Excerpt from Messages of the Men and Religion Movement, Vol. 7 of 7 This Report is the first effort made by the Christian churches of North America to present a scientific, nation-wide study of the relation of the periodical press to religious work. The uniqueness of the volume will be apparent to all who read its pages; and its importance is even greater than its uniqueness. When a Publicity Commission in connection with the Men and Religion Congress was proposed, the leaders doubtless did not realize the opportuneness of the innovation. Neither did anybody else. The investigations of the Commission have proved that the times were peculiarly ripe for a fresh consideration of the relation of organized Christianity to the established agencies of approach to the general public. All over the land, it now appears, many Christian men, institutions and enterprises have been groping after new and better ways of presenting to their entire communities the claims of their work and of the ageless gospel. The sentiment is wide spread that while the truth of the Message has not changed, the new times demand the most modern methods of conveying the Good Tidings to all men. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.