The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-01-11
GREAT MO,GAN
RELIGIOUS REVIVAL
Movement Reaching After the Stray
Sheep and Bringing Them Back
Into the Fold.

One million dollars are to be- spent
throughout the country within the
next eleven months to revive interest
in religion among the masses. T.
Pierpont Morgan and number Of
his friends in the financial district OF
New York. have scribed the mon.
ey.
In many ways the camgaign to re-
claim the backsliders, upon whicn
they have embarked Is the most sig
nificant and momontous in the history
OF Professionalism in America. Similar
activity is noted among the Roman
Catholics.
With the widespread interest awak
ened among Protestants in the Nor.
gan movement and the stimulus Civ
en- to Catholicism by its great histor
ical work, The Catholic Church In
the United States" which Is credited
with having been an important con-
tributing factor in the recent election
of the three new American cardinals.
a return of the religious fervour that
swept the country generation ago
is imminent.
Mr.. Morgan and his associates est
mate that there are in the United
States approximately 6j.00O,OO0 aftil-
lated and non-affilated Protestants,
while Or. irnesto Begni of the Cath
Ollie Eating Co., Ol New York which
sponsored the new Catholic history.
showing the marked growth of the
Roman Church here, figures that there
are la,0GO, 900 Catholics in this coun.
try, exceeding the 5000 ,000 living un.
der the flag Of Porto Rico, Hawaii
and the PHILIPPINES. In greater or less
degree, the influence of these two
bodies Is felt in every community in
the country. Though rivals in spirl-
tual matters, they are in accord UP
VI many SupJ''lS VI hu'u"i ih''i'''
notably upon that of socialism. which
recent statistics show TO be making
heavy strides in the body polite.
To big business, socialism, stands
for disintegration and Is incompat'
ible with the precepts of religion
Hence the Morgan religious revival
is two fold in It's object:
First TO check the growth of so.
cialism, which bug business" regards
as the most dangerous foe Of social
and political order; second to bring
back into the fold the great mass OF
the people who Of late years have
been steadily drifting away from the
influence of the churches.
The first condition being consider.
ed the direct result of the second, the
sponsors OF the Morgan movement
propose 10 get to its primary cause
! Religion ~ to be made popular as
well as attractive by being made SYM
pathetic. The complaint of the mas
ses that The churches are cold and
repellant in their attitude TO the poor
and lowly is to be remedied, Patrlc,
ian and proletariat are to be made
equally welcome. The warm hand OF
fellowship, will go out in gladness
and JOY to all alike. Caste. cliques,
and the various divisions and sue;
divisions in which congregations arc
wont TO array themselves In friend,
ship and hostility to one another, Will
be discouraged.
Thus will the great body OF people
be drafted back into the service Of
the church. To reach mans heart
first arouse his spiritual emotions
| Then he is inyulnerable TO the exhor.
tations Of the socialist or the business
batting 'muckraker
Big business believes that the re-,
ligiOus man is builder and not u
destroyer and realizes that to have
prosperity himself he must help make
Others prosperous The Idea marks a