The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-04-01

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was carried directly into
shops, and meetings held with
working men in the noon hour. This
mas since come to be a recognized
form OF Christian activity, especially
for the Y. M. G. A.
e Uses for Publicity.
eteizie had pried open the door. Of
opportunity with his pen. so it was
that he should continue ia
write in behalf of the working man
n the great mass of people un-
reached by the church. One human
voice can reach at best comparatively
lew persons. StelZle has the gift Of
being able to write concisely and clear
~ and in the language of the plain
people. His illustrations are drawn
from the life known to the working
man. His articles are short. He
began to supply them free to labor
papers with the result that for nearly
ten years ne has been writing regu-
iarly on abOr and religion for three
undre and fifty labor papers BY
TINS one activity more thar any other
may be traced the d%iscernible change
IN the attitude OF the working man
toward the church of today.
The magazines and the daily news
papers ave been regularly employed
by StelZle, and Home Mission Work"
last fall, which was under his tirec-
ton. was, thanks to his sensible CO.
operation with the a
great success.
Labor, Temperance and immigration.
This versatile and ~tireless leader,
who felt himself to be the voice Of
the masses to whom he belonged, was
ever expanding into new fields of So
cial service Thus he naugurated an
important temperance movement
among the working men. At the
IN rn
Federation Of Labor, he held a tenn
perance meeting in Massey Hall at
tended by four thousand of the dele
gates. Withal, he remains good
friends even with members of the bar
tenders union.
Early seeing the connection between
labor and immigration, for every i'm
migrant is a member of the laborine
classes, Stelzle led the Presbyterian
church out into special activities fol-
the immigrant, and this a developed
into department of work all by it
self.
Surveying the Church Field.
One of the innovations Of the pas
decade in church work has been tn,
social servey, whereby the forces M
factors operating within the field O
a "iven congregation or Of q city. ar
tabulated and compared. This is
5 move in the direction Of scientifi
!, efficiency. 1t gives the churches &C
curate data with which TO work. TIL
old hit or miss method which neve
e took accoun Of the functions OF tn
theater. the saloon, the dance-hal
s ETC., etc., is rapidly passing before tn
: potency of the survey. S.elzle's de
e partment has conducted surveys fC
I Buffalo, Chicago, New York, Cleve
land, Newark n nearly a hundre
t other cities, as we'll as for q thousan
G local churches.
n In the Men and Religion Nov,
ment. which made the whole count,
acquainted with the scientific surve
idea, Stelzle had charge Of the preps
e ration of the forms, and was dean
6 the social service experts.
p A Temple of Labor.
= AS a laboratory for the social SER
e i've department, Stelzle took over
s. defunct Presbyterian church at FOu
l. teenth street and Second avenue,
l. the. heart Of the East Side Of Ne
r. York city, and made it into the Lab,
Temple, which has since become
l. famous type of a successful effort
)f reach the non-churcn-going. Mo
n. ing pictures, popular choruses, di
Or cussiOns of social questions, educ
n. tional classes, cooking and sewil
n classes, and addresses by leaders
IN religion and sociology are unique fe
ut lures of the Labor Temples ministl
,g The past ten years nave been tim
TX of transition in American Christia
to ity. Thanks to the work of the bure;
which is now celebrating it's dece
NAL, the accent has beer placed up
st ministry to the masses. The chur
in today is the foremost force in soc
I'D service. Whatever the future may
gs it is clear that the church has prov
in her spirit Of brotherhood and h
he solicitude for human welfare by tul
il ing her face fearlessly toward t
EN- problems that weigh heavily upon t
b. hearts of the common people.
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NJ Everybody Happy.
Sc A wealthy young woman from {
IN, West was recently welded to a me