Where fhe Children are- 



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DIAGRAM NO. VIII 



the men in the churches. There are 5 men's organizations with a mem- 

 bership of 82. Eighty-one churches have no organizations for their 

 men. There are also 5 other organizations with a membership of 127. 

 The total number of organizations of all sorts is 116, and the total mem- 

 bership is 3,302. Twenty-six churches have no organizations except the 

 Sunday-school while 20 have none of any kind. 



It is a matter of surprise, in view of the usual method of conducting 

 the church finances, that there are thirty- three churches which are 

 able to survive without a woman's society to raise money. And in 

 fact few of the 33 are really flourishing financially. The really weak 

 point, however, is the absence of any organized effort to get and hold 

 the young people and the men. The church is here neglecting not only 

 an effective method of religious work but also an opportunity to teach 

 men the needed lesson of cooperation in all their affairs by helping them 

 to practice it in their church life. 



(3) As a Social Centre: Unfortunately there is but little to be said 

 under this caption and it is one of those topics in connection with which 

 a lack of material is in itself the gravest indictment. The truth of the 

 matter is that the church as a whole is making but very little effort to 

 serve the community as a social centre. Not even the church feels 

 itself obligated to furnish recreation and social-life facilities for their 

 own sake. The greater part of the church's social activities are under- 

 taken for the sake of the money to be raised by them. We have spoken 

 before of the festive Strawberry and the Oyster, first aids to the budget. 

 When their ministrations have been mentioned and the annual picnic, 



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