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porting an entire station In China a.
cost Of about $4,000 year. and the
men Of Princeton are just entering
upon similar plan.
In Chicago, Henry P. Crowell, presi-
dent Of the Quaker Oats company, ana
John v. Farwell, the famous merchant
have each agreed to pay the salary q
foreign missionary this year, Il zV
of their fellow churchmen can pc
found to do the same.
These are but few Of the multitude
of similar cases showing how real ana
how widespread is this Mems Mission
ary Movement.
And now it is being organized into
n definite shape, as has been the stu
dents movement before it, and we
may expect to see similar rapid
growth.
On Thursday, November IS, last, IN
; New York city, the movement took
definite shape at meeting Of laymen
! Of various churches. where the fol
lowing resolution was adopted
Therefore Be It Resolved, That
this gathering Of laymen, called to-
' gether for prayer and conference on the
!. occasion Of the centennial anniversary
4 Of the Haystack Prayer Meeting, desig-
nate a committee Of rs or more repre-
! sentative laymen to consult with the
! secretaries Of the mission boards OF
all denominations in the United States
\ and Canada, if possible, at their an
nual gathering in January, with refer
Il ence to the following vitally important
u propositions:
K First-To project campaign OF ed
Y ucation among laymen to be conducted
under the direction Of the various
ID boards.
= Second-To devise a comprehensive
a plan Tin conjunction with said board
" secretaries) looking to the sending oi
\ the Gospel to the entire non-Christiar
or world during the next 25 years.
Il. Third-To erdeavor to form, through
ID the various boards, centennial com
~. mission Of laymen, SO or more in mum
a.. Der, to visit as early as possible thu
IL mission fields and report their finding
nr. to the church at home.
of Mr.. S. Campbell White, Of ALE
or. gheny, Pa, has been chosen to lea
,re this remarkable movement Of busines
be men. and is now organizing compan
,ev of 100 leading American business me
air tn. make world tour of Chrlstia
are missions and report progress upo
its their return.
,nr But perhaps the most signifcar
movement of all, is that just now u
der way among the men OF the gre'
10 Presbyterian church with its millio
membership.
.,s call has been issued to Presb
en- ~, terian men to meet at Omaha, Mel
1o's February 1921 next, in what promis'
a,lv to be an epoch marking and an epoc
Ta,y making conyention--tAe first gre
.,rg foreign missionary convention for m'
! of ever held.
suol At this convention they are to de
- ,, nftely consider whether their missil
force. cannot be increased from $50
600. and their expenditure from
aps' million and a quarter TO six milE
5 dollars year.
are Never in the history Of the VOL
u'eu has any body Of men met to consit
a question Of more supreme nome
the to the human race.
are II the Presbyterian church ent
care resoluteiy upon the course prepos
Iuest doubtless she will be closely follow
great bv every other great missionary
the ganization of Christendom. 7
would put 10000 missionaries IN
mere field, and mean an -expeditura Of 81
ntef 600 .000a year.
pears With such force the plan Of
new Mems Missionary Movement
Bald evangelizeAhe entire world in rs ys
ladel- the plan Of the Students Volunl
r " Movement to evangelize the worlt
ielnz, this eneration-would be acc
y, y plished.
"a. rap Do you realize what this would N
New in the light Of the prediction of j
'easo, Christ in Matthew 24:147 The
tofe pies had asked him: What shal
adlng The sign Of thy coming. and Of the
OWNS Of the worId?" He replied s.
a the go ~ -. & the kingdom ahall
preached in the whole world for a
0. has s,,oonv F' unto all nations and
ission sban the end come
This blessed hope OF His retuF
e mas reign, conditioned and based by
mis- worldwide preaching Of the Gospl
81 ex wbaf gives SO absorbing an lntere
entire the rapid growth Of foreign mis-
l,VvO- for every true believer in our
Gospel and Saviour Jesus Christ. and
loveN His appearing
re SUP. 3. q, RRoI