Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-18

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 porting an entire station in China at a cost of about $5,000 year, and the men of Princeton are just entering upon similar plan.
 In Chicago, Henry P. Crowell, presi. dent of the Quaker Oats company. and John V. Farwell, the famous merchant, have each agreed to pay the salary of a foreign missionary this year, if 20 of their fellow churchmen can bo found to do the same.
 These are but few of the multitudd of similar cases showing how real and how widespread is this Mems Mission. ary Movement.
 And now it is being organized into definite shape, as has been the stu| dents movement before 1t, and we may expect to see a similar rapid growth.
 On Thursday, November 15, last, in New York city, the movement took definite shape at meeting of laymen of various churches, where the fols lowing resolution was adopted:
 Therefore Be It Resolved. That this gathering of laymen, called to- gether for prayer and confrence on the occasion of the centennial anniversary of the Haystack Prayer Meeting, desig. nate a committee of 25 or more repre- sentative laymen to consult with the secretaries of the mission boards of ali denominations in the United States and Canada, if possible, at their an. nual gathering in January, with refer. ence to the following vitally important propositions:
 First-To project campaign of ed ucation among laymen to be conducted under the direction of the various boards.
 Second-To devise a comprehensive plan Gin conjunction with said board secretaries) looking to the sending of the Gospel to the entire non-C Christian world during the next 25 years.
 Third-To endeavor to form, through the various boards, centennial com- of laymen, 50 or more in num- Der, to visit as early as possible the fields and report their findings to the church at home.
 MT. s. Campbell White, of Ale gheny, Pa, has been chosen to lead this remarkable movement of business men. and is now organizing company of 100 leading American business men to make world tour of Christian missions and report progress upon their return.
 But perhaps the most significant of all. is that just now un- der way among the men of the great church with it's million 
 A call has been issued to Presbys terian men to meet at Omaha, Neb., February 1921 next, in what promises .o be an epoch marking and an epoch convention-the first great 'oreign missionary convention for men ever held.
 At this convention they are to de6. litely consider whether their mission orce cannot be increased from 390 to 1000. and their expenditure from . million and quarter to six million iollars year.
 Never in the history of the world ,as any body of men met to consider l question of more supreme moment o the human race.
 If the Presbyterian church entero 'esolutely upon the course proposed. she will be closely followed y every other great missionary or. ,anization of Christendom. This would put s0,0oo missionaries in the ield. and mean an expediture of S10o. 100. 900 year.
 With such a force the plan of the lew Mems Missionary Movement to the entire world in 25 years the plan of the Students Volunteer Movement to evangelize the world in his generation-would be accom- 'lished.
 Do you realize what this would mean n the light of the prediction of Jesus 'hrist in Matthew 24:14? The disci. lies had asked him: What shall hs he sign of thy coming. and of the end f the vorld," He replied: This ,ospel of the Kingdom shall bs reached in the whole world for . tes- imony unto all nations: and then hall the end come
 This blessed hope of Ills return sD eign. conditioned and based by the Torid-vide preaching of the Gospel, is that gives SO absorbing an interest s- he rapid growth of foreign missioua or every true believer in our Lord nd Saviour Jesus Christ, and uh> owes His appearing.
 B. N BRovw