New-York tribune., 1907-06-23
UNITED FOR RELIGION.
English Speaking Peoples Joined IN
Behalf of Christianity.

William j. Schieffelin and ]. Campbell White,
two Of the deputies from the American Laymen's
Missionary Movement. whose first week IN Eng
land described last Sunday by the London
correspondent OF The Tribune arrived here yes
terday on the Celtic, bringing with them the news
that the laymen of all denominations in England.
Ireland and Scotland have united with Americans
in the movement for foreign missions. This move
ment embraces men of every communion in this
country. 1t is said that the union Of English lay
in It makes II the first. movement within az
least the last two hundred years in which men or
the whole English speaking world have Joined to-
gether for a Christian purpose
The reception which accorded the committee
from this country by business men, as weu as
clergymen. in every part of England. according 10
Mr.. White. far exceeded anything the members OF
the committee had anticipated They had hoped'
he said TO arouse the interest of English laymen,
but had hardly thought they should see the fruits
OF their labors before they left England. At the
last meeting Of their second visit TO London, which
was attended by more than a thousand men, 1t was
decided by vote TO organize a committee OF one
hundred laymen TO carry on the missionary move
ment in England and Ireland, and 1t announced
shortly afterward that enough money had already
been raised to pay the salary of permanent sec
retary for this committee
Similar action was also taken In Edinburgh for
a committee of one hundred for Scotland. There.
too, money sufficient to begin work at once was
subscribed before the American committee had
finished their campaign of sixteen days.
FROM Edinburgh the committee went to Liverpool
Tor three days. Here Silas McBee, the editor Of
The Churchman." who was chairman of the COM
nittee, writes that the meetings were wonderful
them and the enthusiasm that was shown. The
Lord Mayor Of Liverpool gave the committee a
luncheon in the Town Hall, at which were a hun
dred OF the leading business men OF the city. The
Lord Bishop OF Liverpool. Bishop Chevasse. re-
marked that IL the largest gathering OF "hard
headed business men" to discuss mission work
that he had Witnessed The Liverpool news
papers said that fl was the greatest mems mis-
sionary meeting ever held in Liverpool
reception given in the afternoon Of the
same day to the committee the Bishops palace.
at which the members spoke to more than hun
dred leading church workers Of all denominations
That evening meeting held, attended by sew
enteen hundred men. After addresses by the depu-
ties from America and by several English laymen,
both of the Established and NOnconformist
churches. resolutions were unanimously passed ap-
pointing large interdenoninationaI committee for
the city OF Liverpool to cooperate with the cen
tral committee for all England, which had already
been formed
In London Bishop Montgomery. the head of the
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. which
was organized in 11O1 AMI Is the Oldest missionary
society in England invited the American delegates
TO the headquarters OF the society and assured them
that the laymen affiliated with the society would
Join with the laymen of all other denominations In
England in fuTthering the cause of missions. In
cidentaly he showed the Americans some original
letters written from Virginia, Maryland and New
York by missionaries who had been sent out by
the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in
the early Colonial days. Mr.. White said yesterday
that he considered it propitious that the oldest and
most conservative missionary society OF the Estab-
ilshed Church In England should join In move
ment which embraces men OF every communion of
English speaking men.
Not only Bishop Montgomery, but also the
Archbishop Of Canterbury and the Bishop of Lon
don expressed themselves strongly In favor of
the movement. Mr.. White told amusing in
cident connected with the work Of the COMMITTEES:
Mr. McBee was telling the Archbishop of Canter-
bury about the preparation which the committee
had made for the campaign in England. and men
toned that on the voyage from New York the
mittee met for two hours every day board the
ship. The Archbishop asked Mr.. McBee what
was done at these meetings, and when he replied
that the deputies decided at them what they would
not say in England the Archbishop remarked:
What this country has been savedr'
Mr.. White said that the newly organized English
movement would cooperate closely with the move
ment in this country. and that he expected depu-
tation from the English laymen's movement would
visit this country within the next SIX eight
months. and that after that the two movements
would keep in constant touch with each other.