The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-30
REPORT COMMENDS
FINANCIAL SYSTEM
Methodist Men to Adopt
Policy of Laymen Toward
Religious Problems.
PLEDGE AN INCREASE
Delegates March to Soldiers
Monument to Hold De-
vOtiOnaI Services.
PLEDGE AN INCREASE

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct 30-The ma
tional convention of Methodist men
will adopt the policy of the laymen
of the church toward great religious
and civic problems this afternoon or
evening. The committee made ten
tative report today through Bishop Nc
Dowell
The preamble of the report COM
mended the financial system adopted
at the last general conference and
recommended the elimination of du-
plication in the work of the church,
and the church must socialize Chris
tianity and Christianize society.
The plan to obtain an annual in
crease Of ten per cent in church mem.
bership was pledged.
At noon the 5000 delegates marched
to the soldiers monument, where they
were photographed and held devotion
al services, kneeling in the street.
Want to Raise Big Sum.
At the meeting In Tomlinson Hall
last night, J. Campbell White, the
principle speaker, suggested a cam
paign by 1000 men to raise $1,000
900 when a delegate rose to his feet
and asked If there were followers en-
ough to start campaign to raise $25,-
100000 within the next five years. The
idea was taken favorably and 1t is be-
1ieved by the leaders that this will be
the minimum amount for which they
will work.
The matter was dropped temporar-
lily and the delegates were counselled
to pray over the matter during the
night.
At the meeting of the Woman's
Home Missionary society at the Cen
trail Avenue NJ. E. church in the af-
ternoon, DR.. d. j. Rainey, for thirty
years a worker on the Bowery, New
York, and DR.. Charles M. Boswell, of
Philadelphia, corresponding secretary
of the Church Extension and Home
Missions society, spoke.
At the night session, j. Campbell
White declared that there has never
been q time that the world was as
easily and quickly accessible to the
churches as now. He said that China
is now the richest field in the world.
Mr.. White asserted that the M. E..
churches having been behind other
churches in financing missions.
1T two-thirds of the protestant
church members of America can be
led to give as much per member to
missionary purposes as the United
Presbyterian denomination Is given"
said Mr.. White, at will be possible to
eyangelize the world in this genera
tion," he declared. 1.-THE per capita of
that denomination for missionary pur-
poses during the last year has been
$6.11, and other departments of the
church have suffered no decrease in
appropriations. On the contrary, their
appropriations were the largest in
America"
Civilization Problem.
DR.. w. A. Leonard of Seattle, the
following speaker on the nights pro-
gram, asserted that the problem of CIV
ilization is one of the city.
There is still much corruption in
political life," he said. "Cities have
grown up with their overcrowded
slums where men, women and chill
dren die prematurely. All evils come
to their worst in the great cities. The
wealth, rivalry and liberty of the cit
les bring out the luridness.
DR.. Freeman d. Vovard, editor of
the California Christian Advocate. was
appointed corresponding secretary of
the board of home missions and
church extension. He will have head
quarters at Philadelphia.