Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-13
ASSERTS Church
IS LOSING BOYS
BY ITS NEGLECT
Minister Tells Baptist Confer
ence No Efforts Are Being
Made to Hold Them.

At a regional conference of the
ministers and laymen of the Bap-
fist churches of Newark and vlclnlty'
held last night earnest pleas were
made for n more united effort In re
ugious training Of the young people
of the faith. The conference, heiu
in Emanuel Church, Montclair anu
Clifton avenues. is one of a series
now being held throughout New Jer-
sey in preparation for the convention
10 be held in Atlantic City October 70.
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One OF the speakers declared that
abe Catholic Church was doing an IN
Anitely better work among the young
than any of the Protestant churcnes,
and called attention to the fact that
( hut one boy In seven remains IN
sunday school until he reaches the
age of twenty-one.
Rev Frank A. Smith, pastor OF
xhe Central Baptist Church, Eliza
beth. said that the Baptist COM
rnunion is not now sending its quota
Of Young men to the schools. The
nrvine need of the church was Tor
more religious training for men and
young men. More trained men are
needed in the pulpit. But, ne sa4o,
''unless you believe a man is nttea
TO preach the gospel, do not Seno
him TO our theological schools Just
because of his mothers tears Inc
need of the church is for strong men.
Then, too, do not neglect MN after
you have placed him IN the pulpit. a
minister in a suburban church should
NOT receive less than 81 900 a year,
and in the city not less than $1,000.
"T,et us keep hold of our young
naonle while they are being educated.
The church Is already paying dearly
for its lack of interest in boys. Hen
and boys lost to the church are a
danger to society. Unless you take
your religion home with you, you
scannot expect your boy to become
a religious man."
"The hoy of today will be the in
iustriaI Header of tomorrow SAID
Rev. Charles o. Wright, pastor of the
Baptist church, Ridgewood, "and he
will head the trades union. He Will
dominate nolitics. He will be on the
Judges bench. When the church
loses the boy she loses the direction
of captaincyNof every department OF
life. a.,
1.-THE men OrAtne cuuTCn Shouiu ASGt-
aze that the boy lost to the church Is
In danger, andSthat society is in dan
yer because Of him. The church Is
awakening to fhe fact that 1t is a
factor in individual and community
morals, in the physical, mental and
social as we'll as the distinctively
spiritual. It also should realize that
religion is q part Of each OF these
parts of a boys life and that religion
= the unifying factor of life,
sIn every church there should be
some men who cam see with convic-
zion the new valuation of the life OF
the youth. There are several reasons
FOR the large number of boys who
are not church members. A father
should take his boy to church and
not send him, the lack of men IN the
churches and because the fatner
sometimes separates himself from the
hoys are some Of the reasons for the
hoys drifting away from the Sunday
school and the church.
other speakers were7 Rev. Dela-
van Dewolf secretary lof the stare
convention; DR.. Roger w. SHETLAND,
headrnaster of Peddie Institute, and
r. w. Aver, of Camden DIR. Will
farn Buerrnann, of Newark, presided:
"A dinner given by the women or
Emanuel Church was served before
She addresses were made