The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-16
NEWS OF THE CHURCHES

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OF the eyanEelists Is introduced 10
him. il not. travelling evangelist
IA sent to talk Will him once a
year grand rally Is held 10 bring
together as many .nquirers as pos
| sible for conference Within fhe
past year a new association has been
formed. which aims to PLACE more
advanced books Within the reach OF
| those interested A lean library has
been established. and the privilege
of borrowing these books Is confined
10 members u the asso, iation. who
pay small fee. There are nov
mere han one hundred aud twenty
rem bers in this association. Thu
next .tep contemplated is 10 esta5-
lish local branches so as 10 provide
nerve certers" around which popu-
lar interest nay gather. hoping thai,
in time these NAV become the he
ginnings of church organizations
\ man Of careful and scholarly
habit Of mind. Or Pieters has thus
: conserya;ively tabulated some Of the
results Of three wears Of paid pub
hcity:
First, three thousand people have
applied for and received sufficient
! Christian literature 10 make them
wise unto salvation. and their names
and addresses are in the card Index.
There may De others OF whom NE
have not heard Thirty-tNo have
since been baptized upon confession
of faith. and have become members
Of the Church OF Christ in Japan
(Presbyterian and Reformed). and
Of the Methodist. Baptist. and Luth.
Gran churches Snch work may be
sustained and administered BY a de-
nominational agency, buJ its results
are inter.denominatiCnal
The message 81 the ospel has
also been very widely brought 70 the
people II this and other districts
thru this advertising work. more
widely. perhaps. than IL has been
brought 10 the people OF any Other
province in japan hy AL OF The other
missionary ageHcies n aas been
made accessible 10 at least $1,000
people How any Of HE have
read the articles No one can tell.
Many do not reaC them a. All. Dli
I, il certain than hundreds OF others
DO read them. for n Is proved by
letters and inquiries 20 the number
of nearly 5000 that come 20 this
Office from every county ana well
nigh every township in the province.
as we'll as from neigh boring districts
and from remote parts OF Formosa,
Manchuria AID Korea
How far the published articles
have influenced those who have not
been heard from is one OF the things
we should like 10 know. hut IN the
nature of the case can rot We can
guess 10 some extent from cur own
experience, for al OF US are being
influenced. consciously and uncon-
sciagsly ~ what we Rad in she
papers. but only very rarely DO We
make il known. tn ait reason, therp-
fore, 10 the hundreds who have
written u that they have read the
articles and have been deeply i'm
pressed by them, must he added 9th
er hundreds who have been equally
impressed but have not said 50 We
have also infOrJation from various
sources that The things thus brought
10 the attention Of The public have
! become matters Of discussion among
groups 81 laborers, in the family
circle. in young mems clubs. and in
+ barber shops anil in others places
where men congregate
/ AT present there is scarcely
township. and a. the present rate OF
progress. in a few years there will
be scarcely a hamlet IN the entire
; province where there IL not some
one who Is in possession ~ the Cos.
( pei and in touch with an svar zeiiz-
irg agency. The newspaper and the
mail carrier go everywhere They
are The only distributors o. ideas
: that do 20 everywhere In alliance
with them We can reach the entire
country, although not all the people
in IL. Without them we are confined
% the places which missionaries and
eyangelists can visit"
In connection With the great
Simultaneous eysnRelistic campaign
throughout Japan, paid publicity has
been widely used 10 acquaint the
public With the meetings and their
meaning. In the famous EDDY meet
Z ings turnout Asia also the saml
method Was adopted. Thus 'atmos-
phere" is created. Minds are made
receptive The otherwise unreach.
able become hospitable IN the mes
sage
Publicity precedes the preacher
and prepares for him--V hich Dr. per
hap~ the greatest use Of the new
plan. both In mission LANDS and 10
America. The paid newspaper al.
vertisement has made for itself Il
place as new arm OF the church.