The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-12-09
Launched as Church's Contribu
ton 10 National War Needs
in This Critical Period.
TO RAISE. 100000 FUND
Ten Thousand Ministers and ChurcheA
. Hundred Schools, a Dozen Thee-
logical Seminaries, Scores o.,
Missionary Enterprises
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United.

ALLIED STRATEGY, the Oeath'
kneIl OF Prussianism, has been adopted
, by the Presbyterian Church in attack
Ing the problems Of the new day.
All of it's powers and resources
ten thousand ministers, ten thousand
churches hundred colleges and acad-
emies, dozen theological seminaries,
scores OF home and foreign missionary
enterprises, represented by ten boards
and agencies-have been united under
one command known as the New Era
Movement.
This movement was launched by the
General Assembly, the Church's high
est legislative and judicial body, in re-
spouse to demand for some compre-
hensive and practical work as the
Churchs contribution to the nations
war needs.
1--WE are simply putting the whole
church unitedly behind the whole work
of the Church in order that it may
gerve the nation and the world most
effectively in this critical PERIOD" says
DR.. William Hiram Foulkes, general
secretary OF the Movement, 1856 Fifth
Avenue, New York City.
This New Era Movement relates IT..
self at once to war needs by proposing
a fund Of 81 100000 for the reparation
or education OF young men who went
to the fronts from Presbyterian homes
and who return wounded and untitled
for normal service; also another fund
of 100000 as gift to stricken Protes-
tant churches In France, Belgium and
Italy.
but let US understand at the cut
set" says DR.. FOulkes, that the Move.
ment is not primarily money raising
enterprise. 1t is first Of all spiritual,
with a sacrificial motive. 1t is to en-
phasize evangelism, education and mis-
sioDs and seeks to create through in
tensive publicity a new power for the
Church, promoting Christian leader
ship for the Church and the mutton.
In short, 1t proposes to make the
Church most useful to society in this
period Of great need and opportunity"
Nevertheless, as DR.. FOulkes pointed
out, the Movement proposes the first
year 10 raise SIS.oOO,OOO, Which. TIC eA-
plains, represents simply the regular
Church budgets, plus absolute needs
occasl0ned by war emergencies"
Among these come the $l.0OO,OOO for
the boys and the half million for
stricken churches in Europe.
Among the Concrete tasks which the
New Era Movement sets for itself are:
First Of all to "concelve anew the
whole practical program Of the Church
in the light Of new conditions without
disturbing old principles to magnify
the Christian home, strengthen the
family altar, observance Of the Lords
| day, provide adequate Christian care
for children and young people, with
particular attention to secondary edu-
cation, which calls for the rehabilita-
ton Of the Church's academies; to rec
ognize the Church's obligation to the
unchurched people Of the community,
adapting its service and program to
the needs Of the community and not to
the Church's own conscience or ira
ditions, increasing the number OF
young men and women for practical
Christian service"
The Chairman of the New Era Move
ment Is John T. Manson, President
First National Bank OF New Haven,
Conn; Vice President, DR.. J. Wilbur
Chapman; Executive Secretary, DR..
William Hiram Foulkes; Treasurer,
Alexander II. Nicol Of New York City.