Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-25

came true. u.s.
1t is o dream, that in the realization,
has stirred the hearts and the minds Of
aIiliions OF men In all parts OF, thu
| United States; has aroused them to
action In behalf OF others on q colOs-
al scale, and has resulted in q move
Elent which is sweeping across the
continent Of North america. It Is
Impossible to say how many men are
aow Interested IN this extraordinary
enterprise; perhaps IL Is no exagger
alton TO estimate the number IT
somewhere between five and six mil.
fonss Nothing s0f equal proportions
has been known to the world OF re.
agious and philanthr6pic effort since
he Crusades ofath1 Miadie Ages, ex-
ceptine only the reformation. And the
his Fsmafkable phenomenon ID Ser
ice for Others - I, tssssssss .7'ssss = =
Harry w Arnold, the young man
whose dream came true g as o student
IN Hiram college, ohio. only a'''feW
years ago: flueiooking. witiia strong
personality, ayfairness on mind and .
| yinpnthy for al sorts OF fellows
snictT made hinis the most popular
man ON the casslpus Add to these
;ualis3es his great success in sports,
ssn. kialty 4on sfhe footicsi field and
ne may understarldt why he was
Iusckls s'spottetis by Fred b. Smith
8Ao hsgas q Sllat time head Of the
eiigidAs work department of the In.
ernati0naf Communities OF the Young
.fen's Christian Association, who had
eon1e TO Hmm college TO spend a
GEEK amof,g the students He was
lust THE kind of man needed IN tho
enormous work OF the International
Nj es A. and when Smith saw and
estimated him. his fate was settled.
For Fred b. Smith never lets 20 OF
inything he once takes hold of.
He made Arnold's acquaintance
just before the younger man was
graduated, and invited him to go into
". M e. A. work Arnold declined.
he lad position waiting for him in
ST Louis; he had set his mind on q
prosperous business career, and moths
ing could change it Smith smiled
md went on his way. His duties
aarried him through North America,
Asia, Europe and Africa at a pretty
steady trot; but at fairly regular in
eryals he came to st. Louis for half
day, and at such times young An
iold was 5sure to get o telephone call
ROM Smith, and am invitation to
uhcn Finally the pressure became
90 strong to resist. Arnold threw up
lis position and went to New York,
md reported fer work on the Inter.
rational Committee of the Young
def's Christian Association Weeks
md months wore on, while this latest
addition to the force was engaged In
routine duties And then, one day,
more than five years ago, Arnold
asked Smith to call meeting of al
the international secretaries; he had
an important matter to lay before
them. As coon as possible, these men,
ifetime specialists In all forms OF
eligi0us work for men, gathered
around the directors table in Mr..
Smiths office; and then and there
soung Arnold calmly place before
them q plan to arouse the religious
men Of America 20 q sense Of their
responsibilities, and to send out a
aculty of specialists to give them
postgraduate instruction.
For generations" said Arnold, "the
| Christian people OF this country have
seen talking about eyangelizing the
and ss,s2s Lets quit talking and
so to work. Let's do all the evangel.
zing we can. but let us wake up the
men Of America until they will abolish
,hild-labor, tear down fire-traps. abol-
ish tenements' that have bad sewer
age, bad ventilation and insufficient
light Let's arouse the religious
spirit throughout this nation until all
The children in every city have play
grounds, until public opinion closes
immoral shows, until employers ard
employees alike are compelled by pub
ic sentiment to treat each other fair
w until the divorce epidemic is
checked and the integrity OF Ameri-
can family life is once more assured >"
He said a good deal more, and when
he had finished. one of his dazed lis
teners managed to ask how long a
in1e would be necessary for carrying
IN such campaign as he had sug-
gested. ~
"oh. about six months. /" said Arnold;
hat is. sixmonths OF actual campaign
ing after all preparations are made.
We can get together a battalion of
forceful, experienced men who will
sweep the entire continent in six
months"
Plan Was Colossal.
OF course. the men present at that
conference turned down the PROPOSE
tion. Its scope was so colossal, it's
qualifications were SO great, that it
was pronounced utterly impossible.
Then the group separated Three
months later Arnold asked Mr. Smith
to call another meeting, and again ex-
planned his general plan.
Il have the idea" he said, land you
have heard the outline. But am too
inexperienced to develop the details:
and of course could not carry out
the campaign. ALI thus must be done
by Mr.: Smith"
1T can't be done by any living man"
declared Smith. AT least not until
years have been spent in educating the
people now in our churches. You have
got great scheme, Arnold, but it is
so vast and would require so much