Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 119, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1911 — With Those Who Labor For Their Lord [ARTICLE]

With Those Who Labor For Their Lord

f HE men and religion foeward movement 1* getting ready to invade the metropolitan district and to stir up the men of th 4 church as they never have been stirred up. The object of thg movement is to bring the church, ana the church men into direct toodl with social and civic work, to makej the churches a living vital force ini the life of the community. The organizations participating Ini the movement are: The Brotherhood! of Andrew and Philip, the B&ptlstl brotherhood, the Congregational Brotherhood of America, the Brotherhood o 4 Disciples of Christ, the Gideons (conn . mercial travelers), the International! Sunday school association, the into*) national committee of Young Men’s! Christian associations, the Lutheran) brotherhood, the Methodist brother* hood, the Otterbein brotherhood, the Presbyterian Brotherhood of America, the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, and the United Presbyterian brotherhood. Four great conferences have already} been held. These have been at But*) falo, Chicago, Nashville and Kansas; City. Moving from the four great centers; where the four conferences have been! held, theAiffork has spread out and) even the fringe of Canada has beat! touched. The plans for the future are! to push the work all through along the Pacific corns and in this see- 1 ’ tlon of the country. But that will not be the end of the* work. It will only be the beginning.) Once the entire country has been enlightened as to the movement and in-; structed in its purposes, will remain! the perpetuation of that work; and that; perpetuation will be done by the* churches themselves. It is not the purpose to drag the church into partisan politics hot itis sought to place the Christian sentiment of the community effectively behind all movements for civic righteousnes and for the uplift of humanity. In June, Baptists of the world are to meet in Philadelphia. There are millions of them, one of the largest bodies of Christians in the world. The principal meeting Is called the Baptist World alliance. With this alliance win. be held, on preceding or succeeding dates, the sessions of the Northern Baptist convention and meetings of missionary and other large Baptist interests. The high honor of president of the World alliance is in the balance. The name of the Rev. Dr. Robert CL MacArthur of New York has been proposed and Indorsed in New England, in the west, and spoken well of in England * Southern Baptists are, however, rising to say that they have' men fit for the honor, and that It belongs to them for the double reason that they have not yet had it, and within the limits of the Southern Baptist convention are two-thirds of the Baptists of the whole United States. English and continental Baptists, who are coming to Philadelphia in numbers, concede the honor to an American. Southern Baptist leaders mention no names, but rest their cases on the rotation principle. To this alliance meeting are coming Ruslan Baptist ministers, their way paid by Americans.

It is authoritatively announced, and said to be intended especially for possible pilgrims and other visitors from the United States to Rome this year, that the pope desires Catholics and non-Catholics not to participate in the official reception that may be given at the Qulrinal or on the capital, If they expect to be received in audience by him. The present year the Holy See will observe a year of mourning, and no great functions will be held in St Peters or the Vatican. It is declared to be certain that Pius X. will not socord audiences even to Catholics this year except in very limited numbers. Americans and Englishmen are trading famous pulpiteers. At the moment the Rev. Sr. J. H. Jowett of Birmingham accepts the foremost pulpit in the Presbyterian church in America, the Fifth Avenue, New York, the Rev. Dr. A. C, Dixon of Chicago is Invited to the pastorate of Spurgeon's tabernacle, London, the greatest Baptist pulpit in England, In many respects In the world. An egg-shaped auditorium seating 6,000, the pulpit in the first balcony, the tabernacle la located in a residence section to the south of the Thames, visited every Year by thousands of strangers, and one of the religious focus points of the world. The Rev. Dr. Dixon, coming of a Baptist family of preachers long famous throughout the south, la ’pastor of Moody’s,church in Chicago. It is Congregational, and over the question off Baptism the same controversy arose as arose when the Rev. F. B. Meyer, a Baptist, lent to a London Congregational church, and arises now when the Rev. Dr. C. F. Aked, a Baptist, goes to s San Francisco Congregational church. Each provided a baptistry, continued immersion himself, but let an assistant sprinkle such as were gat isfled with that form. If the Rev. Dr. Dixon transfers now from Chicago to London, he will go to an orthodox Baptlst church—that is, he will return to his own. It Is reckoned that bo will CO. ' - * Pastoral salaries in London are small when compared with ChieaNHfii London poetor who reeelves 83,000 a