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North Shore Preese 
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Vol. X. December 6, 1912, No. 49. 
THe Forward SociaL MOoveMENT’. 
So guietly has the spirit of human 
helpfulness been developing that few 
realize the enormous gains that are 
now being made by the organized 
forces of Christianity. By these terms 
we would designate social schools for 
workers, benevolent institutions, home 
and community recreation associa- 
tions, organized Bible societies, Bible 
schools and churches. As the result 
of this social betterment movement, 
organized Christian institutions have 
forgotten or buried their differences 
of faith and have consecrated them- 
selves with heart, hand, eye and mind, 
as did the Samaritan of old on the way 
to Jericho. In the city of Chicago, 
there is now in session a convention 
representing seventeen millions of 
church members, neglecting all church 
lines, for the simple purpose of con- 
sidering what gains can be made in 
the social betterment of the communi- 
ties wherein the churches are situated. 
A common creed of theoretical faith 
cannot be made, but a common creed 
of service has been possible. This 
creed demands the conservation of the 
family by personal purity, regulation 
of marriage, the proper nurture and 
care of children, with the advantages 
to accrue from schools, playgrounds, 
and social centres. Other lines of 
G. E. WILLMONTON 
Attorney and 
i Counselor at Law 
NORTH SHORE BREEZB 
work are the prevention of poverty, 
the conservation of health by instruc- 
tion, the study of disease and the en- 
forcement of the- health laws. The 
convention will have a place in its 
creed for child labor laws, proper 
wages for men, shorter hours of labor, 
more equitable sharing of labor 
products and a safeguarding of the 
interests of women workers. Such 
noble methods will do incalculable 
good for the present and coming gen- 
eration. Every organization should 
be a force for social welfare work and 
the church, women’s clubs, women’s 
relief corps, Grand Army posts, lodges 
and boys’ organizations should render 
their part to communal development. 
THe Deatu oF RoBERT COLLYER. 
The North Shore will miss the no- 
ble, saintly Robert Collyer, who 
sought this shore for rest and retire- 
ment during the last years of his life. 
With a mind alert to the humanitarian 
movement of the day, he was among 
us always an apostle of the great faith 
that has value in the relations of man 
as well as with the All-Father. A 
blacksmith by early training, but with 
a gift within, he made his way single- 
handed against the buffetings of fate 
and fortune, but guided by the Unseen 
Providence which he trusted so im- 
plicitly. Accused of heresy, he re- 
signed from his Methodist pulpit and 
became a Unitarian that he might 
preach with a singleness of purpose 
and with force against slavery, un- 
hampered by restraint. In the days 
of the war, he dramatically threw a 
flag over the pulpit and announced his 
determination to go to the front. And 
he went. This was indicative of the 
great heart and faith in him. Robert 
Collyer was a quiet man, but powerful 
and he did a great work for the King- 
dom of God and the good of men. 
He received innumerable decorations, 
degrees, and recognitions, but his 
greatest honor will be the esteem in 
which he is held by everyone with 
whom he came in contact. His_ resi- 
dence on the North Shore made him 
one of us and, now that he has gone, 
the people of Stony Point, realize, as 
never before, the greatness of the man 
that has been among them. 
OnE Day IN Five. 
The Breeze was interested in the 
passage of the act for one day off in 
five for firemen which came before 
the last legislature. The act was pass- 
ed with the provision that it must be 
submitted for acceptance to the voters 
of every town and city which it would 
effect. Now this opportunity is be- 
ing placed before the city of Beverly 
and it is to be hoped that the voters 
will willingly vote this privilege to the 
firemen. Under the_present arrange- 
ment the men are on duty continuous- 
ly for 168 hours. Their families are 
practically rendered fatherless for the 
greater part of the week. Their work 
carries them among a thousand dan- 
gers to life and limb. Surely a fre- 
quent holiday is tightly due the fire- 
men and one day off in five is none 
too many. Give your vote to the 
righting of this wrong. 
A visitor learning of our town’s in- 
terest in boys and their development, 
and in the progress made, the lover 
of boys told a pointed story to a citi- 
zen. 
his mother for a misdemeanor and 
she told him he was a bad boy. When 
he had partially recovered from the 
parental discipline and the rod had 
lost its sting, he smiled through his 
tears and, with a child’s laugh, said, 
“Mother, you got fooled.” Surprised 
from the change from storm to sun- 
shine, she asked why. He said, “You 
said I was a bad boy and I ain’t: ’m 
a dood boy that does naughty things.” 
There are boys in plenty in Manches- 
ter, manly, noble, true and good who 
sometimes do naughty things. 
Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt is serv- 
ing the generation well in her organ- 
ized benevolence through the Big Sis- 
ter movement. Over $500,000 is add- 
ed the endownment and a beautiful 
building on Long Island will be made 
possible. Who can measure the good 
that must come from the helpful touch 
of love to wayward girls of the pro- 
testant faith? 
The local clergymen say there is no 
such things as a distinctly “Baptist Bi- 
ble” and that the present issue is the 
completion of a translation begun 
twenty years ago. The congregational 
policy of the organized church pre- 
vents any recognized edition even of 
the scriptures. The policy of the 
usual Baptist church is broader than 
the journalistic assaults against it. 
. The boys of Manchester have in 
them qualities that will be admired. 
These manly traits which are shown 
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