The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-02-14

that STE. 100000 Of people are AZ pres
emit unprovided for by the present
missionary arrangement Therefore,
the laymen say that the missionary
bodies should have s80.000,000 year
and $4,000 more missionaries, for Is
years, in order really to do the job.
This sort of figuring would probably
have made William Carey or Robert
Morrison, pioneer missionaries, gasp
with establishment, but it is the mod
ern way.
All this is not the speculative figur
ing Of dreamers. The laymen are
after results; so they put the prop
osition up to every denomination by
showing just how many heather each
church is responsible for and the
amount of money it will have to give.
And this plan of confronting a de-
nomination definitely with it's share
of the gigantic scheme of worldwide
evangelization has been received seri-
ously by the various bodies. The
United Presbyterians were first to &C
cept the challenge, and they are ask
ing Of every member an average gift
of eight dollars a year for their mis-
sionary work. The Presbyterians fol-
lowed, great mems missionary con-
vention having been held in Omaha
in February, and the idea later APP
proved by the general assembly, the
Southern Presbyterians did likewise.
The Canadian Presbyterians and
Southern Baptists have also joined
in the movement. The Congregations
alists and Northern Baptists will
take up the subject early in the fall.
The Episcopalians have not yet had
opportunity officially to adopt basis,
but its laymen are in the forefront of
the new movement
Stirring a Continent.
So remarkable has been the re-
Spouse, up to date, on the part Of
business men of Professionalism, whe;e
this proposition has been definitely
put up to them, that the leaders are
sanguine of enlisting the entire body
of the laity of the churches Of the
United States and Canada. To this
end, series of laymen's dinners, COW
ering the big cities of the continent
are projected for this winter, on the
line of those successfully held last
winter in New York, Philadelphia,
Chicago, Boston, Toronto, Washing
ton and elsewhere. These are not
conventional missionary meetings, but
gatherings Of the strongest Christian
business men in each place, managed
and addressed by laymen. The bust
ness men who are behind the move
ment plan systematic propaganda
that shall reach every man in anywise
connected with the churches, even to
the remotest crossroads congregation.
Already the movement is formid
able; the most important news Of the
year in religious circles. It's conse
quences will doubtless be far-reach
ing. Men of foresight are already
predicting certain implanted for re
suits. One of these, they say, will
be the elimination of all Independent
missionary work on the foreign field.
The latter are serious drain en- the
resources of Christendom, and, say
the laymen, who have already re-
turned from their tour of investiga.
ton, they do not come up to the rep
reservations made by their eloquent
representatives in this country. The
laymen's movement stands squarely
behind the UNCONVENTIONAL boards.
Nevertheless, it is predicted, the lay.
men will hold the boards strictly to
account, that their missions be
manned only by competent workers
and that they be conducted on the
broadcast, most effective and most
economical lines.
Great Britain in Line.
A deputation from the laymen'a
missionary movement has just re-
turned from the other side of the wa.
ter, where it went to introduce the
project to the laity of the British
churches. The report brought back
is remarkable. The deputation was
welcomed and feted everywhere by
archbishops, church leaders and bust
HESS ucu lucy dIc CuOu5u COupll'
mentary dinners to give them all
dyspepsia. The serious outcome of
their labors was the definite organi.
cation, with unexpected enthusiasm,
of the laymen's missionary movement
In England and Scotland.
The most striking feature of Great
Britain's acceptance of the project is
the fact that the high church party
of the Church of England has en-
tered into alliance with other re-
ligious bodies in this undertaking.
This is unprecedented. The Society
for the Propagation of the Gospel, the
famous High Church Missionary or
ganization, has Endorsed the new
movement, and it's representatives are
working side by side with men from
the -nonconformist bodies. Great
Britain, with less than half the popu-
lation of the United States and Can
ada, already gives $8,973, 900 a year