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Show FEDERATION LEADER TO SPEAK The federation for social service, of which Harry F. Ward la secretary Is sending Ward throughout the coun-trv coun-trv stimulating people in the work ot Hocial betterment, Instructing them in eftcctlve efforts and uniting them for more harmonious activity. Social Service is an Interdenomin ational movement Through the fed-! eral council of the churches of Christ In America, representing over thirty denominations and seenteen million members, the Protestant churches have agreed upon a social creed. Through a Joint commission, they are using the same literature and methods. meth-ods. The recent response of the men of this country to tho Social Service message of tho men and religion campaign cam-paign Is evidence of the need of a religion that puts men to work for the common good. The meeting Is not merely for tbe churches but for the community, to I t ICOVer what religion means in terms of the welfare of this common. ity, and then to work it out. In other cities, every group Inter- j ested in community betterment has Joined with the churches in such meetings. In some places meetings to consider the relation of religion to the industrial problem have been held under the auspices of a joint committee com-mittee for the Ministerial association and the central labor body as Is being be-ing done In Og ien Harry V Ward is one of the found -0ra and leaders of this movement. A , student of social problems for many wars, in two great universities, and in many cities and countries For ten years he was tbe head of Settlements and Institutional churches church-es In Chicago, in Polish quarter, and in the stockyards district. |