Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-05-26
LIFE SAVING TO
Be PROGRAM IN
MISSION WORK

NEW YORK, May 26.-"The produc-
tive capacity of the world would be
at least doubled if the health of the
non-Christian races could be brought
up even to the level of the health of
the Christian nations" That deduc-
ton, based on statistical progress ev-
eryWhere, is the underlying idea in
a program for the study of life-con-
serVatlon to be presented in a Sc
ries OF summer conferences just an
nounced by the Interchurch World
Movement of North America. Ameri-
canization of our foreign-born citi-
zens is the second great plank in the
platform for the meetings.
Practically every organization Of
any magnitude connected with the
missionary and welfare work of seven
ty-six Protestant denominations will
be represented at the conferences,
which are to be primarily training
schools for leaders of the great inter
church campaign. The series begins
with the meeting at Blue Ridge, n.
c., June "a to July 8, followed by Sill
yer Bay, n Y, July to 80; Estes
Park, Colo, July II to 20; Asilomar,
Calf, July 10 to "a; Ocean Park, Me-,
July Is to 81; Lake Geneva, Wis, July
rs to August 3, and Seabeck, Wash,
July 80 to Aug. 8.
The Missionary Education move
ment has given up to the interchurch
movement all the facilities for the
missionary training conferences it has
conducted in past summers, including
the personnel Of it's field organization,
to take effect tomorro June 1, and
the Laymen's Missionary movement
has taken similar action, according to
word just given out by national Off
Gals of the two organizations. With
these combined powers added to the
representative forces of the larger
project, there is an expanding and di-
versifying of the scope of the sum-
mer meetings that leaves only a
slight resemblance to those of other
years.
The seventy-six denominations in
cluded in the scope of the intaychurch
movement, with 100000 separate
churches and congregations totalling
more than 50000,000 people, are COM
bining their resources for systematic
effort to improve conditions of life in
all parts of the world. By the intro
daction of Chrisnity, the modern inter
probation as furthered by the inter-
church project means also introdu4-
ing the benefits of Christian methods
of living, in sanitation, child culture
working conditions, housing, clothing
scientific methods of production and
manufacture and any other ele-
ment conducive to prosperity, health
and general usefulness in the world.
In the summer conferences the va
rious phases of the interchurch CAM
paign will be presented by men in
charge of the departments. There
will be reports of progress made on
the detailed surveys now being con-
Quoted in the home and foreign helds'
on which the definite program OF the
movement is to be based. Volunteers
will be called for to enlist in both the
home and foreign service, it being es-
timated that more than 100000 will
be needed to supplement forces now
at work There will be reports on the
plans for the educational campaign
beginning next fall, leading up to
nationwide evangelistic revival in the
first three months of 1920, after which
will come a concerted financial drive
for the funds to finance the work.
Among those already scheduled 10
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