Milford chronicle., 1909-11-12
LaymGn'S Convention TO Be Held
in Philadelphia Nov. 1921
PART OF NATIONAL CAMPAIGN
Prominent Ministers and Laymen viii
Discuss Plans For Worlds EVangeIt
zation at Biggest Missionary Gather
ing Ever Held in This Section.

Plans have virtually been complete
for one OF the biggest missionary gait
erings ever held in the history @
Philadelphia. Under the auspices O
the Philadelphia Cooperating Con
mittee, composed Of ministers and lay
men representing almost every brancl
of the Protestant church. there will b
held a big convention from Novembe
Is to November q inclusive, whicl
will be part Of the national campaign
of the Laymen's Missionary Move
ment. inaugurated to hold convention.
in Is of the big cities Of the country
in an effort to forward the genera
movement for the Evangelization o
the World in the Present Generation.
Churches to Send Delegates.
Every church in the Philadelphia
district. which includes all of eastern
/ Pennsylvania, the state of Delaware
and southern New Jersey, is invited
to take active part in the discussions
by sending to the convention three
laymen and its minister The idea o.
the meeting is not to solicit subscrip
AANAA0 lb4 any AAAAeaADAlnAg AuhA VI ~
recommend the distribution Of mis-.
sionary moneys. The gathering has
/ been called for the general purpose OF
/ discussing the best plans for the evan
4 gelization Of the world in the present
/ generation. the general opinion of the
worlds greatest missionaries being
that now is the accepted time"
7Tbewa will ho .TIrog1oa. ,,,I ,7f-,,t-
sions by laymen and ministers who
are thoroughly familiar with mission
airy conditions and missionary needs
and the opinion of each delegate as TO
his idea of how the general movement
should be strengthened will De wei
come It is with the idea of having a
free and open discussion Of missionary
work i'm all its phases that the com
mittee in charge Of the meeting has
sent broadcast invitations to all those
interested in the work to attend the
gathering.
The committee believes that with
the cooperation Of the churches of the
district the convention can be made
the biggest movement of its Kind ever
inaugurated in the history of Christ
iandom in this part of the country
With this object in view the committee /
invites the cooperation of the individ- /
ual churches in sending to the meeting
at least 2000 delegates The only re- I.
striction which the committee places /
on the delegates is that at the time of [
registration they each deposit with (
those in charge a fee of 81 towards .
the necessary expenses of the conven-
tion. Any deficiency in the funds to
carry through the expenses of the
meeting has already been underwrit-
ten by the cooperating committee.
The convention will be opened on
the evening of November IS with a
supper at which it is expected at least
1000 delegates viii take part Sessions
will be held on November 19, 20 and
p, with special services in all the
churches on the latter date, which will
be the Sabbath
In a circular letter just issued TO
the ministers of the various churches
the committee points out the aims and
of the meeting:
IN inaugurating the National Cam
paign of the Laymen's Missionary
Movement in Philadelphia and ada
cent territory the cooperating commit
tee feels that it can accomplish little 7
without the active cooperation of the
pastors Of all the churches.
From the first the whole idea OF |
the movement has been to cooperate I
with the regular missionary agencies |
Of the churches in the enlargement Of
their work. 1t does not divert any =
offerings from congrega-
-ional channels All the organization
asked for is a missionary committee
If men in each congregation to work
with the pastor in enlisting all mem
lers and adherents in the intelligent r
md adequate support and extension
If missionary work.
''In order that the plans adopted by
he Philadelphia committee may be
and that your church may
eceive the benefit OF the movement
t is necessary that the Philadelphia
committee should have your encour
cement and aid and the active CO.
peratiOn of your men"
To give some idea Of the power be
lind the movement it is only neces-
airy to say that 100 of the most prom A,
nent business men of Philadelphia, Il
7ho compose the Philadelphia coop "
rating committee, have signed the let N
er The chairman is Edward H. Bon, I.
all. vice president OF the Land Title Ii
nd Trust company. There is also a NJ
committee OF ministers. -
which the bishops resident in Phil
delphia are honorary chairmen and N
.ev- c. A. R. Janvier, active chairman.
For delegate enrolment blanks. for r.
pplication blanks for the Philadelphia r
onvention supper and for literature in L
with the Laymen's Mission T,
ry Movement and the Philadelphia F.