The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-28
WORKERS GET
INTO LINE FOR
MEETING
Committee Launched There
to Boost Men and Religion
Forward Movement

Preliminary organization for the
Men and Religion Forward movement
was effected at the local y. NJ. G. A.
last night. following an excellent adj
dress by Warren l.. Bunger. conserva-
ton specialist Of the movement. One
member from each church in Fargo
was appointed to make up q central
committee and the permanent organ
ization will be formed this afternoon
at the Y. NJ. G. A. at 4 o'clock. A
delegation will be selected for the
Grand Forks meeting of the Me and
Religion Forward movement, says the
Fargo Courier-News.
Members of Central Committee.
Those who make up the central
committee as selected last night are:
Fl. +. Emery. Congregational church,:
Smith Stilnmel. Broadway Methodist
church; Fred Taylor. First Methodist
church; Sydney Adams. First Freshly
terrain church.; Frank Hall, Baptist:
L. E. Carlson, Swedish Baptist!
Harry Arneson, English Lutheran;
Carl Pitsch. Zion Evangelical. From
strom represented the Methodists and
II. +. Peterson is from the Presby-
terians. Fred Taylor was elected tenn
porary chairman. All churches not
having delegates are asked to select
and have them present at the meet
ing this afternoon.
Like Reformation Movement.
"The Men Inc Religion Forward
movement will so down in history on
equal standing with the reformation
movement" said Mr.. Bunger, at the
meeting last night where he address,
ed a large audience composed of Far
go business men and others interest
ed. He was introduced by W. ].
Lane. who presided during the even
ing.
MI. Bunger said that during his
not changed his views upon the nee
essity of the masculine evidence in
church work.
Too Few Men In Church.
There are not too many women
and children. but too few men in the
church." said the speaker. There are
100000 fewer me in the church
than women and this fact alone shows
the call for this movement. For
every one man there are four women
in the church.
When the church do get men. they
do not interest them enough.to hold
them. The latter problem is not tho
great problem in the church but it
is h leisure problem"
Five Lines of Activity.
Mr.. Runger next outlined the five
iA'Sc VI dSlANilS III tuc program OF
the movement. He said the move
ment prepares men for activity and
that he has already held conventions
i nelehty cities and has studied the
working principles of the church.
The speaker had praise for Billy
Sundays work and said that he had
just come from Toledo where the
great evangelist had been. Mr.. Bun
~er believes such campaigns arc nee
essary and always accomplish good
work. Another movement along the
same line is the layn1en's missionary
movement.
Specialists to Train Boys.
The. are doing what they
ought to do" said Mr.. Runger. while
the men who are in the churches do
the best they can. although they are
so few. that it doesn't help much.
When they do get a boy in church,
they don't hold him there because
they do not have the ability to train
boy groups The only remedy for this
is to train specialists for the boy
work.
1.-THE Men and Religion Forward
movement can progress in North loa-
kota Just as we'll as in any other
state. God has prepared the way"
MI. Burger was given the closest
attention and nearly every one pres
eth In the audience pledged himself
to assist in the movement.