Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-06
Missionary
Crusade Is
Under Way
NeWark's Part in Worldwide
Campaign Which Opens
This Month.

The Evening Star early in the
season exclusively announced in
Newark plans for missionary cru
SADIE of nationwide extent. This
campaign is now under way.
The movement, in which some forty
different denominations are combin-
ing. with a view to enlisting every
member in every church to bear a
share in fulfilling che church's mis-
sion In the world, is known as the
United Missionary Campaign. 1t is
inaugurated under the joint auspices
of the Home and Foreign Mission
. Boards of North America, Its aim is
to enlist the church to fulfil her whole
task. 1t regards the church as the
force and the whole world as it's
field; 1t regards the gospel as nothing
less than divine life applied to human
needs on all sides. Upon this broad
Platform a united church projects a
United Missionary Campaign. The
Immediate objective is to secure the
carrying out of an every member
canvass" In each congregation by
March, 1914, and annually thereafter.
This canvass contemplates putting
both congregational expenses and be-
nevolences upon the stable basis of
an individual subscription, presented
in weekly offering by envelope, as
part of the weekly worship. 1t stress
es the scriptural rule for church
finance; q. Cor. 1870, Upon the
first day of the week let every one
of you lay by him in store
as God has prospered him."
This rule involves three factors: "a
Universal-every one; ca systematic
every week; 80 proportional-part
of everything.
Those who are responsible for the
leadership of this campaign realize.
however, that giving is conditioned
upon intelligent interest and loyalty
to the will of Christ. The plans for
the campaign, therefore. involve not
only an every member canvass, but in
order to do this process of infornla-
ton, to be carried on through the reg
ular services and organizations of the
churches during the months proceed
ing that canvass. And in order to
launch this educational process 1t is
proposed to give each community of
5000 or. over the benefit of the best
available experience as to methods.
both educational and financial.
The State of New Jersey Is treated
as one of the units in the national
campaign. A State committee has
been organized. consisting of the fol-
lowing: The Rev. D. Dewolf, New
ark: G. c. Garabrant, Bloomfield; the
Rev. F. @. Blanchard, East Orange;
A. Y. Meeker Upper Montelair; the
Rev. Sherman G. Pitt Bridgeton;
James R. JOY. Plainfield; the Rev.
Minot c. Morgan, Summit: Hugh R.
Munro, Upper Montclair; David Me-
Conaughy. secretary and team leader.
Under the direction Of this commit
tee arrangements are being made for
preliminary conferences to commence
this month and to continue until early
In December. The following itinerary
has been tentatively laid out, and al
ready very considerable number of
dates included in it have been def
nitely confirmed; local committees are
constituted to take charge of neces-
sary arrangements. In Newark a
conference of ministers and laymen
was held during the latter part of
)Junes and the following committee
has been appointed. The Rev. Lewis
r. Hills, S. lie Roy Smith and the
Rev. DR.. Davis w. I-usk.