The Washington herald., 1914-10-11

Good Citizenship Day win be OBJ
served by the churches Of the United
States and Canada on next Sunday. oc-
tober Is First adopted in 1910 by the
Christian Endeayor Union OF the State
OF Nebraska. the plan received the ap-
proYal Of the International Christian En-
deavor conventions At Atlantic City In
1911 and at Los Angeles in 1913, and the
project to devote next Sunday to the
special consideration of Christian eiti-
xenship Is heartily supported by the In
ternational Sunday School Association.
the Epworth League, the Baptist Young
Peoples Union, and by other organiza-
tions-secular. as well as religious The
purpose Is to place special emphasis
upon one Sunday Of the year as a day
Of forward looking and upward think
ing" on the part Of all good citizens.
The questions Of temperance and citi-
zenshir win have right. Of way and the
leaders urge that the methods and en-
thusiasm of the ''Go-to-C Church Sunday
campaign be used.
President Wilson approved the plan In
q letter IN which he said:
II want to say very cordially that the
observation Of q Good Citizenship Day
seems to me fun Of possibilities for the
right kind Of stimulation and instruction
"a luc ouh1o8 anu privileges OHkOOQ clIl-
zenship; and hope sincerely that the
plans for the observation Of such q day
may be carried to q successful consum-
nation"
Secretary Bryan wrote as follows to
the leaders of the project:
The idea Of setting apart a day for
the emphasizing Of good citizenship Is
wise one. There 10 q great deal that
can be said on the subject Of good citi-
zenship without invading the field Of
partisanship. In fact. the basis Of cfti-
performance Of his civic duty the citizen
is compelled to take position on public
questions, and finds it to his advantage
to act. with others for the promotion of
the principles and policies which he ad-
yocates."
Norman R. Best. editor Of the Con-
tinent, says Of the plan:
The twentieth century church in
America has, I believe, even less desire
to get into politics than the nineteenth
century church felt. But on the other
the church ever felt before its obllga-
tion TO teach its members that they must
face their civic responsibilities conscien-
tiously and as they shall answer to God.
A day in which the pulpIts OF the land
rang unanimously with the enforcement
Of this obligation would be a day ex-
ceedingly wholesome for both the civic
and religious life OF the American peo-
Pile"
The Billy Sunday meetings are report
ed to have started In Denver with q
great attendance and intense interest.
On the opening Sunday the crowd began
to gather at 8 o'clock for the 10 O'Clock
morning service, and the tabernacle.
seating 1000. was crowded to the doors,
so that an overflow meeting was neces-
saryh
Des Moines, Iowa. is preparing for 4
meeting in November and the COMMITTEES
Of arrangements is having trouble to find
q site for the temporary wooden taber-
nacle within the city's hre limits.
Philadelphia is making great pfepara-
tions for the meeting there IN the spring
It is planned to bring converts Of Sun
days former meetings to speak in 500 OF
Philadelphia's churches on the last Sun
day of October.
Baltimore is to be visited In 1916 and
the general committee on arrangements
met last week, elected oficers. and or