaka
Minakuchi. The Worlds Awakening.
Social service, DR.. j. j. Lansing, The
Church and Social Betterment. Boys
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