The Washington herald., 1916-01-09

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Of the church Will be opened to the pub
lie at 7:3o o'clock. Tomorrow evening the
work win be repeated for the public and
those who are not able tosattend tonight
The doors, Of the church will be opened
tomorrow evening at 1850. No cards OF
admission will be necessary. At the per-
formance of tomorrow evening special
silver collection will be taken to help ce-
fray expenses.
At Reading. Pa, the churches have
been cooperating In a. go-to-churcn
movement which has extended through
out whole month. The churches have
pooled their advertising interests and
great increases in the attendance at the
various, churches are reported. Placards
and picture show ads helped to further
wrote articles for the papers on why
Go to Church. Attendance. cards were
distributed all over the city on which
the record of each individual was kept.
The increase of attendance in the
churches for the month ranged from 20
TO 80 per cont.
The year 1916 is to be the era of the
church layman, declares the Churchman,
in the Boston Transcript The laynlen' s
missionary movement, easily twice as
successful in f9l5-le as In 1909, Is to hold
conventions to the end of April, but this
is by no means all Of the laymen's pro-
jects. This movements conventions,
starting with Houston, Tex. on January
Is, will conclude with national con
grese in Washington April $3.50. ConveAs
,tions are scheduled for New orleans,
Minnea polls and St. Paul, Birmingham.
Newark, San Francisco, Indianapolis,
Los Angeles, El Paso and other cities.
Vast numbers OF laymen, men Of large
business and professional affairs, are at
tending these conventions. They will
easily be the feature of the FIRST three
months of the new year.
Laymen project plans to. help many
lines of Christian effort besides missions,
and the year 1916 has In store the putting
of large number Of these plans into ef-
feet The plans include better business
methods for Christian work, the use ana
welfare of the average man rather than
the pushing Of machinery, extension for
religious education, some Of It on the So
called Gary plan, and a great advance,
II anything like all ambitions are real
lied, Of Christian service for labor, un-
employment, health. morals, temperance
and most forms of social reform Every
body regards the .upheayal Of old ideas.
brought on by the war, as an opportune
period In which to SOW new seed. The
year 1915 is to be time Of seed Sowing,
and in this sowing laymen are to take
such part as they have not taken here
tofore. ..-r .-.'
The thing, however, for which 1916 is
likely TO be most noteworthy, is money
raising. The Salvation Army wants
100000. Y. NJ. C. AS will ask for Ho,-
600 900 In various fields of the country.
The missionary societies are to announce
larger plans than ever before. Hospitals
OF many cities plan financial campaigns.
Great churches, like the Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian, New York, are ready TO
launch endowment campaigns, and there
will be needed millions of dollars for
European. war relief. The benevolent
minded man and woman is likely to re-
ceive In 1916 such a volume of financial
appeals as will stagger the combined rec
ords Of ali earlier years. Men and wom-
en- are actually in training schools, learn
ing how to enter business offices, put up
financial pleas and walk out with signed
pledges. II the benevolent record Of 1915
does not beat that of 1915 twofold at
least, then all signs fail. q.
Says the Rev. Francis E. Clark, d. D.,
Of Christian Endeavor Society fame: IF
the bans are to be proclaimed between
any two denominations In America In the
near future, II would seem that the Dis
ciples of Christ and the Congregational
lists are the two which should Join
forces"
PiainheId. N. J., has a Presbyterian
church In which the pews are furnished
with toys, to be used by little children
in order to keep them occupied and quiet
during the services. Naturally, the toys
are OF the noiseless kind. The purpose
of this arrangement Is to encourage peo-
pie who have little children to come to
church.
Child labor day In the churches IL
January 23. II the Keating-Owe
Federal child labor, bill. now before
Congress, becomes a law, more than
150, 900 children will be. affected-over
81, 900 between 10 and II now at work
In. mills, factories. csnneries, and
workshops; over 1900 between 10
and I6 at work in mines and quar-
ries; and over 1ls, 900 between 10 and
is at work too long hours or at night
in mills, factories, canneries, or work
shops. And the Keating-Owen bill is
likely to pass IL enough people in
this country recognize child labor day
by writing to their Senators and Rep
resentatives at that time, urging them
to vote for the bill, says the Christian
Endeavor World. 80. O..
At least 5000 organizations recog-
mixed the day last year, and the Ma
tional Child Labor Committee, los East
Twenty second street, New York, sent
over $4,000 pamphlets in preparation
for 1t. This year they are sending to
every one interested special material
on the Keating-owen bill. to clubs and
other organizations suitable resolu-