The Washington times., 1912-02-12
{. N. CAMP TO URGE
VALUE OF ADS IN
CHURCH CAMP PAIGN
New Yorker to Speak To-
+ morrow to Workers in
Forward Movement.

Eugene NJ Camp, president OF tho
Church News Association of New York,
who speaks in the First Congrega-
tional Church tomorrow afternoon at
o'clock on Church Advertising and
Publicity" will arrive in Washington
this evening. When he reaches the city
the list of special speakers OF the Men
and Religion Forward Movement cam
paign, now being conducted will be
complete.
At the meeting tomorrow afternoon
he will urge upon representatives from
every Protestant church in the District
tho importance of newspaper advertis-
ing, and as a result of his talk and of
the efforts Of the publicity committee
OF the campaign general use of news
paper advertising b. the churches may
start
Two big rallies were held yesterday
afternoon one al the d. A. f. and the
OTTER mt the Y. M. c. A. At o'clock
held in the D. A. r. hall. Seven
teenth and d streets northwest Prof.
Edward T.. Devine, OF Columbia Uni
versity, and Frederic Almy. Of Buffalo,
opened with prayer By the Rev. Donald
e. Macleod. pastor OF the First Presby-
terian Church.
@ Asks Blessings.
Z At the close cf his Invocation the
Rev. Macleod asked that the blessings
OF God be given TO the newspaper re-
poIters and writer's Former Commits
siorer, Henry f. +. mcfarland, intro
duced the speakers. He made a short
Introductory address as follows:
5 The motto on the District of Column
bia seal, Justice to ALL, ought to be
wrought out in this week as never be-
fore, and from this week for all time
20 come should be held before us. We
men who call ourselves Christians
should learn justice to the church, to
God, and to man. We should bring
other men to see that they owe it to
God and to man and in justice to their
own lives to accept his name. We look
first to the transformation of the in
diVidual of the Christian first and then
of the man who does not call himself
Chr iStian."
Prof. Devine spoke on THE Religious
Awakening" He said, in part:
I'VE are now in the midst of great
religious awakening. The Men and Re-
Iigion Forward Movement is symptom
attic of the spirit of the times. 1t is one
among many of the indications of a new
and more vital religious spirit If we
are to understand the Saviour's action
in the face of disease, distress, poverty,
and death this was his supreme concern.
What he did in the case Of Jairus,
In the case Of Lazarus is just what you
and l are doing when we cut down the
death rate in our cities"
Referring to the prayer OF the Rev.
Macleod, in which God was asked to
bless newspaper men in their work,
Prof. Devine said:
II was glad to hear the prayer for
the press. Social workers are under
great obligation to the modern press for
the lessons that 1t teaches, for the
power that it exercises. 1t is of no use
brought home to. the public. 1t must
be put over as they say. People must
be made to understand the facts"
Active Religion.
Mr.. Almy. in his address, said in part:
The Men and Religion Movement is
an attempt to convert men to active re-
ligion by giving them active work to do
In the cause of Christ. When we try
to remove the causes of poverty we
md them so interviewer that our social
structure that 1t Is no wonder that
the poor are helpless against them One
Of the important discoveries of modern
charlty Is that the larger part of pow
erty is innocent. Our early attitude Of
suspicion toward the poor is disappear
ing. Individual religion has helped and
cured individual poverty, but to meet
the great social causes of poverty we
must have also social religion.
"A man may keep all the Ten Com
nandments, but If he never lifts finger
to help the city he lives in he will not
go to any heaven where l should care
to Join him.
Modern charity has as much to do
with the rich as with the poor for the
rtch are chiefly responsible for the So
ctal conditions which cause most of our
poverty. Modern charity needs to have
brave words spoken to the vested in
terests In the pews. Social work is in
It's spirit vitality religious, for it is reli-
Gion applied to life. Certainly Christ
would have cared about the conditions
Of the poor. the sick. and the criminal.
Some tell us that what we need Is not
charity, but justice, but we could as
soon give up the relief work of the Red
Cross while we seek to abolish war as
give up charity while we wait for Jug
uce. In an age of charity there will
be no need of charity but in an age
Of justice we shall still need charity
"Our fight against the causes of pov-
erty is succeeding, and the definition
of poverty has so changed that the
squalld, beastial poverty of Asia and
Europe is unknown in America. Social |
work offers an ideal career for young
men Of wealth and public spirit who
wish to help the cities in which they
live.
Plea for Opportunities.
"The only way to have a better city
is to have better citizens, and the only
way to have better citizens is to give
them hetter opportunities for morality,
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