Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-23
RELIGIOUS
CAMPAIGN is ON
Men and Religion Forward
Movement in New Jersey.

ton OF IueS0ay ana WtuDeSudys
January 80 and 81. This wilf~be
held in the Second Presbyterian
church, Newark. Delegations will
attend from the various churches OF
Newark. Montclair, Elizabeth, the
Oranges and neighboring towns and
The success OF the convention
Ia assured by its leadership. as well
as by the preliminary work that has
been done In all parts Of the field.
Rev. Roy B. Guild, National Execu-
tive Secretary and Campaign Leader
for this district. is In charge ALI
the experts OF the special team will
speak. Among these r J. Camp
bell White (Missfons), Paul Moore
Strayer tSocial Servtce). G. G. Rob-
inson boys Work.. Besides these
DR.. Home Stuntz and others will
take part. There will be much def
mite discussion on such themes as:
The Bible, The Boy, The World Call,
Community Extension, Individual
Evangelism. Work in Shops, Public
Schools etc.
For weeks, committees and yolun-
teer workers have made this cam
paign their particular business. Men
OF affairs-bankers, insurance men,
lawyers, public commissioners etc,
have crowded their ordinary jobs
into a few hours and with the YER
satility of sleight-of-hand perform
ers have turned to the new tasks.
Large sums OF money must be raised.
Unusual methods of advertising have
to be devised and meetings planned
and. carried through.
The Men and Religion Forward
Movement for men and boys Is q
union of the Sunday-sehools, Mems
sBrotherhoods and Young Mems
Christian Associations to wake up
the sleepers In the churches, guide
and encourage the workers and set
them all at the job of finding the
missing millions Of men and boys
outside.
And they're doing 1t. This New
Jersey campaign has the benefit of
experience gained in many cities.
Washington GLADDEN. writes that the
meetings In Columbus were full OF
light and power-there is no noise"
Another pastor said the movement
"gripped the city" The president
of the Columbus First National Bank
testified that 1t brought the men of
different denominations together"
Nearly a thousand men attended the
fnstitutes-that is, they went to
school to learn how to do religious
work" The Institutes for this cam
paign will be held simultaneously in
the different rooms of the Second
Presbyterian church, corner James
and Washington streets, Newark,
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Memorial Baptist churches, across
the Park, Tuesday, Wednesday.
Thursday and Friday evenings, Jan
uary 80 to February 2, from $50 to
S7s30 o'clock. United Institute, Sat
urday at 400 p. M. Each institute
requires four sessions to complete It's
outline OF studies.
Five themes will be discussed in
platform meetings, studied in fnsti-
tutes and dealt with in convention.
Boys work, Social Service Eyangel-
ism, Bible Study and Missions. GEN
eral evening services will be held
oact eycntrg, January go to Febru-
airy 2, In Newark, Montclair, Eliza
beth and the Oranges. The team ex-
perts will address each OF these in
turn.
Already section conferences on
Missions and Boys Work have been
held. Nearly a hundred men vorun-
teered for service at the Newark
Boys Work conference.
Fred B. Smith, national campaign
leader, will speak on the evening Of
January 25tn at the First P~resbyter-
ian church in Newark and the Ma
tional Association Male Quartet will
sing. This meeting is for those that
are In earnest about helping In the
work. Mr.. Smith will outline the
plan of campaign and tell how 1t has
worked elsewhere.
On January 28th, at $3.50 P. M,
Rev. Paul Moore Strayer, D. D., of
Rochester. will speak to men In the
Newark Symphony Auditorium on
social Problems from the Christian
standpoint" The day after. all the
experts viii give seven-minute talks
at 7:30 Ia the Second Presbyterian
church. Newark. An older boys
conference viii be held on February
3 and a mems mass meeting on the
following Sunday afternoon. There
will be good music. including solos
viii lead the singing.
But after ali. the program Ia only