SETTING THE CHURCH AT WORK

Rev.M.A.Matthews'Success at Seattle —Principles He Has

Applied —How a Missionary Church Was Established by Dr.

Chas.K.Bradt —Dr.John Balcom Shaw's Experiment with

Personal Work —How a Rochester Church Trained Its Laymen

for Soul-Winning —Value of Pledge Cards —Rapid Growth of

Dr.Cadman's Church in Brooklyn —The Winning of Two Hundred

Souls in an Institutional Church —Secret of Dr.Mac-Arthur's

 Success in New York.

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THE CHURCH AND ITS ENVIRONMENT.

Dr.Chalmer's Method of Organizing a Winning Church —

Marvelous Growth of the Bushwick Avenue M.E.Church in

Brooklyn —Importance of Organized Visitation Work —Rev.S.

Edward Young's Methods in Pittsburg —The Addition of 2,200

Members to Dr.Cortland Myers'Church in Brooklyn —A Con-servative

Philadelphia Church —A Country Pastor's Experience

in Connecticut —How a Mission Pastor Used Printer's Ink and

Chalk Talks.

III.

TRAINING CHILDREN IN THE CHURCH.

A New Hampshire Pastor's Experience with Systematic Pas-toral

Instruction —Go-to-Church Band in a Pennsylvania Church

—Finding Something for the Young People to Do —Rev.Edward

M.Noyes'Plan of Teaching Fundamental Truths to Children —

Michigan Pastor's Experiment with a Children's Church —Dr.

William E.Barton on Early Conversions —The "Age of Con-version"

and "Age of Religious Interest."

IV.

HOW TO CONDUCT A YOUNG MAN'S BIBLE CLASS.

Mr.M.A.Hudson's Manner of Conducting a Baraca Bible

Class —How It Has Grown from a Membership of Eighteen to

450,000 —Special Studies Developed by the Y.M.C.A.—The

D.Rockefeller,Jr.,in New York —Rev.Alien A.Stockdale's

"Discussion Club"at Berkeley Temple,Boston —"Bible ChristianityCourse."

V.

THE OBJECT OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.

Relation of Sunday School to the Church —Bible School

Under Dr.Cadman's Leadership —Beginning Right in the Primary

Department —Sunday School and Public School Compared

—The Ideal Sunday School Superintendent —Dr.Russell H.Conwell's

 Description of the Ideal Teacher —Normal Class for Trainins

Christian Young Men and Women for Teaching —Methods

of a Lord Mayor —Offering of Prizes to Scholars —Dr.J.Wilbur

Chapman on "Decision Day"and How to Conduct It.

VI.

CREATING APPETITE FOR THE PRAYER MEETING.

The Need of Creating an Appetite —An Iowa Minister's Plan

for Getting Hold of the People —How Rev.W.C.King Won

—Qualities of a Good Prayer Meeting Leader —Variety in

Topics Helpful —A Saturday Night Prayer Meeting —How the

Meeting in a Chicago Church —Keeping Track of Attendance.

VII.

CHURCHES UNITED FOR CHRIST.

The Federation Movement in Church Work —Some Results of

House-to-House Visitation —What Federation Did in Pennsylvania

Visitation —A Strong Central Church Uniting Weaker

Churches —Promoting Morning Prayer in the Factories.

VIII.

THE CHURCH AND THE MISSIONS.

Value of a Double Envelope —The Story of How One Church

Increased Its Offerings from $500 to $5,500 a Year —Planting

Missionary Seed in the Minds of the Young —How the Children

of the Presbyterian, Methodist Reformed,Southern Presbyterian,

Congregational and Baptist Churches Are Interested in the

Cause —Influences Which Made One Church in Troy,N.Y., a

Missionary Church —What a Christian Layman Is Accomplishing

IX.

THE CHURCH AND TEMPERANCE.

Facts Presented by Dr.William H.Main on the Drink Ques-tion

—Mr.Cook on a Good Plan to Organize a Boycott Against

the Saloon —How the Battle Against Saloons Was Won at Lake

Geneva —Closing up Saloons in Berkeley,Cal.—Drunkenness Not

a Disease and Not Hereditary —An Experience in Purging a City of Its Social Cancers.

X.

THE SPHERE OF EVANGELISM.

A Wisconsin Study in Evangelism —Dr.A.C.Dixon's Unusual

Experience Showing the Value of Prayer —Personal Work as

God's Chosen Way —Dr.John Balcom Shaw on Tent Work in

One Village —How Rev.Charles Stelzle Took the Gospel to the

Workingman —Large Open-Air Gospel Campaign in Australia —

S.Hartwell Pratt on Summer Evangelism —Dr.Cuyler's Idea

of the Pastor as the Best Soul-Winner.

XI.

MAKING THE CHURCH A CHRISTIAN

BROTHERHOOD.

Distinction Between Christian and Worldly Fraternity —Amos

R.Wells on "The Lessons the Church Can Learn from the

Lodge"—Different Ways of Organizing Men in the Church —

Praying Bands —The Gideon Band for Christian Traveling Men

—Object and Methods of the Brotherhood of St.Paul —Church

Benefit Insurance —An Educational Club —Federating Church Clubs.

XII.

CHURCH FINANCE.

Present-day Methods at Fault —Scriptural Plan of Church Support

—True Tales of Tithers —Prospered by Giving One-half —

How an American Railroad Engineer Became a Tither —A Practical

Experience in Ilion,N.Y.—Support of a Soul-Winning

Church —Dr.Bartlett's Methods in a Downtown Church —How

Edward Kimball Aided in Raising $15,000,000 in Church Debts

—Methods Used in Clearing a Chicago Church of Debt.