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WVHY DON’T MEN GO TO
I CHURCH ?
B?his Problem Has Long Confronted the Churches—The
headers of Religious Thought Have Felt Keenly the Lack
■>f Interest on the Part of Men and Have Done Much
mo Inlist Them in the Work of the Kingdom.
>ou been to church recentl> ?
many men were there? Two-thirds
of the congregation were worn-
they? Why is it that more
attend church than men? Tile
(Sir ot the Church Page will be glad
you answer these questions, or
jggH others that will heli> win the men
JMlie city to the churches. Of course
iiHwant your name signed to till com-
I^Blcations.
problem lias long confronted the
is it a real problem, or is it
one? The leaders of relig
thought have felt keenly the lack of
on the part of men, and have
much to enlist them in the work of
Kingdom. The Y. M. C. A., the
and Keligious Forward Movement,
KM Baraea movement in ttie Sunday
tlip Big Brothers classes, and
isl Brotherhoods of various denotnina-
Bi.i, ad point m the interest with
tlie leaders of fcligoits life regard
question.
Man's Religion.
Ct-l-sttan religion is a man’s
'f it is anything. Its founder
a men, the leaders of the first
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churches were men; the great preachers
ami thinkers of the churches in all ages
have been men. But in ouv time we
are told it is a woman's religion. Of the
communk-gnts in the churches of the
United States in 191 Ofif ty-six per cent
were women. The Protestant churches
showed but forty per cent of their com
municants to be men. Strange that the
manliest man, Jesus of Nazareth, who
fought, as no. oNier man in history,
should be so lightly esteemed of men. If
there is anything in the world that will
t’l.vnish man with an equivalent for war,
it is the Christian religion. Tt requires
the strength of manhood to lead a con
scientious Christian life.
Brotherhoods.
that something was wrong
the letters of a number of denomina
tions have organized brotherhoods. The
first modern brotherhood was organized
in 18S3, in th Episcopal church, led by
James Houghteßng. a banker. Out of
this came the Brotherhood of S’t. An
drew. of the,. Protestant Episcopal
church. It is a strong organization to
day. stnd is doing a splendid work. Other
brotherhoods came on soon after, among
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them the Brotherhood of Andrew and
Philip, the Methodist Brotherhood, the
Men’s* League of the United Presbyterian
church, the Congregational Brotherhood,
teh League of Universalist Laymen, the
Brotherhood of the Disciples of Christ,
tiie Southern Presbyterian Brotherhood,
the Lutheran Brotherhood, the Brother
hood of the United Brethren, and the
Baptist Brotherhood.
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These brotherhoods aVe composed of
laymen. They have nothing that smacks
of the monastic element. Their mot
toes point to the fact that their mem
bers are more than negative Christians.
They propose to develop the men in the
church and get hold of those who are
out of tiie church. They are seeking to
make tiie church a practical working
machine. They would not take fVom it
any of its spiritual force, hut would
make it more inspirational rather. They
would co-operate with all agencies look
ing for a more efficient church and a
more wholesome moral and civic life.
They would bring the world in this gen
eration to Christ, if possible. This speaks
well fov those men of th* churches who
are giving themselves unstintedly to the
evangelization of their fellows.
Hut we are told in most of our religi
ous magazines and periodicals, ttnd in
tiie denominational papers that the prob
lem of leaching men and saving them is
far from settled. Right here in Au
gusta the proportion of men who at
tend the churches is very small. How
do yqu account fo* it? Give us your
answer.
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COUNTRY.
“The South perhaps is the most pros
perous part of the country just now,’’
said T. James Fernley, of Philadelphia,
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THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA. GA
ad vis levy secretary of the National
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Fernley has been on a tour of the South.
“I am really surprised at the great
business activity which I witnessed on
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