Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-30
STATE CONVENTION At CEDAR
RAPIDS MAKES IMPORTANT
RECOMMENDATIONS.
COMMITTEE INSTRUCTED
TO ADVANCE PROGRAM
Five Year Campaign For Promotion Of
Christian Work to Be Pushsd-Dsan
Smaller Mathews Addresses convsr-
tion-Predicts Great Changes in
Worlds History Within Five Years.

Cedar Rapids, Oct 3o.--The address
of DR.. Smaller Mathews was the fea-
ture Of the program at the Iowa Bap-
fist convention Friday evening. DR..
Mathews Is dean OF the University of
Chicagoeand president of the Northern
Baptist convention. He has just re-
countries Of the east.
The auditorium and galleries of the
First Christian church We're filled with
interested listeners as Dean Mathews
spoke on the Five Year Program
This program had its beginning at Los
Angeles, Cal. last May. in connection
with the anniversary of the Northern
Baptist convention 1t contemplates
the addition of 100000 to the Baptist
churches of the convention by baptism.
the raising of band of missionaries
at home and abroad to 5000 people.
the raising of the endowment for min
lister and missionaries to 100000 an
endowment of &6.OOG0O0 for Baptist
educational institutions and the rails
ing of the annual offering from the
lent undertakings to $6.000,000.
A Now Epoch.
Dean Mathews said that the next
five years will be the greatest epoch
in the worlds history. 1t requires no
argument to show the supreme sig
nificance of the next five years. a
new Europe Shall it he christian?
Shall it be reorganized as teaching
Jesus or militarism? What of the new
east? a new epoch will have begun
in our day We should never envy
those who I:"c,, IN days of Caesar or
Luther Our day Is greater and we
can have part in it. Five years from
now our relation with South America
will be different. We have entered a
new epoch in American diplomacy
Five years of greatest moments In his
tory Of farther east will have passed,
particularly with respect to China ant.
Japan. economically and religiously.
Within five years many Of the prob
lens of our American life will have
been settled. /. e. our international re-
lations
Five years from now there will have
come a new number of adjustments.
Rev. Tomiinson on VETERANS"
Rev. E. T. Tomlinson. of New Jersey.
spoke on the theme Our Veterans at
Home and Abroad" Friday morning.
His address was plea for the in
creasing of the ministers and mission
aries fund of the Northern Baptist
convention. Brief talks by Rev. G. -.
Cray of Chicago, and d. c. Shull. Of
Sioux City.
II
The committe on recommended lions
reported:
First-That committee on five year
program be appointed to consist OF
the two secretaries of the convention
and the chairmen of the following
committees: state missions, general
missions, Sunday school, young peO-
pies commission, educational commits
sion, finance and woman's work.
Secondhand the action of the con-
vention last year be again indorsed
with reference to the work of pas
toral commission, namely that churches
calling for councils for ordination of
men to the work of the ministry do
so only after consultation with the
pastoral commission as to candidates
character, intellectual equipment, apt
ness for teaching and administrative
work.
Third-That the convention instruct
the convention board to arrange for
the Inaugural ton of every member can
vass in all the churches by the budget
secretary in conjunction with the
stewardship commission.
Fourth-That the second Sunday In
October be designated as convention
Sunday, at which the general work of
the convention be placed before the
churches.
Fifth-That the apportionment for
state missions be increased Is per cent
this year
Sixth-That the convention employ
at least one gospel singer.
Seventh-That fathers and mothers
be urged to thoughtfully consider the
Importance of encouraging young men
and women who feel inclined to give
themselves to distinctive religious
work.
Eighth-That the state missionary
committee take under advisement
some plan so as to group the churches
in order that the annual association
meetings may be made more acces-
IDLE to the constituency.
Ninth That when members OF
Baptist churches move from one place
to another, pastors inform each other
of the fact.
Tenth--That aggressive evangelism
be the standing order in all churches,
that pastors do the work of evangelist
both in regular and special meetings
and that we concur In the plan of the
home mission society to place in the
field evangelists and that DR. l.. c.
Baptist Home Mission Society be the
Barnes, secretary OF the American
connecting link between such evange-
lists and our missionary secretary.
Eleventh--That gospel teams be or
ganized and developed.
Twelfth That the convention APP
propriate $500 for the work of the