The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-14

bers OF the Methodist church. The
Aies nodlsts say they can do it and
Lrom the way they have lined up their
teams and outlined their plans 1t looks
as though they might more than do
it by the closing date Of the drive.
| Working from the viewpoint OF the
optimist who is assured he is going
to get what he goes after even before
The goes after 1t, the Methodists have
outlined a really rather wonderful sur
! very which contains every detail of
/, their plans for spending the thirtv-
five million. The survey is done into
neat form in a large, square book con-
tanning one hundred and eight uages
and these books have been sent broad
last over the south. The church is
working on the great democratic the
Dry that there are to be mo secret
pacts and the spending of every one
OF those three billion five hundred mill
lion cents Is accounted for We will
not attempt to account for all of these
pennies here, because even the friend
lest member of the Fourth Estate
isn't willing to turn over his entire
newspaper to one article. But, for the
benefit of that enquiring banker-and
the ten thousand other enquiring peo-
pie in his city-here is quickly sum-
lmed-np outline of what southern
Methodists will do towards rebuilding
the world.
Starting at home, as every great
movement should do, the Methodists
will spend over seven million dollars
in the southern and southwestern
states. This will be divided between
the following forms of work: Noun
tain, immigrant, negro, indian. cotton
mill people, increasing salaries of I'M
derpald pastors, in the promotion of
Christian literature for all of them
and in various forms of city and rural
Two k. In the inaccessible districts
the great plains of the west, the iso-
lated mountain regions. the swamp
llanGs-in places like these little mis-
sion schools will be 'tset up''-schools
where children who. otherwise, would
have no opportunity, will be taught
Christianity and arithmetic at one and
the same time. The fact is. the drive
means for children like these the addi-
ton of a fourth "r' to the curriculum
i-ereading riting, 'rithmetic and right
leousnesS.'' being the foundation of the
church's plan for establishing their
mission schools.
The leaders of the movement declare
that this educational program of theirs
will go further towards Kidding the
next generation of the menace of Boil
! sheviSm than any other thing they
know of because education, permeated
with Christianity, means those who
receive it will become good citizens
| in the largest and the best meaning
!, of the word. This educating of the
negro. the mountain white, the immi-
grant and the indian is one of the real
services which they can do for their
country. Methodists declare, and they
are going about doing that service be-
fore America becomes embroiled in the
unrest of Europe.
In addition to the mission schools
which they will establish, southern
Methodists will spend a large part Of
Their thfrty-five million on settlement
houses in the down and out districts
of the large cities of the south. Plans
for the various forms of settlement
work which the Methodists will do in
lcludes work for the negroes through
their Bethlehem houses. work for tn;
mill operatives through their Wariota
Settlements, and innumerable other
enterprises for taking care of the dere
licts and down and-outs in the cite:
of the south. Several very large set.
Elements will be built and others al
ready established enlarged in practic
ally every state in the south. Churche
viii be built in both the city and rura
districts and the circuit rider. in par
lticular, will receive a more livable sal
airy. One of the most important an
unique phases of uplift which tn
, Methodists will undertake as resul
of the centenary viii be an itineratin
school for indians, where the sons @
former braves" can go. after camp
g meeting fashion. and learn hygien.
spelling and religion at one and tn
same time.
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