Evening journal., 1916-02-28
christian WORKERS
LEAGUE FOR CITY
Men Organize for Aggressive
Church Work as Result
Of Lyon Campaign
ELECT OFFICERS
ON THURSDAY NIGHT


The Christian Workers League was
formally organized yesterday afternoon
following the first OF a series for men
only in the First Presbyterian Church,
at which the Rev. DR.. George G. Mahy,
secretary of the committee on evangeli-
eal work of the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church, was the speaker.
The league was organized at the sug
gestion of DR.. Milford Hall Lyon dur
ing the last week of his campaign in this
city. The first meeting was held in the
tabernacle OF the closing Wednesday !
night of the campaign and temporary |
officers elected At the meeting yester-
day the constitution was adopted and
the first regular meeting will be held on
Thursday evening of this week in the
Sunday school room of First Church at
80 o'clock. VIII the officers for the
year will be elected and the temporary
committees will report.
DR.. Mahy spoke on "What It Means
10 BE a Christian putting stress on
three essentials. confession OF sins,
confession OF Jesus Christ as the per
sonal Savior. aud confession OF Jesus
Christ publicly. The speaker issued an
invitation 10 which one man responded
lie then gave pledge which over seven
eights of the men present repeated. III
follows:
81 believe in the gospel as a revela
tion Of Christ and look to Him for for
giveness of sins and everlasting life. u
have received and confessed Jesus Christ
as my Savior and placed my trust in
Him to keep me. I commit the direc-
tion of my whole life to Him.
Professor George T.. King conducted
the singing and was assisted by several
members of the tabernacle male chorus.
The following constitution was
adopted.
Preamble.
We. the undersigned believers in
Jesus Christ as the Son OF God and
qcceptors of Him as our personal Saw
ior and Lord. members in the COM
munion OF some evangelical church.
do hereby Join ourselves together for
mutual helpfulness. spiritual develop
ment and Christian service.
Article Name
The name Of this organization shall
he the Christian Workers League OF
Wilmington. Delaware.
Article Membership.
The membership of the organization
shall consist of all men Of Is years
of age and over who sign. this con-
stitution including the following cove
nant:
do hereby declare that I have re-
ceived Jesus Christ. the Son OF God, as
my personal Savior and Lord.
promise TO read some portion OF the
Bible daily. to pray every day. and to
engage in some definite line Of Chris
tian activity.
Article III.-DepartmentS.
The work of this organization shall
he divided into three departments
Spiritual growth, personal work and
civic reform.
Section 1.-The Department OF Spirit
uai t;rowtl.
The work OF this department shall
he divided as follows:
Bible Study.
There shall be a committee of ive
whose Purpose will be to encourage
and aid in the formation of Bible
classes for men in the various
churches wherever such plan can be
made possible and effective.
Family Altar.
There shall be a committee on the
family altar. whose object will be tC
get family worship established and
maintained in as many homes as pos
Soctiop 1.-THE Department OF Per
sOnaI Work.
II shall be the purpose OF this de
partment 10 promote means and meth
ods for the winning of souls by indi
vidual effort. To this end they shall
encourage and aid in the organization
NJ pospel teams in each church.
Section III-The Department OF Civic
Reform.
The work OF this department shall
he IN awaken interest. to impart in
struction and to obtain action upol
matters OF social reform, municipal
State and national.
Article IV-0fficers.
The officers Of this organization
shall consist Of a president. thre'
vice-presidents, secretary-treasure
and a superintendent OF each OF IN
three departments hesV eiSH' O'.
GERS shall together form the eXecu
tive committee and shall hold ofhe'
for one year or until their successor
are elected.
Section l.
The president shall preside at al
regular and special meetings OF tn
league. He is authorized to call eN
ira meetings for the transaction o