The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-02
GREAT INTEREST
IN MOVEMENT
Great Work of Evanselizins the World
VIII be Ably Supported in
Keokuk by the Lay
men.
HELD AN ECHO MEETING
OF oes Moines Convention Last
Evening at Young Mems Chris
ton Association and
Talks Were Made.

That the layInen of the evang elical
churches of the city are taking more
than an ordinary interest in the great
movement now sweaping this broad
country. with the ultimate purpose of
eyangelizins the world in this genera
ton was evidenced last evening,
when more than one hundred were
present at the Young Mems Christian
Association, to hear what the returned
delegates from the Des Moines con-
vention had to say about this great
work
The many present were not in the
least disappointed for the talks
by the seven men, four of whom
were laymen and three ministers,
we'll covered the important
features brought out, although as Rev.
Potter brought out in the final talk of
the evening, there was a great deal
about this great convention that has
not been said, so wonderful had been
the meeting.
supper was enjoyed at 6:45
o'clock, prepared by the ladies auxil-
larry of the association and music dur
ing the evening was furnished by
RABIES orchestra Following the ex-
cellent menu were the speeches or
talks, called echos of the Des Moines
convention.
The affair last evening was arrang-
ed by the Federation of Laymen of
this city and in his remarks President
j. o. BOYD brought forth the point that
the federation had taken up this evan
gelization movement to do away with
q Sonarata nrpanizotiOp He a1Sn
spoke of the work of the federation in
this connection in very few words.
William Aldrich act ID as toast
master of the evening and expressed
his congratulations in that there is
enough Keokuk men interested in the
movement T to come and hea
about. the. meeting of the con
vention. 1t seems to Mr.. Aldrch
that the first meetings mean mucf
for the future, for this is move
ment which is going to mari
an era in the civilization of the Chris
tian world"
The first speaker, who attended thu
Des Moines convention, was E. W
Peirce and in his talk he told yer.
clearly of the object of this movement
His subject was The Object and Fielt
of the Laymens Missionary Move
ment Mr.. PIERCE we'll brought GU
the difficulty of bringing before tn
gathering in an hour the great wor
done at the Des Moines convention
and confined himself during his tai
to the object of the missionary move
ment and the broad expanse that tn
work covered. He traced the frs
missionary work back to more tina
one hundred years ago when it had
beginning in the state of Massachl
sets and then of the student lor th
past twenty years. He spoke of til
evangelization of the world as hein
a movement not to save the worl
but that every human being shall hes
the word of Christ During eighty
ninety years women have done gre
things, but the program has been t.
small. and leaders have come to res
ize that if evangelization is to be ca
ried to the four corners of the glob
the men must take it up. This id'
originated from young man after Il
one hundredth anniversary of this ha
stack meeting away back in Mass
cnusetts. The work amounts to We
little organization but the moveme
is world wide The movement do
not raise cent of money said N
PIERCE. He told of the tour of six
men around the world to solve t
problem of evangelzaton and of t
launching of this movement A &c
vention was held il. Toronto last eve
ing, big one for the west is TO
held in Chicago soon, then one
Washington for the entire country al
then one great world convention
Marlborough. Mr.. PIERCE had tai
of statistics on the wall which told
the number of missionaries in the fe
what the could do. and carefully OF
lined what was yet to be done. AL
of the past contributions of the wor
and how much in addition was need