The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-07
GREAT CAMPAIGN FOR WORLD SERVICE
 NOW APPROACHING ITS CLIMAX HERE
Centenary of Methodist Church Being Celebrated With En-
 laTged Work.
DRIVE FOR S12O.OOO,OOO
 IN WEEK OF MARCH 1928,
"Christianize a Nation and You De mocratIze it," Is Belief Be-
 hind Movement.

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 With the main ob#ecttves lying just ahead, the entire force of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church are being con centrated on the great Centenary cam paign, the biggest single project ever undertaken by any one denomination. Celebrating he hundredth annlver- snry of the first Methodist mission, the church is setting forth on a program of expanded world service Its magnt- tude may be realized from the Sl2O, OOO, 900 figure which constitutes the goal of the financial drive, now almost at hand.
 Meuhcdists in this section are get ting the jump on the rest of the Coun- try by running their campaign more than month before the time sched- uled elsewhere. Success here is eE pected to carry inspirational value as well as revealing effective ways and means for others to use Consequently many eyes are turned in this direction.
 Every Day Is Sunday.
 Nearly ten per cent of the total money to be raised Is sought in the quota for this unit, known as the New York Area, which is one of twenty Episcopal Areas into which the Coun- try is divided-in other words, twice as big q portion as the average Area. The exact size of the quota is SS.3J0- 2TO The territory of the New York Area, from which that sum Is expected to come. consists of the northern half of New Jersey, Connecticut as far east as the Connecticut River. all of Long Island aI.- a strip of New York State sixty miles wide running up half way to Albany
 Throughout this territory every Methodist church is now q veritable beehive of activity Every day is Sunday at our church now said one preacher who added that T took off my coat three weeks ago and haven't had a chance to put 1t on since. The laymen won't let me, They're husuing so hard that if I 6on't hustle, too, IT get lost in the crush.''
 Besides the pastor, each individual church has it's Methodist Minute Men to bring the facts of the Centenary program before the congregation In addition. some of tho CoUntry'S .Jre- most speakers are travelinE about from church to church presenting the message, as well as missionaries from foreign lands.
 All Fields Surveyed. Thar activities are heading up to- Earll the week of March 16 to 23. dur ing which an every member canvass will be made in all the churches to ob- tain the funds for doing the things the ] congregations are being told about now. A complete survey of every for eigu field has been made-India, Chi ! m, Italy. France Korea, Africa, Ja- l pan, Malaysia and the rest-as well as 1 a size-up of the many problems at l home. together with definite prescrip- i ton of remedies to alleviate condi- l tions and bring the world nearer to the ! shape God wants it 10 have. The pro i gram includes hospitals. schools. insti- tuition of sanitary systems, social cen 1 ters and hundred other specific kinds I of service to aid in spreading the good 1 influences of Christianity
 The movement in its inception was not ecclesiastical. It was democratic ! Dr. S. Earl Taylor, q Methodist lay i man, is the fadAer of it as well as its l directing head, with the title of execu | tive secretary. For more than ter 1 years he has looked forward to jus 1 such q project and has bent his ener 1 gies toward causing it's realization. "f have always believed in the great mis | sion of the Christian Church. he said That mission is to bring the whole world to a knowledge of Jesus, and i that mission were too great for tht l Church to perform the Master would l never have intrusted the Church witl it's performance.
 .'SO far the Church has not carried out it's mission. But it is awakening and millions right here in America ar now cousecrating themselves not mere ly to lead a better life according tt the old and inadequate interpretation of consecration. but to give to tn, cause of world redemption and worIt democracy their full share of organ ized service
 The American Church has hereto fore had remedy for drunkenness but only this year has 1t abolished tn
 organized liquor traffic Heretofore i O : mas OIeEeO tO tdtil see ENtE an atlttlI | remedy for wiIlfui likeness, but it dl
 not attempt to solve the unemplOy
 meut problem. It has held out a rem
 edy for personal greed, but 1t ofte
 seemed indifferent to those socia
 abuses which led to extremes 0
 wealth and poverty. It has taugh
 kindness to servants. but it has no
 thrown itself in any organized wa
 into inc modern workman's struggl
 for a living wage It has theoreticalI
 taught the universal Fatherhood C
 God. but not until the present time di
 1t enlist body and soul in q war fo
 world democracy.
 I Definite Labor Program. ] "Six years ago the Methodist Epi