Arizona republican., 1919-08-10
MAY GET LARGE l SUMF0R CHURCH
 WORK IN PHOENIX
Dr. Peck Returns from the Methodist Centenary with Assurance Requests Will Be Carefully Considered

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 Bringing with him the assurance oi the leaders of the Methodist church that the various projects of the church in Phoenix would receive substantial assistance, Rev. Harcourt W. Peck, pastor of the First Methodist church of this city, returned yesterday from the centenary convention of the Meth odist church at Columbus, Ohio. Rev. Peck left Phoenix June 23. He was delayed on his return for Is hours be- cause of a wreck at Mountainair, New Mexico.
 Those who met Dr. Peck at Colum- bus and assisted in presenting the Phoenix requests were K. s. and Mrs. Townsend of Burlington, Ontario; J. Stanley Howard, Thomas and Mrs. Hambley from Tempe; Dr. A. W. At kinson, superintendent of the Arizona district of the Methodist church; Bishop Adna w Leonard. bishop of the San Francisco area to which the Phoe- nix church belongs; Rev. A. Ray Moore the executive secretary for the cen tenary movement in the San Francisco area.
 Promises Early Consideration
 
 Peck yesterday, that the requests of the Methodist church of Phoenix will receive early and careful consideration. 1 We have asked for s50,000 a year for 1 five years, or a total of s250,000 for a community plant for educational, so- cial service, Americanization work, home for young men and religious work. This was our first asking. We also asked for $30000 a year for five years, or a total of s150,0 with which to complete the Arizona Deaconness hospital, giving it total of 200 beds. l The present unit has a total of 150 beds.
 "A committee of six leading pnysi- 1 clans in an interview with Bishop Leonard told him that from 5000 to 5000 l tubercular folks came to Arizona each year and that the present facilities for handling such cases amount to less than 100 beds.
 We are asking out of the centenary fun of the Methodist church" said pr. Peck, "and through the inter church world movement now being organized throughout the country, s200,000 each year for five years. or a total of s1,- 000,0 to begin this great national tubercular sanitarium to care for these unfortunates who come to Arizona to seek health and life.
 Many Tubercular Come Here . The committee of physicians also 1 told Bishop Leonard that from 90 to 95 per cent of all our tubercular patients come to us largely from the east and middle west and for that reason the proposition is a national, rather than a local one. and hence we are asking f1JI %lN help us care for these unfortunates who come to us.
 The Methodists have raised up to | the present time total of about s120,- | 100000. The campaign was started January l. It was to close May p, but a large number of the annual con- ferences and of individuals interested had not completed their canvasses, so it is being added to constantly.
 "Tne leaders of the Methodist church are also planning to join with the other Protestant denominations in the inter- church world movement which is being arranged now for missionary and humanitarian purposes. Having raised about $120,000,000 for missions this year, the Methodist church would prob ably raise in this inter church cam paign money for homes for aged, for children, hospitals, sanitariums, etc, thus completing the campaign. Stand Half in Foreign Work
 One half of the centenary funds raised by the Methodist church, amounting to about s60, 1000, 900. will be used for educational, missionary and humanitarian work in foreign lands. We now have missions in 27 different countries, and as one result of such work, we are at the present time as a church baptizing over 1000 natives in India every week, these having been carefully trained and given evidence of genuine loyalty to Christ. And not withstanding what is being done, we are unable to meet the demand made on us in the foreign field. Several of our leading missionary bishops have been telling us for years that if we had the means we could every year add to the ranks of Chris tianity over 100000 natives in India alone to the church after very careful training. The same is true in greater or less extent of our work in China and Africa
 Other Half in America
 With reference to America, one ha If of this large centenary fund is to be | 0oCu III ftL1eIlCd lOT SOCldl and religious purposes in those parts of the country sparsely settled and es- pecially in the congested sections of our large cities. Unfortunately, for many years the Protestant churches have been moving out of the down. town sections of our large cities thus leaving them to festAr and become the centers of lawiessness. irreligiousness and immortality. The Methodist church proposes to face that situation squarely by building large central plants in our cities and do our utmost to thoroughly educate, socialize and help morally and religiously the alien population in such large cities as Bos- ton. New York, Chicago, San Francisco and others and to try and really make good citizens as well as able men and women of those unfortunates.
 Tn this work, Methodism has taken the lead and is heartily co-operatina with other religious bodies who are undertaking similar work. This coop erative work is known as the inter- church world movement and the cam , paign is being arranged now and will , probably end next May
 After leaving Columbus and the cen tenary convention, Dr. Peck was the ; guest of MT. and Mrs K. s. Townsend at Burlington, Ontario. He also spen, two weeks at his old home near King ston, Ontario.