The Detroit times., 1912-03-18
WOULD ESTABLISH NEWS
BUREAU FOR CHURCHES
Theodore Quinby Puts Plan Up
To Pastors-Little Encour-
agement From Baptists

Detroit churches may have q news
bureau. The plan has been worked
out by Theodore Quinby, former De-
troit newspaper man, and was
brought before the weekly meetings
OF the pastors, Monday morning. 1t
did not meet with much encourage
ment in the Baptist conference, how
ever. the general impression being
that il would be too expensive TO OPP
crate. The Rev. Frederick Tower
Galpin, OF the First Baptist church,
who introduced the subject, said that,
while he thought well OF IL, he feared
his church woaid be unwilling to feet
Its part OF the bill in the matter. The
Rev. Il. w. Young, of the North
Woodward Baptist church, said en-
phatically that his congregation
would not now entertain the scheme,
because it had already made up its
budget for the coming year.
MIR. Quinby plans 10 charge the big
churches IS a week and the smaller
ones 81. His plan is 10 have the pas
tors of the different churches of the
city send in their items of news to
the bureau, where the newspapers
could get them. In this way, he
points out that no church news would
be overlooked; that every denomina-
ton which entered into the project
would get ample publicity. He figures
that the operation OF the office would
entail an expense of $3.50 a week
The Baptist conference also turned
down the plan OF the Rev. w. b. r.
Brown, of the Stanton Park church.
to issue a new Baptist paper, called
the Bulletin. The committee appoint
ed TO investigate the suggestion. with
the Rev. F.. II. Galpin, chairman. re-
ported that no new paper should be
introduced until the present contract
with the Standard, the present official
organ of the denomination, expires,
three years from now. IL was resolv-
ed, however, 10 have a representative
of the Standard meet committee or
the conference in Sunday school
gathering in Jackson Mich, April
1913, and discuss plans to improve
the publicity methods now in vogue.
The Rev. f. A. Lankin, pastor OF
the Hudson-ave. Baptist church. read
a paper on The prayer-meeting,
place In church life. how TO get 1t
out OF the rut and make il vital. nc
told of successful prayer-meetlngs IN
his own church, and suggested that
mock trials and debates on missions
might be introduced in connection
with prayer-meetings where there
was lack OF interest. lie regarded
the prayer-meeting as the pow CT
house" OF the church, and thought
that IL should get keen attention from
every pastor.
In the discussion which followed,
the Rev. F. T. Galpin said that he
had introduced an early Sunday morn
ing prayer-meeting and that II vas
productive OF good results, the MEM
bership OF the church being largely
increased by II.
The Rev. n. T. Hafer, OF the Ferry
ave. Baptist church, questioned the Ell
ficacy of resnrting 10 mock trials and
debates TO make the prayer-meeting5
the more interesting. He and his col.
gregations were opposed 10 innova.
tions, he declared.
The Rev w. Quarrington, the new
pastor OF the Fourteenth-ave. Baptist
church, was introduced to the con.
ference and was accepted as mem
Der. II was decided TO send testi.
monial 10 the authorities OF the First
Baptist church, Chicago in behalf OF
the Rev. MyTon T.. Adams, formerly
OF the Warren-ave. Baptist church.
who goes TO the Chicago church.