The Calumet news., 1912-03-06
Hancock Department

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zion q fit boy any more than Won
can cut down an old suit Of clothes
ana get a good ht We want men of
experience To put the boys 10 work
along the lines indicated for Christian.
ity and the church. and we hone 10
nave rs good gathering Of BOYS az
the institute next week as we have
had in other places.
Rev. Adams Of Detroit.
Rev. Myron Adams of Detroit. mas
tor of the First Baptist church and
a prominent social settlement worker
| spoke OF social service
The good Christian everywhere
nc SAIL lis a good neighbor. He
LOOKS beneath tho surface OF life. He
sees behind the moving crowds of the
cities ard the walls of steel and stone
the lives and feelings ana hopes and
ambitions of the people.
We arc obligated TO look with SYM
pathy. lot mere curiosity upon human
misery
The speaker told how the insight OF
Jacob ltiis, a newspaper man, has
wrought a transformation I'm the lives
and homes and ideas of the dwellers
of Mulberry Bend, formerly one Of the
toughest sections OF New York city.
we are obligated to work together
Tor the common good" he said.
He illustrated the influence of the
individual by describing how a young
woman from the country going to
New York and seeing the narrow,
Eopeless, cheerless lives OF the chill
dren of the east side, had established
garden patches and Fairgrounds, ul-
timately securing from the city coun-
ell appropriation of a million dollars
for childrens Fairgrounds.
The Ford Republic at Detroit was
also referred To and the influence of an
unknown gypsy boy who was elected
as one of the judges, and who refused
offers of help to recover health rather
than desert the boys who had be-
iriended him.
"lt Bays TO be kind" said The speak
cr. 1T pays to be Of service, not in !
collars, perhaps, but i'm the JOY of see
ing the birth of better things
Evangelism.
God is always in quest of man and
man is always seeking God" said Rev. |
] G.. Haller of the Ishpeming First NJ
T.. church. bringing them together
is called conversion. Evangelism is the
point at which the forward movement
touches life at it's center. II is use
less to spend money for building |
churches unless those churches give
consciousness of God. Evangelism
is Christianity at work. Evangelism
is the square deal in it's highest and
best ecnsc II is the getting on our
feet ana bringing men to a conscious |
ness of God and the church.
Buell. Sums Up.
J. T.. Buell.. executive secretry of
the Men and Religion Forward move
ment in the upper peninsula summed
up the FIVE phases of the work as the
first fingers of the hand. all working
in harmony and Illustrating the eject,
OF lack in one department By compar-
iAiE II WIN tii1 WIN a iAAoNA /
missing. He declared that he would
carry the spirit of enthusiasm of the
Hancock meeting To Marquette with
him today, and during the rest of the
week 20 Munislng. Escanaba. Menom-
inee. Esoanaba and Gladstone. and tell
them there that the men of Hancock |
mean business.
l.. f.. Buell. last evening displayed for |
the first time i'm Hancock, small Chi |
nese flag, the emblem that has been
adopted by the new republic Of China. |
The iag is red. white and blue. The |
field is of red and i'm the corner is a
small blue square. with twelve point
ed star of white. each point indicating
enc of the twelve provinces of the Chi
nese Republic. The flag was viewed
with interest by all.
Schedule of Institutes.
A schedule of the institutes to bel
held here next week was read by Sec
retary George d. Westerman of the
Calumet Y NJ. c. A. 1t is as follows:
Monday, Social Service; Tuesday. Mis-
sions; Wednesday. Boys Work Thurs
day, Bible Study; Friday Evansel-
ism.
At Houghton the schedule will be:
Monday Evangelism; Tuesday. Social
Service: Wednesday, Evangelism;
Thursday. Boys Work; Friday. Bible
study.
During the evening, songs were Civ
en- bv Fred Rumble and Will Hall,
and the gathering sang, "Old Hun
dred" and America" led by John r.
Marshall The Hancock orchestra fur
nished music for the evening and the
Ladies' Industrial society served the
dinner i'm most able. prompt and eff