The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-03-03
METHODIST DAY
HRoW CITY
Fifth Sub District institute Of the
councIl 4tVfs District Held at
Dow fatHs Last Friday.
50 DeLEaATes ~ ATTENDANCE

COUNCIL 9t0Ve Ol8tfiet nelo AZ
Dow st.'t Friday.
50 DELEGATES IN ATTENDANCE
Include, Tot~khs 81 .~oeAs.s, Dunlap,
nenison And Dow city-fOli Ac-
eouSs y Proesedinss.
Dow City, Feb. 27-(Special to the
Review)-The4f fifth and last Of the
sub.district institutes of the Council
Bluffs district Of the NJ. e. church was
Z held at Dow City yesterday friday
which ipchdedI Woodbine, Dunlap.
Denison and Dow City. 1t was great
institute. and, those in attendance said
it was altogetAsr 400 short program;
although eNeSX, minute was intensified
from 2:30, untiI,1 10 p. m. The attend
ance was large and enthusiastic; the
institute was educational and inspira.
/ tional. The other four subdistrict
. Institutes were held at Coin, Ham.
I burg. MalysFn and Missouri Valley.
This movement "a get before the peO.
pie of the district the New Financial
Plan, gained momentum as it pro-
cecded from place to place. culminat-
ing in the largest and best at Dow
City, where there was packed house
and high tide interest.
4 The sessions were run OH schedule
time, the program was carried out to
the letter. There were about fifty del.
egates in attendance from the three
cooperating towns. besides the most
OF the membership OF the Dow City
church.
Promptly at 2:3O y. m., Rev. J. L..
Boyd, Of Dcpisoil, took the chair. and
Rey. NJ. M,,Gahle. of Logan. led the
The Field Survey OF the four Co.
operating charges was given by Rev.
j.. l.. Boyd. Of Denison; Rev. w. N.
Graves for Woodbine and Rev. A. d.
Adams for Dow Gity. Rev A. b. Grant
of Dunlap did not have a report
ready. III
From these reports two facts stood
out plainly: ! Ssee
~. That from 40 to so per cent OF
the members of the churches do not
contribute anything to the support OF
the church or any OF her causes.
2. That there IL need Of thorough
Every Memhes canvass" upon every
Thea DIR. r. w. Simpson. OF Shen-
andca.' presented sTlle New Finan-
/ Il Tho 'ss sist 81 iii lis address was in an,
swer to two questions. 1st What is
it: I'd, How to operate it? and was
answered quite emphatically. That
it is a grave mistake for the husband
and the father. to give for the whole
family with the plan that it is less
botherhome, Ss he can pay In lump
sum or by check; this robs the fam.
lily OF the eddcAtional feature and In.
diyidual blessings: the ideal is that
every member OF the family should
mako his or her individual contribu-
tiOn TO every cause OF the church and
pay 1t every week"
He also gave, the six following sug.
gestions In answer to the How"
l. Get the people interested social.
ly; by banquet perhaps.
9. Have thorough educational
campaign.
5, Have the canvass made by a
financial committee.
4. See that men only are drafted
for the work.
5. When, the men thus get interest.
ed in these things. they get interested
in the deeper things OF the church. as
promoted by the services OF worship
and the prayer meetings.
6. No Charge that has tried this
plan would for a moment think OF go
ing back to. any other old plan.
DIR. Evans, of Des ,Moines. followed
with the subject. 18th Ie New Financial
Plan; How Il Has Succeeded. How to
Apply II In ANY Charge"
DIR. Evans made the following points
l. The conditions that have been
prevailing IN the past.
J.. Financial. 1t has been Il hard,
pulling time with most churches.
2, Spiritual. There has been too
much aristocracy; too much starch;
too much pride: much giving has been
gained through such false motives.
This has interfcred with the spiritual
life; folks have been afraid Of the al
tar, and the result has been that they
lave become .backsliders.
3. Object. In the past the object
has been to. get the cash. The object
Of the new plan is not 10 pile up cash,
but to bring every member into
deeper. experience, which comes by
giving, / Mo-
II. The Plan. Here Rev Evans
gave the history. OF the adoption OF the
plan in Trinity. church. Des Moines, Of.
which he Is pastor.D
l. We decided to adopt the entire
plan; which was done by resolution OF
the official board.
2. Organization. We enlisted over
100 men and organized them into six
squads with, six captains, and divided
these six squads into fOrty-eight teams
with two men In a team, and furnished
these men with card index OF every
man, woman and child who were men,
bers of the church.
3. Results. Ia Last year, under
the old system We had at Trinity
church 275 contributors. This year
under the New Plan" we have 47O
contributors
tb) We have increased the church
budget 20 psri cent, and an average
comes In on the plates of $50 a week